Electrolux Announces Additional $30 Million Investment in Anderson, SC
May 14, 2014Expansion to add advanced manufacturing; enhance capacity ANDERSON, SC – Electrolux announced today it is investing $30 million in its Anderson, S.C. manufacturing facility, which produces top-mount refrigerators as well…
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Bruce Yandle named Honorary Alumnus of Clemson University
May 14, 2014
CLEMSON, SC – Bruce Yandle, dean emeritus of the College of Business and Behavioral Science and Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus of economics, has been named an Honorary Alumnus of Clemson University by theClemson…
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Students choose accounting lecturer as 2014 Alumni Master Teacher
May 14, 2014CLEMSON – Clemson University students chose accounting senior lecturer J. Russell Madray as this year’s Alumni Master Teacher for outstanding undergraduate classroom instruction. The annual award is presented to a…
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Mumford Industries Announces Promotion of Two Employees
May 14, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Mumford Industries Inc. A Recycling Company with offices in Greenville SC and Ninety Six, SC is pleased to announce the internal promotion of two of their valued…
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Communities In Schools of South Carolina Announces Continued Improvement in Graduation Rates in New Report Released Today
May 14, 2014TV Ads by Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker Highlight Leading Reasons Why Kids Drop Out, Including Hunger, Homelessness, Lack of Medical Care COLUMBIA, SC – As kids around the country are graduating, Communities In…
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Communities In Schools of South Carolina Announces Continued Improvement in Graduation Rates in New Report Released Today
May 14, 2014TV Ads by Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker Highlight Leading Reasons Why Kids Drop Out, Including Hunger, Homelessness, Lack of Medical Care COLUMBIA, SC – As kids around the country are graduating, Communities In…
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Electrolux Investing Additional $30 Million In Anderson County Refrigerator Facility
May 14, 2014
Expansion To Add Advanced Manufacturing, Enhance Capacity ANDERSON, SC – Electrolux is investing $30 million over the next two years in its Anderson, S.C. manufacturing facility, which provides top-freezer refrigerators as…
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Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer Sells Facility for Hogan Construction Location
May 13, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced the sale of 10703 Old Anderson Highway in Powdersville, SC. Hogan Construction purchased the 6,539 sq.ft. office/warehouse building from Family Connection…
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JEDA Bonds Help SENIOR Solutions Serve Upstate Communities
May 13, 2014
Creates 15 New Jobs and Retains 139 Existing Jobs Anderson and Greenville, SC – Anderson and Greenville Counties SENIOR Solutions, a provider of senior care services across the Upstate, has…
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Former Commerce Secretary Joe Taylor, key partners announce creation of Southland Capital
May 13, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – A new merchant bank and advisory firm has been created to serve the private equity market in South Carolina. The firm, Southland Capital Partners, and will be…
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Former Commerce Secretary Joe Taylor, key partners announce creation of Southland Capital
May 13, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – A new merchant bank and advisory firm has been created to serve the private equity market in South Carolina. The firm, Southland Capital Partners, and will be…
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Southern Tide Adds News Marketing Manager and Director of Merchandising
May 13, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Southern Tide has hired Kathryn Hilton as marketing manager and Tyler North as director of merchandising. With years of experience in brand strategy, marketing efforts and management of…
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Joan Kalley Receives Tri-County Technical College’s Presidential Medallion for Instructional Excellence
May 12, 2014PENDLETON, SC – Joan Kalley, English instructor at Tri-County Technical College, was honored May 8 with the highest award presented to the faculty. She received the Presidential Medallion for Instructional…
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Greenville County Rec Adult Sports – Summer / Fall 2014
May 12, 2014Adult Softball Registration is open for the Late Summer/Early Fall 2014 Adult Softball Season. Multiple leagues will be offered in the Men’s Open, Men’s Church, COED Open, and COED…
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Greenville Women Giving awards $81.3K grant to GCM
May 12, 2014GREER, SC – Greenville Women Giving awarded an $81.3K grant to Greer Community Ministries (GCM) at their annual meeting held on May 7 at the Gunter Theatre in Greenville. This…
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Doug Wilson Receives 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award
May 12, 2014ANDERSON, SC – Doug Wilson is energized by investing in others’ lives, whether it’s building race cars with his teenage nephew on weekends, mentoring and teaching young associates through his…
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$500,000 Awarded at Greenville Women Giving’s 8th Annual Meeting
May 12, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Greenville Women Giving, a local women’s philanthropic organization, presented grants totaling $500,255 to selected community non-profit organizations at its eighth annual meeting on May 7, putting its…
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Gov. Nikki Haley, S.C. Emergency Management Division Host Hurricane Tabletop Exercise
May 12, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 12, 2014 – Governor Nikki Haley today participated in a tabletop exercise with the South Carolina Emergency Management Division (SCEMD) and the South Carolina Emergency Response…
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Gov. Nikki Haley, S.C. Emergency Management Division Host Hurricane Tabletop Exercise
May 12, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 12, 2014 – Governor Nikki Haley today participated in a tabletop exercise with the South Carolina Emergency Management Division (SCEMD) and the South Carolina Emergency Response…
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Sharpe Joins Berkshire Hathaway C. Dan Joyner
May 12, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – May 12, 2014 – Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS® announced that James Douglas (Jim) Sharpe joined the company and serves as a Sales Associate at…
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Clemson University to bring together art and technology at Artisphere 2014
May 12, 2014Highlights include concept car and hands-on activities CLEMSON, SC – May 12, 2014 – One of Artisphere 2014’s largest exhibits will show how Clemson University is bringing together technology and…
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Smith Moore Leatherwood Names Julie Earp Management Committee Chair
May 12, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – May 12, 2014 – Julie Theall Earp, a Smith Moore Leatherwood partner in the Greensboro, N.C. office and longstanding member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group, was…
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NAI Earle Furman Closes Sale of 104-Unit Multifamily Community Lakewood on the Saluda
May 12, 2014GRENNVILLE, SC – May 12, 2014 –Tony Bonitati and Kay Hill of NAI Earle Furman’s Multifamily Division represented the Sellers, Three S Enterprises, LLC and Lakewood Properties, LLC, in the sale…
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Community Congregates at Interfaith Gathering to Celebrate National Day of Prayer
May 12, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – May 2, 2014 – Members of a variety of faith traditions congregated to pray for peace and justice and celebrate the diversity of our community at an…
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Clemson summit to address youth success in South Carolina
May 10, 2014
CLEMSON, SC – May 10, 2014 – Education, government and nonprofit officials from across South Carolina will gather at Clemson University Monday and Tuesday to address this critical question: How…
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Steve Pettit Elected Fifth President of Bob Jones University
May 9, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – May 8, 2014 – Larry Jackson, chairman of the Bob Jones University Board of Trustees, announced today the election of Steve Pettit as the fifth president of…
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Turner Padget Attorneys Named Among South Carolina Super Lawyers
May 9, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – April 24, 2014 – Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A. announce that sixteen of the firm’s attorneys have been named by Super Lawyers magazine as top attorneys…
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Turner Padget Attorneys Named Among South Carolina Super Lawyers
May 9, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – April 24, 2014 – Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A. announce that sixteen of the firm’s attorneys have been named by Super Lawyers magazine as top attorneys…
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Three to receive honorary degrees from Wofford
May 8, 2014Coffey, Henry-Crowe, Kuh to be honored at Commencement May 18 SPARTANBURG, SC – May 8, 2014 – Wofford College will confer three honorary degrees during the 2014 Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 18,…
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Furman University Philosophy Professor Appointed to Position at USC School of Medecine
May 7, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – May 7, 2014 – Furman University philosophy professor Carmela Epright has been invited to join the Department of Psychiatry at the University of South Carolina School of…
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Gov. Nikki Haley Announces Children’s Mental Health Week In South Carolina
May 7, 2014COLUMBIA, SC- May 7, 2014 – Governor Nikki Haley today joined the Federation of Families of South Carolina, and the Joint Council on Children and Adolescents on the north steps of…
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Gov. Nikki Haley Announces Children’s Mental Health Week In South Carolina
May 7, 2014COLUMBIA, SC- May 7, 2014 – Governor Nikki Haley today joined the Federation of Families of South Carolina, and the Joint Council on Children and Adolescents on the north steps of…
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Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named to “Top 25” List
May 7, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – May 7, 2014 – Nexsen Pruet attorneys Rick Mendoza and Billy Wilkins (Greenville) are ranked among “The Top 25” in the 2014 edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers®. The legal publication selects…
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Citizens demand right to decide roads future
May 7, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – A group of Greenville residents from all parts of the county have joined together to form Citizens for a Better Greenville County – a community effort to…
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Billy Wilkins Named to “Top 25” List
May 7, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Nexsen Pruet Billy Wilkins is ranked among the “Top 25” in the 2014 edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers®. The legal publication selects attorneys for its list…
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Greenville Chamber Honors Diversity Leaders
May 7, 2014GREENVILLE, SC -May 7, 2014 – Upstate leaders were honored Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at the Tenth Annual Upstate Diversity Leadership Awards Dinner, held at TD Convention Center. The event…
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SCRA Technology Ventures Announces New SC Launch Companies
May 7, 2014Three Charleston-area Companies Accepted into Program CHARLESTON, SC – May 6, 2014 – SCRA Technology Ventures today announced the acceptance of three new companies into the SC Launch Program. Go Where…
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SCRA Technology Ventures Announces New SC Launch Companies
May 7, 2014Three Charleston-area Companies Accepted into Program CHARLESTON, SC – May 6, 2014 – SCRA Technology Ventures today announced the acceptance of three new companies into the SC Launch Program. Go Where…
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Trelleborg Wheel Systems To Establish Spartanburg Facility, Create 150 Jobs
May 6, 2014$50 Million Investment Represents Company’s First North American Facility For Agricultural Tires COLUMBIA, SC – May 6, 2014 – Leading global supplier of off-road tires, Trelleborg Wheel Systems, has selected…
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Trelleborg Wheel Systems To Establish Spartanburg Facility, Create 150 Jobs
May 6, 2014$50 Million Investment Represents Company’s First North American Facility For Agricultural Tires COLUMBIA, SC – May 6, 2014 – Leading global supplier of off-road tires, Trelleborg Wheel Systems, has selected…
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2014 Yearbook, The Vintage, Dedicated to Dr. Bruce McAllister
May 6, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – May 6, 2014 – The Bob Jones University (BJU) Vintage staff announced today the 2014 yearbook has been dedicated to Dr. Bruce McAllister for his lifelong commitment to advancing…
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Commerce awards $2.4 million in innovation grants
May 6, 201414 organizations to receive support toward efforts fostering high-tech and entrepreneurial endeavors COLUMBIA, SC – May 6, 2014 – In its inaugural round of innovation-related grants, the South Carolina Department…
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Commerce awards $2.4 million in innovation grants
May 6, 201414 organizations to receive support toward efforts fostering high-tech and entrepreneurial endeavors COLUMBIA, SC – May 6, 2014 – In its inaugural round of innovation-related grants, the South Carolina…
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SC Launch Company Klaren Technologies Inc. Selected to Present at Cavendish Global Health Impact Forum
May 5, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – May 5, 2014 – Klaren Technologies Inc. (“Klaren”) will present at the Cavendish Global Health Impact Forum taking place May 5-7, 2014 in New York, NY. Klaren is developing a game-changing…
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2014-15 South Carolina Young Careerist awarded to Kacie Jackson
May 5, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – May 5, 2014 – The purpose of the South Carolina Young Careerist Award to honor successful women who have distinguished themselves in their career; community services; and…
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City Manager Presents Proposed Operating Budget For FY 2014-2015
May 5, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – May 5, 2014 – Greenville City Manager John Castile presented the City’s proposed FY 2014-2015 operating budget to City Council at the first of two work sessions…
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Haworth Inc. pledges $3 million to Clemson, partners with Watt Family Innovation Center
May 5, 2014CLEMSON, SC – May 5, 2014 – An innovative international company in furniture and organic workspace design and products is partnering with Clemson University’s Watt Family Innovation Center, now under construction…
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Bateman Joins Berkshire Hathaway C. Dan Joyner
May 5, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – May 5, 2014 – Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS® is pleased to announce that Kendall Bateman joined the company and serves as a Sales Associate at…
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Frank Shuler Named 2014 Distinguished Lawyer Award
May 5, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 5, 2014 – Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A. is proud to announce that Franklin G. Shuler, Jr., a certified specialist in employment and labor law,…
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Frank Shuler Named 2014 Distinguished Lawyer Award
May 5, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 5, 2014 – Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A. is proud to announce that Franklin G. Shuler, Jr., a certified specialist in employment and labor law,…
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