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43929
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"Charlotte picks a $10 million tribute to its most famous modern leader, erasing an earlier design." Thomas Polk Park, which opened in 1991, was demolished this past summer and will be replaced with a better designed space likely to be named in honor of banking leader Hugh McColl Jr. The redo has not gone without criticism.
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Charlotte NASCAR Hall of Famer and CEO of NASCAR Speedway Motors, Bruton Smith, died on June 22, 2022, at the age of 95. During his life, Smith secured a spot on the Forbes list of 400 richest Americans through the massive success of Sonic Automotive Inc. Bruton's impact on the racing world will be continued by his son, Marcus G. Smith, the new Chief Operating Officer of Speed Motors Inc.
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The issue of who would pay for cleaning up Duke Energy's accidental spill of 39,000 of coal ash into the Dan River some seven years ago had been a matter of much dispute until an agreement this year that awaits ratification by the N.C. Utilities Commission.
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"Three iconic N.C. families back an investment venture that starts with $1.35 billion under management." Launched in February 2021, Charlotte based New Republic Partners became the sixth-largest registered investment advisory firm in the Carolinas. Three influential North Carolina families; Belk, Close and Bowles have joined forces under New Republic to offer, investment, advisory and credit solutions for individuals, families, endowment, foundations and advisors. Investors with $10 million or more are the target audience for the firm's complete array or services.
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"A big insurer questions the benefits of hospital mergers." The company's CFO, Mitch Perry says the cost of health care is still too high.
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Napoleon Wallace, managing partner at Durham based Partners-in-Equity and co-founder of the BestNC.org initiative has a goal to help Black businesses in N.C. gain a 22% share of economic activity.
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A native of Charlotte, Mike Mayer is currently CEO of North Carolina's largest community bank. First Bank now has $7 billion in assets with growin niches in Charlotte, Triad, Triangle, Wilmington and Asheville markets.
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"Scott Baxter rebuffs fears that the revered Wrangler and Lee denim brands have faded."VF Corp. bought Greensboro's Blue Bell, owner of Wrangler owner in 1986. In 1998, VF moved its headquarters from Pennsylvania to Greensboro. in 1998. With diversification it rose to become the largest U..S.. publicly traded clothing company.
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43293
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The most impressive commercial real estate building projects in North Carolina between July1, 2020 and June 30, 2021 listed
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42730
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The 600 mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline was cancelled in July 2020. $4 billion was invested in the venture. 53 % ownership was held by Dominion with the balance being controlled by Duke and subsidiary Piedmont Natural Gas.
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42826
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Alex Lee Inc. ranks No. 6 among North Carolina’s largest private companies. Owner Brian George is steadily maneuvering dramatic changes and increasing competition running the company’s 74 store retail chain, Lowes Foods and its Hickory based wholesale food distributor, MDI, which supplies more than 600 grocery stores globally. Moses George started the company initially in 1931 and by 1956, it had become Merchants Distributors Inc.
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Governor Roy Cooper’s agenda includes capitalizing on the recent economic upswing that complements what the governor defines as the state’s strengths: absence of unions, low tax rates, focus on education. His cited strengths include greater bipartisan support, helping to partially eradicate HB2, and supporting the increase of teacher salaries and per-pupil spending.
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Responding to the trend of health consciousness was Winston-Salem’s Primo Water Company. Part of its profile was company-related challenges, such as a decrease of retailers to promote its products. Encouraging a continuation of services were statistics, such as number of individual water bottles saved when Primo jugs were used an average of 40 times. Also inciting service continuation was a reminder about the 2016 Flint, Michigan water crisis and harmful chemicals that may be still present in everyday tap water.