No. 45-5, May 2025

Index

• 2025 POWER LIST: AGRICULTURE HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: EDUCATION HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: ENERGY HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: FINANCE & INSURANCE HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: HEALTHCARE HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: HOSPITALITY & TOURISM HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: LAW HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: LIFE SCIENCES HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: MANUFACTURING HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPIES HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: RETAIL & WHOLESALE HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2025 POWER LIST: TRANSPORTATION HONOREES. (2025 POWER LIST)
• 2027 Military World Summer Games. (CHARLOTTE)
• A DIVORCE IN BLADEN: A rural southeast N.C. county, praised for its job recruiting efforts, is fractured by disagreements. (Horner's RURAL ROUTE)
• A MORE PERFECT UNION. (COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP: UNION COUNTY)
• A NEW SCRIPT: A film and digital marketing veteran builds a Wilmington enterprise to train auto mechanics, construction workers and others.
• Alamance Regional Medical Center. (TRIANGLE: BURLINGTON)
• Aldersgate. (CHARLOTTE)
• Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. (TRIAD: WINSTON-SALEM)
• Avelo Airlines. (EAST: WILMINGTON)
• Bailey Manufacturing. (EAST: LAURINBURG)
• Beauty in the eye of the beholder: East Carolina University's chancellor's home hits the market, well below appraisal value.
• BUSINESS POWERHOUSES. (IN.C. PORTRAITS: DYNAMIC WOMEN)
• Carolina Panthers. (CHARLOTTE)
• CATO'S COUNTDOWN: Tariffs add to the challenges facing the dwindling Charlotte apparel retailer. (NC TREND: Retail)
• Cook Out. (TRIAD: THOMASVILLE)
• Cornerstone Building Brands. (TRIANGLE: CARY)
• Covey Calling: A creative lawyer repurposes a classic N.C. tobacco farm into a popular hunting enterprise.
• Crown Event Center. (EAST: FAYETTEVILLE)
• Currituck County Travel & Tourism. (EAST: CURRITUCK)
• DEADLINE DERRING-DO: A 4-year-old N.C. digital news business looks for a path to sustainability. (NC TREND: Media)
• DOING LESS, BETTER: Aeroflow has shown Amazon-like skill in serving fast-growing healthcare markets. (NC TREND: Healthcare)
• Duke Energy. (CHARLOTTE)
• Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital. (MOORESVILLE)
• Falfurrias Management Partners. (CHARLOTTE)
• FB Financial. (WEST: ASHEVILLE)
• Federal Transit Administration. (CHARLOTTE)
• FHI360. (TRIANGLE: DURHAM)
• Food Network. (TRIAD: WILMINGTON)
• FSU CHANCELLOR DARRELLT. ALLISON, J.D. FOCUSED ON THE UNIVERSITY & THE COMMUNITY.
• GAS PAINS: Development of Net Power's promising clean-energy technology is taking longer and costing more than expected. (NC TREND: Energy)
• GreenLight Biosciences. (TRIANGLE: DURHAM)
• Highwoods Properties. (TRIANGLE: RALEIGH)
• Hillybilly's Barbeque and Steaks. (LOWELL)
• HomeTrust Bank. (CHARLOTTE)
• Honeywell's plans to separate into three publicly listed companies prompted executive changes. (CHARLOTTE)
• HUNGRY FOR MORE. (ROUND TABLE: LIFE SCIENCES)
• IMC Pro International. (EAST: GREENSBORO)
• Integrated Power Services. (EAST: GREENSBORO)
• IperionX. (CHARLOTTE)
• Jim Goodnight, CEO of SAS Institute. (TRIANGLE: CARY)
• John McAdams, who has had an enormous impact on North Carolina through the engineering and design firm that he started in 1979, is retiring. (TRIANGLE: RALEIGH)
• Johnson & Johnson. (EAST: WILSON)
• Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing. (STATESVILLE)
• LeatherltaliaUSA. (LELAND)
• LISC Charlotte. (CHARLOTTE)
• Lofts at Osage Mill. (BESSEMER CITY)
• LOVE BOUTIQUE: Hillsborough's PHE turned a once-taboo shopping experience into a $300 million adult retail empire.
• Lowe's. (MOORESVILLE)
• Mast General Store. (WEST: BANNER ELK)
• Maya Hotels. (CASTONIA)
• MORE THAN JUST A CONVERSATION.
• N.C. Department of Transportation. (TRIANGLE: PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST)
• New River Building Supply and Lumber Company. (WEST: BOONE)
• North Carolina Central University. (TRIANGLE: DURHAM)
• NORTH CAROLINA Higher Education 2025.
• NOT YOUR AVERAGE DELIVERY. (UPFRONT)
• Novolex. (CHARLOTTE)
• OmniSource Corp. (TRIAD: KERNERVILLE)
• paid parking system. (EAST: SUNSET BEACH)
• Panera Bread. (TRIAD: GREENSBORO)
• Patrick Yarn Mill. (KINGS MOUNTAIN)
• Piedmont Lithium. (CHARLOTTE)
• PRESENTING THE POWER LIST.
• Pro Cal Printing & Graphics. (CONCORD)
• Protocase. (EAST: WILMINGTON)
• Realty Income Corp. (TRIANGLE: CREEDMOOR)
• Residences at the Prince Charles. (EAST: FAYETTEVILLE)
• Reynolds American. (TRIAD: WINSTON-SALEM)
• RTI International. (TRIANGLE: DURHAM)
• SELLING THE MISSION. (POWER LIST INTERVIEW: JAMES SILLS with Nido Qubein)
• SHOW TIME: A meticulously restored Charlotte theater opens after 47 years of downtime and perseverance. (NC TREND: Arts)
• Southern Bank. (EAST: MOUNT OLIVE)
• SouthPark Community Partners. (CHARLOTTE)
• Ten Tenths Motor Club. (CONCORD)
• Tencarva Machinery. (EAST: GREENSBORO)
• Topsail Steamer. (EAST: SURF CITY)
• UNC Chapel Hill's men's basketball team. (TRIANGLE: CHAPEL HILL)
• US MgO. (EAST: LELAND)
• Villa Point. (EAST: WILMINGTON)
• Wolfspeed. (TRIANGLE: DURHAM)
• Wow Bao. (WEST: FOREST CITY)