If you are looking for small city life with all the big city attributes you have found it in Wilmington. Wilmington is very well known for its historical southern atmosphere, local beaches, seasonal festivals, museums and has been listed Best Place to Live 2000 by Money.com. Some of the local attractions include The Battleship Memorial, Ft. Fisher Aquarium, Airlie Gardens, Cameron Art Museum, Screen Gem Studios and much, much more. Wilmington is also proud for its label as the "Hollywood of the East Coast". Movies such as “Firestarter”, “Sleeping with the Enemy”, and “Domestic Disturbance” were filmed here. Popular TV shows such as “Dawsons Creek”, “One Tree Hill” and now airing on NBC, “Surface” have been filmed here. Wilmington has also been feature in Southern Living Magazine, Attaché US Airways Magazine and Coastal Living Magazine.

If education is the reason you are considering a move to Wilmington you will be pleased to know that, UNCW was listed among the top ten Southern regional schools for the 3rd year in a row by U.S. News and World Report. We also have one of the states largest Community Colleges, Cape Fear Community College, located in historic downtown on the Cape Fear River. Wilmington’s nightlife has an enormous variety of bar and club types to choose from. You can go relax on the dock and watch the boats on the waterway at Dockside or listen to one of our talented local bands downtown at Marzz.

If you are one to relax, you can enjoy going to one of our local beaches with a good book and watch some of our local talented surfers. You can stroll through a 67 acre azalea garden, or you may choose to take a stroll downtown on the boardwalk along side great restaurants, shops and the Cape Fear River. We WELCOME all newcomers and hope you find Wilmington to be your home just as we have.