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Mar 17, 2023

Endowment CEO Outlines Strategic Plan Framework

There is more architectural detail on the New Hanover Community Endowment's framework, thanks to its just-completed planning process. On Friday, the endowment’s president and CEO William Buster outlined the three-year strategic plan that he ...

Mar 17, 2023

Surgery Practice Buys Cameron Land To Build New Facility

After more than 50 years on Medical Center Drive, Wilmington Surgical Associates is set to move to a new facility. The private general surgery practice will occupy a 20,000-square-foot, two-story building to be erected at 2739 Iron Gate Drive off ...

Mar 16, 2023

Burgaw Business Owner Named NC Small Business Person Of The Year

Michael McWhorter is one of a kind in North Carolina this week.   McWhorter, co-owner of Burgaw-based Mojotone, was named North Carolina Small Business Person of the Year by the Small Business Administration. The announcement was made Tuesday ...

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Note: Greater Wilmington Business Journal asked me to write about the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge for a recent issue of WilmingtonBiz Magazine. Below is that column reprinted here with permission. 

Inevitably, I elicit chuckles in almost every meeting I attend by simply saying the word “bridge.”  I don’t mind creating an opportunity for people...read entire article
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Mar 16, 2023

Builder Buys More Sea Trail Property, Including Hotel Site, Convention Center

Earlier this month, a subsidiary of Riptide Builders purchased land from a China-based company, picking up the Sea Trail Convention Center in Sunset Beach.  Sea Trail Investments LLC bought about 22.1 acres from Chinaway Corporate Development ...

Mar 15, 2023

New TV Series Ramps Up For Production In Wilmington

A new television series from Starz will film in Wilmington, and word is out today to potential extras that they will be needed.   The romantic drama series is currently called Untitled J&L Project and stars Joshua Jackson and Lauren Ridlof ...

Mar 15, 2023

New Fort Fisher Facilities On The Rise

At Fort Fisher State Historic Site, a new foundation is being laid that will allow the facility to tell a richer story of the area’s role in history.   Bordeaux Construction crews are currently at work on a concrete foundation for the si ...

Mar 15, 2023

Hungry For Expansion, Brunches Opens Third Wilmington Location With Eye On Dozens More

The exterior of the newest Brunches at The Pointe may currently look unassuming, with no signs to indicate what’s inside. But the recently opened eatery is a prelude to plans to catapult the brand to a regional presence with as many as 50 locat ...

Mar 15, 2023

More Than A Wine Shop: Manna Provisions Aims To Create Culinary Community Through Events, Commissary Space

After six months in business, manna provisions is finding its footing as a purveyor of gourmet experiences.   The storefront at 129 Princess St. opened in September as a brick-and-mortar offshoot of manna’s pandemic-era wine club, which ...

Mar 14, 2023

Local Companies' Stocks Affected By Banking Turbulence

Shares of Wilmington-based Live Oak Bank have been on a roller-coaster ride in the past week due to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the market’s reaction.  Live Oak’s stock closed on Wednesday last week at $33.28. As news o ...

Mar 14, 2023

Former Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Agents Sue Over Commissions; Firm Denies Allegations

Real estate commissions – and how they’re split – are issues at the heart of a lawsuit brought by four former Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage agents. The attorney representing the Wilmington-based real estate firm i ...


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