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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Greenville businesses feel impact of college students leaving
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Last week, thousands of Pirate graduates walked across the stage to receive their degrees and looking toward bright futures. But, the time after graduation brings a darker and more immediate future for some of Greenville's more permanent residents. The city of Greenville is in their own yearly edition of The Great Migration, as a majority of students make their way out of The Emerald City. It's not just their books and bags their taking with them, for many downtown shops and restaurants, they take the business with them. 'You know, it's a college town,' Nash Hot Chicken Owner Ryan Griffin said. 'Our backdoor is ECU, so we kind of ebb and flow with the campus.' 'It really hurts us downtown. Everyone, we had a huge scene downtown with all of graduation and everything, but once the students leave, we just get nothing,' 5th Street Hardware Restaurant and Taproom Assistant Manager Adam Kenney said. Because this is an annual thing, business owners like Griffin prepare ahead of time for the loss of traffic. 'We got some data now that we try to look at and see where the sales drop off, and what labor we can use to keep the doors open, but still keep customers having a good time,' Griffin said. It isn't just customers that make their way out of town in the summer months. Many staffing positions open up and that's something Griffin said is inevitable in his line of work. 'Anything in the restaurant business is high turnover, especially in a college town,' Griffin said. 'A lot of our front house staffers, servers are college students, but we're used to that now so we have our college group that goes and then we have a couple good local people that stay through the summer and help us through all the hard times.' The loss of personnel can hit some businesses harder than others. 'It's terrible. Just this year entirely, we just lost nine people on our staff because they're all graduating,' Kenney said. Kenney said they are always posting job openings on social media. Griffin, Kenney and Owner of Sup Dogs and Crush Bret Oliviero said all said they're looking forward to the business boom when students come back. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
New house bill could raise minimum wage in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) — North Carolina General Assembly Representatives Marcia Morey, Alison Dahl and Aisha Dew proposed a raise to the state minimum wage Bill 353, referred to as 'Fair Minimum Wage Act', would raise the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 to at least $10 in 2026. Minimum wage would also increase by two dollars every year annually and could even be set higher depending on the rate increase that will be announced every year. 'I think with the way this country is going, you know, everybody needs a little more money. We pay our staff pretty well here. You know, front of house staff is the normal front of house break down. But, you know, prices go up and wages stay the same. That's not really a good thing for the country. But, you know, we'll see how it goes and we'll take it in stride. Hopefully you know, we keep supporting local and coming out and eating some chicken.' said Ryan Griffin, co-owner of Nash Hot Chicken. The bill also addresses wage theft and penalties for employers who don't pay their employees minimum wage, making them liable to pay back lost wages, benefits and reasonable attorney fees. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
