May 2016
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Triangle: Wegmans wades in
Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans Food Markets will open its first North Carolina store in Cary, with three additional Triangle locations planned.
NC trend: Powder power
As ski season lifts off, Beech Mountain Resort is led by a third generation of Costins.
NC Trend: Stealing home
Ted Parker put $12 million into his dream home. Someone seeking tranquility and 10 bathrooms will pay a lot less.
NC Trend: Day in the life
How does the CEO of the country’s largest electric utility spend her time? Carefully. Lynn Good takes a few minutes to talk time management.
NC Trend: What’s the alternative?
North Carolina has become an important player in renewable energy, with solar and wind...
Point taken: More talk than action
Businesses condemn lawmakers for creating a firestorm over potty policies, while funding their campaigns.
Town square: Burlington’s Bounce
The historic Alamance County textile town keeps reinventing itself, bolstered by a family business turned global giant.
Up front: Time to pay up
As part of this month's focus on higher education, guest columnist Paul Fulton explains his passion for improving North Carolina's colleges and universities.
Health care round table: Assessing health care
Public policy, personal habits and changing demographics make providing health care in North Carolina a complex process.
NC Higher education: Classy choices
North Carolina’s college system is as diverse as it is large, from a school founded for American Indians to its flagship campus in Chapel Hill.
NC Higher education: Head of the class
Former student body presidents talk about the ways their North Carolina schools shaped them — and where they are now.
NC Higher education: Coming home
Robin Cummings returns to Pembroke to run one of the most diverse colleges in the South.
NC Higher education: Short stopper
A former electrician hopes his company’s innovative circuit breakers can light up UNC Charlotte’s reputation as a tech hotbed.
NC Higher Education: Dubois days
UNC Charlotte has grown enrollment by 35% and added eight doctoral programs during Chancellor Philip Dubois’ decade on the job.
Square footage
Older Americans are embracing the tiny house. The trend that became a movement, with North Carolina at the center, might just save retirement.
Bid Winner
Steve DeCarlo, an accountant with a jocular personality, turned a sputtering insurance brokerage into a market leader valued at more than $2 billion. A little shove
from Eliot Spitzer didn’t hurt.
West: Family tradition
World history may be doomed to repeat itself, and family histories are no exception....
Charlotte: Jukebox record
Perhaps in a just world, former First Union and Wachovia investors would be sharing...
Triad: Looming success
Memphis has cotton, Atlanta has Coke and Greensboro has Cone, the textile company that...
Triangle: New prescription
Three North Carolinians have a prominent role in charting the direction of Valeant
Pharmaceuticals...
East: Under pressure
Serving on the board of directors has proven a lucrative business at First South...
NC Trend: Clearing the ice
PNC Arena’s operators face decisions on how to remake a building with its key tenant, the Carolina Hurricanes, in flux.
NC Trend: Crash Buddy
Marketer moves from burgers to body shops as he helps steer Charlotte’s Driven Brands through a major growth spurt.
Look back: Comeback trail
Investments in defense, roads and wind offer renewed promise for northeast North Carolina.
