Volume 4 Issue 7: Sep 6, 2024

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Sep 11, 2024

Wawa hosts groundbreaking event for new travel center in Hope Mills

Area Manager Blake Loper speaks to the crowd of customers, local officials, charity partners and general supporters as they gather to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Wawa Travel Center. Photo by GFBJ.Wawa, a privately held, family and associa ...

Sep 11, 2024

Double the developments: Caviness & Cates Communities share their plans for developing long anticipated residential neighborhoods in Hope Mills

Local developer Caviness & Cates Communities is developing 80 acres off of Corporation Drive and Chickenfoot Road in Hope Mills, NC. Photo provided by Caviness & Cates Communities.The Town of Hope Mills, NC can expect to see a lot of construc ...

Sep 11, 2024

Editor's note: 29 years and counting

This past Labor Day Weekend, I was able to celebrate yet another trip around the sun. My husband and I celebrated my birthday on Aug. 31 and, along with celebrating the fact that my birthday fell on a three day weekend this year, it was an opportunit ...

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Gratitude: Honoring the generosity of a community by maximizing impact

Posted Mar 2, 2026
When I truly recognized that the United Way of Cumberland County exists only through the generosity of this community, it fundamentally changed me, as a leader and as a person.Your United Way does not receive state or federal funding. We are sustaine
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Sep 11, 2024

Running a business is a fine art: Learn more about the panelists and topic for the next Power Breakfast coming up on Sept. 24

The Greater Fayetteville Business Journal is excited to welcome the business community to our third Power Breakfast of 2024. Everyone is invited to join us at the Ralph and Linda Huff Orangery at Cape Fear Botanical Garden on Sept. 24 from 7:30 a.m. ...

Sep 9, 2024

BBQ pitted against each other: First ever Smithfield Cup sets the stage for two barbecue teams from North and South Carolina to battle for best BBQ recognition

Graphic provided by ElizabethtownThe inaugural Smithfield Cup will take place this fall in historic Elizabethtown, pitting barbecue teams from North Carolina and South Carolina against eachother in a battle of BBQ supremacy.The new event will be stag ...


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Announcing the 2026 Health Care Heroes finalists

The Greater Fayetteville Business Journal is proud to announce our fourth annual Health Care Heroes event!      We are excited to join together with some of the region’s core health care institutions and providers and honor our local h


Answering the call: A lifetime dedicated to emergency care

The Greater Fayetteville Business Journal is proud to present the fourth-ever Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Matthew Harmody.


The Flower Bar: A new creative oasis for women in Fayetteville

Photo by Samantha MethenyThe Flower Bar is Fayetteville’s first experiential craft and cocktail lounge. Located at 719 Sterling St. in Fayetteville, N.C., The Flower Bar is scheduled to open this December. Co-owners Johanna Brumm and Dennis Bonnema a