Emma Dill
Reporter at WilmingtonBiz
Reporter for @wilmingtonbiz | formerly @StarNewsOnline l midwesterner living in coastal carolina l Story ideas? ➡️ [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
wilmingtonbiz.com | Emma Dill
Avelo Airlines launched a base of operations at Wilmington International Airport (ILM) on Thursday, making it the first airline to establish a base at the airport. Officials from ILM and Avelo marked the launch on Thursday alongside Gov. Josh Stein and other local leaders. Avelo will have two planes based at ILM, and the company plans to hire about 50 employees from the Wilmington area.
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3 weeks ago |
wilmingtonbiz.com | Emma Dill
Plans for a Wawa convenience store and gas station are under review on Oleander Drive in Wilmington. Representatives for Wawa recently submitted plans for the approximately 6,300-square-foot store at the corner of Oleander and Englewood drives. The project is slated for a vacant 1.6-acre tract just east of Jungle Rapids Family Fun Park. Several gas station brands, including Wawa, Sheetz, 7-Eleven and Royal Farms, have announced plans in recent years to expand into the Wilmington market.
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3 weeks ago |
wilmingtonbiz.com | Emma Dill
The first businesses are open in the Cargo District’s food court, Cargo West, with others set to open their doors in April. Like much of the Cargo District, the restaurants in Cargo West, located at 615 S.15th St., operate out of 20-foot shipping containers with walk-up windows for ordering. Cargo District developer Leslie Smith said three restaurants are currently open, and he expects others to open next month.
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4 weeks ago |
wilmingtonbiz.com | Emma Dill
Canadian company Protocase and its subsidiary 45Drives hosted an open house this week at its first Wilmington-area production facility. The 11,000-square-foot facility off U.S. 421 will assemble data storage and computer servers for 45Drives. Protocase, a Nova Scotia-based rapid manufacturing firm, announced last year that it had selected Wilmington for its first U.S. expansion.
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1 month ago |
wilmingtonbiz.com | Emma Dill
A Carolina Beach-based startup, Skillmaker.ai, can cut down the time it takes to train an auto technician from two years to just 25 days, according to the company’s founder and CEO Robin Cowie. The platform uses extended reality (XR), including immersive technologies like virtual reality and mixed reality, to train workers. Skillmaker.ai won the Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) Venture Connect pitch contest in the AI and Machine Learning category in Raleigh on Thursday.
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