It’s time for Wilmington to grow up. I spent the last nine months campaigning for city council. Two seemingly competing themes emerged as I knocked on doors and phone banked voters: (1) solve the housing affordability crisis; (2) stop overdevelopment. Often, people identified both of these as a priority, leaving some policymakers at a loss on what to do. But I ...
Shane Fernando will start the new year with a return to familiar surroundings. On Jan. 2, Fernando starts his new role as CEO of Thalian Hall in downtown Wilmington. On Jan. 1, he officially departs his role as executive and artistic director of Cape Fear Community College’s Wilson Center, a venue he helped open in 2015. Fernando also served as vice president of a ...
Brian Eckel can be kind of intense. Paul Loukas noticed it the first day he started working at Eckel’s Wilmington-based real estate firm, Cape Fear Commercial, in 2010. “I came into the office at 8 o’clock, and I was expecting some warm welcome with small talk, you know … and I see nobody’s talking to me,” Loukas said. “E ...
They could have driven their business almost anywhere. After looking at more than 100 sites in the U.S. alone and spending a year in talks with North Carolina officials, an electric vehicle component manufacturer chose Brunswick County for its first facility outside India. Epsilon Advanced Materials plans to invest $650 million in a 1.5 million-square-foot facilit ...
For many comedians chasing their dreams, the road is long, filled with false starts, promising near misses and occasional successes that hint at an opportunity to make it. Most kicked off their often-quixotic pursuits with a sweaty open mic and invested years in live performances to crowds that initially consisted mainly of friends, family ... and hecklers out to ...
It was a most unusual thing. A $1 million contest to open, own and operate your own restaurant in the Pender County town of Burgaw. But, however unusual, it was real, and in October, Karoline Schwartz of Tabernash, Colorado, was announced as the winner of the Own Your Own Million Dollar Nationwide Restaurant Challenge. “I’ve been a chef, an operator and a ...
Cape Fear Museum of History and Science’s next big project is prepping for its move to Project Grace in downtown Wilmington (its giant sloth skeleton replica is coming with). A mixed-use development, Project Grace will fill the New Hanover County-owned block bordered by Chestnut, Grace, Second, and Third streets and include a rebuilt public library and modernized ...
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 ...
The Power Players - The businesspeople and officials having the greatest impact on the region’s business and economic landscape Jeffery Bourk Airport Director, Wilmington International Airport The airport has been flying high since Jeffrey Bourk began piloting the future of Wilmington International Airport in January 2022. Why He's a Power ...
The Influencers: The changemakers, in front of or behind the scenes Jackson Autry Executive Plant Leader, GE Aerospace After working with General Electric for over 14 years, Jackson Autry was named plant leader of GE Aerospace Wilmington last year. Why He’s an Influencer: As head of the plant in Wilmington, Autry is getting ready for t ...
Conservation Group Signs $8M Deal To Buy The Point On Topsail Island
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Mar 26, 2024
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National Organization Bestows Top Award On Cape Fear Professional Women In Building
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Mar 26, 2024
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Engineering Firm Hires Four Employees
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Mar 26, 2024
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N.C. Ports Officials React To Baltimore Bridge Collapse
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Mar 26, 2024
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NCino's Fourth-quarter Earnings Signal Rebound From Liquidity Crisis
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Mar 27, 2024
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Jack Fleming, owner of Socialry Marketing & Scourz and emcee for 1 Million Cups Wilmington, shares his media and tech picks....
Polyhose manufactures and fabricates hose protection, paint hose assemblies and rubber hydraulic assemblies from its Pender County facility....
Pender County Manager David Andrews is slated to retire this summer after 33 years in local government....
The 2024 WilmingtonBiz: Book on Business is an annual publication showcasing the Wilmington region as a center of business.