Volume 3 Issue 17: Feb 9, 2024

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Feb 15, 2024

Walk through history: Fayetteville's African American Heritage Trail announces plans for revitalization and renewal

The trail highlights specific historic landmarks and other areas with markers such as the one pictured above at Fayetteville State University - Photo by GFBJThe African American Heritage Trail of Fayetteville has been a project in the works for over ...

Feb 15, 2024

50 years strong: Coldwell Banker Advantage celebrates 50 years in service to the real estate needs of the greater Fayetteville community

Logo provided by CBAColdwell Banker Advantage in Fayetteville, a company long recognized for its pioneering spirit, vision and innovation, is celebrating 50 years of serving real estate clients in southeastern North Carolina. The golden anniversary w ...

Feb 15, 2024

Happy February! Black History Month, Valentine's Day, and out first Power Breakfast of 2024!

January has finally passed and we are closer to seeing the end of winter! I’m not sure about the rest of you, but I am excited to finally be done with January. Did it seem to last forever for anyone else? As we enter into February, it is a ...

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North Carolina Holds a Home-Field Advantage in the Innovation Game

Posted Dec 1, 2025
North Carolina’s medical and biotech ecosystem is already highly regarded, but two emerging developments are even greater opportunities for local innovators: the rise of ARPA-H, the federal government’s high-risk, high-reward health innovation agency
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Feb 15, 2024

Meeting with purpose: City of Fayetteville continues to progress towards the $130.6 million Murchison Choice Neighborhood Plan

The Elliot Circle site includes a total of two townhomes, one, two and three story walkups and a three- story elderly community with an elevator for accessibility - Image provided by Fayetteville Economic Community DevelopmentWhat began as a HUD Choi ...

Feb 13, 2024

Leaping Forward: Greater Fayetteville business Journal to host its first Power Breakfast of 2024 on Leap Day

The Greater Fayetteville Business Journal team extends a warm invitation to our dear readers for the upcoming Power Breakfast on Feb. 29. This PowerBreakfast, themed “Leaping Forward,” will be held at the Cape Fear Botanical Gardens where guests will ...

Feb 9, 2024

State of real estate: Longleaf Pine REALTORS® to bring members of the real estate community together to examine the 2024 housing market

Image courtesy of Longleaf Pine REALTORS®Longleaf Pine REALTORS®, Inc. will host their annual State of the Real Estate Market Conference on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the Crown Complex in Fayetteville. From 11:45 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. the trends of the real ...


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In The Current Issue

Hemp hemp hurray: Local farmer and business man seeks to educate the broader community about the many uses for hemp

Keith Dunn began farming hemp in 2017. A few weeks later he founded East Carolina Hemp Supply. After years of slow but steady growth, Dunn hopes to one day be able to build a hemp processing plant in North Carolina to boost the industry and local eco


Australian manufacturer to launch North American operations in Bladen County, investing more than $6M in Elizabethtown

Photo provided by Bladen County Economic DevelopmentVectorTex USA, LLC, a product developer and technology company, will create 44 new jobs in Bladen County. The company will establish its first North American manufacturing facility in Elizabethtown.