CHAPEL HILL -- TSI Healthcare, a national leader in the sales and support of customized health care information technology, was recognized in Inc. Magazine's "Annual Report of the 500|5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies" in the nation. Companies such as Microsoft, SAS, Intuit and Nike have been recognized on the list.
Inc. began publishing this list of the nation's top 500 companies in 1991. The report is published annually and ranks corporate growth in terms of revenue and number of employees.
It's the first year that TSI Healthcare has been included on the list.
Real estate trends on menu
CHAPEL HILL — From 8 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Hillsborough/Orange County Chambers of Commerce, Greater Chapel Hill Association of Realtors, and Home Builders Association of Durham, Orange and Chatham Counties will host the third annual Orange County Development Briefing at UNC’s Friday Center.
Get an overview of local commercial and residential real estate trends, hear about new economic development initiatives under way in the county, and learn the status of key development projects.
Mark Zimmerman, president of Re/Max Winning Edge; Jack Graham, executive vice president of Grubb and Ellis, Thomas Linderman Graham; Dwight Bassett, Chapel Hill economic development officer; Brad Broadwell, Orange County economic development director; Margaret Hauth, Hillsborough planning director; and Jim Norton, Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership executive director, will speak at the event.
Register online at www.carolinachamber.org or by calling Whitney Woodyard at 919-357-9980.
Registration will start at 7:30 a.m. and the program at 8 a.m. Seats are $30 for members and $40 for nonmembers and includes a full breakfast.
Drink firm wants to spread 'cheer'
CHAPEL HILL -- Cheerwine has launched a unique contest this month on the UNC Chapel Hill campus to find a student, who is both a fan of the soft drink and personifies the brand, to spread "cheer" and fuel a grassroots movement among his or her peers throughout 2010.
The North Carolina-based beverage has created a new Web site -- CheerwineCzar.com -- where students can upload videos of themselves explaining why they would be the best "Czar of Chillocity." Cheerwine will then select the top five finalists and feature them on the site for students to select the winner. In 2010, the elected czar will represent the soft drink on campus and be rewarded for hanging out, mingling and sampling Cheerwine at specified events and popular student hangouts.
To qualify for the title of "Czar of Chillocity," a UNC Chapel Hill student must be: a rabid Cheerwine fan; an undergraduate; outgoing and kicked back (just like the soft drink); available in 2010; and in good academic standing.
The Czar will have a chance to earn $1,000 for going to Cheerwine-selected events in 2010, among other Czar duties, with the potential to earn more.
Visit CheerwineCzar.com for full contest rules and information.
Auction to help Orange animals
HILLSBOROUGH -- PHE, the parent company for Adam & Eve, recently held a silent auction, where employees donated goods and services to be bid on by other employees. The proceeds of more than $1,600 were given to Paws4Ever, a local county animal shelter.
"The people at Paws4Ever are working hard to make the world a better place, one life at a time," says Alice Johnson, PHE coordinator of the fundraiser. "If the money we raised can help save even one abandoned animal's life, then I can sleep a little easier at night. I am proud to have had a direct hand in helping!"
Formerly called the APS of Orange County, Paws4Ever has an adoption center as well as training classes and a low-cost spay/ neuter program.
