Month: December 2024
Like every Saturday morning this year, we’re thankful for your time today. This morning, we’re taking a lookback over 2024 to review some of the most highly circulated Saturday TRC Nexus pieces. Our Saturday stories, we hope, help set TRC Nexus apart from other newsletters that you could spend time reading – the topics your…
Today we’re looking ahead to what the 2025 policy and political scene might look like. Of course nobody can predict the future, but these are the issues and dynamics that we expect to command some attention over the next 12 months. *** Right off the bat – Many of this year’s policy outcomes in Raleigh will hinge…
The past decade has seen North Carolina redouble its persistence in the game of interstate economic competition. The state’s business and political leaders are relentlessly forward-looking, and that’s part of the reason North Carolina has enjoyed so much success. But from time to time it’s worthwhile to look behind us and see what the road…
From the Desk of Chuck Fuller In December 1971, at age 13, I sat in a circle with my peers inside Ridgecrest Conference Center in Black Mountain, NC, for the Aversboro Road Baptist Church annual youth retreat, my first. Like most 13-year-olds, I was unsure of myself, trying to navigate a world that seemed to…
Thank you for joining us this Monday morning. This is the first piece in our end of year content that will review and preview leading topics that impact North Carolina’s business community. The holidays are filled with cheerful celebrations with friends and family, but they also offer an opportunity to reflect on those no longer…
“We’re dreamers. And Chatham Park was a big dream for us, probably the biggest dream you could possibly have. We want to change people’s lives when they live here.” Tim Smith, co-founder of Preston Development Company, isn’t exaggerating. He and Bubba Rawl have been working on the near 10,000-acre, +27,000-unit planned community in Chatham County since…
Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning. Today we’re providing a concise snapshot of the change coming to Washington, D.C.’s core government agencies. Specifically, the presidential cabinet, which includes the vice president and the heads of 15 executive departments (George Washington’s cabinet had just four members). A few nominees for President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet…
Thank you for joining us this morning. Today we’re focusing on the spirit of giving, now less than three weeks before Christmas. Some of you may have heard of the Charlotte Good Fellows Club. In fact, some of you may well be members. The purpose of this piece isn’t to solicit contributions to the organization, but instead to…