The New Hanover Community Endowment has hired a new leader. Endowment officials have chosen Dan Winslow as the organization’s next president and CEO. He was selected following a competitive, nationwide process with more than 150 candidates, Shannon Winslow, vice chair of the endowment board, said during a press conference on Monday afternoon. Shannon Winslow ...

Andy Jones has worn many hats within WARM NC, figuratively speaking. Since starting with the organization in February 2018, he’s served as volunteer coordinator, program development coordinator, hurricane recovery coordinator, community outreach, deputy director and chief strategy officer. Most recently, he took on the role of CEO. In mid-July, following a two- ...

A nonprofit employment agency is looking for a new leader, according to a news release. StepUp Wilmington announced Wednesday that it has started a transition process to find the successor for current Executive Director Will Rikard. The release stated that Rikard recently notified the board of his intent to resign by the end of the year. “Rikard has been employ ...

The United Way of the Cape Fear Area was recently awarded more than $570,000 from the Center for Workforce Inclusion Inc. to help older area residents. According to a news release, the Center for Workforce Inclusion, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, has been involved in age-inclusive workforce development for more than 60 years. The center works with training experts nat ...

The executive director of the Historic Wilmington Foundation announced his resignation on Friday. Travis Gilbert is leaving to serve as the director of philanthropy for the Old Baldy Foundation, a nonprofit that works to preserve Old Baldy Lighthouse. Isabelle Shepherd, Historic Wilmington Foundation’s development officer, will serve as interim director until the ...

The YMCA of Southeastern North Carolina is laying the groundwork for growth with a proposed rezoning for a new facility in northern New Hanover County. The complex, which is proposed along Sidbury Road, is part of the YMCA’s efforts to ensure it’s adequately serving the area as its population grows and shifts, said Dick Jones, president and CEO of the YMCA o ...

After years of work, the Northside Food Cooperative is at a tipping point.  When New Hanover County leaders approved a memorandum of understanding with the cooperative last month, it set in motion a process that could bridge the food desert that’s persisted on Wilmington’s Northside for the past 35 years.  Cierra Washington, executive director o ...

The arts economies of North Carolina, including that of New Hanover County, are outpacing that of the nation as a whole. That’s from the just-released Americans for the Arts study that surveyed 373 diverse communities and regions across the United States and Puerto Rico about spending related to music, the performing arts and the visual arts.    Findin ...

After sitting idle for about a decade, the site for the future home of the Salvation Army of Cape Fear will soon see construction activity. Plans for a two-phase development on the 22-acre site were submitted this week to Wilmington’s Technical Review Committee. Maj. Kenneth Morris, who heads the organization, is optimistic the city will approve the project. &nbs ...

As she led a tour Monday of newly renovated space in a former New Hanover County jail, Meade Van Pelt's relief was palpable. "We've been so full...we have been at capacity and not been able to take any new [nonprofit partners] in like two years," said Van Pelt, executive director of The Harrelson Center, a campus of nonprofit organizations at 20 N ...