A longtime Jacksonville auto dealership marked a major milestone this week.<\/p>\n
National Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram celebrated its 50th anniversary, recognizing five decades of business in the community.<\/p>\n
Harry Brown, who led the company for 45 of those years, was honored during the celebration for his contributions both as a business owner and community leader. In addition to overseeing the dealership\u2019s growth, Brown has served as chairman of the Jacksonville-Onslow Chamber of Commerce and as a North Carolina state senator.<\/p>\n
Current General Manager Robbie Yates credited the dealership\u2019s employees for its longevity and success.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have long-time employees who have been with us for a long time,\u201d Yates said. \u201cI think they feel very honored to be a part of the celebration. It\u2019s incredible \u2014 out of about 90 employees, how many have pitched in to design the buttons and to plan this day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yates is among the dealership\u2019s veteran staff members, having worked at National for 35 years.<\/p>\n
Company leaders said the anniversary celebration was an opportunity to thank employees, customers and the Jacksonville community for their continued support over the past five decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A longtime Jacksonville auto dealership marked a major milestone this week. National Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram celebrated its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-155074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}