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Sep 25, 2024

The Takeaway: Doggy Paddling

By Staff Reports, posted Sep 25, 2024

Sept. 22 might have marked the official end of summer, but the annual Pooch Plunge earlier in the month ushered in the dog days of summer’s end. This year’s Pooch Plunge at Robert Strange Pool on South 10th Street saw about 300 canines splashing over five days to mark the seasonal closing of the city’s pools. “The Pooch Plunge was started by t ...

Sep 25, 2024

Connected To Commerce

By David W. Frederiksen, posted Sep 25, 2024

The year was 1969 – Richard Nixon was president, milk cost $1.10 and the New York Jets were Super Bowl champs – when crews completed the steel, 3,000-foot-long Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, opening Wilmington and the region not only to the wider world but also its dollars. “(The bridge) provides a critical transportation link for not only the movement of ...

Sep 25, 2024

Fiber Optics Companies Coming To Wilmington

By Randall Kirkpatrick, posted Sep 25, 2024

Wilmington, as well as dozens of cities, towns and regions in North Carolina – and thousands nationally – is experiencing an intense, competitive growth phase when it comes to their internet connections. Fast-growing fiber optic companies Metronet, Lumos Fiber and Google Fiber are actively planning and beginning to install fiber optic across the city. Legacy ...

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Business Owners: Do You Sponsor a Retirement Plan For Your Business? These Are Things You Should Know Going Into 2025

Posted Sep 6, 2024
As we approach 2025, there are several changes that must go into effect for employer-sponsored retirement plans, such as 401(k)s or 403(b)s. These changes originated from SECURE Act 1.0, signed into law in December 2019, and SECURE Act 2.0, signed into law in late 2022. The Acts contain several new provisions, scheduled to take effect over several years. Understanding these changes, and communicat...read entire article
Sep 25, 2024

In the past year, several manufacturers with international ties have announced plans to expand their reach into the Wilmington area. These announcements offer just a snapshot of the foreign direct investment that’s coming to the Cape Fear region – investments that offer the potential to draw in more new business, according to Scott Satterfield, CEO of the lo ...

Sep 25, 2024

Heather McWhorter's Sea Of Possibilities

By Cece Nunn, posted Sep 25, 2024

In early September, the director of UNCW’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and her team were swimming waist-deep in the blue economy. Heather McWhorter, who has led the university’s CIE since 2022, said Sept. 5, “Right now, our life is the Ocean Innovation Conference and all the details associated with that." The conference, which, a ...

Sep 25, 2024

Young Startups: Make Some Room

By Staff Reports, posted Sep 25, 2024

The startup culture in Wilmington continues to grow as more entrepreneurs discover and want to be immersed in the area’s quality of life. While challenges remain, such as the need to attract more capital to the coast to help local startups thrive and potentially stay in the Port City, early entrepreneurs say they’ve found a welcoming atmosphere and importa ...

Sep 25, 2024

Young Startups: Get To The Good Stuff

By Staff Reports, posted Sep 25, 2024

The startup culture in Wilmington continues to grow as more entrepreneurs discover and want to be immersed in the area’s quality of life. While challenges remain, such as the need to attract more capital to the coast to help local startups thrive and potentially stay in the Port City, early entrepreneurs say they’ve found a welcoming atmosphere and importa ...

Sep 25, 2024

Young Startups: Dose Of Innovation

By Staff Reports, posted Sep 25, 2024

The startup culture in Wilmington continues to grow as more entrepreneurs discover and want to be immersed in the area’s quality of life. While challenges remain, such as the need to attract more capital to the coast to help local startups thrive and potentially stay in the Port City, early entrepreneurs say they’ve found a welcoming atmosphere and important re ...

Sep 25, 2024

Checking-In Cuisine

By Meghan Corbett, posted Sep 25, 2024

As Wilmington continues to grow at a rapid rate, competition in the hotel industry is growing, as well. While some might consider hotels only an option for out-of-towners, many are focusing their attention on attracting locals with destination restaurants catering to both hotel guests as well as the public. For example, Arrive hotel on South 2nd Street in downtown Wilmi ...

Sep 25, 2024

Dan Winslow On Leading The Endowment

By Vicky Janowski, posted Sep 25, 2024

In August, the New Hanover Community Endowment’s board announced that it had selected Dan Winslow as the fund’s next president and CEO after a national search. Winslow, who most recently led the Boston-based New England Legal Foundation, starts in the new role Oct. 1. He will head up the $1 billion-plus community endowment created from the sale of New Hanover R ...

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