Nelson Mullins selects Donna Tillis as LCLD Pathfinder
February 4, 2019
Columbia associate Donna O. Tillis will participate in the Firm’s first year of involvement with Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s Pathfinder Program. The Pathfinder program, according to LCLD, is designed…
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Dominion Energy awards $10,000 grant to Central SC Habitat for Humanity
February 4, 2019Dominion Energy awarded a $10,000 grant to Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity in support of its Neighborhood Revitalization program. Kristen Beckham, external affairs representative with Dominion Energy, presented Habitat…
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Guy Furay selected into Healthcare.gov’s 2019 Elite Circle of Champions
February 4, 2019Upstate insurance leader, Guy Furay, has been selected as one of Healthcare.gov’s 2019 Elite Circle of Champions. The national recognition is awarded to insurance brokers who have helped more than…
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Big success at 8th Annual Shuck-A-Rama benefiting the Brain Injury Association of South Carolina
February 4, 2019The Brain Injury Association of South Carolina (BIASC) brought in more than $22,500 in revenue at its 8th Annual Shuck-A-Rama oyster roast on Friday, January 18. More than 230 patrons…
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The Gibbes Museum of Art now offering free admission to city employees
February 4, 2019Today the Gibbes Museum of Art announced it is now offering free admission to City of Charleston employees with valid ID. As Charleston’s only visual arts museum, the Gibbes is…
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Annual South Carolina MPO-COG conference held in Beaufort
February 4, 2019The state’s most influential transportation planners gather Feb. 4-5, 2019 The Greater Beaufort-Port Royal Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), announced the annual South Carolina Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) and Councils…
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Red Dress Sundays coming to Charleston
February 4, 2019Until now, Red Dress Sunday, an annual event promoting awareness about women’s heart health among church congregations, has been confined to four U.S. states. The event began in February 2005…
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Charleston Hospitality Group appoints Robin Lee Griffith as President
February 4, 2019Thirty-year Hospitality & Business Expert to Lead Company’s Strategic & Organizational Development Charleston Hospitality Group (CHG), with eight award-winning restaurants and entertainment establishments in the Charleston region, announced today the…
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Major road projects top transportation priorities in 2019
February 4, 2019
A major road project gets underway in Richland County this year and construction continues on another as transportation officials work to address traffic congestion and road safety on major thoroughfares…
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SCBIO hosts Life Sciences Primer on Industry Essentials – February 20
February 4, 2019SCBIO will host a full day program February 20, 2019 – Life Sciences Boot Camp: Insights on SC’s Fastest-Growing Industry – to inform and update businesses and professionals from across…
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Prisma Health Midlands Foundation inducts Fellows
February 4, 2019Prisma Health Midlands Foundation, formerly Palmetto Health Foundation, announced Marty Bridges, Frank Brown and Isabel Law (posthumously) have been inducted as Fellows. The Fellows distinction honors individuals whose contributions of…
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Drew Stevens of Northwestern Mutual selected as 2019 Judith M. Davis Volunteer of the Year award winner
February 4, 2019United Way of the Midlands announced Drew Stevens of Northwestern Mutual as the selected applicant of the 2019 Judith M. Davis Volunteer of the Year Award. “This award honors the…
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Gamecock basketball stars featured in RCSD PROUD
February 4, 2019By W. Thomas Smith Jr. RCSD PROUD, a brand-new ‘hip hop’ video produced for the Richland County Sheriff’s Dept. (RCSD) and featuring former University of South Carolina Women’s Basketball…
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NAI Columbia consummates ±227 acre Cherokee County land and home sale
February 4, 2019NAI Columbia announced the sale of a ±227 acre recreational property located at 247 Kirby Road in Gaffney, SC. Senior brokers Tombo and Tom Milliken represented the purchaser in the…
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NAI Columbia consummates ±227 acre Cherokee County land and home sale
February 4, 2019
NAI Columbia announced the sale of a ±227 acre recreational property located at 247 Kirby Road in Gaffney, SC. Senior brokers Tombo and Tom Milliken represented the purchaser in the…
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Drew Stevens of Northwestern Mutual selected as 2019 Judith M. Davis Volunteer of the Year award winner
February 4, 2019United Way of the Midlands announced Drew Stevens of Northwestern Mutual as the selected applicant of the 2019 Judith M. Davis Volunteer of the Year Award. “This award honors the…
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Prisma Health Midlands Foundation inducts Fellows
February 4, 2019
Prisma Health Midlands Foundation, formerly Palmetto Health Foundation, announced Marty Bridges, Frank Brown and Isabel Law (posthumously) have been inducted as Fellows. The Fellows distinction honors individuals whose contributions of…
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SCBIO hosts Life Sciences Primer on Industry Essentials – February 20
February 4, 2019
SCBIO will host a full day program February 20, 2019 – Life Sciences Boot Camp: Insights on SC’s Fastest-Growing Industry – to inform and update businesses and professionals from across…
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Gamecock basketball stars featured in RCSD PROUD
February 4, 2019
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. RCSD PROUD, a brand-new ‘hip hop’ video produced for the Richland County Sheriff’s Dept. (RCSD) and featuring former University of South Carolina Women’s Basketball…
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Jeff Stover elected to the SCBIO Executive Committee
February 4, 2019
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Jeff Stover has been re-elected to the executive committee for South Carolina Biotechnology Innovation Organization (SCBIO). Jeff has served on the Board of Directors for SCBIO since…
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Dominion Energy awards $10,000 grant to Central SC Habitat for Humanity
February 4, 2019Dominion Energy awarded a $10,000 grant to Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity in support of its Neighborhood Revitalization program. Kristen Beckham, external affairs representative with Dominion Energy, presented Habitat…
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Columbia Food and Wine Festival Planning Committee Releases 2019 Festival Details and Tickets
February 1, 2019
The Columbia Food and Wine Festival Planning Committee have launched 2019 festival ticket sales, along with details on the newly added satellite events. After a sold-out inaugural year that featured 42…
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SC Chamber Foundation report offers strategies for businesses to control rising healthcare costs
February 1, 2019
The South Carolina Chamber Foundation announced the release of the report, “Strategies to Mitigate the Rising Cost of Healthcare.” The report was created by the Healthcare Task Force of the…
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Global Location Strategies Principal inducted into Site Selectors Guild
February 1, 2019Monty Turner, Principal and Vice President of Operations at Global Location Strategies (GLS), has been inducted into the Site Selectors Guild (SSG), the world’s foremost organization of location advisory consultants.…
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Upstate Electrical Apprenticeship Program experiences record enrollment for first-year students
February 1, 2019The Upstate Electrical Apprenticeship Program, for which classes are held at Greenville Technical College, experienced record enrollment this month for first-year electrical apprentices. A total of 16 students started the…
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United Community Bank named to Forbes List of America’s Best 100 Banks
February 1, 2019United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ: UCBI) (“United”) was recently recognized as one of America’s best performing banks by Forbes magazine for the sixth consecutive year. “America’s Best Banks 2019,” an…
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OTO Development earns six Adrian Awards for excellence in travel marketing
February 1, 2019OTO Development, part of The Johnson Group, earned six 2018 Adrian Awards from the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI). The awards program, now in its 62nd year, is…
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RealOp Investments sells Columbia’s Parklane Centre
February 1, 2019RealOp Investments recently sold Parklane Centre for $4.16 million to SF Partners LLC out of Miami. The 47,810 square-foot office park sits on 5.25 aces in a prime area…
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Joyner Commercial end of month of January 2019
February 1, 2019Joyner Commercial Announces January Transactions End of Month of January 2019 — Joyner Commercial, the Commercial Division of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Realtors®, is pleased to announce the…
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Rebuild Upstate announces two new board members
February 1, 2019Rebuild Upstate has elected two new members to join the its board for 2019. The two newest additions to the team are Johnathan Hill and Ashley Brooks. Hill is founder…
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Greenville Area Small Business Development Center hires new area manager
February 1, 2019Greenville Area Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has added Earl Gregorich to be the area manager. Having a background in entrepreneurship since 2001, Gregorich has always had a passion for…
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HUB Carolinas announces Cord Love as new advisor in Greenville office
February 1, 2019HUB Carolinas, a region of HUB International, the sixth largest insurance brokerage in the world, recently announced that Cord Love has been promoted to advisor in its Greenville office. Most…
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Providence Health consolidates cardiology practices under one name: Providence Heart
February 1, 2019
Providence Health is consolidating all of its seventeen cardiologists in seven practices around the Midlands under one name: Providence Heart. Cardiologists of the Providence Medical Group had been working under…
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Quackenbush Architects’ Spencer Hutchinson selected to serve on AIA Greater Columbia Board
February 1, 2019
Spencer Hutchinson, project architect at Quackenbush Architects + Planners, was recently appointed to the board of the Greater Columbia chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). A licensed architect…
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RealOp Investments sells Columbia’s Parklane Centre
February 1, 2019RealOp Investments recently sold Parklane Centre for $4.16 million to SF Partners LLC out of Miami. The 47,810 square-foot office park sits on 5.25 aces in a prime area…
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Colliers International’s Ryan McCue represents buyer in off-market timberland sale of 324 acres in Eastover, SC
January 31, 2019
McCue specializes in recreational land and timberland sales and continues to grow this specialty at Colliers International | South Carolina. Ryan McCue represented the buyer in the purchase of a…
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C.D. Rhodes, Public Finance Attorney with Pope Flynn, appointed Chair of Historic Columbia Foundation Advisory Council
January 31, 2019
C.D. Rhodes, public finance attorney with Pope Flynn, a law firm concentrating in public finance and governmental law, has been appointed chair of the Historic Columbia Foundation Advisory Council. Founded…
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English Instructor honored with Midlands Technical College top Teaching Award
January 31, 2019
Midlands Technical College (MTC) English instructor Dr. Rhonda Grego is the 2018 Albin S. Johnson Faculty Excellence Award. One of the highest honors the college can bestow upon its faculty,…
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Prisma Health Richland Hospital has earned the Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers
January 31, 2019
Prisma Health Richland Hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for stroke centers, the Advanced Certification for Comprehensive…
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Scott and Company announces promotion
January 31, 2019
South Carolina accounting and consulting firm, Scott and Company LLC is pleased to announce that Amanda Hawkins has been promoted to in-charge accountant. Hawkins has been a member of the…
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South Carolina State Museum announces Colonial Life as sponsor of Second Shift Twosday
January 31, 2019
The South Carolina State Museum announced Colonial Life as its new sponsor for the museum’s Second Shift Twosdays. Every Tuesday, the museum is open until 8 p.m. (10 p.m. during…
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Meredith Ann Krzyston joins Robinson Gray as associate
January 31, 2019Meredith Ann Krzyston has joined Robinson Gray law firm as an associate, focusing on workers’ compensation. Meredith Ann received her bachelor’s degree in history and government from Wofford College in…
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Solara Hospitality wins prestigious award
January 31, 2019Marriott International Presents Solara Hospitality Its Prestigious 2018 Horizon Award Marriott International presented Solara Hospitality its Horizon Award at the brand’s recent annual 2018 Connect Conference held in San Diego,…
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Colliers Report: S.C. industrial trends include high-quality space and positive absorption
January 31, 2019
Colliers International, South Carolina Research & Forecast Report Q4-2018 SOUTH CAROLINA | INDUSTRIAL Key Takeaways Statewide industrial activity thrives; South Carolina industrial properties absorbed 15.56 million square feet throughout 2018.…
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Talented Tenth to host annual conference, The 2019 SC Convening: Access. Service. Elevation – February 7-9
January 31, 2019Talented Tenth, a Columbia-based young professionals’ organization founded by City of Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin, presents the Annual Talented Tenth Conference, The 2019 SC Convening: Access. Service. Elevation. The conference,…
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Rotarians view Nephron expansion
January 31, 2019Capital Rotary members got a firsthand look Jan. 30 at Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s expanded facility in Lexington County. The $125 million investment adds 36,000 square feet of manufacturing space to…
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LaFitte to receive Lifetime Achievement Award
January 31, 2019Dorothy “Dottie” LaFitte will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the REGAL Awards Gala on February 23, 2019. This award, presented by the Sales and Marketing Council (SMC) of the…
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Lexington District One band students chosen for clinic at USC
January 31, 2019Hundreds of talented high school band students from across the nation converge each year on the University of South Carolina for a weekend of music and learning. Joining them this…
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Resource Financial Services increases loan volume significantly in 2018
January 31, 2019
Resource Financial Services, an independently owned full-service mortgage company serving the Southeast, announced its best year in total volume. The company showed significant growth in total volume of loan originations…
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Rotarians view Nephron expansion
January 31, 2019
Capital Rotary members got a firsthand look Jan. 30 at Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s expanded facility in Lexington County. The $125 million investment adds 36,000 square feet of manufacturing space to…
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