Be a Part of the Midlands Movement: Nonprofit Registration Now Open for Midlands Gives, Presented by Central Carolina Community Foundation
September 17, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Nonprofit organizations can now register for the second annual Midlands Gives, a 24-hour local online giving challenge to be held on May 5, 2015, hosted by Central Carolina…
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RevUp opens Saturday
September 17, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – To celebrate its arrival onto the Greenville fitness scene, RevUp Indoor Cycling is offering Upstate cyclists trips through breathtaking, challenging terrain – all from the comfort of…
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South Carolina’s Improving Economy Allows DEW to Make Second Early Unemployment Trust Fund Loan Repayment This Year
September 16, 2014
This payment amount more than doubles the payment sent in April COLUMBIA, SC – The SC Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) today announced it made a second early voluntary…
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Tew Named Vice President at Flagship Properties
September 16, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – Joshua Tew has been named Vice President of Flagship Properties’ commercial division. Flagship Properties is a Greenville-based real estate company that provides sales and leasing services throughout…
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Alliance to strengthen Technology Villages program, S.C. small businesses
September 16, 2014
CLEMSON, SC — The Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership has joined with the Institute for Economic Development, Clemson’s College of Business and Behavioral Science (CBBS) and the Office of Economic Developmentat Clemson University to announce…
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Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $60,000 Grant For Gossett Street Mill Site Remediation
September 16, 2014
ANDERSON COUNTY, SC – Anderson County Council woman Gracie Floyd announced the receipt of a $60,000 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Grant. This grant funding will be matched with local dollars ($60,000 is…
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Citizens group launches roads referendum song
September 16, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – The Citizens for a Better Greenville have created a campaign song that members plan to share to grow awareness of the November roads referendum. The 60-second is a…
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Greenville Nonprofits Talk Community Collaboration at Shine the Light
September 16, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – DNA Creative Communications (DNA), in partnership with the Hollingsworth Funds, Community Foundation of Greenville and United Way of Greenville County, hosted Expanding Leadership Beyond Your Walls, the…
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Greenville Nonprofits Talk Community Collaboration at Shine the Light
September 16, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – DNA Creative Communications (DNA), in partnership with the Hollingsworth Funds, Community Foundation of Greenville and United Way of Greenville County, hosted Expanding Leadership Beyond Your Walls, the…
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Citizens group launches roads referendum song
September 16, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – The Citizens for a Better Greenville have created a campaign song that members plan to share to grow awareness of the November roads referendum. The 60-second is a…
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Alumni Relations Director Charlianne Nestlen Named to State Alumni Directors Board
September 15, 2014
SPARTANBURG, SC – The University of South Carolina Upstate announced that Alumni Relations Director Charlianne Wyatt Nestlen of Spartanburg has been named a board member of the South Carolina Association…
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Pattern Energy signs O&M agreement with Duke Energy Renewable Services
September 15, 2014CHARLOTTE, NC – Duke Energy Renewable Services today announced it has signed a long-term agreement to service Pattern Energy Group Inc.’s 283-megawatt (MW) Gulf Wind energy project in Armstrong, Texas.…
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Red Cross Launches Statewide Disaster Preparedness Campaign
September 15, 2014South Carolina is the most disaster-prone state in the mid-Atlantic On September 21, the 25th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo’s devastation inflicted on South Carolina, the American Red Cross will…
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CresCom Bank’s David Morrow Appointed to Clemson University Board of Visitors
September 15, 2014
CHARLESTON, SC – David Morrow, the president and CEO of CresCom Bank, has been appointed to the Clemson University Board of Visitors. Morrow is a 1972 graduate of Clemson University and…
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Clemson University’s first Bosch fellow named at celebration
September 15, 2014
GREENVILLE, South Carolina – Clemson University’s first Bosch fellow is an automotive engineering graduate student who shares her knowledge of engines and love of learning from the classroom to the…
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ACI Plastics Expanding Manufacturing Operations Into Oconee County
September 15, 2014
$4.1 Million Investment By Thermoplastics Company Expected To Create 25 Jobs OCONEE, SC – Thermoplastics processor and recycler ACI Plastics, Inc. is expanding its manufacturing operations into Oconee County. The company’s $4.1 million…
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Public, Private Entities Join to Advance New Health Care Model in South Carolina
September 15, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Health care organizations in South Carolina today announce the formation of a public-private collaboration called the Patient-Centered Medical Home Alliance to promote the new model of primary…
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Motor Supply Co. Bistro Celebrates 25 Years During Fall Harvest Week, Oct. 7-12, 2014
September 15, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Since 1989, Motor Supply Co. Bistro’s food-obsessed staff has been one of the driving forces behind the farm-to-table initiative in Columbia, S.C. There have been changes behind the…
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2014-2015 Carolos Moseley Chamber Music Season Announced
September 14, 2014
World Renowned Countertenor Returns to Native Upstate to Perform SPARTANBURG, SC – The Carlos Moseley Chamber Music Series brings world-renowned musicians to the intimate venue of Converse College’s Daniel Recital…
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100 Young Eagles to Soar from Southeast Aviation Expo
September 14, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – On Saturday, September 27, 2014, beginning at 9 a.m. the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 249 of Greenville, S.C. will offer free flights to the first one hundred 8 to…
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China Delegation to Visit Furman University
September 14, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – A five-member delegation from Yunnan Minzu University in China will visit the Furman University campus Sept. 14-15 as part of a new partnership between the two schools.…
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DHEC awards coastal public access improvement grants
September 12, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Three communities will work to improve public access to coastal areas, thanks to grants from the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. “Our beautiful coastal resources…
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Emitec To Expand Laurens County Manufacturing Plant
September 12, 2014
$3 Million Investment By Automotive Component Manufacturer To Create 20 New Jobs LAURENS, SC – Emitec, an exhaust technology company and wholly owned subsidiary of Continental, is expanding its Laurens County…
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Clemson University assistant professor makes national list of top researchers
September 12, 2014
Frank Alexis works with particles 10,000 times smaller than human hair CLEMSON, SC – A Clemson University assistant professor of bioengineering is on a new national list of top junior…
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Inaugural County Agent Hall of Fame marks centennial of Extension Service
September 12, 2014
CLEMSON, SC — Marking a century of service to South Carolinians, eight individuals entered the inaugural Frank Lever County Extension Agent Hall of Fame at ceremonies at Clemson University in…
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Glen Raven Expanding Anderson County Sunbrella® Manufacturing Center
September 12, 2014$13.5 Million Investment To Create 10 New Jobs ANDERSON, SC – Glen Raven, Inc., a global leader in high-performance fabrics, is expanding its Anderson County Sunbrella® manufacturing center through a $13.5…
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Junior League Of Greenville Celebrates 85 Years
September 12, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – The Junior League of Greenville, Inc. (JLG) celebrates 85 years on September 12. The JLG started with only 20 members eighty-five years ago, today the organization is…
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DHEC coastal photography contest accepting entries
September 11, 2014
CHARLESTON, SC – Photographers of all ages and degrees of expertise are invited to ready their cameras and tripods to enter their best photographs of coastal South Carolina scenes in…
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Anderson University Earns 4th Recognition from U.S. News
September 10, 2014
Remains in top tier of regional colleges for 9th year in a row ANDERSON, SC – The new “Best Colleges” rankings for colleges and universities have a lot to…
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USC Upstate Offers 11 Foreign Languages in Evening Classes
September 10, 2014
SPARTANBURG, SC – The University of South Carolina Upstate’s World Languages Institute will offer instruction in 11 foreign languages this fall in non-credit, evening courses. Classes start the week of…
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Newmark Grubb Wilson Kibler Brokers Deal
September 10, 2014
GREENVILE, SC – Newmark Grubb Wilson Kibler, a leading real estate services firm, is pleased to announce the recent sales transaction of a 5,820 square foot office building at 721…
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Phillips Staffing Promotes Howard, Schenck to Branch Managers
September 10, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – Phillips Staffing, one of South Carolina’s largest and fastest-growing staffing and human capital solution providers, has promoted Tracy Howard to Branch Manager of the firm’s Seneca, SC…
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GADC Adds Taylor Capps to Economic Development Team
September 10, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – September 10, 2014 – The Greenville Area Development Corporation, the county-chartered organization tasked with promoting and enhancing the economic growth of Greenville County, has added Taylor Capps…
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Ten Furman University Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Professorships
September 10, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Furman University announced this week that 10 faculty members have been appointed to endowed professorships at the university. Four of the new professorships are lifetime appointments, while…
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Quality Business Solutions named as one of South Carolina’s Best Performing Companies for 2014
September 10, 2014
TRAVELERS REST, SC – Quality Business Solutions, a woman-owned, cost effective outsource solution for non-core business functions including payroll, insurance, benefit administration and more, has been named as one of…
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New York Times ranks Wofford among most economically diverse
September 10, 2014College top S.C. institution providing access to low-income students SPARTANBURG, SC – The New York Times this week ranked Wofford College among the 99 “most economically diverse top colleges,” based…
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CommunityWorks Federal Credit Union to Promote Financial Capability
September 10, 2014
Affordable Banking Solutions to Help Serve Financially Underserved in Greenville GREENVILLE, SC – More than 200 community leaders and advocates including Mayor Knox White recently gathered to celebrate the grand opening…
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Babbitt & Williams Join NAI Earle Furman’s Brokerage Team
September 10, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – NAI Earle Furman (NAIEF), a leading full-service commercial real estate firm headquartered in Greenville, recently welcomed Cameron Babbitt and Clay Williams to the brokerage team. Babbitt joins NAIEF’s…
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Farmers use math to save water as drought grips California
September 10, 2014
Clemson University associate professor helps create ‘virtual farms’ The “virtual farm” models that a Clemson University associate professor helped develop are taking on heightened importance this summer as California’s strawberry-and-raspberry…
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Clemson named a top 20 national public university
September 10, 2014
CLEMSON, SC — Clemson University is now ranked among the top 20 national public universities, according to U.S.News & World Report’s annual guide to “America’s Best Colleges” for 2015. The university…
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The Hearth Center for Eating Disorders Names New Leadership
September 10, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The Hearth Center for Eating Disorders at the Carolina Children’s Home, announces that it has named Stephen M. Creech, chair of the board and John R. Kessler, Jr.…
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Columbia Attorney First to Receive Prestigious Award
September 10, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The SC Bar Solo and Small Firm Section Council announces that Ken H. Lester has been named the winner of the first Solo and Small Firm Section…
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SC Ports Authority Awarded $10.8 Million TIGER Grant
September 10, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – SC Ports Authority has been awarded a 10.8 million dollar Transportation Infrastructure Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant for planned upgrades and improvements to its Wando Welch Terminal. “We…
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Anderson Independent Mail promotes Stephen Mullins to editor
September 10, 2014ANDERSON, SC – Stephen Mullins, a respected South Carolina journalist and newsroom leader, is the new editor of The Anderson (S.C.) Independent Mail. Mullins, who joined the Anderson newsroom in 2011 and now serves as managing editor, succeeds John…
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Byrne’s OCW named to Best and Brightest
September 10, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Kathleen Byrne, the operating partner for the Old Cigar Warehouse, has been named one of Greenville Business Magazine’s Best and Brightest Under Age 35 for 2014. Byrne…
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GADC Adds Taylor Capps to Economic Development Team
September 10, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – September 10, 2014 – The Greenville Area Development Corporation, the county-chartered organization tasked with promoting and enhancing the economic growth of Greenville County, has added Taylor Capps…
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Phillips Staffing Promotes Howard, Schenck to Branch Managers
September 10, 2014
SOUTH CAROLINA – Phillips Staffing, one of South Carolina’s largest and fastest-growing staffing and human capital solution providers, has promoted Tracy Howard to Branch Manager of the firm’s Seneca, SC…
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Hampton Avenue bridge a key to community
September 9, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – About 25 supporters of the Citizens for a Better Greenville gathered at the site of the former Hampton Avenue bridge Tuesday to rally people to vote yes…
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SC Launch Companies Named 2014 Innovision Finalists
September 9, 2014Five Companies, One Resource Partner to Present at the November Event GREENVILLE, SC -SCRA Technology Ventures announced that five of its SC Launch companies and one resource partner have been…
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2014 Annual Literacy Leaders Award Winners
September 9, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The Annual Literacy Leaders Awards were presented by the USC School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) on September 9, 2014 to individuals and/or groups that have had a…
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