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Inter-City Visit: Lessons From Boulder
Local leaders return from this year’s Inter-City Visit. What did Boulder, Colorado, have to teach?
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With HB2, The Hits Keep On Coming. How Should We Respond?
How do you best promote travel to Chapel Hill – while also supporting a cause that has many boycotting the whole state?
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Caravela Coffee Named to B Corp Best For The World List
Caravela Coffee, a green coffee company based in Colombia, was named to the B Corp “Best For the World” list for the second straight year. Caravela’s North American office is on Rosemary St in Chapel Hill. The Best For The World list is comprised of companies in the top 10 percent out of more than 1,800 […]
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Morinaga Added to List of Orange County Living Wage Employers
The Orange County Living Wage Project is continuing to grow as more employers in our community commit to paying their workers a living wage, which is calculated as $12.75 per hour in Orange County. Another employer was added to the list last Thursday and it was a rather large get for the local non-profit. Susan […]
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Report: Steakhouse Opening at University Place in Chapel Hill
A new restaurant is coming to Chapel Hill. The Triangle Business Journal is reporting that Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill, which TBJ describes as “an upscale steakhouse,” is opening its first North Carolina restaurant at University Place. Stoney River is an affiliate of Nashville-based J. Alexander’s. The 7,906-square-foot restaurant will be moving into the space […]
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Tourists Spending More in Orange County, According to New Study
Domestic visitors spent over $184 million when they came to Orange County last year, according to statistics from the “Economic Impact of Travel on North Carolina Counties 2015,” a study by the U.S. Travel Association. “They’re coming to visit the University of North Carolina,” said Patty Griffin, Communications Director for the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors […]
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Chapel Hill Residents, NAACP Members Stage Protest Against UPS
About 30 protesters stood and sat on Eubanks Road outside of the UPS Monday evening. They were hot, and they were tired but they continued to wave signs at and chant to passersby and cars. They’re protesting what they say is the mistreatment and discrimination against the employees of UPS. One of those protesters is […]
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Southern Season Sold at Auction
Chapel Hill-based Southern Season was sold at auction on Friday. The gourmet-food retailer went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this summer. The Triangle Business Journal is reporting that Delaware-based kitchen retailer Calvert Retail put in the winning bid in bankruptcy court of $3.5 million. TBJ is reporting that Calvert – which has a location in […]
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Six Inducted into Chapel Hill – Carrboro Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame
Six local business people were inducted into the Chapel Hill – Carrboro Chamber of Commerce in a ceremony on Thursday night at The Carolina Inn. Those inductees were: Dickie and Bev Dickinson of Dickinson’s Garden Center Engineer M. Joseph Hakan Victor Huggins of Huggins’ Hardware Roger and Dorothy Jennings of Jennings & Company Restaurateurs Moreton […]
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Local Beekeeper is as Busy as His Bees
You could say that Marty Hanks is as busy as a bee. Hanks owns and runs, “Just Bee Apiary,” a chemical-free business that focuses on raising and managing colonies of honey bees. The 30 hives on his Chapel Hill farm account for half of his inventory, while the other 30 hives are spread across rooftops […]
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2017 Conference Slated for Chapel Hill Cancels Over HB2
A convention scheduled to take place in Chapel Hill next year has canceled over North Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2. The Public Management Research Associates Conference was scheduled to be held in Chapel Hill in June 2017. But the group’s Board of Directors decided at its recent meeting in June to cancel because of the […]
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Two Restaurants Joining Target at Carolina Square
After month of rumors, developers officially announced that Target would be coming to downtown Chapel Hill’s Carolina Square on Thursday. We also learned more about who would be joining the discount retailer in the new development which is currently under construction. Pieology, a made-to-order pizza restaurant, and b.good, a farm-to-table fast-food chain, will both occupy space […]
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Chapel Hill Noodles & Company Impacted in Data Breach
Noodles & Company recently announced they had a security breach that may have compromised the security payment information of some guests who use credit and debit cards. The security breach took place at a number of their locations across the country including the one on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. Noodles & Company reported in […]
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Southern Season Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Southern Season, the Chapel Hill-based chain of speciality food and gift stores, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to the Triangle Business Journal. The news comes on the heels of the closure of Southern Season’s store in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The closure is the second in two months. In April, it was announced […]
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Smartphones and College Students are Changing the Moving Business
Warm weather makes summer the most popular time of the year to move. But carrying large boxes and unloading trucks isn’t the way most people want to spend their time. That’s where Bellhops comes in – a rapidly growing start-up from Auburn University that is taking the Triangle by storm. “Raleigh is our sixth strongest […]
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WCHL & Chapelboro Moving to University Place
WCHL radio is moving to a new space at University Place on South Estes Drive, after 14 years at its location off Weaver Dairy Road. The station was purchased last August by California and Colorado-based businessman Leslie Rudd, a former homeowner in Chapel Hill. He brought in Chris Ehrenfeld, Jim Kitchen and Mark Vitali as […]
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New Overtime Pay Requirements to Include Millions of Workers
Extended overtime pay protections are making their way to millions of workers this year. In March, President Obama announced the Department of Labor’s update on overtime regulations, which more than doubled the salary workers can make to receive overtime compensation. By the current standards, workers making less than $23,660 a year, qualify for overtime pay. But […]
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Morinaga Celebrates Hi-Chew Factory Opening
You may have seen the Japanese candy Hi-Chew on the shelves of stores like Target, CostCo and Walmart. It’s chewy, comes in a variety of fruit flavors and is now being made in North Carolina. The makers of Hi-Chew, a Japanese company called Morinaga America Foods Incorporated, opened their first American production facility in Mebane, […]
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Women Continue to Fight for Their Place in the Work Force
Addie Swartz has built a career based on two things she knows best – business and motherhood. Swartz is an accomplished entrepreneur, having founded several companies and established new businesses within Disney and Reebok. She is also a mother of two and understands the difficulties of balancing a career and a family. So she founded […]
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Local Startup? Launch Chapel Hill Could Help
Launch Chapel Hill helps local startups get off the ground. And now, they’re looking for the next big idea. Dina Rousset is director of Launch Chapel Hill. She said the program has help about 55 companies, the vast majority of which are still in business. And most of them, according to Rousset, stayed right here in the […]
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