Staff report

Britt Weaver will discuss the Empire Hotel development at the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce’s Power in Partnership breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Feb. 21 at Trinity Oaks. 

Weaver is the developer of the Empire Hotel project in downtown Salisbury. He is a founding principal of Black Point Investments, a Charlotte-based real estate developer of historic properties.

Before joining Black Point, Weaver managed an asset portfolio valued in excess of $48 million in addition to raising capital for private equity and loan placements.

He also was chief financial officer of Sencera International Corp., a thin-film solar module company, from 2007 through 2010. There, he raised more than $23 million in three equity rounds.

He spent 20 years in marketing and sales management with diverse companies such as Procter & Gamble, Sara Lee, Kellogg’s and Beiersdorf AG. In his last corporate job, he was vice president of marketing and public relations for SonicBlue, Inc., a Santa Clara, California, semiconductor company.

Weaver earned a master of business administration degree from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Reservations are required for non-Power Card members. To register, contact the chamber at 704-633-4221 or info@rowanchamber.com. The deadline is 5 p.m. Feb. 13.