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The ice cream is delicious and the prices are very reasonable.
North Experiment Station Brewery opens in Shallotte
The Red Hare Brewing Website announced:
“Red Hare Brewing Company is heading to the coast and opening their second brewery in Shallotte, North Carolina — just up river from Ocean Isle Beach. This new brewery will primarily focus on barrel aging and open fermentation, while serving as an experimentation station for the ever-increasing diversity of beer flavors and brewing processes. “
Rebellion NC bar coming to downtown Wilmington
15 S Front Street
Wilmington, North Carolina
(910) 399-1162
Read more about Rebellion NC in this PortCityDaily.com article.
They have another location in D.C. – Rebellion DC
Topsail Steamer coming to Wrightsville Beach
A new ‘local shop’ owned by Danielle Mahon is coming to Wrightsville Beach and will open around the busy Memorial Day weekend. The store will be located in the Landing Shopping Center at 530 CAUSEWAY DRIVE (UNIT 8).
Read more about it in this PortCityDaily.com post – “Wrightsville Beach approves Topsail Steamer, offering seafood pots to go.”
Visit the Topsail Steamer Website to learn more about the business and its offerings.
Cape Fear Moving Forward wants to hear from you!
http://www.capefearmovingforward2045.org/
“Cape Fear Moving Forward 2045 will be the plan used by federal, state, and local governments to guide transportation projects in our region over the next 25 years. The creation of this plan is a requirement in order to secure federal transportation dollars for our region. Cape Fear Moving Forward 2045 will replace our current plan, Cape Fear Transportation 2040, which will expire in November 2020.”…
“Are you ready to get involved? Visit our interactive map to provide feedback for future projects and take our short transportation survey now!”
Refer to the following…
About the organinzation:
“The Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (WMPO) is the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the greater Wilmington area. MPOs are federally-funded organizations charged with coordinating and planning transportation projects in urbanized areas with more than 50,000 residents. The WMPO originated in 1978 and today represents a population of over 280,000.”
The WMPO’s member jurisdictions include three counties and seven incorporated cities and towns:
- City of Wilmington
- New Hanover County
- Pender County
- Town of Leland
- Brunswick County
- Town of Carolina Beach
- Town of Wrightsville Beach
- Town of Kure Beach
PortCityDaily.com article about the long range planning and seeking your input: “Rail relocation, bike paths, street plans — here’s your chance to comment on long-range transportation plans”
Photographer scouting film locations – PortCityDaily.com
PortCityDaily.com reported: “This photographer scouted over 60 iconic filming locations for an ongoing project. Check out his work.“
Two New Cranes to Bring Economic Growth to ILM & N.C.
Two 1,500 tons arrived at the Port of Wilmington last week. They “usher in new economic opportunities for the port… allow(ing) the Port of Wilmington to service bigger cargo ships which will benefit the entire state.” WECT.com
Read more about them on WECT.com or on PortCityDaily.com.
YWCA announces new business development initiative
“The YWCA Lower Cape Fear is proud to announce the unveiling of a new business development initiative, Coastal Women’s Ventures, created in partnership with Carolina Small Business Development Fund. Coastal Women’s Ventures is a collaborative program focused on creating and supporting small business opportunities for women entrepreneurs through business coaching, mentoring, small business education, and connecting participants to loan capital.” Source: YWCA