UNCW’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) held its fourth annual Ocean Innovation Conference Tuesday, highlighting local startups and the blue economy. The conference, hosted at UNCW’s Burney Center, drew a crowd of ...
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a construction permit Tuesday for a BWRX-300 small modular reactor in Tennessee – the first permit issued in the U.S. for the construction of the technology developed by GE Vernova Hitachi Nuc ...
Vertical construction is underway on The Grove on Market, the redevelopment of the former North 17 shopping center site on Market Street. The proposed five-story, mixed-use project at 3402 Market St. is expected to include about 12,000 square feet ...
New Hanover Community Endowment officials announced Tuesday that the endowment is awarding seven grants totaling $15.8 million, with two of the largest sums aiding local swimming pool facilities. An endowment grant of $6.5 million has been awarded ...
Wilmington’s total number of jobs grew by close to 30% between 2015 and 2025 – the fifth-highest growth percentage among metro areas nationwide, according to a recently released report. The report from Economic Leadership, an eco ...
ProSource Wholesale, a wholesale home improvement franchise, has expanded to Wilmington with the opening of its new showroom at 4274 U.S. 421 North, Suite 130. Brothers Jeffrey, Curt and Rusty Williams co-own the ProSource of Wilmington show ...
A revised version of New Hanover County's proposed comprehensive plan is slated to go before officials for adoption early next month. Since holding a public hearing on the plan in February, the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners ha ...
Hive MLS CEO Daniel Jones has written a Declaration of MLS Stewardship Principles, which a news release described as "a proposed 'MLS constitution' designed to establish a common foundation for what an MLS is, what it protects and what i ...
Elected officials in Wilmington and Leland want federal and state officials to facilitate additional study around the replacement of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. The Wilmington City Council sent a letter addressed to Sens. Thom Tillis and Ted Bu ...
A recent WilmingtonBiz.com opinion piece argued that if Wilmington wanted other replacement options for the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge considered, “the time for that was two years ago.” The historical record says otherwise. In March ...
John Thomason used the loan he received from the fund, which now provides up to $15,000 for high-demand workforce training, to help cover mo...
Dan Brawley, head of the Cucalorus Film Festival and founder of Jengo’s Playhouse, recently discussed the venue’s year-round efforts and thi...
Rising food costs have hit low-income families particularly hard, a nonprofit organization official said, while cuts and other changes to th...
The 2026 WilmingtonBiz: Book on Business is an annual publication showcasing the Wilmington region as a center of business.
