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Margaret Spellings discusses higher education at Chamber of Commerce meeting

By Maddy Arrowood | February 3

Business leaders and elected officials of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community reflected on the past year’s accomplishments at the annual Chamber of Commerce ...

Chamber of Commerce to honor local heroes in Carrboro-Chapel Hill

By Holden Williams | December 7

Each year, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce recognizes people who help make the towns a thriving community.

Carrboro debates IFC community kitchen

By Alexis Allston | November 19

A passionate debate ensued at the Board of Aldermen meeting on Tuesday over a proposed text amendment which would establish community kitchens as a permitted ...

Seven business leaders were inducted into the Business Hall of Fame

By Kiana Cole | November 6

Decorated with boutonnieres and enveloped in the company of colleagues, the business trailblazers of Chapel Hill and Carrboro were inducted into the Business ...

Eva’s Beauty Shop, a community spot for over 40 years

By Megan Royer | November 2

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce will induct seven business leaders into its Hall of Fame on November 5. The Daily Tar Heel will feature each ...

Chris Hogan poses with his cows while they feed on Thursday, Oct 22. Hogan says that the cows are more like pets than normal farm animals.

Lake Hogan Farm praised for its 'agritourism'

By Jane Little | October 28

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce will induct seven business leaders into its Hall of Fame on Nov. 5. The Daily Tar Heel will feature each ...

Eddie Mann will be among those inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Chamber of Commerce. Photo courtesy of Eddie Mann.

Chamber of Commerce honors Eddie Mann, former Savings and Loan president

By Brooke Fisher | October 26

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce will induct seven business leaders into its Hall of Fame on Nov. 5. The Daily Tar Heel will feature each ...

The UNC football team won against UVA 26 to 13 on Saturday afternoon in the 120th match up between the two teams.

Late barbershop owner inducted into Hall of Fame

By Shantan Krovvidi | October 26

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce will induct seven business leaders into its Hall of Fame on Nov. 5. The Daily Tar Heel will profile each ...

Chapel Hill, Carrboro celebrate excellent businesses

By Zhai Yun Tan | April 21

An awards night complete with red carpets, cocktail receptions and entertainment will celebrate Chapel Hill-Carrboro businesses on May 28, hosted by the ...

Chris Derby, the owner of two UPS stores and the Baguettaboutit food truck, died suddenly of a heart attack on Monday. A memorial service will be held at St. Thomas More Catholic Church on Friday.Photo courtesy of Kaytee Hough.

Business community mourns Chris Derby

By Maggie Monsrud | February 25

Around town, Chris Derby was known as a successful Chapel Hill businessman who was always willing to give back. But at home, Chris Derby was known as ...

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce honored Sandy McClamroch, the founder of the flagship local radio station WCHL and former Chapel Hill mayor.

Chamber of Commerce inducts second class of business leaders into Hall of Fame

By Meg Garner | November 14

Six businesses and their owners were enshrined forever in the town of Chapel Hill’s memory when the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce held its ...

Chamber of Commerce honors funeral home director Susie Weaver

By Luman Ouyang | November 11

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce will induct six business leaders and families into its Hall of Fame on Thursday. The Daily Tar Heel will ...

Bynum Weaver to be honored with Hall of Fame induction

By Luman Ouyang | November 6

Bynum Weaver was a hard worker, the owner of a funeral home and grocery store and one of Chapel Hill’s most well-loved caretakers.

Chamber will honor founder of Chapel Hill radio station WCHL

By Aren Besson | November 4

“Nonstop Chapel Hill” might have been the slogan for local radio station WCHL, but the phrase is also descriptive of the station’s founder, Sandy ...

Chamber inducts businessman who 'started from scratch'

By Derrick Bills | October 27

Al Pons' Chapel Hill Tire Car Care Center made him one of the most respected business leaders in Chapel Hill, and 18 years after his death, his legacy ...

Maple View Farm owner Bob Nutter enters business hall of fame

By Maggie Monsrud | October 23

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce will induct six business leaders and families into its Hall of Fame on Nov. 13. The Daily Tar Heel will feature ...

Real estate pioneer Eunice Brock honored by chamber

By Patrick Millett | October 20

Eunice Brock didn’t want men telling her what to do, so she became the first woman in Chapel Hill to own a real estate company.

Photos and articles commemorating business leader Maurice Julian (right) and his family hang on the back wall in Julian’s on Franklin Steet.

Maurice and Mary Julian will be honored locally in hall of fame

By Meg Garner | October 15

When they met, he was a young Jewish boy from Massachusetts living in the southern part of heaven, and she was a Southern Baptist, Tar Heel born and bred. ...

Carrboro encourages social enterprise

By Holly West | September 15

The Town of Carrboro is using a government grant to encourage local business leaders and entrepreneurs to grow their organizations in a socially conscious ...

Heavner called by journalism, now a local broadcasting legend

By Davin Eldridge | December 1

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce honored 12 local business leaders at its inaugural Hall of Fame Nov. 13. The Daily Tar Heel will feature ...