Jimmy Smith Park

Dedicated in 2005, Jimmy Smith Park honors the work and legacy of Boone Town Council member and Appalachian State University professor Jimmy Smith. He was well known in the community and across the state for his work in higher education. As a Town Council member, Jimmy was an integral part of creating the Town of Boone’s state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant, formerly known as the Jimmy Smith Wastewater Treatment Plant, which has won engineering excellence awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina.