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One Estell Lee Place
Wilmington NC 28401
Phone: (910) 762-2611
Fax: (910) 762-9765 Click Here to Email
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Welcome
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In the past decade, a renaissance has occurred in the Greater Wilmington area, reaffirming the storied history of the region when Wilmington was the largest city in North Carolina. People of all ages and backgrounds have been—and continue to be—drawn to the mild climate, beautiful shoreline, historic attractions, inviting business atmosphere and hometown feel of the Cape Fear Coast.
In 1998, accolades about Wilmington from national magazines, newspapers and surveys began in earnest. One of the first named our city one of the 100 Best Small Art Towns in America. Since that time, Wilmington has garnered praise as one of America’s 100 Best Retirement Towns (Where to Retire magazine), the 12th best place to set up a medical practice (Modern Physician magazine), as number 36 on a Forbes magazine list of the 200 Best Places for Business and Careers (May 28, 2001 issue), and in October 2006 Wilmington was listed as one of the top ten cities in the U.S. for projected real estate appreciation in the next five years by CNN Money/Business 2.0.
One of Wilmington's greatest resources is its location nestled between the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean. It has an enduring relationship with the water that is interwoven through its history. Just as colonists relied on the water for transportation of goods to build the region, so does 21st -century Wilmington rely on it to attract visitors and businesses, and to import and export materials from and to the world through the N.C. State Ports.
This is also a region where the past is honored through painstaking preservation of North Carolina's largest collection of historic buildings and homes downtown. The historic character of the National Historic Register District offers a lively streetscape of restaurants, outdoor cafes, coffee shops, banks, and retail stores all framed against the backdrop of the Cape Fear River. But Wilmington is also a place where the building of a modern art museum in the suburbs—designed by the architect of the addition to the world-famous Guggenheim—elicits enthusiastic community support. Even the beaches contrast with each other, from quiet residential neighborhoods, to lively areas of play, to completely undeveloped barrier islands.
These unique characteristics helped draw the film industry to the city in 1983. Since that time, Wilmington has grown into the third most active film location, behind only Los Angeles and New York. The NBC series Surface and the hit WB series Dawson's Creek and One Tree Hill have been filmed in Wilmington among others, as well as hundreds of films such as Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, Domestic Disturbance, and I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Within the pages of this site you will find information on how the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to fostering the business climate in the region, preserving and improving the many assets that make Wilmington such a unique locale, and enhancing the quality of life for all residents and visitors.
Map of the Region
Brief History of Wilmington
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