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Live in Charlotte and have noticed that the city has rebounded nicely since the Financial Crisis of 2008-2011/2012.
Downtown minor league ballpark, new downtown Romare Bearden park, mass transit moving forward, construction cranes returning (several news buildings planned or under constructions - mid to high rise), new major employers moving in, etc.
It made me think that Charlotte is regaining its momentum (lost for a period of almost 5 years) and I think it's on good foundation again. It also made me wonder about other cities in North Carolina - Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Wilmington, Asheville in particular (though this is not meant to be exclusive).
Residents of those cities - do you feel the State of your City is strong? Do you feel it lost ground during the recession and is now back? Or is it still facing a stagnation issue? What do you envision or see going on over the next year or so for your city?
I know there are city forums here - but I think in the sense of looking at North Carolina as a whole - and for the benefit of many looking at us from outside the state - it might be interesting to have a discussion of the strength or state of our cities in 2013 going towards 2014 and beyond.
with wilmington, it is hard to say what constitutes a 'good economy,' after the disruptive effects of the housing bubble.
high land prices? land development? lots of tourists? For some people these are critical aspects of the economy, for others these are problems that hold us back.
municipal finances seem pretty good, county finances seem pretty good, so i reckon things could be worse.
North Carolina has gone down tremendously. Yes we still have plenty transplants everyday. I find that most of the majority come from up north...Of course coming from states like NY, NJ, CT,things will seem rosy to you here, because things are significantly higher up North. 5th highest unemployment rate in the nation out of 50 states(not good); Skyhigh taxes on everything.(The state taxes you to death);Fierce competition for even a retail job at Kmart....Cmon people. Sorry, but I dont like what the state has become.
Was in downtown Wilmington the other day and the projects going on are amazing...just finished the 3rd St streetscape project, which has had a drastic aesthetic effect on all of downtown.
The $40 million Union Square building at CFCC is finishing up at Front and Red Cross...and construction has started on CFCC's Performing Arts Center on 3rd Street. Across the St from the performing Arts center are 2 residential projects.
And along the riverfront, construction of the Marina project continues as well as the Riverfront park improvements.
On 2nd Street a 7 story Marriott is being constructed.
Other projects are planned but not yet in construction...including a couple more new hotels. I would say with the mix of public and private projects that the state of Wilmington is good right now despite the State's removal of its right to annex Monkey Junction (which included about 900 businesses).
This is GREAT news for Wilmington, but didn't the area just lose a metro county to Myrtle Beach? If so, that would mean that Myrtle is creating more jobs and thus pulling in more commuters. This is yet another example of South Carolina putting the economic "pimp-slap" to NC cities. We're seeing jobs in Charlotte jump the state line into York and Lancaster Counties, so it's not like Wilmington is alone. Over near Asheville; Spartanburg and Greenville are the economic engines near Western NC. IMO, I don't think that we give our SC neighbors their due. SC cities (in general) are on the rise faster than most NC cities. NC is still the larger of the two, but SC is coming up fast.
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