Achievers & Accolades

Sampson County business owners celebrated in Business North Carolina

By Staff Report, posted 1 year ago
Image courtesy of RiverWild.

Reid and Jaclyn Smith, owners of WILDERS located in Turkey, NC, were recently featured by Business North Carolina. Their company RiverWild was selected by Business North Carolina as 2024 Small Business of the Year. 

According to the company website, the RiverWILD family of brands was started in 2014 with the goal of offering meaningful services and products to the community by doing business “the WILD way.” Since then, RiverWILD has expanded to seven brands across five industries, including development, construction, real estate, agriculture, and philanthropy.

RiverWild provides grading work as well as water, sewer, storm water and asphalt in preparing sites for construction. 

To read the feature story by BNC visit: https://lnkd.in/edeYk8it 

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