Vol. 42 No. 5, May 2022

Index

• AGRICULTURE.
• ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS.
• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
• EDUCATION.
• ENERGY.
• FINANCE & INSURANCE.
• HEALTH CARE.
• HOSPITALITY & TOURISM.
• INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
• LAW.
• LIFE SCIENCES.
• MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS.
• NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPIES.
• PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
• REAL ESTATE.
• RETAIL.
• SEARCH BY LAST NAME.
• TIMELY LEADERS.
• TRANSPORTATION.
• BEAUTIFUL NEW DAY.
• EXPORT EXPERTISE: N.C. companies are finding new markets from Mexico to Morocco, aided by lots of wise counsel.
• ADVANCING BLACK ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN NORTH CAROLINA.
• FAST DISAPPEARING: Slow to the megasite game, North Carolina became a hotspot for big manufacturers over the past year.
• ANONYMOUS SOURCING: David Chadwick's RealResponse provides a platform for athletes and staff to report what is really going on.
• WELL STITCHED: Star athletes help a Charlotte apparel designer reach the winner's circle after a slow start.
• $203.5 million still left unspent as business grants offer another shot.
• ELECTRIC BUS CHARGER PLANT HOSTS INFRASTRUCTURE TALKS.
• UNC construction over budget.
• HEAVY METAL.
• WHAT'S THE BUZZ?
• INNOVATION GAINS.
• Lightweight plastics manufacturer and distributor PolyQuest trademarked a brand of recycled bottle flake and resins called PQRenew.
• The Carolina Long Bay.
• The Pirate Entrepreneurship Fund.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific.
• Axiom Space has partnered with RegenMed Development Organization and Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine, setting a presence here.
• Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
• Epic Games.
• First Carolina Bank.
• Friedlam Partners.
• Javara.
• Jim Kitchen, a UNC Chapel Hill professor, was one of six astronauts who went above the Karman Line, the border between Earth's atmosphere and outer space.
• QVC.
• ReViral.
• RUD Fleet.
• Site Selection.
• SVN Parsons Commercial Group.
• UNC Board of Governors.
• Wake Forest School of Medicine.
• Appalachian State University.
• Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
• Duke Energy.
• Gaston Aquatics.
• Honeywell.
• Levine Museum of the New South.
• Lowes.
• Macy.
• Murphy's Naturals.
• N.C. State University.
• North Wilkesboro Speedway.
• Pinehurst Resort and Country Club.
• The Carolina Panthers.
• The U.S. Department of Transportation.
• INCREASING PRODUCTION.
• Higher Education: NORTH CAROLINA.
• AGGIE ACCELERATION: N.C. A&T State University is poised to become a top-level research university under Harold Martin Sr., who became chancellor at the Greensboro campus in 2006.
• Seeking a healthy return: The nation's oldest continually operated women's college opts for a bold new direction.
• Gray power: Retirement living options abound across North Carolina, attracting newcomers and hefty investments from corporations and not-for-profit housing groups.
• WESTERN N.C.
• INVESTING IN THE WEST.
• REMOTE CONTROL: A mountain-area tech training program shows bright prospects.
• MANUFACTURING.