During a recent discussion centered on the local job market, panelists were cautiously optimistic about the year ahead. On Thursday, the Cape Fear chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) hosted a luncheon featuring a panel focusing on the theme, “The Jobs Picture for the Cape Fear Region.” Moderated by University of North Carolina Wilmi ...
Wilmington Downtown Inc. officials will look within the organization rather than conducting a search for a new president and CEO after the last person to hold the top role resigned in May. WDI’s executive committee voted unanimously at its September meeting to potentially look at the organization’s only staff member (other than interns) and vice president of ...
Hurricane Ian has made landfall on the west coast of Florida and will move off the Northeast Florida coast Thursday evening. The Category 4 storm could make landfall across southern South Carolina on Friday, according to the latest National Weather Service forecast. In Southeastern North Carolina, the storm's anticipated arrival has already prompted closure ...
After TRU Colors employees were informed last Wednesday that they’d be out of a job by Friday, local organizations have jumped in to assist them to find new roles. Cape Fear Community College is providing resources and training to help the former employees enhance their employment skills, according to a CFCC release shared Tuesday. The assistance is ...
Editor’s Note: On Wednesday, TRU Colors’ CEO and founder George Taylor announced in a statement that the brewery, which employs active gang members, will close Friday. Click here to read coverage of the announcement. Below is the full statement. I spent the past 7 years working closely with so many amazing people trying to better our city. Over time, o ...
A goal of the Small Business Administration is to encourage more small businesses to become involved in federal contracting. An announcement July 25 from the SBA indicated that the agency is making progress toward that goal, at least nationally. During the federal fiscal year of Oct. 1, 2020-Sept. 30, 2021 – the most recent year for which complete data are a ...
Tucked away off Blue Clay Road, a young farmer is carrying on a family tradition he is determined not to let die. Twenty-two-year-old George Graham Trask is in the midst of his first summer season as head farmer at Trask Family Farms, a new business on old land centered around getting back to old ways. For now, customers can get a taste of the farm’ ...
A professional men’s soccer team is poised to return to Wilmington by 2024, if recently announced plans come to fruition. Will it be a resurrection of the Hammerheads? Maybe so, officials say. Late Friday evening, United Soccer League (USL) League One announced USL had granted a newly formed group exclusive rights to pursue a League One expansion fr ...
Holly Childs resigned from her role as president and CEO of Wilmington Downtown iNC, the organization announced Thursday afternoon. Childs, whose resignation takes effect immediately, said she is returning “home for family reasons,” a news release stated. She took over as head of WDI in January 2021, shifting the organization’s focus mor ...
Guy C. Lee Building Materials, a long-standing building supply company in North Carolina has purchased one of Wilmington’s oldest family-owned businesses, E.W. Godwin’s Sons Lumber Co. The buyout is a new step for both businesses and allows Smithfield-headquartered Guy C. Lee to fully integrate into the Wilmington market while still maintaining nearby ...
Affordable Housing Investors Buy Lakeside Villas In $29M Deal
Staff Reports
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Jan 26, 2023
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Work Continues On Covey, Envisioned As Midtown’s Neighborhood Nest
Miriah Hamrick
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Jan 25, 2023
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The Half Takes A Bite Out Of New Markets With Second Location
Miriah Hamrick
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Jan 25, 2023
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City To Begin Due Diligence On Potential Thermo Fisher Building Purchase
Johanna F. Still
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Jan 25, 2023
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Novant NHRMC Unveils Its Neurosciences Institute
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Jan 25, 2023
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Plans for major improvements fell by the wayside, delayed by life and the home’s overwhelming degree of deterioration, which placed the prop...
Many industries have started to recover from the roiling effect the pandemic had on the labor market, but nearly three years after the first...
With more than 15 years of experience in the wood chip industry, Taner Basaga has maintained key relationships with loggers in the region. “...
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