The city of Wilmington and New Hanover County recently adopted their 2019-20 fiscal year budgets this week with a host of economic development and business incentives, with some areas getting an increase in funding for the upcoming fiscal year. In New Hanover County’s $399 million budget, there are more than $3.3 million in strategic and economic development funds ...

A proposed development ordinance that would impact the signage associated with the River Place development, currently under construction in downtown Wilmington, is on the agenda for the next meeting of the city's planning commission. The proposed change to the city of Wilmington's land development code would allow for multiple signage on the face of the dev ...

Brunswick County has issued a request for qualifications statements for designing additional infrastructure for two industrial megasites at its border with Columbus County. The county is seeking engineering services to design a 500,000-gallon elevated water storage tank at the Mid-Atlantic Industrial Rail Park and International Logistics Park of North Carolina, acc ...

Funding the area's economic development drivers is a priority in both New Hanover County and city of Wilmington budget proposals for the fiscal year 2019-20, which begins July 1. Both local governments have started their budget review process, with the city holding a public hearing Tuesday evening and county officials presenting their spending recommendations to cou ...

The town of Leland is attempting to broker a compromise aimed at settling the contentious battle over control of a northern Brunswick County water and sewer utility. Leland officials on Thursday announced a proposed regional compromise plan that would empower the town itself to build a reverse osmosis plant and define the role and authority of the Brunswick Regional Wat ...

A North Carolina House bill recently filed to obtain funding for the expansion of the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher would allow the aquarium to stay relevant in the community and continue to provide a quality experience for guests, said Hap Fatzinger, aquarium director. House Bill 461, filed by Rep. Ted Davis Jr. (R-New Hanover), seeks to appropriate $10 million for the ...

Wilmington City Council and city leaders visited Wilmington-based KWIPPED Inc. and Apiture on Thursday as part of an initiative to learn about area businesses and start conversations on how local government and the business community can collaborate. Two main focuses of the visit were how both entities can partner to attract more skilled workers to Wilmington and how th ...

It’s been nearly three years since lawmakers rescinded the Map Act, but the law’s effects are still being felt by property owners in 2019, remaining the subject of litigation throughout the state, including in the Cape Fear region. According to the N.C. Department of Transportation, as of January this year, there were 399 lawsuits involving the Map Act. As o ...

In 2013, the Wilmington region, specifically Brunswick County, was shocked to learn that the U.S. Census Bureau no longer recognized Brunswick County as part of the Wilmington region. Instead, after decades of being part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), the county was suddenly part of the Myrtle Beach MSA.   So, why does it matter whether Bruns ...

Hurricane Florence put a magnifying glass on some of the issues that already existed in the Wilmington region, including a lack of affordable housing, and recovery from its effects will continue for years to come. That was the message Gov. Roy Cooper and elected Wilmington officials conveyed during Tuesday’s Wilmington Downtown Inc. Economic Series Luncheon. Co ...