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Leland Eyes Commercial Growth

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May 3, 2024

Passenger Rail Study Picks Eastern Route

It’s been more than 50 years since passenger rail linked Wilmington and Raleigh, but there’s a renewed push to bring back a passenger route between the two cities.   A recently released draft of the Southeastern North Carolina Pass ...

May 3, 2024

Live Oak Talks Rate Environment

After a year of interest rate hikes in 2023 put pressure on people’s wallets, many were expecting relief in 2024 as the economy cools. But Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced in late March that inflation is still too high and &ldqu ...

May 3, 2024

Meet The 2024 CEA Winners

Who would you invest $100,000 in?  That’s one of the pieces of advice we give our Coastal Entrepreneur Award judges each year when they’re faced with the task of making their picks. Who shows high-growth potential?  Who is ...

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How Philanthropy Fits Into Your Financial Plan

Posted May 30, 2023
Charitable contributions hold the remarkable ability to transform lives and communities, but what if there was a way to magnify their impact while benefiting your own financial situation? Enter Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs), an increasingly powerful tool for individuals seeking a tax-efficient approach to philanthropy. In this article, we explore the concept of QCDs and unveil three co...read entire article
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Design-build Firm Welcomes Falvey As Director

May 3, 2024

Chambers Share 2024 Picks For CEAs

As part of the Coastal Entrepreneur Awards program, area chambers of commerce share their top business and organization picks. Burgaw Area Chamber of Commerce: Burgaw Brewing “Kevin and Emmaline Kozak teamed up with Richard Johnson, the f ...

May 3, 2024

CEA Nonprofit Winner: Safe Haven Helps Victims Of Violence

Tracey Ray can relate to victims of violence. Ray, executive director of Safe Haven of Pender Inc., learned the toll intimate partner violence and domestic violence can take firsthand. As a teenager growing up in New Hanover County, she experience ...

May 3, 2024

CEA Technology Winner: UNCW Grad Hooks Catchy Idea

In his final semester as a business student at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Landon Hill received an assignment that would shape his early career. A business professor challenged Hill and his classmates to create a “data-orien ...

May 3, 2024

CEA Retail & Hospitality Winner: Marketing Mead To The Masses

As Southeastern North Carolina’s only commercial mead maker, Retro Meadery has given many local customers their first taste of mead – a fermented mixture of honey, water and yeast. Many first-time customers have never heard of mead bef ...

May 3, 2024

CEA Professional Services Winner: Transforming Work Environments

Since starting her company in 2023, Khalilah Olokunola of ReEngineering HR said she has been building fair-chance hiring strategies and redesigning HR practices to foster meaningful cultural shifts for companies’ most important asset – pe ...

May 3, 2024

CEA Manufacturing & Distribution Winner: Partners Generate Powerful Solution

Greenfield Energy officials want their company to address the challenges of an unpredictable coastal climate. As a result, they tested their new product – the HERO (Heat Exchanger Reliable Output) generator system – in Southeastern Nor ...


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CEA Retail & Hospitality Winner: Expanding A Taco Brand

When two Surf City dudes, Cody Leutgens and Steve Christian, realized the community they loved had a shortage of good, casual restaurants, t...


CEA Health Care Winner: Tech Helps Fight Fatal Infection

The intersection of medicine and technology sits at the core of Morris Nguyen's biotech startup, Predicate Healthcare Performance Group (HPG...


CEA Technology Winner: UNCW Grad Hooks Catchy Idea

Landon Hill's Local Catch app looks to streamline communication between stakeholders in the local fishing and seafood industry....

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