County Commissioners vote to move forward with Project Grace plans County Commissioners vote to move forward with Project Grace plans By Michael Praats | March 15, 2021 at 10:46 AM EDT - Updated March 15 at 12:21 PM WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - After several setbacks, the New Hanover County Commissioners are once again attempting to move forward with Project Grace, a downtown redevelopment project of an entire Wilmington city block. The project has been in the works for several years and has faced several setbacks in the development process, now, the county has agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the development team to move the project along.