Members of the public are invited to take an online survey to help Cumberland County develop its Three-Year Homelessness Strategic Plan. Cumberland County Press release from Cumberland County: Apr 01, 2021 Members of the public are invited to take an online survey to help Cumberland County develop its Three-Year Homelessness Strategic Plan. The Cumberland County Community Survey on Homelessness is ...

Haywood Healthcare Foundation is accepting Request For Proposals (RFPs) for grants relating to unmet healthcare needs in Haywood County. Applications should include a description of the grant’s direct impact on the improvement of healthcare and well-being of Haywood County residents. In accordance with its mission, Haywood Healthcare Foundation’s Grant Program will be providing grants to Haywood County non-profit organizations, government ...

Brevard Housing Authority (BHA) seeks competitive proposals from qualified firms to provide exterior building renovations at Balsam Crest Apartments located on 133 W. Morgan St. in Brevard, NC. Written proposals must be received by 5:00 PM on April 7, 2021. There will be an optional pre-proposal conference held at the BHA Offices at 133 W Morgan St. Brevard, NC on March 29th ...

CAPE CARTERET — The town has issued a request for proposals for a contractor to prepare a unified development ordinance for Cape Carteret. The RFP went out Dec. 31, and proposals are due by the end of the workday Friday, Jan. 29. Preparation of a UDO, which would bring all of the town’s zoning and development regulations into one streamlined document, ...

MOREHEAD CITY — The Crystal Coast Tourism Development Authority is hiring a familiar advertising agency to take over the authority’s ad campaigns and public relations starting at the new year. The TDA Board of Directors met via Zoom Dec. 15 to finalize the decision to hire Tallahassee, Fla.-based firm The Zimmerman Agency. Zimmerman currently serves as the TDA’s public relations partner, ...

BluePrint Business Communications President Brice Connors, left, and Vice President Matthew Potts discuss the marketing agency’s work with the Craven County Tourism Development Authority during a TDA Board of Directors meeting. The TDA Board approved a two-year contract with the Raleigh-based company for $350,000 a year. The Craven County Tourism Development Authority drew attention in September with the hiring of ...

Tower Engineering Professional, LLC (Tower), a small business of Raleigh, North Carolina, protests the award of a contract to Advanced Systems Technology, Inc. (AST), a small business of Lawton, Oklahoma, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W900KK-20-R-0058, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Contracting Command-Orlando, for tactical communication services. Tower alleges that the agency unreasonably evaluated its ...

KURE BEACH, NC — The Town of Kure Beach is the only beach town in New Hanover County that doesn’t charge for parking during peak months, but that could soon change. In August, the town voted to send Requests for Proposal (RFP) to five parking management companies. Paid parking would be in effect from March 15 through September 30 from ...

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposals for the Williams Dining Hall, Exterior Envelope Repairs Project, North Carolina A&T State University, will be immediately opened and publicly read in DeHuguley Building Conference Room, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, at 2:00 p.m. on October 29, 2020. Bids are to be delivered to James Shell, at the above address and time. Complete ...

A vehicle makes its way through floodwaters at Spinnaker’s Reach, off Coast Guard Road in Emerald Isle, after a thunderstorm in June.  EMERALD ISLE — The town is seeking proposals from firms to develop a stormwater management master plan. The request for proposals went up on the Emerald Isle website Thursday, about a month after the town planning board discussed the ...

Questions remain surrounding the Craven County Tourism Development Authority’s signing of a multi-year contract worth more than $1 million of tax payer funds with an inexperienced Raleigh-based marketing firm, particularly its decision to not seek out multiple applicants for the job.  The Sun Journal was told an Request for Propsoals, or RFP, was performed and requsted the documention. Emails show there was no ...

The Hugh Morton Amphitheater  WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Hugh Morton Amphitheater (also known as Greenfield Lake Amphitheater) could soon be under new management if the Wilmington City Council moves forward with plans to award a 10-year contract to Live Nation. “Live Nation was selected through a Request for Proposals (RFP) process. Two firms responded to the RFP with Live Nation ...

MOREHEAD CITY — Anyone with ideas for educating the public about sustainable fishing still has an opportunity to apply for federal funding. The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Commercial Resource Fund Committee and the Funding Committee for the N.C. Commercial Fishing Resource Fund are readvertising for proposals for a public relations campaign for the 2021 funding cycle from the N.C. Commercial Fishing ...

Who are the laggards, the “SunBlockers” from this year’s Solar in the Southeast annual report? Spoiler alert: they are all repeat offenders. SACE applies the term “SunBlocker” to any of the large utilities in the Southeast forecast to offer less solar to customers four years from now than the average utility offers today. The 2019 average watts per customer solar ratio across the Southeast was 325 W/C. ...

CHARLOTTE — Catapult HQ, a Request for Proposal, Qualification, and Information (RFx) platform, has raised $1.7 million in equity, according to a recent securities filing. Four investors contributed to the round, which kicked off on July 20. The Charlotte-based company is still looking to raise roughly another $1.3 million, the filing noted, with a minimum investment of $25,000 accepted from any outside investor. Founded ...

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS POOL / LIFEGUARD MANAGEMENT SERVICES Pursuant to Section 143-129 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, sealed proposals endorsed “Pool / Lifeguard Management Services” will be received by the City / County Purchasing Department/Room 324, 101 North Main Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101 until 12:00p.m., Monday, August 17, 2020, at which time they will be opened and read. ...

Michelle Harris Jefferson says she’s concerned not only for her own health but bringing something home to her child. GREENSBORO, N.C. — The start of the upcoming school is year a month away, but Guilford County Schools has yet to decide on its reopening plan. One teacher said she doesn’t understand how in-person learning will work, and worries if things ...

This property in downtown Raleigh is on the market for a $1 – if the proposal is right.C/O CITY OF RALEIGH The City of Raleigh is selling a piece of downtown property for just $1 – but there’s a catch. On Wednesday, the city announced it would be selling the Lane-Idlewild site on the eastern end of downtown Raleigh for ...

Tonight is the June meeting of the Highlands Town Board of Commissions.  Since we are in phase two of the Governor’s State of Emergency, the meeting will again be held by way of ZOOM. Information on how to access the meeting is on the town website. I hope this is the last meeting where we only ZOOM. If we are ...

The North Carolina Department of Commerce has launched a comprehensive project to assess the state’s supply chain and physical infrastructure best positioned to promote local offshore wind development. The supply chain and infrastructure assessment will identify strengths and opportunities to prepare North Carolina to serve the needs of the wind energy industry.  The study will also identify new opportunities to ...

REPORT WILL OFFER INSIGHTS TO HELP DRIVE CLEAN ENERGY AND DEVELOPMENT Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina Department of Commerce has launched a comprehensive project to assess the state’s inventory of businesses, organizations, and physical infrastructure best positioned to promote offshore wind development in North Carolina.  The move is the latest step in Governor Roy Cooper’s far-reaching commitment to build a ...

Photo by Daniel Pullen / Hatteras Fisherman Project Collection The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Commercial Resource Fund Committee and the Funding Committee for the N.C. Commercial Fishing Resource Fund are accepting proposals for the 2021 funding cycle from the N.C. Commercial Fishing Resource Fund. There are two requests for proposals for this funding cycle: Comprehensive Request for Proposals – This ...

Wilmington International Airport NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Calling all artists! Your creative touch is wanted as part of Wilmington International Airport’s terminal expansion. ILM along with the Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County are requesting proposals for three public art commissions as part of ILM’s terminal expansion. Proposals for two separate terrazzo floor designs and the ...

A pedestrian walks in front of the Morehead City city hall building on Arendell Street in this stock photo. The building is up for sale via an upset bid process. MOREHEAD CITY — The city council Tuesday rejected all bids for the purchase of the city hall building on Arendell Street, thus initiating another round of the upset bid process. Morehead ...

North Carolina has taken a first step toward studying offshore wind in the Atlantic Ocean, Kallanish Energy reports. It has issued a request for proposals to analyze the state’s offshore wind infrastructure and the state’s supply chain with submissions due to the state’s Department of Commerce by June 15. The state has said it hopes that the analysis can be completed by ...

Request for Proposal (RFP) Media Placement Services Notice is hereby given that the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART) is requesting proposals from qualified firms having sufficient experience in providing Media Placement Services with the specifications outlined in the RFP document. To obtain more information please visit PART website at https://www.partnc.org/bids.aspx . Proposals are due by 4:00 PM EST on June 12, ...

UNC Health employs approximately 33,000 people across North Carolina, according to its NHRMC proposal. (Port City Daily photo/Courtesy UNC Health) SOUTHEASTERN, N.C. — UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine has partnered with Novant Health in efforts to secure a partnership or purchase New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC). This comes after UNC Health leadership informed NHRMC last month it ...

The North Carolina Department of Commerce has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit an offshore wind supply chain and infrastructure assessment. The analysis will identify North Carolina’s existing strengths and capabilities relating to the offshore wind sector, and help develop a strategic roadmap to support the state’s efforts in attracting the industry’s manufacturing supply chain. North Carolina is ...

Press release from the City of Asheville: The City of Asheville, in partnership with Buncombe County, has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the management of the Blue Horizons Project. The RFP seeks to fund a local organization to oversee the implementation of the Blue Horizons Project. The goal of the project is to make a clean energy future ...

ViiV Healthcare, the global specialist HIV company majority owned by GSK, with Pfizer Inc. and Shionogi Limited as shareholders, have announced the creation of the Global HIV and COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund. The £3 million fund will make available critical financial resources for research projects to study the medical and scientific impact COVID-19 is having on people living with HIV and community-based ...