Wilmington Named A Top City For Business

Have you heard about this? Wilmington, Delaware has been named as one of the top cities in the country for starting a business by Entrepreneur Magazine!

I'm just going to quote from the article:

In the study, analysts reviewed 463 cities with populations from 50,000 and 100,000 to find some of the best climates in the country for entrepreneurship.

The analysis looks at business environment, reviewing average revenue per business, the number of businesses, and the percentage of businesses with paid employees. Researchers also studied economic factors like annual income, housing costs and unemployment rate data from the U.S. Census.

Careful review of these factors drove cities like Alpharetta, Georgia, with a population of approximately 60,000 to the top of this list. Other top small cities include Redmond, Washington and Wilmington, Delaware.

You can read the full article by clicking here.

It is great to be recognized for all of the incredible things happening here in Downtown Wilmington!

Marty

Downtown is thriving!

The July issue of Out & About magazine includes a great article about the life and activity we're seeing in our Downtown.

Here's just a couple of excerpts:

By the end of August, BPG will be renting apart­ments in the three build­ings of its Market Street Village: 838 N. Market, the former WSFS Bank head­quar­ters; 839 N. Market, over the Walgreen’s store; and 6 E. Third St. Many of the new res­i­dents are expected to be teachers and staff mem­bers at three charter schools opening this fall: Delaware Met at 920 French St.; Great Oaks in the Community Education Building, 1200 French St., and Freire, in the former Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Delaware head­quar­ters on West 14th Street. Depending on income levels, res­i­dents of Market Street Village may be able to rent a one-bedroom unit for about $800 a month. The 150 units in these projects should add about 200 res­i­dents to Market Street.

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By next spring, Scott Morrison and Joe Van Horn, part­ners in the Chelsea Tavern and Ernest & Scott Taproom, expect to open their third restau­rant on Market, which helps explain why the brew pub/barbecue spot at 827 N. Market will be named 3 Doors. The other reason: it’s also three doors up from Chelsea.

Chelsea itself will be get­ting a new look as Buccini/Pollin tears down 817 N. Market, effec­tively dou­bling the width of the pedes­trian pathway between Market and Shipley streets, cre­ating an area that will be known as Chelsea Plaza. The remod­eled Chelsea will have win­dows and an entrance opening onto the plaza, where it will have an out­door seating area. Across the way, 815 N. Market will be repur­posed as home to sev­eral mini-shops that will also open onto the plaza.

Click Here to read the complete article.

All of us at Downtown Visions are excited to be a part of this growth.

Marty

Zipcar in Wilmington

Zipcar is now available in Downtown Wilmington.

This is yet another great move in the right direction for our city. For just a few dollars a month, men and women who live, work, and visit our city can have access to a car to get them to everywhere from the local grocery store to a great concert.

Click Here to learn more about Zipcar and how you can join.

Click Here to see the video story from WDEL about this exciting new development.

There's a lot of exciting things happening in our Downtown Wilmington.

Marty

Great article on Downtown building projects

The News Journal published an article about the new architecture and spaces we're seeing in Downtown Wilmington as developers use the great structures in our city to create exciting new places to live and work.

Here's an excerpt:

developers are seizing the opportunity to reuse these buildings and attract new, younger residents to Wilmington's center.

City officials welcome the change, saying they will look at any proposal that will put to use these buildings and build up activity and revitalize downtown.

Click Here for the complete article.

I hope you get the opportunity to check out the growth and changes happening in Downtown Wilmington.

Marty

New opportunities for code training

Did you know there's currently only a handful of schools in the United States dedicated to teaching people how to code? So far, those schools are located in New York City, Silicon Valley, and Chicago.

This fall, we will see Zip Code Wilmington right here in Downtown Wilmington.

This is an incredible opportunity for people in our community. An individual can go through this school in 12 weeks and immediately be placed in an apprenticeship program with the potential for a new full-time position making more than $70,000 within a year.

Our friends at The Kitchen put this video together to explain the whole thing:

I would encourage everyone to check out the Zip Code Wilmington site by clicking here.

Great opportunities are coming to Downtown Wilmington!

Marty