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3 days ago | 
bizfayetteville.com | Luke P. Wheeler |Bob Burton |Sirisha Reddy
As hurricane season begins, Fayetteville residents are encouraged to prepare now. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the 2025 season is expected to be above-normal, making early preparation even more critical for families across the region.
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4 days ago | 
bizfayetteville.com | Sirisha Reddy |Luke P. Wheeler |Madison Howard
Community Development Specialist Jacqueline "Jackie" Abbott was recently awarded the Spirit of North Carolina Award, an award offered by the United Way of North Carolina to honor organizations and individuals who exemplify the “spirit” of their community. Each year, city employees have the opportunity to give back to the community by participating in the United Way of Cumberland County’s fundraising campaign.
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4 days ago | 
bizfayetteville.com | Luke P. Wheeler |Sirisha Reddy |Madison Howard
The City of Fayetteville has hired Willie Henry to lead its Information Technology Department. He assumed the role on May 26. As the City’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), Henry will oversee a $8.8 million budget and lead the administration and operations of Fayetteville’s Information Technology Department.
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6 days ago | 
bizfayetteville.com | Sirisha Reddy |Bob Burton |Luke P. Wheeler
Money Box Academy Inc., in partnership with the City of Fayetteville, ACT and the FTCC Innovation Center, proudly presents the first-ever High School Financial Literacy Boot Camp for Cumberland County students. This initiative was designed to combat the alarming statistic that more than 54% of Gen Z feel unprepared to manage their finances after high school (National Financial Educators Council, 2023).
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2 weeks ago | 
wilmingtonbiz.com | Cece Nunn |Luke P. Wheeler |Rosalie Calarco |McAuley Hollis
For this year’s Coastal Entrepreneur of the Year, the journey started, as many entrepreneurial journeys do, with an important question. “How do we make sure life-saving therapies get to the people who need them without delay, without compromise?”Frontier Scientific Solutions, the 2025 Coastal Entrepreneur of the Year, wanted to come up with an answer. “That one question sparked a mission that spans time zones, temperature zones and regulatory zones most of us didn't know existed.
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2 weeks ago | 
wilmingtonbiz.com | Emma Dill |Luke P. Wheeler |Heather McWhorter |Gretchen Roberts
Next Glass, the parent company of Untappd, recently opened an office in the downtown Wilmington space it had occupied from 2016 to 2023. In a news release Monday, the Wilmington-born company, which aims to connect beverage producers, retailers and consumers, announced the opening of an office at 21 S. Front St. The headquarters for Untappd, an app that allows users to track and rate beers they've tried, moved out of the downtown office space in early 2023.
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1 month ago | 
yachting-pages.com | Nathan Bees |Liza Ryder |Luke P. Wheeler |Hannah Rankine
Leading Australian yacht crew uniform supplier, Quality Marine Clothing (QMC), has announced its expansion into New Zealand with the opening of a new office in the heart of Auckland City.
Previously operating as Uniform Shelf, the New Zealand branch will now trade as Quality Marine Clothing New Zealand, strengthening QMC’s presence across the Pacific. This marks an exciting milestone for the company, which has been a trusted name in marine apparel since its inception in 2017.
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1 month ago | 
wilmingtonbiz.com | Vicky Janowski |Natalie English |Luke P. Wheeler |Katrina M. Knight
That’s one of the pieces of advice we give our Coastal Entrepreneur Award judges each year when they’re faced with the task of making their picks. Who shows high-growth potential? Who is making a name for themselves and cutting through the noise? Who, out of these stacks and stacks of nominations, do you see as entrepreneurial? Our panel of outside judges deliberated and picked the 11 category winners in this year’s CEA process.
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1 month ago | 
wilmingtonbiz.com | Rickie Houston |Luke P. Wheeler |Gretchen Roberts |Robert T. Burrus
Frontier Scientific Solutions got its start in the pharmaceutical logistics space after CEO Steve Uebele discovered a problem that needed solving. “I started Frontier Scientific Solutions to solve critical gaps I saw in the pharmaceutical supply chain – especially in temperature-controlled logistics, regulatory inefficiencies and fragmented international distribution,” Uebele wrote in an email.
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1 month ago | 
bizfayetteville.com | Eddie Velazquez |John Bellamy |Luke P. Wheeler |Erin Ananian-Gentile
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is looking for input on a connected route that would link several centers of economic interest in and around Fayetteville and Cumberland County along a route that includes Interstate-685. The route is dubbed Corridor K, and is part of the Carolina Core brand. NCDOT’s survey, seeking input from residents, businesses and other stakeholders like Fort Bragg, will close at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2, and is focused on Phase 1 of Corridor K specifically.
