Underneath the bridge on the way to Leland sprawls a vast assortment of wetlands and a handful of industrial sites known as Eagles Island.   It lies at the confluence of the Cape Fear and Brunswick rivers and comprises over 3,000 acres, which, in addition to wetlands, includes a patchwork of old rice paddies, historic shipwreck sites and dr ...

The New Hanover Community Endowment on Tuesday announced more than $12 million in grants for nonprofits across New Hanover County, with a focus on community safety and well-being. The grants include 11 community safety grants and funding for organizations working in education, affordable housing and social and health equity sectors. According to the release, the endowme ...

The N.C. Coastal Land Trust has reached an agreement with a developer to preserve over 3,200 acres of forest in New Hanover County.  The deal is with Copper Builders, the developer behind the controversial Hilton Bluffs subdivision proposed on Castle Hayne property known as Sledge Forest. It would see over 3,200 acres of the forest protected under the stewardship o ...

The Forward Fund has received a $1 million grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation to expand its financing program for students in short-term, high-demand workforce training programs. The Golden LEAF Foundation awarded the funding through its Strategic Projects Advancing Rural Communities (SPARC) initiative, which aims to "support bold, collaborative projects that ad ...

Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday announced a $100,000 naming gift from REV Federal Credit Union to its ongoing capital campaign for the center's transformation project. The $25 million renovation project would nearly double Thalian Hall’s footprint, as it expands into a 17,000-square-foot wing that had been occupied by the city of Wilmi ...

The New Hanover Community Endowment held its semiannual public meeting Wednesday night, where officials addressed concerns about school bond funding, the local arts community and funding for the Northside Food Co-op.  The endowment hosted the meeting at the Minnie Evans Performing Arts Center located on the Eugene Ashley High School campus. The endowment, which has ...

Local organizations are seeking input from area nonprofits on the state of the nonprofit sector in New Hanover County, according to a news release. Cape Fear Collective, UNCW’s QENO (Quality Enhancement for Nonprofit Organizations) and the Landfall Foundation have opened an online survey examining funding, workforce and the conditions shaping local nonprofits, the ...

The New Hanover Community Endowment has appointed seven new members to its Community Advisory Council (CAC).  The endowment’s 18-member CAC is appointed by the endowment’s board after being recruited and selected through a public application process. The members serve staggered three-year terms.  The endowment was created following the $1.5 ...

The New Hanover Community Endowment has announced four new grants to education and youth-serving organizations in New Hanover County, according to a news release. An $896,000 grant to Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington (GLOW) "supports efforts to improve academic achievement, expand pathways to postsecondary success and promote economic mobility for young women ...

At the celebration of life for Jean Beasley, held in April, about 200 people gathered to remember the sea turtle advocate, who died at 90 years old in December. She founded the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center as a result of the sea turtle work done by her daughter, the organization's namesake. Karen Beasley died at the age of 29 in 1991. ...