Vol. 37 No. 10, October - October 2017
Index
- 2017 State of Small Business: Letter from Scott Daugherty, state director, Small Business and Technology Development Center.
- Going all in.
- N.C. Small Business and Technology Development Center.
- N.C. Small Business Center Network.
- Playing pays: Costumes, samples and games are all in a day's work at Practicon, where company leaders see them as productivity boosters, not time wasters.
- Public/private nonprofits.
- State agencies.
- Taking flight: Aviator Brewing Co. owner combines his passions--beer and comic books--to grow his share of North Carolina's bustling craft-beer industry.
- Tasting success: Fueled with funding from diverse sources, Seal the Seasons delivers flash-frozen produce straight off the farm, especially to those who need it most.
- AMAZON ANGST: JUMPING ON THE BANDWAGON TO LURE THE E-COMMERCE GIANT IS A HARD SELL FOR THIS FAN OF THE HOME TEAM.
- CHANGE COMES SLOWLY: TRADITION, CULTURE AND INERTIA COMBINE TO MAKE DRAMATIC POLICY REVERSALS RARE IN STATE GOVERNANCE.
- STORAGE WARS: SELF-STORAGE SITES ARE MOVING DOWNTOWN TO BE CLOSER TO SPACE-STARVED MILLENNIALS--AND CITY LEADERS AREN'T TOO THRILLED ABOUT IT.
- ENGINEERED FOR SUCCESS.
- TURNING AWAY FROM TURNAROUNDS: NEW OWNERS ARE TAKING A NEW TACK AT A CONSULTANCY KNOWN FOR FIXING TROUBLED BUSINESSES.
- STILL STANDING: TEXTILE DESIGNER AND GAY-RIGHTS ACTIVIST WESLEY MANCINI IS THE ULTIMATE SURVIVOR.
- URBAN REVIVAL: A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM FOUNDED BY ONE OF CHARLOTTE'S MOST PROMINENT CHURCHES HELPS REVITALIZE A LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD.
- A CANNON OF WORK.
- CAROLINAS INDEX.
- SELL SIDE.
- TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (BILLION).
- THE DOCTOR IS IN.
- IT TAKES A VILLAGE: Educators, businesses and parents must work together to ensure today's students have the skills they'll need as part of tomorrow's workforce.
- GO WEST.
- RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMIT VALUATIONS (million).
- SO INDEPENDENT.
- UNEMPLOYMENT RATES.
- BATTLEBORO.
- CHERRY BLOSSOMS.
- ENFIELD.
- LAURINBURG.
- TAR HEEL.
- DURHAM.
- MORRISVILLE.
- OXFORD.
- RALEIGH.
- STARTING STRONG.
- Supporting Those Who Build North Carolina.
- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals.
- Variety Wholesalers.
- ASHEBORO.
- BURLINGTON.
- GREENSBORO.
- MOUNT AIRY.
- PLAY BALL.
- CHARLOTTE.
- OPERATING AUTHORITIES.
- Energy solutions you can count on.
- ASHEVILLE.
- DOCTORS WITHIN OUR BORDERS.
- MURPHY.
- SPINDALE.
- VALDESE.
- Jumps forward: Advances in orthopedic procedures are helping a growing number of hip- and knee-replacement patients heal faster with less pain.
- Charlotte surgeons are building a better prosthetic hand.
- Beer BUST: MillerCoors' plant closing raises doubts about rural North Carolina's promise and unites political rivals in condemning globed corporate consolidation.
- BUILT FOR GROWTH: An improving economy and steady migration of newcomers are fueling a building boom.
- STICKING TOGETHER: After 137 years working through tumult in the furniture and textile industries, a thriving tape business binds a Hickory family.
- SADDLE UP: Traditional methods make Stackhouse & Ellis Saddles a horse of a different color.
- Crown jewels.
- A DASHING SUCCESS.