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By T. Keung Hui Wake County's new school superintendent is a familiar face who has spent the past 30 years educating local students. The Wake County school board turned Wednesday to Deputy Superintendent Cathy Moore to be the new leader of the largest school district in North Carolina and the 15th largest district in the nation. Moore, who has worked in Wake since 1988 and overseen academics for ...read more

The Chamber is pleased to welcome FastSigns of Garner. FastSigns of Garner will help to solve your visual communication challenges from signs and graphics to digital signs, decor graphics and much more. They will work with you to get your project done accurately, on time and budget. To find out more about what FastSigns can do for your business visit them at https://www.fastsigns.com/2223  

The Garner Chamber of Commerce is pleased to welcome Oz Roofing. Located in Garner, Oz Roofing is a general contracting company with more than 30 years of experience. From roof installations to minor carpentry repairs, the mission of Oz Roofing is to better lives by crafting unassailable constructed structures with integrity and sound quality. Oz Roofing provides a variety of services including ...read more

A negotiation isn't a dispute or a confrontation. Great negotiators don't fight. When the bully on the boat in Enter the Dragon asks Bruce Lee to describe his kung fu style, Bruce says, "You can call it 'the art of fighting without fighting.'" That's a great way to think of a negotiation. Negotiating isn't really about competing well --negotiating is about communicating well. (That's especially ...read more

Chamber Directory Services will be completing the map program by providing business logo listings with a 30-word description about your business. Your business location will also be pinpointed on the map. There is a wide variety of price points available that will provide your business name listed on the participating map sponsors index and within the digital portion of the map on-line feature ...read more

Baker Roofing moving to new Garner home! The new owner of an old Kmart-anchored shopping center in Garner, just across the south Raleigh border, has plans in the works to revamp the property with extensive renovations and new construction.   Baker Roofing, a company with a long history in Raleigh and a reach across the South, purchased the 29-acre site at 4300 Fayetteville Road, currently home ...read more

By Natalie Campisi March 6, 2018  in  Mortgages  For millennials who are ready to become homeowners, finding an affordable house in a great community can be challenging. With housing inventory historically low, real estate in major metro areas is at a premium. It’s no surprise, then, that young buyers are moving to the suburbs, according to the 2017 Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends ...read more

Big News! Complete 540 highway project ahead of schedule   By Lauren K. Ohnesorge  –  Senior Staff Writer, Triangle Business JournalFor full article in Triangle  Business Journal  Officials have signed off on the final environmental impact statement for a project known as Complete 540 – and it’s ahead of schedule.  Initially, the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s N.C. Turnpike ...read more