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In Jonah, God tells Jonah twice to go to the “great city” of Nineveh. We, too, are called to a great city: Greenville, NC. Just wanted to highlight some things about G-Vegas.

• Greenville is one of the top 100 places in America for children, according to America’s Promise Alliance.
• Greenville is the entertainment, cultural, health, and commercial hub for Eastern NC.
• Greenville has been named Sportstown USA for the state of NC.
• The Greenville metropolitan area is 200K+ people.
• The Brody School of Medicine is ranked sixth in the nation in terms of primary care, ninth in rural medicine, and eighth in family care.
• Pitt County Memorial Hospital is currently building two major additions, valued at over $210 million.
• ECU is adding a School of Dentistry, which will bring in even more people, jobs, and dollars to the surrounding area.
• East Carolina University has been the fastest growing university in the UNC system for 5 straight years.
• Forbes recently named Greenville one of the top 10 smaller metropolitan areas for doing business.
• Named one of the best places to live by Money magazine.
• Ranked #10 as a healthy city by Kiplinger’s.
• One of the fastest growing urban centers in the state of NC, and Greenville will only continue to expand.

We truly live in a great city.

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