Fresh Links – June 18th
A curated list of business, career and community links.
A curated list of business, career and community links.
Anyone who knows the Croixstone team knows that we’re changemakers at heart. And this week we’re thrilled to announce a big change as we relocated in June 2020 to a larger office in Charlotte’s NoDa district.
The historic events of 2020 will catalyze seismic changes in both American society and business. We can’t think of a better place to foster the creativity needed to drive these changes than Charlotte’s beloved arts district.
As long-term community members and supporters of Industrious Charlotte, we’re pioneering as Industrious NoDa has opened the district’s first Class A office space in a converted warehouse (originally part of the historic Newco Fibre Mill complex near North Davidson and 36th Streets).
While COVID-19 still has us social distancing and largely working from home, the Croixstone team invites you to virtually tour our new home here.
According to a new study conducted by SmartAsset, Charlotte ranked in the top 20 in their “Best Cities to Work From Home – 2020 Edition” list, coming in at #12. In 2019, Charlotte ranked #10 on the list, but the percentage actually went up this past year from 7.7% to 8.4% of the workforce working remotely.
Key Findings in the 2020 Edition:
Click here to learn more and find out where other cities ranked.
#GivingTuesday (December 3) is a global day of giving and #GivingTuesdayCLT (presented by Wells Fargo and powered by SHARE Charlotte) is the QC’s local response to this global movement. Join the Croixstone team in donating, giving your time and/or shopping for good to support more than 400 nonprofits across the greater Charlotte region.
Recently, our Managing Partner, Mark Weber, had the opportunity to tour a former textile mill just north of Uptown Charlotte where Duke Energy is accelerating innovation. Learn more about Duke Energy’s Innovation Center at Optimist Hall.
The Charlotte Regional Business Alliance has a great feature on its web site that graphically illustrates jobs announcements by county from companies across the great Charlotte region in Q3 2019. Check it out here.
The trend continues! Charlotte is once again listed in LinkedIn’s latest Workforce Report as one of the three U.S. cities that gained the most professionals in October 2019.
Learn more here.
Last week, Inc. magazine published its annual list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in the USA. This year’s list includes 135 companies from North Carolina (53 from the Charlotte region) and 57 companies from South Carolina.
Recently, Fortune magazine profiled Charlotte and the city’s impressive economic renaissance and exploding startup scene (the Queen City can now boast that it has birthed three “unicorns” including Tresata, Red Ventures and AvidXchange). Learn how Charlotte became the south’s capital of capital.
The Carolina Fintech Hub was formed in late 2017 with the mission of fostering collaboration between the world’s leading financial services firms and innovative Fintech startups. View Carolina Fintech Hub’s new “Pitchbook” to learn about this unique organization’s focused efforts to fuel the future of Fintech in the Carolinas.