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NC film production valued in excess of $400 million this year
Aug. 19. Movie production in North Carolina is on track to exceed a boffo $400 million in 2021, the largest tally since the creation of the North Carolina Film and Entertainment Grant in 2014. All told, the film industry has brought more than 25,000 job opportunities to the state. North Carolina provides a “beautiful stage […]
Atrium/Wake Forest Baptist unveil new logo
Aug. 18. Wake Forest Baptist Health and Atrium Health have unveiled their new brand—Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist—as the combined healthcare giant prepares to build a new medical school in Charlotte. The new brand will roll out in marketing materials followed by signage and other types of branding over the next year. Brand message The […]
Making Birkdale Village a go-to ‘third place’ is under way
Aug. 17. By Dave Yochum. Look for significant—and subtle—improvements at Birkdale Village as North American Properties, its new management and development company, works on enhancing the notion of the “third place” at the 52-acre mixed-use project. Sephora opens Sept. 3, good news in a challenging brick-and-mortar retail environment. But along with the opening comes a subtle […]
Nature’s Value moving HQ, manufacturing to Winston-Salem
Aug. 11. Nature’s Value Inc., a contract vitamin and dietary supplements manufacturer, will move its headquarters to the Winson-Salem area and build a manufacturing plant. The total investment is nearly $20 million. Fifty-two jobs will be moved to the new location from an existing plant in Lexington. The company, which was based in Coram, NY, […]
2 join Davidson Wealth Management team; another retires
Aug. 11. Lisa Scriba and Alex Cohen recently joined the Davidson Wealth Management of Wells Fargo Advisors practice. Scriba, a senior registered client associate, brings 24 years of client care with Wells Fargo Advisors and predecessor firms. Cohen, a recent finance graduate from Clemson University, is a client associate. Celeste Renaldo is retiring after […]
New assistant town manager in Davidson
Aug. 9. Austin Nantz becomes assistant town manager in Davidson effective Aug. 23 having spent 22 years working for the City of Charlotte. During her tenure there, she worked in various roles and departments from large operating departments such as the fire department and Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) to most recently working in the […]
Million-dollar home sales
6/16/2021 $6,250,000 Greg & Sheryl Provenzano to Riaz Syed & Amena Nasreen, 16602 Flying Jib Rd. 7/16/2021 $4,900,000 Andrew & Pavla Smith to Patrick & Barbara Murphy, 17002 Freshwater Ln. 6/15/2021 $1,692,000 Julie & Ronald Leslie II to Vasnsi Alluri & Susanna Vemanamandhi, 18013 Whispering Oaks Dr., Cornelius 6/16/2021 $1,625,000 James Crowder & Rachel Justice […]
Quillen to step down as Davidson president; Anthony Foxx will lead search committee
Aug. 5. Carol Quillen will step down as president of Davidson College after the 2021-2022 school year. She will return to Davidson as a professor of history after a sabbatical year in 2022-23. Former Charlotte Mayor and US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, a 1993 graduate, will lead the search committee for the Davidson’s next […]
Here’s how to make the complex manageable
Business Advice | By Cheryl Kane Many of us are redefining what kind of new business normal we can achieve as we move forward in COVID times. This can seem daunting but try taking one step at a time. Here are some ways to maintain your resiliency and your optimism, step-by-step. Let your view be […]
Follow the money: Fifth Third chases market share with 2nd branch in Cornelius
Aug. 3. By Dave Yochum. With Fifth Third Bank officially opening its “Next Gen” financial center on West Catawba today, there are now more than a dozen banks dividing up more than $1.35 billion of deposits in Cornelius. Fifth Third is the only one with two branches in Cornelius. Of course, Aquesta’s main branch is […]
