Marshall welcomes assistant director of community & economic development

MARSHALL — City Manager Mark Rohr announces Mrs. Garnett Johnson will join the City of Marshall as the new assistant director of community and economic development beginning October 4. Johnson currently resides in Marshall. She graduated from Fayetteville State University in May of 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Professional Studies and a minor in sociology. She later decided to continue her education at Prairie View A&M University, where she is currently working on completing her Master’s of Community Development in the Department of Architecture by December of 2021. “My years of academia relating to interdisciplinary education and community development are tools that I look forward to offering as we work collectively to promote a bright future for the City of Marshall,” said Johnson as quoted in a news release.