United Community Bank Announces Sales and Service Champions for Second Quarter
July 29, 2014BLAIRSVILLE, GA – United Community Bank is recognizing 10 top performing individuals and bank teams who exhibited exceptional sales and service excellence during the second quarter. The recognition is part of…
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CBRE Represents Seller of Stoneridge Office Park
July 29, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – CBRE| Columbia is pleased to announce the sale of the Stoneridge Office Park, a three-building office park at 220, 240 and 246 Stoneridge Drive in Columbia, South…
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1×1 Design Welcomes Nicholas Burger to the Team
July 29, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – 1×1 Design is pleased to announce that Nicholas Burger, Associate AIA, has joined the team. Nick earned his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Clemson University in 2012…
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AmeriHealth Caritas Partnership Safe Playground Build Program Reaches Spartanburg with Select Health of South Carolina’s First Choice FitSM Playground
July 29, 2014Area businesses and organizations invited to partner with project SPARTANBURG, SC – Select Health of South Carolina and AmeriHealth Caritas Partnership will build a First Choice FitSMplayground adjacent to the C.C.…
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Blackbaud Appoints New Global Product Development Chief
July 29, 2014Kevin McDearis to lead product and services organization as Senior Vice President of Global Product Development CHARLESTON, SC – Blackbaud, Inc., a leading global provider of software and services for nonprofits, today…
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Crawford Strategy internationally recognized for excellence in communications
July 29, 2014Agency receives two Communicator Awards GREENVILLE, SC – Crawford Strategy, a full-service marketing, branding, public relations, and digital media company, recently received two honors for excellence in communications…
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Applications Now Being Accepted for Citizens Fire Academy
July 29, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville City Fire Department is now accepting applications for its Citizens Fire Academy. The free seven-week program is open to anyone age 18 and older and…
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United Community Bank Announces Sales and Service Champions for Second Quarter
July 29, 2014BLAIRSVILLE, GA – United Community Bank is recognizing 10 top performing individuals and bank teams who exhibited exceptional sales and service excellence during the second quarter. The recognition is part of…
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Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer Sells Industrial Property
July 28, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced the sale of 4695 Franchise Street in North Charleston, South Carolina. Kurts Investments, LLC purchased the 6,303 sq.ft. industrial property situated on…
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Runge Named Associate Executive Director of Liberty Fellowship
July 28, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Liberty Fellowship is pleased to announce Luanne Runge is joining the organization as Associate Executive Director. A Fellow from the Class of 2009, Runge comes to Liberty Fellowship…
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Runge Named Associate Executive Director of Liberty Fellowship
July 28, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Liberty Fellowship is pleased to announce Luanne Runge is joining the organization as Associate Executive Director. A Fellow from the Class of 2009, Runge comes to Liberty Fellowship…
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Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina Announces Release of Research Brief on Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in South Carolina
July 28, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The Sisters of Charity Foundation is announcing the release of a Research Brief on Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in South Carolina. From sun-up to sun-down, migrant and…
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July 28, 2014
CHARLESTON, SC – According to the South Carolina State Board of Nursing, Charleston Southern University’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program ranks No. 1 in the Charleston metro…
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New Business Lands at County Airport
July 28, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The Richland County Airport Commission and Richland County Council have welcomed Aircraft Maintenance Services (AMS) to the Jim Hamilton – LB Owens Airport (CUB). “It means more…
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USC Upstate Plans Five-Year Initiative of Remembrance, Reflections of World War I
July 28, 2014SPARTANBURG, SC – Beginning on September 23, USC Upstate will embark on a five-year commemoration and reflection of World War I culminating with the anniversary of the signing of the…
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RevUp Indoor Cycling Welcomes Arledge as Fitness Director
July 28, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – RevUp Indoor Cycling, the Upstate’s only boutique pinning studio, has added Kristi Arledge as its new fitness director. Arledge brings 25 years of group fitness instructing…
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Five Points to Continue with Wine Down Wednesdays
July 28, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The Five Points Association is extending an invitation for patrons to join them in Five Points for some great shopping specials and complimentary refreshments – and…
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Art Wray Named Vice President and Mortgage Loan Officer of New Mortgage Loan Production Office in Clemson
July 28, 2014GREER, SC – Greer State Bank announces a new Mortgage Loan Production office in Clemson which will be located in the newly constructed Town Center in Patrick Square. This will…
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EventHaus Launches As Complete Event Rental Resource
July 28, 2014Event DRS and Haus merge to form EventHaus, offering the widest range of event rentals in the region CHARLESTON, SC – Event Dining Rental Solutions (Event DRS) and Haus Tents…
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Lee & Associates Charleston Leases 1,356 SF of office space
July 28, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Lee & Associates Charleston’s Ryan Welch represented the Landlord, Christy & Associates, Inc., in the lease of 1,356 SF of office space located at 102 Greenland Drive…
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Take advantage of back to school (energy) savings
July 28, 2014MONCKS CORNER, SC – Getting children ready to go back to school can mean spending big bucks on school gear. Santee Cooper wants to help you keep a little…
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NAI Avant Consummates Sale of Religious Campus, Columbia
July 28, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Nick Stomski, SIOR, Senior Broker with NAI Avant, recently completed the sale of the ±19,800 square foot religious campus at 631 Sparkleberry Lane in Columbia, SC. The property…
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Margie Scott Joins Coldwell Banker Caine in Greenville
July 28, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Coldwell Banker Caine recently welcomed Margie Scott as a residential sales agent to its Greenville office. Prior to joining Coldwell Banker Caine, Scott worked as a Lead Buyers…
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Converse College Announces New Director of Alumnae/i Relations
July 28, 2014SPARTANBURG, SC – Converse College announced that alumna Amy Tibbals Morales ’86 has joined the Institutional Advancement team as Director of Alumnae/i Relations. Amy will serve as the primary link between…
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Greenville Zoo Awarded Nature Play Grant
July 28, 2014Zoo develops new nature club to engage local families GREENVILLE, SC – The Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) has announced that the Greenville Zoo is a recipient of the “Nature Play Begins at…
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Finalists named to get new, free web makeover
July 28, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – And then were two. After receiving hundreds of nominations, Greenville-based web design and marketing firm Engenius has narrowed it down to two finalists who will receive…
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NAI Earle Furman Recent Transactions
July 28, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – NAI Earle Furman announces the following transactions: Leases Greenville, South Carolina (July 2014): Ted Lyerly, CCIM, Jimmy Wright and Brendan Gower, CPM of NAI Earle Furman represented…
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Dr. Lynette Gibson Completes Fellowship at Summer Nursing Research Institute
July 28, 2014SPARTANBURG, SC – The University of South Carolina Upstate is pleased to announce that Dr. Lynette M. Gibson recently completed a fellowship at the Summer Nursing Research Institute at…
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Spartanburg Regional Foundation Grant Provides for Medical Equipment
July 28, 2014SPARTANBURG, SC – New equipment will enable nurses at the SC School for the Deaf and the Blind to respond to medical emergencies more quickly thanks to a grant from…
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Registration open for Carolina Prep
July 28, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Parents can still register their children for both Pre-School and Primary School classes at Carolina Prep for the 2014-15 school year. Carolina Prep’s mission is to…
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Lee & Associates Charleston Represents Landlord and Tenant in Lease of Office Space
July 28, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Lee & Associates Charleston’s Ryan Welch represented the Landlord, Northwoods Center Business Park, LLC, in the lease of 1,995 SF of office space located at 2154 N.…
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Aprons, Etc. Wins Award
July 28, 2014Leading Supplier of Aprons, Chefs Apparel and Event Display Products, Wins Bronze in the 2014 Promo Marketing Supplier Excellence Award in the Uniforms Category GREENVILLE, SC – July 28, 2014…
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The Kickin’ Chicken To Host Month-Long School Supply Fundraiser In August
July 28, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Students are heading back to school, football season is gearing up and The Kickin’ Chicken team, for the 2nd year in a row, is helping out the…
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Lizard’s Thicket Renovating Popular Beltline Location
July 28, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Lizard’s Thicket, the 35-year-old, family-owned and operated restaurant specializing in traditional Southern fare with 15 locations in South Carolina, announces plans to close its 402 Beltline Blvd.…
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Froneberger Announces Formation of Global Consulting UK
July 28, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Global Consulting President, Russ Froneberger, is pleased to announce the formation of Global Consulting UK. Global Consulting UK partners will be, for the UK, Ian Weatherhead; and, for…
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Charleston Metro Chamber Announces New Membership Promotion
July 28, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – The Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce announces The Power of Now, a membership recruitment campaign which begins Monday, July 28 and extends through the month of September. The promotion rewards new members by…
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Furman University Honored Nationwide for Sustainability Teaching
July 28, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Furman University is featured on a new nationwide list of 100 colleges that do an outstanding job of teaching sustainability and promoting it in their communities. Furman…
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Devine Street & Five Points merchants join together to showcase sales and local artists
July 25, 2014Shop Locally this Tax Free Weekend! COLUMBIA, SC – Devine Street and Five Points merchants are joining together on August 1st – 3rd for the first joint Sidewalk Sale…
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Lexington Medical Center Cardiac Rehabilitation Manager Earns Prestigious Fellowship
July 25, 2014WEST COLUMBIA, SC – John Leech, manager of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Lexington Medical Center, has become a Fellow of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). The organization…
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Former Mayor’s Fellow chosen for Foreign Affairs Fellowship
July 25, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin congratulated former Mayor’s Fellow and Columbia native Sheimaliz Glover for being selected as a recipient of the 2014 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign…
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Spirit Communications Hires Candice McCuien as Account Executive for the Midlands
July 25, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Spirit Communications, a premier provider of voice, data and Internet services in the Carolinas, has hired Candice McCuien as Account Executive where she will be accountable for…
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Realtors® Commend FEMA for Effective Implementation of Flood Insurance Reforms
July 25, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional action and the timely implementation of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act relieved property owners of costly premium hikes and stabilized housing markets where flood insurance…
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Riley Center for Livable Communities Helps to Change Mindset About College
July 25, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – The College of Charleston Riley Center for Livable Communities is helping to change the mindset in South Carolina about going to college. As part of the project,…
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Theatre Charleston Announces 2014 Award Nominations
July 25, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Theatre Charleston is thrilled to announce the nominees for the second annual Theatre Charleston Awards! The first of their kind, these Awards were created to recognize excellence in…
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Public Meeting Scheduled To Discuss Ideas For Morrison Drive Corridor
July 25, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – The City of Charleston is hosting a public meeting to discuss recommendations for urban development along the Morrison Drive corridor from 5:30-7:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 31, 2014 at the…
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Final Environmental Impact Statement Released for the proposed Haile Gold Mine project
July 25, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Haile Gold Mine project near Kershaw, S.C. in Lancaster County.…
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Colliers International Completes the 54,000 Square Foot Sale of Beaufort Medical Plaza
July 24, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Colliers International’s Adam Russ of Charlotte and Scott Rogers, CCIM, SIOR of Charleston assisted the seller, a real estate investment trust, in the sale of the leasehold interest…
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Colliers International’s Kim Butler is Named Director of Office Property Management
July 24, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Colliers International announces the appointment of Kim Butler, CPM, to the position of Director of Office Property Management. Butler joined Colliers International in 2006 as a Commercial Property…
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Columbia College Named a “Great College to Work For”
July 24, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Columbia College was one of only ninety-two colleges and universities nationwide recognized in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s seventh annual “Great Colleges to Work For” report released this…
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South Carolina Connects with Israel & Poland
July 24, 2014Two South Carolina companies were on the program recently at the BioForum 2014, an annual biotechnology meeting in Lodz, Poland, with scientists coming primarily from Central and Eastern Europe. Representatives…
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