Steve Spain was born in Washington D.C., graduated from high school in Tallahassee, Florida, and attended college in Gainesville, Florida and Boston, Massachusetts. He has a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy
Beneficiary … client … consumer … customer … guest … partner … participant … recipient. Those are just some of the names used to refer to the people wi ...
On October 11, 2014 Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity held its annual “Interfaith Build Day” in honor of World Habitat Day. Each year, we invite volunteers from the wide variety of faith comm ...
My first office job was at a family-owned publishing company in Boston. The owners believed that it was a good idea for everyone who worked there to appreciate one another’s contributions, so th ...
For many decades following World War II, the conventional wisdom in the United States was that buying a home was almost always better than renting. It was a matter of simple math. If your mortgage, ta ...
What are you doing next Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday? Those are the days that individual volunteers and groups work on Habitat for Humanity construction projects. Most of the Wednesday and Thurs ...
The battle rages on in Raleigh over film incentives. Think tanks and industry consultants hurl average- versus median-wage grenades at each other as they defend their grant-based or rebate-driven tren ...
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a presentation by Dr. Tom Barth, Professor of Public Administration at UNCW. He has been conducting research on values-based decision making in local governme ...
When it turns into a driveway! That joke cracked me up when I was 7 years old and led to a lifetime of fascination for wordplay and puns. If you share an appreciation for that kind of humor (unlike ma ...
A friend of mine who works in the corporate world once admitted to me that he envied my nonprofit position. “You’re free from the tyranny of the bottom line and only get judged by the stuf ...
In my youth, I helped publish a humor magazine. When our first issue came out, all the writers, editors and artists involved paced the streets of Boston, thrusting copies out toward uninterested commu ...
Most everyone has been part of a fundraising event. Whether you purchased tickets at the “request” of your boss or an important client, were strong-armed into volunteering by your spouse o ...
A foreclosed property on Tiffany Drive. Breakfast at the Hilton. A first-time home buyer named “Tiffany.” What could these disparate things possibly have in common? Thereby han ...
Chef And Managing Partner Dean Neff Leaving PinPoint Restaurant
Jessica Maurer
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Feb 20, 2019
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Property Owner Gets $20M Loan For Surf City Housing Development
Johanna Cano
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Feb 22, 2019
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Business Owners, Elected Official Among TEDxAirlie Speaker Lineup
Johanna Cano
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Feb 20, 2019
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Longtime Local Law Firm Moving Main Operations To Eastwood Road
Cece Nunn
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Feb 22, 2019
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South Beach Grill Reopening Following Storm Repairs
Jessica Maurer
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Feb 20, 2019
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While some might expect the growth spurt in the town of Carolina Beach to cause major growing pains, town officials say the challenges posed...
Homebuyers in the market for a historical dwelling seem to have at least one thing in common: a love of storied structures, big or small....
After almost two years since the NC PACES Act was enacted, three companies have completed crowdfunding fillings with the state, demonstratin...
The 2019 WilmingtonBiz: Book on Business is an annual publication showcasing the Wilmington region as a center of business.
