BENSON – Benson Mayor Jerry Medlin, Town Manager Kim Pickett, Benson Chamber President Loretta Byrd, and Johnston County Visitors Bureau President/CEO Donna Bailey-Taylor, along with Adam Leath and associates of the Leath Company broke ground on Benson’s new Holiday Inn Express.
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The new Holiday Inn Express will be located adjacent to the current Hampton Inn at 100 Water Place Landing. Following the success of the Hampton Inn — one of the most utilized hotels in the area by travelers through Johnston County — the Leath Company decided that the Benson area could sustain a second hotel and they officially broke ground on the project on Monday, March 20th.