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OUR COMMUNITY
The Cape Fear region is home to a vibrant, ever-growing community that thrives on support and collaboration. We proudly highlight the makers, innovators, organizations, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs who are driving positive change and shaping a brighter future for us all.
Together, we are building something extraordinary.
PARTNERS IN BUSINESS & LIFE
Ray & Anastasia Worrell are the owners of Slice of Life Pizzeria & The Green House Restaurant in Wilmington, NC
WILMINGTON FUR BALL
the Fur Ball Committee remains steadfast in its mission to provide financial aid to animal-related groups.
PARTNERS IN BUSINESS & LIFE: LIGHTHOUSE FILMS
Allow us to introduce Co-Owners Andrea and Brad Walker of Lighthouse Films
KIDS MAKING IT
Kids Making It, in Wimington, NC, reaches over 600 kids yearly. The young entrepreneurs earn 100% of profits from sales on items they make.
HONOR FLIGHT: A PLANE LOAD OF HEROES
Honor Flight of the Cape Fear Area has announced that its second mission to Washington, DC will take place on April 29, 2023. And applicatio
EXPLORING MASONBORO ISLAND WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NC EAST
Masonboro Island Explorers program, with thanks to the Community Foundation NC East, have introduced the program to over 2000 students.
WILMINGTON SHARKS HEAD COACH: RUSS BURROUGHS ON PITCHING, PLAYERS & THE PORT CITY
Head Coach for the Wilmington Sharks, Russ Burroughs, kicks off his second year with the team.
THE NON-CONFORMISTS: ELIZABETH LEAKE, LUXE HOME INTERIORS
Non-Conformists are entrepreneurs, innovators, and social change-makers -- living and working in the Cape Fear region.
THE NON-CONFORMISTS
Non-Conformists are entrepreneurs, innovators, and social change-makers -- living and working in the Cape Fear region. They are the...
THE NON-CONFORMISTS
Non-Conformists are entrepreneurs, innovators, and social change-makers -- living and working in the Cape Fear region. They are the...
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE
“In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.” – Aaron Rose Celebrate Illuminating LIGHT at Cameron Art Museum...
BUILDING BESPOKE CARS IN WILMINGTON, NC
Ever dream of owning your very own bespoke car? Osprey Custom Cars, based in Wilmington, North Carolina, builds one-of-a-kind vehicles .
THE NON-CONFORMISTS
Non-Conformists are entrepreneurs, innovators, and social change-makers -- living and working in the Cape Fear region. They are the...
REMEMBERING
They were just teenagers once. They signed up or simply ran away to serve their country, knowing little of what lay before them 75 years lat
REIMAGINE YOUR RIDE
Street Legal GEMs are now available in Wilmington, NC.. In recent years, golf carts have become a popular means of personal...
NURSEY JAMES
In 2002, at the encouraging of a friend, I began collecting nineteenth-century African American photography. With this new found hobby...
CAPE FEAR GULLAH GEECHEE
North Carolina may not contribute the most land to The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, an expanse of land spanning four states...
BELLAMY MANSION BALANCING TRUTH WITH FINANCIAL NEED
With 150 years of history, the Bellamy Mansion Museum has seen many things, from jazz shows and educational tours to more sinister events...
BALD HEAD ISLAND’S GHOST STORY OF THEODOSIA BURR
Like any true history nerd, I could not bring myself to discuss the ghost story of Theodosia Burr before explaining a bit about the...
THE FLAG THAT KILLED LINCOLN
IT WAS EARLY 1865—THE FINAL DAYS OF THE CIVIL WAR. UNION FORCES WERE PUMMELING FORT ANDERSON, A CONFEDERATE PORT ON THE CAPE FEAR RIVER...
THE COTTON EXCHANGE – OLD BUILDINGS, NEW LIFE
“If we don’t care about our past, we cannot hope for the future…I care desperately about saving old buildings.”—Jacqueline Kennedy...
THE POWER OF GIVING
The last several years have seen a quiet revolution in philanthropic giving. Beyond the machinery of big business and off the radar of...
ANCHOR BEADS – STYLE + SOUL
If you had asked Amber Godwin 10 years ago what the next decade would bring her, the prediction would have been a bit off. Through some...
CHANGING LIVES ONE PAW AT A TIME
PUPPIES, PUPPIES, PUPPIES! It’s puppy cuteness overload at the paws4people® Puppy Development Center in Castle Hayne as seven fluffy...
HOWIE FRANKLIN: A LIFE IN THE CLOUDS
HOWIE FRANKLIN SPENT 29 YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, REACHING THE RANK OF CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT. 24 YEARS AT ANDREWS AIR FORCE...
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