Vol. 43 No. 10, October 2023

Index

• ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND: A Charlotte translating company provides its employees freedom and flexibility.
• GOOD GOOMBAYS: A made-to-order restaurant loan, with a side of diplomacy.
• INTERNET POWER: A Youngsville company jump-starts its online presence.
• LETTER FROM BYRON HICKS: State Director, Small Business and Technology Development Center.
• NOURISHING BUSINESS: How a homemade product became an international business success.
• SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES: State Agencies.
• SPIRITUAL SPLIT.
• HOW A GOLF MECCA KEEPS ITS SHINE: Pinehurst Resort President Tom Pashley joined High Point University President Nido Qubein in the Power List interview, a partnership for discussions with influential leaders. Interview videos are available at www.businessnc.com.
• DR. BILL MILNER: A Texan-born dentist devotes his life to providing traveling dental care in central North Carolina.
• INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN N.C.: This is the twenty-eighth in a series of informative monthly articles for North Carolina businesses from PNC in collaboration with BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine.
• PERPETUAL CHRISTMAS: A Durham startup promotes sustainability, sharing and fun with regular toy deliveries.
• ICY HOT: How Rod Brind'Amour has led a resurgent hockey powerhouse.
• WHOSE BUSINESS IS IT ANYWAY? A Case Study in Divorce and the Family Business.
• PAPERTOWN BLUES: Canton looks for a new role after the shuttering of its landmark.
• FRESH APPROACH: A Cary company says tasty kombucha isn't an oxymoron.
• Albemarle Corp.
• Bank of America.
• Bissell Ballantyne Legacy Foundation.
• Clayton Supply.
• Corvid Technologies.
• Dallas-based MCR bought the Canopy by Hilton.
• Duke Energy.
• The Department of Defense.
• Truist.
• A federal grand jury indicted one current and one former deputy of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office over an alleged bid-rigging scheme.
• A Pitt County grand jury indicted Mayor Pro Tem Rose Glover on two counts of obtaining property by false pretense.
• An industrial facility that has attracted Amazon.
• Beaufort Visitor Information Center.
• Google.
• Mt. Olive Pickles.
• Murray Bridges, who had owned and operated Endurance Seafood since 1976.
• Premier Sotheby's International Realty's.
• Richmond.
• The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles License and Theft Bureau filed more than 425 charges against a dozen current and former employees at Nissan of Shelby after a months-long investigation.
• Boom Supersonic.
• Carolinas Gateway Partnership.
• East Carolina University.
• Furniture maker Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams ceased operations and filed for bankruptcy protection.
• Kessebohmer.
• Live Oak Bank.
• nCino.
• North Carolina A&T State University.
• PB Financial.
• Rock House Farm.
• Salem College.
• United Furniture Industries.
• Blue Force Technologies.
• Classic Carolina.
• Doctoral students at Duke University voted to unionize through the Service Employees International Union.
• Epic Games.
• Fortrea.
• McKay's.
• Montecito Medical.
• NET Power.
• Novan.
• Paris Baguette.
• Advance Auto Parts.
• An administrative law judge ordered the state to issue a permit to Wake Stone for its rock quarry near Umstead State Park.
• Cherry Bekaert.
• Liberty Healthcare.
• The Carolina Hurricanes signed a 20-year lease with the Centennial Authority.
• Construction work on the Blue Ridge Parkway has led to double-lane closures on either side of The Bluffs at Doughton Park.
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
• N.C. Transportation Secretary Eric Boyette, who has served in Democratic Gov. Roy Coopers cabinet since 2017, has retired.
• Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
• The search for UNC Asheville's next chancellor is the first under a new policy that gives more control to the UNC Board of Governors and System President Peter Hans.
• DIVERSITY: IT JUST MAKES SENSE.
• Trail BLAZERS 2023.
• A North Carolina icon: How Bob Timberlake, a nice guy from Lexington, became a global phenomenon.
• TURNAROUND TIME: Chapel Hill leaders jockey to make Franklin Street a dynamic space.
• ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.
• GOING COASTAL: Expanded marketing benefits New Hanover.
• FROM SOIL TO SKY: Educational partnerships and a focus on drones create jobs across the East's 29 counties.
• COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN: A prominent empty building enables Appalachian State University to expand.