Local groups are planning a complex set to include indoor and outdoor Olympic-sized pools. According to a news release, the Wilmington Aquatic Center and ACCESS Inclusive Recreation Center “will be the heart of the new Olsen Farm Recreation Village, a transformative development on the historic Olsen Farm adjacent to I-40 at Murrayville Road.”  The re ...

The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus is slated to see $250 million to $400 million of investment in the next three to four years, Chancellor Aswani Volety said Wednesday during the Greater Wilmington Business Journal’s Power Breakfast. The investments are part of Soar Higher, UNCW’s strategic plan, which envisions bringing a hotel and conferenc ...

New Hanover Community Endowment officials on Tuesday outlined a new approach to how they plan to allocate its grants starting next year.   The shifts include grouping the grants into formalized categories of different scopes, offering unrestricted grants to some nonprofits and researching potential solutions on issues to shape requests for proposals that groups resp ...

The group behind plans for a 20-acre athletic and cultural center on Wilmington’s Northside is working to collect community feedback on their proposed project, called Optimism Oasis. Organizers hosted a public meeting on Monday at the Wilmington Sportsman Club to discuss the project and say the next steps involve ongoing public engagement and forums as they g ...

A sentencing hearing for local entrepreneur George Taylor Jr. for a case involving unpaid employment taxes is scheduled to be held Wednesday in a Wilmington courtroom, according to court documents. The U.S. Attorney's Office announced in August that Taylor had pleaded guilty to not paying more than $2 million in employment taxes and not filing employment tax returns ...

Frontier Scientific Solutions, a temperature-controlled storage and transportation company serving the life sciences industry, announced its plans to develop new state-of-the-art facilities at Wilmington International Airport (ILM) and Shannon Airport (SNN) in County Clare, Ireland. The cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practices) projects, including a 500,000-square-foo ...

A museum commemorating Wilmington’s 1898 massacre and coup is in the works in the Brooklyn Arts District. The creation of the Wilmington 1898 Museum for Healing, Education and Democracy was announced in a news release on Monday. The institution is in the planning and development stage with an opening expected in the spring of 2028. The museum will explore the i ...

The white-haired, blue-eyed man drinking decaf coffee at Folks Cafe in downtown Wilmington explained one of his greatest hopes for the future in his typically blunt manner. “I would love to be able to take a train to Raleigh instead of having to drive on that damn I-40,” said Gene Merritt, a longtime Wilmington resident who is working to bring back passenger ...

Fueled by expected growth in the nuclear energy sector, Global Laser Enrichment, which uses lasers to enrich uranium, has increased its local footprint and employee base in recent years. In June, Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) moved into its new headquarters inside the Wilmington Trade Center, an industrial park along U.S. 421. At more than 67,000 square feet, the space ...

Wilmington-based franchise Clean Eatz announced Tuesday it’s appointed the company’s first CEO. Eric Wyatt, a 30-year restaurant and retail industry leader, has been selected for the role. According to a news release, Wyatt most recently served as CEO of California-based NORMS Restaurants. Wyatt has also held C-level leadership roles at Boston Market and ...