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Business Spotlight: Elizabethtown Baptist Church Video Business Spotlight: Elizabethtown Baptist Church Located in Bladen County, NC, sits the majestic Elizabethtown Baptist Church. The church plays a major role in the Elizabethtown community and that was never more apparent than in the aftermath of a devastating tornado. 1 min read
Happy Cakes team HappyCakes Cupcakery Finds the Sweet Spot HappyCakes Cupcakery began satisfying Morehead City’s sweet tooth even before co-owner Angela Diaz formally launched the business in September 2012 with her daughter-in-law, Kaylee. “We had a lot of friends encouraging us to go into business.” 3 min read
Business Spotlight: Happy Cakes Video Business Spotlight: HappyCakes Cupcakery After winning Food Network’s Cupcake Wars, Angela Diaz and her daughter-in-law, Kaylee opened HappyCakes Cupcakery in Morehead City and continue to serve lines of hungry customers while giving back to the community. Learn more about their story. 3 min read
Team members of Ace Hardware standing in front of paint swatches. An Evolution with Heart: Inside Schofield’s Ace Hardware A lot has changed since 1918, but Schofield’s (now Schofield’s Ace Hardware) place in the Florence, SC community remains the same. Despite a range of national chain big-box retailers, locals still flock to Schofield’s. 2 min read
Business Spotlight: Schofield's Ace Hardware Video Business Spotlight: Schofield’s Ace Hardware First Bank client Schofield’s Ace Hardware is much more than a hardware store in Florence, SC. On top of the paint, plumbing, and electrical equipment, they carry sporting goods, hunting and fishing clothing, outdoor accessories, shoes, and boots. 2 min read
The Hutzlers, owners of Read's Uniforms Read’s Uniforms is Dressed for Success Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” For Eric and Shannon Hutzler, owners of Read’s Uniforms in Asheville, North Carolina, this sentiment really hits home. 3 min read
Kids Making It Kids Making It with First Bank We spoke with Jimmy Pierce, founder of Wilmington woodworking nonprofit Kids Making It, about the business and the ways in which First Bank is helping it grow by leaps and bounds. 4 min read
Craft beer Cheers to Craft Beer! The number of breweries in the United States is on the rise, topping 2,700 by the end of 2013, and the majority of Americans live within 10 miles of a craft brewer. 3 min read
Business Spotlight: Read's Uniforms Video Business Spotlight: Read’s Uniforms High-quality uniforms help students and professionals feel better about themselves. Find out how Asheville-based retail and business-to-business company Read’s Uniforms is providing attentive customer service and a superb shopping experience. 3 min read
Meridian company logo. A Prime Time for Meridian Meridian creates custom interactive kiosks for some of the largest brands in the world. You may think that a company like this would be in Silicon Valley, but you’d be wrong. Gilder and his team are actually housed in Aberdeen, North Carolina. 3 min read
Business Spotlight: Chris Gilder of Meridian Business Spotlight: Meridian From concept to completion, Meridian specializes in the design, engineering, fabrication, assembly, integration, staging, deployments and support of self-service kiosks. 2 min read
Duplin Winery - Dave and Jonathan Fussell Sippin’ On Sweet Success: Inside the Duplin Winery When it’s running at full capacity, the Duplin Winery in Rose Hill, North Carolina can turn out 8,000 bottles of its sweet Muscadine grape wine in a single hour. These days, they sell every bottle they make. But it wasn’t always that way. 4 min read
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