John Riddick Named Charleston Commercial Market Executive & SVP By Crescom Bank
March 26, 2015CHARLESTON, SC – CresCom Bank has named John Riddick to the position of Charleston commercial market executive and senior vice president. Riddick is well known throughout the Lowcountry region for his…
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Frampton & Associates becomes Frampton Construction
March 26, 2015New leadership team in place to take company forward to a new era CHARLESTON, SC – The company that started as Limehouse & Frampton in 1977 and became Frampton &…
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Experts warn of looming threats to water and energy security
March 26, 2015Presentation on ‘water-energy nexus’ free at Clemson University CLEMSON, SC – Looming threats to water and energy security will come into focus Thursday when one of the nation’s leading experts…
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6-Star PSN Top Guns rating again for Wallick Investments, LLC
March 26, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Wallick Investments Core Growth Separate Account achieved prestigious 6-Star status from PSN Top Guns in the All Cap Core Equity Universe. This award is given to the top…
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Treasurer Curtis Loftis Returns $300,000
March 26, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Treasurer Curtis Loftis’ belief in efficiency and saving taxpayers’ money has converged into a strategic partnership with Wells Fargo & Company. This partnership has helped the State…
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PHS’s Freeman announces retirement
March 25, 2015LEXINGTON, SC – Lexington County School District One Superintendent Karen Woodward announces that Ben Freeman, athletic director and head football and strength coach for Pelion High, plans to retire effective…
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Elliott Davis Decosimo Recognized #1 for Growth by Accounting Today
March 25, 2015Firm Ranks among the Top 30 Accounting Firms GREENVILLE, SC – Elliott Davis Decosimo was recognized as the firm with the highest level of annual revenue growth for 2014…
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McMillan Pazdan Smith Hires Joe Alcock as Firm’s Atlanta Office Director
March 25, 2015ATLANTA, GA – McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture is pleased to announce the hiring of Joe Alcock as the firm’s new Atlanta Office Director. As a leading member of Atlanta’s architectural…
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Avison Young Office/Warehouse Lease – 4214 Domino Avenue, Unit D
March 25, 2015NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – Avison Young commercial real estate is pleased to announce that Courtney Marous represented Dorchester Bay Properties, LLC and The Charleston Bay Co, Inc. in the leasing…
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Santee Cooper kicks off spring Mini-Bond sale
March 25, 2015MONCKS CORNER, SC – Santee Cooper begins its spring 2015 Mini-Bond sale April 1, offering investors the opportunity to purchase municipal bonds throughout April for as little as $200. Santee…
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District Five announces Teacher of the Year finalists
March 25, 2015IRMO, SC – Lexington-Richland School District Five has named finalists for its 2015-2016 Teacher of the Year award. The finalists are: Christopher Craft, a technology teacher at CrossRoads Middle School;…
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Robert Randolph & the Family Band to Headline Tenth Annual Rosewood Crawfish Festival
March 25, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – The Greater Rosewood Merchants Association (GRMA) announced that the American funk and soul band Robert Randolph & the Family Band will headline the 2015 Rosewood Crawfish Festival.…
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Wells Fargo Names Kathy Heffley Regional President for South Carolina
March 25, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) has named Kathy Heffley the regional president for Community Banking in South Carolina. Heffley will report to Community Banking Lead Regional President for…
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Cason Development Group Formed
March 25, 2015Commercial Real Estate Development Firm Focusing on Columbia COLUMBIA, SC – Columbia-based commercial real estate professional Frank Cason has launched Cason Development Group, focusing on small to midsize development projects in South…
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Greenville Area Parkinson Society meets with Mayor Knox White
March 25, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – The Board of Directors of the Greenville Area Parkinson Society met with Mayor Knox White on Monday, March 2nd to receive a proclamation declaring April as Parkinson’s…
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Reality Check Symposium To Explore Southern City of the Future
March 25, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – How can artists and other members of the creative community help our region grow by choice and not by chance and shape the Southern city of the…
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SC Film Officially Selected By North Carolina Film Festival
March 25, 2015Colors: Bangin in South Carolina has been officially selected to screen at the North Carolina Black Film Festival. COLUMBIA, SC – COLORS: Bangin’ in South Carolina has officially begun it’s film…
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Clyburn Statement On 5th Anniversary Of The Affordable Care Act
March 25, 2015WASHINGTON – U.S. House Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn delivered the following statement today on the Capitol steps about the fifth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act: “Speaking…
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Colliers International brokers 3 industrial property sales totaling $10.4 million
March 25, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Colliers International’s Chuck Salley, SIOR, Dave Mathews, SIOR and Sam Myers represented the buyer, Reger Holdings LLC., in the sale of three properties totaling $10.4 million: 805…
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Columbia, South Carolina native serves aboard USS New Orleans
March 25, 2015SAN DIEGO – A 2011 Eau Claire High School graduate and Columbia, South Carolina, native is serving aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18), one of the Navy’s newest and most…
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ERA Wilder Realty’s Lexington Office Expands Ranks Bryant Herring Joins Firm Focused on Growth
March 25, 2015LEXINGTON, SC – ERA Wilder Realty’s Lexington branch recently announced the addition of Bryant Herring to their team of real estate sales professionals. Bryant is a Broker specializing in the…
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Tommy Preston Honored with Distinguished Young Alumnus Award
March 25, 2015Senator Graham calls him “one of the most prominent young lawyers” in SC COLUMBIA, SC – The University of South Carolina’s College of Arts and Sciences has honored Nexsen Pruet…
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Organic Food Ingredient Manufacturer NutriFusion Announces Agreement With Beyond Meat
March 25, 2015Beyond Meat to Roll Out NutriFusion’s Flagship Product GrandFusion Into Two Product Lines HILTON HEAD, SC – NutriFusion®, a provider of natural nutrition and phytonutrient products for food manufacturers, today announced an…
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MUSC Hollings Cancer Center Treats 1,000th Patient with Gamma Knife Technology
March 25, 2015Multidisciplinary program provides neuroscience and radiation oncology expertise to patients CHARLESTON, SC – The Neurosciences Gamma Knife Center, a service of Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina,…
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WABCO Expanding Lowcountry Operations
March 25, 2015Global Manufacturing Company Investing $17 Million to Expand Operations in South Carolina NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – WABCO (NYSE: WBC), a leading innovator and global supplier of technologies that improve the…
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Vitamin D Project Aims to Improve Birth Outcomes in Charleston and Columbia
March 25, 2015Vitamin D testing, monitoring and supplements to be available to pregnant women at no cost CHARLESTON and COLUMBIA, SC — GrassrootsHealth, an international nonprofit public health promotion organization, will launch its…
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United Community Bank Small Business Lending Expert to Testify Before Congress
March 25, 2015Rich Bradshaw, President of Specialized Lending, to Address Small Business Subcommittee GREENVILLE, SC – Rich Bradshaw, president of specialized lending with United Community Bank, has been asked to testify before the…
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Ten At The Top Forum on Transportation and Infrastructure to Feature Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell
March 25, 2015UPSTATE, SC – Ten at the Top (TATT) will focus the first Our Upstate Vision Forum of 2015 on the topic of Transportation and Infrastructure. The April 9th forum will…
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BMW Celebrates 3 Million Vehicles Produced in South Carolina
March 25, 2015Confirms automaker as largest U.S. automotive exporter. Affirms commitment to U.S. investment. Reinforces 50% capacity increase and hiring. SPARTANBURG, SC – In a special ceremony at its Spartanburg plant this morning,…
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Aloft Greenville Downtown Announces General Manager Jonathan Brashier
March 25, 2015Greenville native and award-winning hotelier returns to Greenville to managethe new Aloft Greenville Downtown GREENVILLE, SC – McKibbon Hotel Management, Inc. is proud to announce the appointment of Jonathan Brashier to…
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ReWiGo welcomes Gilstrap to Board of Directors
March 25, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – ReWiGo (Ready, Willing, Going) Ministries has added Lisa Gilstrap to the Board of Directors. As a Residential Mortgage Executive with Southern First Bank, Gilstrap brings experience in…
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Avison Young Lease Extension – 1483 Tobias Gadson Blvd.
March 25, 2015CHARLESTON, SC – Avison Young commercial real estate is pleased to announce that Gregg Legerton represented the landlord, Tobias, LLC in the lease extension of a 5,170 SF office space…
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Hannah Stetson Joins Murphy Grantland
March 25, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – March 2015 – Murphy Grantland is pleased to announce Hannah Stetson has joined our office as an associate. Stetson concentrates her legal practice in a variety of…
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Hickory Springs Bottling, Inc. Expanding Calhoun County Operations
March 25, 2015Florida’s Largest Privately-held Bottled Water Firm Acquiring, Expanding Existing Calhoun County Operations COLUMBIA, SC – Silver Springs Bottled Water Company, a bottled water manufacturing firm, is acquiring and expanding Hickory…
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ReWiGo welcomes Gilstrap to Board of Directors
March 25, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – ReWiGo (Ready, Willing, Going) Ministries has added Lisa Gilstrap to the Board of Directors. As a Residential Mortgage Executive with Southern First Bank, Gilstrap brings experience in…
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McCrae becomes newest partner at Morton & Gettys
March 24, 2015ROCK HILL, SC – J. Richards McCrae III, a native of Fort Mill who joined Morton & Gettys nearly six years ago, has become the firm’s newest partner. McCrae is an…
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Three New Agents Join the North Pleasantburg Office of Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices C. Dan Joyner, Realtors
March 24, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS announced the addition of two new Sales Associates to its North Pleasantburg office. Brenna Bracall, Michael Mumma and Lindsey Granville join…
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Boyd hosting sports camp in Greenville
March 24, 2015GREENVILLE, SC- Newly signed Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback Tajh Boyd is hosting a youth football clinic at the Kroc Center in Greenville on April 4. The goal of the camp is…
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Office Property Sold In Greenville, SC
March 24, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced the sale of 12 Interchange Blvd. in Greenville, South Carolina. The Sunshine House, Inc. purchased the 10,000 sq.ft. office property situated on…
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Colliers International brings new Danny McBride show, “Vice Principals”, to North Charleston warehouse
March 24, 2015CHARLESTON, SC – Colliers International’s Hagood Morrison, MBA, SIOR has brokered a lease at 4500 Goer Drive, an industrial warehouse in North Charleston. The tenant, Danger Boys Productions, LLC, is…
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Lee & Associates Charleston Leases 257,000 SF Industrial Space
March 24, 2015CHARLESTON, SC – Thomas G. Buist, SIOR, Lee & Associates Charleston, and John Lasiter, Lee & Associates Long Beach, represented the Tenant, Tri-Modal Distribution Services, Inc., in the lease of…
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Lee & Associates Charleston Leases 1,040 Office Space in North Charleston
March 24, 2015CHARLESTON, SC – Lee & Associates Charleston’s Milton Thomas, CCIM, SIOR represented the Landlord, Rivergate II, LLC, in the lease of a 1,040 SF office space located at 4975 Lacross…
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Synovus Receives 19 Greenwich Excellence Awards
March 24, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – NBSC, a division of Synovus Bank, recently announced that Synovus has received 19 national Greenwich Customer Service Excellence awards in Middle Market and Small Business Banking from Greenwich…
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Synovus Receives 19 Greenwich Excellence Awards in Middle Market and Small Business Banking 15 at National Level, Four Regional
March 24, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – NBSC, a division of Synovus Bank, recently announced that Synovus has received 19 national Greenwich Customer Service Excellence awards in Middle Market and Small Business Banking from Greenwich…
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Berkeley County Schools’ New Credit Ratings Could Save Taxpayers Millions
March 24, 2015MONCKS CORNER, SC – Berkeley County School District potentially will save taxpayers millions of dollars as a result of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services upgrading the district’s credit ratings. The better…
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Members of Anti-Cruelty Deployment Team Leave for Virginia: Charleston Animal Society Assisting ASPCA
March 24, 2015CHARLESTON, SC – Charleston Animal Society is deploying two animal care specialists to help in the rescue efforts involving two different cruelty cases that took place in the Southeast. One…
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Berkeley County Region Athletic Directors of the Year
March 24, 2015MONCKS CORNER, SC – Three Berkeley County School District Athletic Directors were named Athletic Director of the Year for their regions. Tim McDowell, Assistant Principal and Athletic Director of Cane Bay…
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Carolina Alliance Bank and Pinnacle Bank Announce Merger
March 24, 2015SPARTANBURG, SC and GREENVILLE, SC – Carolina Alliance Bank (“CAB”) (OTCQX:CRLN), PBSC Financial Corporation (“PBSC”), and PBSC’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Pinnacle Bank of South Carolina (“Pinnacle Bank”), jointly announced that they have signed a…
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Anderson County 4-H Summer Camps Now Registering
March 24, 2015ANDERSON, SC — Anderson County 4-H has released its Summer 4-H Camping Schedule. Space is limited, so sign up now to not miss out. We are offering a variety of opportunities,…
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McCrae becomes newest partner at Morton & Gettys
March 24, 2015ROCK HILL, SC – J. Richards McCrae III, a native of Fort Mill who joined Morton & Gettys nearly six years ago, has become the firm’s newest partner. McCrae is an…
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