Eastern North Carolina Development

[rancenc 1502]

New baseball stadium in downtown Fayetteville breaks ground!

http://www.wral.com/fayetteville-business-owners-say-baseball-stadium-is-an-economic-home-run/16630360/

 

[KJHburg 50581]

In eastern NC for a few days first stop in Greenville lots of growth here new apartments downtown and lots of growth at hospital and all over town. New huge Stantonsburg Rd Dickinson Ave 10th Street connection underway. Many more restaurants downtown and lots more apartments since my years at ECU. Photos 1.2 Vidant Medical center 3 new brewery along Dickinson ave 4 new apartment complex and parking deck downtown 5. greenville municipal bldg 6. new parking garage for new apartment complex 7. 5th street downtown 8. Self Help credit union building and office 9. another city owned parking deck (was zero decks downtown when I went to school here) 10 and 11 newer student apartments across from campus with parking deck 12/13 New Lidl grocery store opening this Thursday on Fire Tower Rd south Greenville (this is the same design being used for all their stores across NC including Charlotte's new South End store). 

[rancenc 1502]

Thanks for the email reminder and or course the postings.  It looks like ECU's campus development seems to be going deeper into the downtown core of Greenville which is great.  Stimulates retail, commercial, and hopefully non traditional student housing options!

[KJHburg 50581]

More of Greenville ECU campus and the campus looks a lot better than it did years ago. New student center being built along 10th Street 

[KJHburg 50581]

ECU Medical Dental school and Vidant Hospital area in Greenville. This area is really growing with new buildings being added, new patient tower at the hospital. New Medical center downtown 10th St Connector bridge over Dickinson Ave. Last photos are of the ECU Dental school. 

[KJHburg 50581]

Historic Edenton NC is beautiful located on Albemarle sound. Edenton was established in 1712. Oldest courthouse in state still in use 5th photo. 

[KJHburg 50581]

Elizabeth City and nearby Dismal Swamp State Park just 3 miles south of VA border. Town of Hertford in Perquimmans county.  Dismal Swamp has 28 miles of biking and hiking trails and like most NC parks is free to visit.1st photo of the controversial windmills near EC   I like visiting small towns in NC. Breath of fresh air from the big cities. First town photos are Elizabeth City last 3 photos are Hertford NC 

[KJHburg 50581]

Small town of Belhaven NC on Pungo River is home to a great farm to fork restaurant called Spoon River Market.  People come from 50-100 miles to dine there (as I did with my friends from Greenville) Nearby towns are interesting too Washington and of course Bath.

[tarhoosier 3482]

These are super views of a corner of NC that many never see or think of. Thank you. My visits to E City and Hertford and Edenton are still fresh in memory and never to be forgotten. Edenton especially with the cupola house, oldest house in NC, Old jail in use for 200 years courthouse, womens tea rebellion in Revolution just so much.

[KJHburg 50581]

30 minutes ago, tarhoosier said:

These are super views of a corner of NC that many never see or think of. Thank you. My visits to E City and Hertford and Edenton are still fresh in memory and never to be forgotten. Edenton especially with the cupola house, oldest house in NC, Old jail in use for 200 years courthouse, womens tea rebellion in Revolution just so much.

Here is the Cupola House I forgot to attach it and a few more from Edenton. It is a great little town and all should come up this way as this was civilized NC not backwoods like the Piedmont in colonial days.  If you are a history buff this part of NC is where it is at including New Bern and Wilmington both of which I have been too. First time to Albemarle Sound area. 

[KJHburg 50581]

Great win for Goldsboro and eastern NC a new South African biltong jerky plant. 60 new jobs. http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2017/06/23/project-jerky-an-international-snack-food-maker.html?ana=e_ae_set1&s=article_du&ed=2017-06-23&u=oAaDx%2B74FoP4qOJ%2By4AU6dhJPpc&t=1498247799&j=78436961

[rancenc 1502]

Glad to see continued growth in the downtown area of Fayetteville.

http://www.fayobserver.com/news/20170612/downtown-fayetteville-having-spurt-of-retail-growth

 

[rancenc 1502]

Great article on the growth in the City of Rocky Mount.

http://businessnc.com/town-square-rocky-mount-looks-carolina-connector-push-positive-growth/

 

[rancenc 1502]

More of NC's smaller cities need visionary people like Stephen Hill......kudos to people who are willing to plough their money back into the community.

http://businessnc.com/stephen-hill-is-betting-art-will-transform-kinston/

 

 

Edited September 2, 2017 by rancenc

[rancenc 1502]

Great redevelopment in Rocky Mount!

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article193165804.html

[rancenc 1502]

Company selects Washington NC for corporate headquarters.

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/02/16/manufacturer-selects-n-c-over-virginia-for-new.html

[rancenc 1502]

Great to see additional office space coming to the downtown area of Fayetteville.

http://www.fayobserver.com/news/20180313/new-downtown-office-building-may-be-fayettevilles-tallest

[KJHburg 50581]

Just back from Greenville NC and it is booming with new apartment growth, retail etc.  Some photos from this week.  Large apartment complexes near downtown and in downtown that look like the ones in Charlotte or Raleigh. 

[KJHburg 50581]

Great story about the changes in Rocky Mount area in Edgecomb and Nash counties.   Good things going on (finally)  http://businessnc.com/the-nash-edgecombe-economy-heats-up/

[NcSc74 333]

On 6/16/2018 at 3:52 PM, KJHburg said:

Just back from Greenville NC and it is booming with new apartment growth, retail etc.  Some photos from this week.  Large apartment complexes near downtown and in downtown that look like the ones in Charlotte or Raleigh. 

Kind of wish the city would have channeled some of that growth to a more urban plan.  Downtown is still that of a small town and the surrounding area is a sprawling mess.

[rancenc 1502]

Article from about a month ago discussing the opening of two apartment complexes opening up in downtown Greenville

http://www.reflector.com/News/2018/06/24/A-Tale-of-Two-Towers-Hundreds-set-to-move-into-downtown-Greenville-area.html

[rancenc 1502]

Nice article on Washington NC

http://businessnc.com/washington-builds-on-its-river-front/

[KJHburg 50581]

Here are some photos of mine from downtown Washington from June 15.   Their downtown is beginning to really pop.  

[Merthecat 341]

It's really great to see a prospering downtown in that part of the state!  We need those islands of vitality to draw more business out there.

[rancenc 1502]

Nice article on the city of Washington!

http://businessnc.com/washington-builds-on-its-river-front/