Rufus 552 Report post Posted June 23, 2020 My new NC base (for family, not work lol) is now Wilmington, which has long been a city of interest to me. So, I thought I would start a business section for Wilmington, since it is slowly gaining a ton of steam with its economy. First is hometown mega corp, PPD which went public after years of being private. It's now listed at #641 on the F1000, with $4.031b in revenue. I would expect that to grow this year as well too. Interested to see what space they may need with this growth. Secondly is a $100m IPO being formed by Wilmington-based Cloud-financial nCino. This is all in addition to the port seeing some of the fastest growth nationally. @KJHburg not trying to steal your thunder! You're my Econ Dev inspiration on this forum lol. 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KJHburg 67957 Report post Posted June 24, 2020 Wilmington which I get to once a year is booming so it will be good to have someone on the ground there. And there is a lot more business than tourism there the port, PPD, the fintech, manufacturing etc. Downtown is booming too with RiverPlace and new apartments. It is like a Charleston 10 years ago. So once you get there flood the site with photos too. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kermit 11945 Report post Posted June 25, 2020 The three racist WPD officers are now trending nationally. Not a good look. Race relations have always been Wilmington’s Achilles heel. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rufus 552 Report post Posted June 25, 2020 22 minutes ago, kermit said: The three racist WPD officers are now trending nationally. Not a good look. Race relations have always been Wilmington’s Achilles heel. Going back to its founding.... It's so interesting to know that before 1898 Wilmington was a Black majority city, and even had a prosperous freed-slave population before the massive 1898 Massacre Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rancenc 2781 Report post Posted June 26, 2020 18 hours ago, Rufus said: Going back to its founding.... It's so interesting to know that before 1898 Wilmington was a Black majority city, and even had a prosperous freed-slave population before the massive 1898 Massacre Actually it was the first and only time in the USA in which an elected government was violently overthrown. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rancenc 2781 Report post Posted July 31, 2020 Even though the profile from this August's edition of Business North Carolina is Coastal Carolina, I thought I would place it here on the Wilmington page. https://businessnc.com/community-close-up-coastal-north-carolina/ 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rancenc 2781 Report post Posted January 4 The year 2021 could be a great year for the movie industry in the Wilmington area!. https://independenttribune.com/entertainment/movies/state-of-film-in-wilmington-promising-with-four-projects-already-set-for-2021/article_2dd70a8d-d65e-5362-88a3-d08107ac05f5.html 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
