No. 44-8, August 2024

Index

• 'DIRTY DANCING' HOTEL SELLS: Johnny and Baby may not have danced there, but but the inn fuels movie memories. (NC TREND: Real estate)
• 3M, DuPont. (HIGH POINT)
• A 6,700-square-foot oceanfront home here sold for $13.9 million, among the highest sales in state history. (FIGURE EIGHT ISLAND)
• A WALMART LIFER. (NC TREND: Retail)
• Aging Well: Savvy M&A strategy, private equity backing and smalltown values propel growtn at retirement-plan kingpin Captrust.
• Amped. (RALEIGH)
• Amusement park operators Cedar Fair and Six Flags Entertainment finalized a roughly $2 billion merger, with corporate headquarters located here. (CHARLOTTE)
• Apple. (RALEIGH)
• Audio Advice. (WILMINGTON)
• Best Employers Awards Dinner. (2024 EVENTS: SCENE SETTERS)
• Boeing Co. (KINSTON)
• BOOM OR BUST: Its Greensboro factory now open, the startup jet maker flies through aerospace industry skepticism. (NC TREND: Transportation)
• Brian Fork. (RALEIGH)
• California-based Science Corp. (DURHAM)
• Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. (WILMINGTON)
• Carrier. (CHARLOTTE)
• Charlotte Knights. (CHARLOTTE)
• Clearwater Paper. (SHELBY)
• Copa America. (CHARLOTTE)
• DEFENSE DOLLARS: State remains a laggard in attracting major investment for its military sector. (POINT TAKEN)
• Dollar Tree. (CHARLOTTE)
• Dominion Energy. (OUTER BANKS)
• DRIVING AMBITION: After on historic round that shocked the world, o youth golfer keeps chipping away. (NC TREND: College athletics)
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. (CANTON)
• EATING HIGH ON THE MOUNTAIN: Five years and $2.7 million later, a mile high restaurant returns to Mount Mitchell. (NC TREND: Tourism)
• Federal Express. (CONOVER)
• Foley & Lardner. (RALEIGH)
• GoTriangle. (DURHAM)
• Green Metals. (LIBERTY)
• GREENE, LENOIR & WAYNE COUNTIES PROSPER: As an Economic Development Region, home of Global TransPark. (COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP: NORTH CAROLINA GLOBAL TRANSPARK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGION)
• HanesBrands. (WINSTON-SALEM)
• Hayward Holdings. (CHARLOTTE)
• Honeywell. (CHARLOTTE)
• Ingles Markets. (ASHEVILLE)
• Ionna added Toyota as an eighth investor in its EV-charging development enterprise. (DURHAM)
• James M. Pleasants Co., a distributor and sales representative for HVAC. (GREENSBORO)
• James R. Martin II, an engineer and a vice chancellor at the University of Pittsburgh, will be the next leader of North Carolina A&T State University, the nation's largest historically Blaci university. (GREENSBORO)
• Kingsmen Software. (CHARLOTTE)
• Live Oak Bank. (WILMINGTON)
• MARKET MOVERS. (TOP 75 PUBLIC COMPANIES)
• Mission Hospital. (ASHEVILLE)
• N.C. Economic Development Association. (WHITEVILLE)
• NN. (CHARLOTTE)
• NO THREE-PEAT: After two straight wins, North Carolina gets a second-place in an influential economic development ranking. (PROJECT PLANS: Insights on the state's growth)
• North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants. (MOORESVILLE)
• Novo Nordisk. (CLAYTON)
• Nucor. (GREENSBORO)
• ON THE REBOUND: In the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, meei ngs and conventions are on the rise. (CORPORATE MEETING GUIDE)
• PITCH PERFECT: The world's most popular sport is an economy force in Cary.
• PLAY BALL. (UPFRONT)
• Revolutionizing Small Business Banking. (LIVE OAK BANK)
• Rhino Times. (GREENSBORO)
• RXO. (CHARLOTTE)
• School of Nursing. (HIGH POINT)
• SHANE O'KELLY AIMS TO TURN AROUND RALEIGH'S ADVANCE AUTO. HERE'S HOW. (REPAIR & REPLACE)
• Summit Executive Center. (GREENSBORO)
• TAKING STOCK. (TOP 75: PUBLIC COMPANIES)
• TCOM. (ELIZABETH CITY)
• Tepper Sports & Entertainment. (CHARLOTTE)
• The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority told the Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission it was cutting its remaining $60,000 in annual funding, effective June 30. (ASHEVILLE)
• The Charlotte Observer. (CHARLOTTE)
• The city bus service joined the growing microtransit public transportation trend. (GASTONIA)
• THE MANUFACTURING SHIFT: COMPANIES ARE LOOKING TO ADAPT TO A NEW WAY OF MAKING THINGS. (ROUNDTABLE: MANUFACTURING)
• TOP-PERFORMING CEOs. (TOP 75 PUBLIC COMPANIES)
• UNC Chapel Hill. (CHAPEL HILL)
• UNC Health Appalachian. (BOONE)
• Vallen Distribution. (BELMONT)
• VALUE COMBO: Risant Health presses for better outcomes, lower costs as it adds Cone Health to its stable. (NC TREND: Healthcare)
• VICTORIES AND VINEYARDS: Richard Childress joined High Point University President Nido Qubein in the Power List interview, a partnership for discussions with influential North Carolina leaders. (POWER LIST INTERVIEW with Nido Qubein)
• Victra. (GREENVILLE)
• VinFast. (MONCURE)
• Visit Elizabeth City. (ELIZABETH CITY)
• Walmart. (MEBANE)
• Whistle Express. (CHARLOTTE)
• Winston-Salem Journal. (WINSTON-SALEM)
• Zara. (CHARLOTTE)