The Power Players: The businesspeople and officials having the greatest impact on the region’s business and economic landscape. Jackson Autry Executive Plant Leader, GE Aerospace Jackson Autry is in his second year leading the GE Aerospace plant in Castle Hayne. The plant manufactures aircraft engines and components and employs 540 people. Why he ...

Three coats and 240 gallons of paint later, the Bellamy Mansion Museum has a fresh exterior. In conjunction with the site’s 30th anniversary of becoming a public museum, officials spent the year fundraising $120,000 to paint the main house’s exterior. Physician John Bellamy had the 10,000-square-foot, 22-room home built between 1859 and 1861. In the late &rs ...

The WilmingtonBiz 100 is an annual Greater Wilmington Business Journal initiative to recognize the top 100 Power Players, Influencers, Innovators, Connectors and Rising Stars impacting Southeastern North Carolina’s business landscape. Those included in this year’s group were announced in October, but on the following pages you can read a little more about wh ...

A sold-out concert at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater raised nearly $100,000 for relief efforts in parts of Western North Carolina impacted by Hurricane Helene. The “From Wilmington, With Love” concert, featuring Ben Folds and musicians from the North Carolina mountains region, took place Oct. 29 and was organized by the city of Wilmington with support from Liv ...

In New Hanover County, a project 126 years in the making is underway: a museum dedicated to examining a critical yet often overlooked, misinterpreted and deeply painful event in American history, the 1898 Wilmington massacre and coup. This project represents not just a revival and recognition of history but a bold step towards being a catalyst for healing, a supporter f ...

There is no doubt that the Cape Fear region has experienced considerable growth over the past five years. That growth is reflected in the number of jobs in the area – 19,000 more than in 2019; wages, which are 50% higher; but perhaps there is no metric that reflects the significant changes occurring in the region more than migration. While there have been sever ...

StepUp Wilmington announced in November the hiring of Teresa Wolf as the organization’s next CEO and executive director. Wolf is the third director in the nonprofit’s 21-year history, succeeding Will Rikard, who had served as StepUp’s executive director since 2015. StepUp announced its search for a new leader this summer after Rikard told the board he ...

As the weather turns colder, we often hear others longing for warm summer days spent relaxing with family on the coast. Though the weather may change, traditions that go hand in hand with summertime celebrations can be enjoyed year-round. Danielle Mahon felt the same way and wanted to bring seafood boils to anyone, coast to coast. She is the founder and CEO of Topsai ...

Kate Brody Nooner, senior associate dean of the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s College of Science and Engineering and psychology professor, is a force in higher education – a force she uses to help people.  “It is exciting to be a leader in higher education,” Nooner said. “I get to do more good, to help more people reach their dr ...

After 20 years as the elected district attorney for New Hanover and Pender counties, Ben David retired from the role this year, but he won’t be far from the courtroom. David is the chief executive officer and chief legal counsel for the newly formed Community Justice Center located in The Harrelson Center in downtown Wilmington. “After 25 years of giving ...