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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FSU: Redefining Success and Service through the Power of Partnership

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As I mark my 5th year as Chancellor at Fayetteville State University, I can only promise that we will continue to develop opportunities and strengthen partnerships that drive success. It was well documented prior to my arrival that FSU, the state’s s
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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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Camden Commons: A new era of retail and commercial growth in Hope Mills

The project, named Camden Commons, features a sprawling mixed-use development campus ready-made for new business at the intersection of Camden and Rockfish Roads. A Super Target store has been announced as one of the anchor tenants on the site.


Publisher's note: Pick up the torch

GRAPHIC PROVIDED BY BETTER BUSINESS BUREAUIn the fall of 2025, I was approached to be a judge for the Better Business Bureau’s 2026 award series. Like many of you in the community, I didn’t realize that the BBB had its own awards, and I was excited t


Excellence as a standard: Inside Dr. Tamara Colvin's path to becoming director of the FSU HUB

As the director of the FSU HUB, Dr. Tamara Colvin is responsible for strategic and operational leadership to provide impactful support to emerging entrepreneurs and existing small businesses. Photo provided by Colvin.Fayetteville Cumberland Regional