April 2017
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Golf 2017: No surrender
Methodist University’s Jerry Hogge is fighting the faltering golf economy by continuing to educate the sport’s leaders.
Golf 2017: Golf trippers
Perry Golf offers well-heeled golfers a whack at the world’s most famous links.
Golf 2017: Future field
The First Tee today means something very different. It’s a formal organization founded in the late 1990s by five marquee golf organizations to attract more kids to the sport.
Golf 2017: Double time
The world’s best players will test golf architect Tom Fazio’s designs at two elite tournaments in North Carolina this year.
After the flood
It’s been six months since Hurricane Matthew menaced eastern North Carolina, the latest in a long list of storms.
Free + clear: Clash of the bully pulpits
In the debate over House Bill 2, opinions diverge on who is the intimidator.
Money talk: King of the mill
Brokerage giant LPL stakes a claim in suburban Charlotte, led by ex-Queen City financial executive Dan Arnold.
Town square: Facebook’s friend
Aided by the social-networking behemoth and a Taiwanese textile company, Forest City is lumbering ahead.
NC trend: Show stoppers
Once a star performer in the U.S. film industry, North Carolina is now more of a bit player.
NC trend: Freight state
Driver shortages, autonomous vehicles and home delivery are forcing Old Dominion Freight Line to stay nimble.
NC trend: Battle to business
The talent pool of military veterans is deep says Dean Bundschu, executive director of Bunker Labs, so why don’t more of them own their own companies?
NC trend: On the bright side
The fast-growing residential solar market means more business for a finance company’s N.C. office.
Eastern: Doctor dealing
The pending merger of ECU Physicians and Vidant Medical Group, each of which employs about 400 doctors, will have a combined staff of more than 1,200.
Charlotte: Smoky clears
Superlatives come easy in describing the sale of Bissell Companies’ Ballantyne Corporate Park to New York investors Northwood Group.
Triad: Learning tree
The BB&T Leadership Institute is stepping up its game with a plush leadership training site near Piedmont Triad International Airport.
Triangle: H street shuffle
Massive changes are taking place along Raleigh’s Hillsborough Street.
Western: Heels aim high
Appalachian State University agreed to a three game series with UNC Chapel Hill.
Life sciences round table: Big benefits in little packages
Life-sciences companies are using the smallest organisms to improve North Carolina’s largest industry, agriculture.
