Vol. 42 No. 4, April 2022

Index

• PORTAL AUTHORITY.
• JERRY NEAL: A risk-taking Randolph County entrepreneur helped create a wireless pacesetter.
• A DECADE OF GROWTH IN NORTH CAROLINA: As PNC celebrates one decade in North Carolina, Regional Presidents Weston Andress and Jim Hansen reflect on the bank's local growth, community impact and future.
• ALLY GETS THE ASSIST: An innovative digital bank took a chance on Charlotte pro soccer, scoring an initial victory.
• WHAT'S THE BUZZ?
• MOVING IN.
• NORTH CAROLINA TRIBUNE.
• Amazon.
• Atrium Health will call its new innovation district and medical school campus The Pearl.
• Privately held Meridian Waste bought Triad Waste.
• Southern Asphalt.
• The Brightspeed telecommunications company.
• The Carolina Panthers are pausing work on their Rock Hill headquarters and training facility after disagreements with the South Carolina city.
• The popular Northeast convenience store and gas station chain Wawa is seeking property to expand to North Carolina by 2024.
• A $110 million expansion to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center is expected to create more than 185 jobs.
• dC Automotive.
• FedEx.
• InfinityLink Communications.
• MegaCorp Logistics.
• Procter & Gamble is investing $8.8 million in an 86,288-square-foot expansion of its manufacturing facilities here.
• The town council voted to annex 38.5 acres of unincorporated, undeveloped land into its town limits.
• TRU Colors Brewery.
• Backers of a multipurpose athletic field for Reynolds High School and Wiley Middle School privately raised $4.3 million from 570 donors toward a $5.8 million goal.
• Biscuitville Fresh Southern.
• Cofounders Capital.
• Cornerstone Building Brands.
• Raul Reis, dean of the journalism school at Emerson University in Massachusetts, was appointed to the same post at UNC Chapel Hill.
• Rho.
• Syngenta Crop Protection.
• The Grove at Kernersville Apartments.
• Wake Forest University.
• A block of buildings in the middle of this 8,500-resident town are being demolished with plans for construction of six new properties.
• Dominion Realty Partners.
• HCA.
• Nearly a year after announcing plans for a big Triangle site.
• Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
• The city council is mulling developers for a 500-plus-room hotel and mixeduse office tower and expansion plans for Raleigh Convention Center.
• The Ecusta Trail.
• Veterans Guardian VA Claim Consulting.
• Wicked Weed Brewing.
• PAVING NEW PATHS.
• DIGGING IN.
• TOP GOLF COURSES 2022.
• FITNESS ON THE LINKS: Golfers seeking more game and less pain spur growth at a Triangle physical-therapy firm.
• Presidential seal: Quail Hollow Club scores another golfing prize with the Presidents Cup landing in Charlotte in September.
• New way to roll: Golf carts aren't just for fairways anymore.
• Driving sales.
• On par with safety.
• Say cheese: Pimento's popularity paves growth for an unusual cast of food startups.
• RETURNS ON INVESTMENTS.
• A CHANCE OF PACE: Belhaven's quaint culture attracts visitors for more than just a night.