By chris on August 12, 2009
Inc. Magazine just released the 2009 Inc. 500 List which ranks private U.S. companies according to their growth rate from the years 2005 to 2008. I am happy to report that there are 10 area companies on the list this year:
Pos.
Company
City
84
Connexion Technologies
Cary
116
Rockett Interactive
Cary
162
TowerCo
Cary
189
iContact
Durham
250
USfalcon
Morrisville
261
Media Two Interactive
Clayton
305
Power Home Technologies
Raleigh
424
Oak Grove Technologies
Raleigh
426
Bulk TV & [...]
Posted in Cary, Durham, General Raleigh, Miscellaneous, Other
By chris on June 3, 2007
Satellite images of Wake County just received an update in the Google Earth application. Based on the state of the construction of the Alexan in North Hills and the state of Fayetteville Street, I’m placing the images in either January or February of 2005. So, not wildly current, but still nice to not have to [...]
Posted in General Raleigh
By Rhonda on May 25, 2007
Ok, I walk into the lobby–it’s spacious and shiny, flooded with sunshine from skylights in the ceiling and enormous two story glass walls–past display cases and cubbyholes chocked full of community info and free brochures about everything going on in Raleigh; a lounge area to my left has chairs and tables where people lounge with [...]
Posted in Cameron Village, General Raleigh
By Rhonda on May 5, 2007
Reasons to go to the state market this weekend:
Strawberries!!! Local strawberries that taste like strawberries, not like cardboard. You’ll never eat strawberries from the grocery store again.
Support local farmers and get to know them. Walk up and down the aisle and at each stall they call out to you, holding out a strawberry for you [...]
Posted in General Raleigh, Other
By chris on April 2, 2007
The RosebudsNight of the Furies
Well, looky here at this little happy nugget I stumbled upon today! This is what I call a perfect antidote to the “Mondays!”
Raleigh’s own The Rosebuds, who just so happen to be among my favorite bands, have a new album titled “Night of the Furies“ on the way with an [...]
Posted in General Raleigh
By Shiger on March 29, 2007
As a public relations executive in downtown Raleigh, I am fascinated when a marketing campaign takes on a life of its own. You have seen the work of the successful campaigns, like the Lance Armstrong yellow wrist bands or the OBX stickers that are glued to so many cars.
Friends of Dorothea Dix Park, [...]
Posted in Downtown, General Raleigh
By Shiger on March 13, 2007
Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, so put on your best green shirt and head downtown this Saturday the 17th.
The Raleigh St. Patrick’s Day Parade begins at Noon and is the second largest in the Southeast with over 3,500 marchers. Of course, there will be floats, marching bands and this year’s Grand [...]
Posted in Downtown, General Raleigh
By chris on January 23, 2007
Ok, this just makes me too nauseous to even write about it. Bleh…
Granted, I had a terrible run-in with a hot doughnut back in college, so I’m a bit jaded…
Bleh…
Posted in General Raleigh
By chris on January 23, 2007
The Raleigh Department of City Planning will be holding the 2nd in a series of lectures around the theme "Designing a 21st Century City" on February 8th. The free event will this time focus on "Urban Trends and the Urban Age: How Do We Design a 21st Century City?"
The presenter of this lecture [...]
Posted in General Raleigh
By chris on January 4, 2007
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Ok, perhaps I’m being a little too harsh here, but does anyone like this thing? Is this really the image of Raleigh we want to project to the rest of the world? Granted, I realize the primary audience for it [...]
Posted in General Raleigh
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