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FEATURE FILMS AND TV SHOWS FILMED HERE: Over 300 SIZE OF SCREEN GEMS STUDIO: 115,000 Square Feet NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS: 548 NUMBER OF HOTELS: 214 NUMBER OF ARTS RELATED ORGANIZATIONS: 63 NUMBER OF SURF SHOPS: 12 NUMBER OF GOLF COURSES; 26 (if you include Myrtle Beach: 97) NUMBER OF MILES OF PUBLIC BEACH: 49 NUMBER OF FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF ILM PER WEEK: 250 NUMBER OF FULL SERVICE MARINAS: 32 POPULATION:
TOP 25 EMPLOYERS: 1. New Hanover Regional Medical Center/Cape Fear Hospital (Hospitals) - 4,887 2. New Hanover County Schools (Education) - 4,129 3. General Electric (Global Nuclear Fuel/Aircraft/Nuclear Energy/Nuclear Energy) - 2,128 4. University of NC Wilmington (Higher Education) - 1,809 5. PPD, Inc. (Discovery & Development Services to Pharmaceutical & Biotech) - 1,800 6. New Hanover County (County Government) - 1,673 7. Cape Fear Community College (Education) - 1,256 8. City of Wilmington (Government) - 1,200 Verizon Wireless (Communications) - 1,200 9. Progress Energy - Southport & Wilmington (Electricity) - 1,100 10. WalMart (Retail) - 1,000 11. aaiPharma (Pharmaceutical Product Sales and Drug Development) - 915 12. Corning, Inc. (Optical Fiber) - 900 13. International Paper - Riegelwood Operations (Bleached Pulp & Paperboard) - 743 14. DEL Laboratories (Cosmetic & Over-the-counter Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Distribution) - 589 15. Wachovia (Banking Services) - 500 16. KoSa (Chemicals) - 300 17. L L Building Products (Home Building Products) - 286 18. Louisiana Pacific Corp. (Laminated Veneer Lumber) - 270 19. INVISTA (Dacron Polyester) - 224 20. Star News (Newspaper) - 215 21. Bedford Fair Industries (Women's Apparel - Mail Order) - 200 22. International Paper Carton Div. (Paperboard Cartons) -175 23. Elementis Chromium LP (Sodium Bichromate) - 121 24. Chemtex Engineers (Plant Consulting) - 100 25. VisionAir (Software Development for Law Enforcement) - 100
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