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For decades, residents on Wilmington's Northside have pushed for a grocery store.  But the area still doesn't have one, even as breweries and apartment buildings pop up in the neighborhood. It all just seems ridiculous, said Sheran Shorter, who lives in Rankin Terrace. Hi-Wire Brewing is thriving blocks from her home, but she has to drive miles out of the neighborhood to get groceries. "That bothers me that we have a brewery that's thriving but we don't have a grocery store," she said. Shorter wants to see investment in the Northside that will help the people who live there. Right now, th...

But, looking back on 2020, many owners and entrepreneurs have closed, permanently or long term. Some of the closures have been from well-known chains like Stein Mart and one of Wilmington’s Ruby Tuesday locations. The list, unfortunately, also includes some of the area’s oldest businesses. Here are a few of the small local businesses now gone.  The Sideboard: This board game cafe on Oleander Dr. announced it would close in October, saying the business model where human interaction (via game playing) is encouraged was difficult in the COVID era. It hopes to reopen.   Port City Escape:...

Wilmington businesses respond to executive order allowing cocktails to-go Questions remain about new executive order for to-go cocktails By Kendall McGee | December 23, 2020 at 6:02 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 7:26 PM WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - It’s been nine months since Governor Roy Cooper closed bars across the state to lessen the spread of the coronavirus. “Things are not going great, everybody knows that…in any way shape or form. We’ve lost a tremendous amount of income and business,” said Louis Rodriguez of Pinpoint. “If this is the pace...this is the pace. We have t...

Northside Food Co-op kicks off effort to bring grocery store to downtown Wilmington Plans move forward for food co-op in Northside neighborhood By Kendall McGee | December 16, 2020 at 6:15 PM EST - Updated December 16 at 7:41 PM WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Big plans are taking shape in Wilmington’s Northside neighborhood to address food security, health and equity in the region. Three years after community leaders met at the Foxes Boxes to brainstorm possible solutions, the Northside Food Co-op now has a board of directors, bylaws, and is in the process of selling shares to bring a co...