Tropical Smoothie Cafe signs franchise agreement to open six new locations in South Carolina
December 6, 2016
Tropical Smoothie Cafe, the leading fast casual cafe concept known for its better-for-you food and smoothies with a tropical twist, announced it signed a franchise development agreement with industry veterans…
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SCASA honors Ricard as Assistant Principal of the Year
December 6, 2016
LEXINGTON, SC – The South Carolina Association of School Administrators named Janet B. Ricard, assistant principal of Saxe Gotha Elementary School, the 2017 Elementary School Assistant Principal of the Year.…
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Crunch Gym to open first South Carolina location in North Charleston in December 2016
December 6, 2016NAI Avant is pleased to announce that Crunch North Charleston, a franchise of Crunch Gym (Crunch), will debut its first fitness center in South Carolina this month (December 2016). NAI…
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Ziff Properties plans self-storage conversion
December 6, 2016Ziff Properties, Inc. announced the acquisition of Buncombe Plaza, a 52,000-square-foot shopping center located in Greenville, South Carolina’s water tower district near downtown. The mostly vacant property will be redeveloped…
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Nominations for Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award due Dec. 15
December 6, 2016The South Carolina Arts Commission and the University of South Carolina’s McKissick Museum invite nominations for the 2017 Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award. Guidelines and nomination forms are available…
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Nominations for Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award due Dec. 15
December 6, 2016The South Carolina Arts Commission and the University of South Carolina’s McKissick Museum invite nominations for the 2017 Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award. Guidelines and nomination forms are available…
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Pelion High FFA’s poinsettia sales bloom
December 6, 2016
Buzzing with activity and bursting with red and green plants, the Pelion High School FFA classroom looks like Santa’s workshop as students prepare poinsettias for homes and business across Lexington…
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Nominations for Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award due Dec. 15
December 6, 2016
The South Carolina Arts Commission and the University of South Carolina’s McKissick Museum invite nominations for the 2017 Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award. Guidelines and nomination forms are available…
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NAI Avant brokers land sale in West Columbia to pediatric care provider
December 6, 2016
NAI Avant recently closed the sale of ±1.53 acres of land at 3618 Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia. The lot is located halfway between I-26 and I-20, boasting excellent visibility…
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Pam Eyring of The Protocol School of Washington presents the 5 Rules of Holiday Office Etiquette
December 6, 2016
In a 2015 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), only 65 percent of respondents said they planned to hold an end-of-the-year gathering for their employees, down from…
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Student becomes youngest elected official in South Carolina
December 5, 2016
Armed with $30, his Facebook friends and just a week to campaign, Wofford College junior Phillip Habib managed to become the current youngest elected official in South Carolina. The 20-year-old…
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Santee Cooper Board approves 2017 budget
December 5, 2016
In its 2017 spending plan approved today, the Santee Cooper Board of Directors held operating and maintenance costs to 2016 levels. The board also approved capital investments in new nuclear…
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Santee Cooper Board increases incentives for community, rooftop solar programs
December 5, 2016
Santee Cooper customers who install rooftop solar panels or buy into Solar Share, the utility’s community solar project, will see their solar investment pay off much sooner under new incentives…
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East Cooper Habitat for Humanity elects board member
December 5, 2016
East Cooper Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit, non-denominational Christian housing organization, has elected Jeff Peacock as a board member. Peacock is the Area Director for Enterprise Sales, Southeast, at Benefitfocus,…
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AMCOL systems receives customer appreciation award
December 5, 2016
AMCOL Systems Inc. was recognized at the LISTEN 2016 conference with a Customer Appreciation Award for going above and beyond in their advocacy and support of CallMiner. Starting in January,…
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Mission accomplished: Palmetto Clean Energy awards grants, exits
December 5, 2016Palmetto Clean Energy (PaCE) today announced 23 grants to South Carolina schools and housing facilities, as part of a final round of awards capping the landmark nine-year program. Since its…
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Leeds Park International announces lease agreement with reForge Charleston
December 5, 2016
Leeds Park International, 4500 Leeds Avenue, North Charleston SC, is pleased to announce a lease agreement with reForge Charleston for 2,650 square feet of office/manufacturing space. reForge Charleston is the areas…
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Bank of America Plaza receives Bronze Award as Bike Friendly Business from national bicyclist organization
December 5, 2016
Local Columbia building the first in the city to receive designation as part of The League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly Business program. In a joint initiative between building ownership…
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Avison Young Lease Extension | 3 Broad Street
December 5, 2016
Avison Young commercial real estate is pleased to announce that Jeremy Willits and Gerry Schauer, CCIM represented the landlord, Three Broad Inc., in the lease extension of a 255 sf…
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Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital welcomes new facility dog
December 5, 2016
Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital, in partnership with Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services (PAALS), recently welcomed a new team member who specializes in providing a calming experience while motivating children to…
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Sonoco to invest $20 million in new Atlanta-area packaging center
December 5, 2016
Sonoco announced it will invest $20 million in the development of a new packaging center to support Duracell’s new North America battery packaging operation. Sonoco’s Display and Packaging unit will…
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2016 Legislative Advocacy Program of the Year Award
December 5, 2016
The legislative advocacy efforts of the Fort Mill School District and School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties school boards during the 2016 legislative session have been deemed the…
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Tickets on sale for Richland One Hall of Fame Gala
December 5, 2016
The 13th annual Richland One Hall of Fame Induction Gala will be held Saturday, January 28, 2017 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, 1101 Lincoln Street. This year’s theme is…
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Addison Homes wins Pinnacle Award for Best Achievement in Energy Efficiency
December 5, 2016
Greenville builder Addison Homes was amongst the home building industry’s best and brightest honored with 2016 Pinnacle Awards during the 13th annual Celebration of Excellence. Presented by the Home Builders…
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Ortec expanding Anderson County operations
December 5, 2016
Ortec, a leading biomaterial and polymer technology company, is expanding its existing operations in Anderson County. Complementing recent growth at its facilities in both Pickens and Greenville Counties, the company…
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Ortec expanding Anderson County operations
December 5, 2016
Ortec, a leading biomaterial and polymer technology company, is expanding its existing operations in Anderson County. Complementing recent growth at its facilities in both Pickens and Greenville Counties, the company…
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Casual for a Cause: Collins & Lacy seeks 2017 Denim Day recipients
December 5, 2016
Collins & Lacy, P.C. is reaching out to non-profit organizations in South Carolina to be considered for the firm’s 2017 Denim Day Drive campaign. The year-long campaign is a way…
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Queenie M. Boyd elected as SCSBA president
December 5, 2016
COLUMBIA, SC – Queenie M. Boyd, board member of the Lee County School District Board, was elected as president of the South Carolina School Boards Association (SCSBA) during the association’s…
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Queenie M. Boyd elected as SCSBA president
December 5, 2016
COLUMBIA, SC – Queenie M. Boyd, board member of the Lee County School District Board, was elected as president of the South Carolina School Boards Association (SCSBA) during the association’s…
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SC Launch company announces milestone growth
December 5, 2016
Terrastride’s App Surpasses One Million Downloads SC Launch Portfolio company, TerraStride announces milestone growth for the company’s HuntStand App. HuntStand has surpassed the one million download mark putting it in…
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SC Launch company announces milestone growth
December 5, 2016Terrastride’s App Surpasses One Million Downloads SC Launch Portfolio company, TerraStride announces milestone growth for the company’s HuntStand App. HuntStand has surpassed the one million download mark putting it in…
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Callison Tighe contributes $10,000 to Harvest Hope
December 5, 2016Callison Tighe has contributed $10,000 to Harvest Hope, continuing its commitment to the non-profit organization that helps feed millions of South Carolinians every year. The donation to the food bank…
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Gilbert High students entertain second-graders at the fair
December 5, 2016For one day only, the fair came to Gilbert Primary School. Vendors didn’t sell funnel cakes or popcorn, but dozens of miniature amusement park rides designed and built by Gilbert…
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Crafty Feast kicks off holiday shopping season with one-stop market of handmade goods
December 5, 2016Sunday, December 11, 2016, 12-6 p.m. 8th annual indie craft fair – the Midlands’ largest – hosts 90+ vendors Crafty Feast, the Midlands’ largest independent craft fair, will kick off…
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Fisher Phillips launches new Pay Equity Practice Group
December 5, 2016Cheryl Behymer, a partner in the Columbia office of national labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips, will co-chair the firm’s newly formed Pay Equity Practice Group, which was launched…
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Opportunities to support critically injured young filmmaker affiliated with the Nickelodeon Theatre
December 5, 2016Jessica Gaitor, known to family and friends as “Jessa,” is a 24-year-old filmmaker and works at the Nickelodeon Theatre as a media educator and assistant theater manager. She was critically…
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NAI Avant brokers sale of development site for possible automobile dealership
December 5, 2016NAI Avant Director of Retail Services Patrick Palmer, CCIM, recently represented the seller of a development site at the intersection of Killian Road and I-77 across from the Super Walmart…
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Ogletree Deakins earns perfect score on 2017 Corporate Equality Index
December 5, 2016
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, has earned a perfect score of 100 percent on the…
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Forty-Second Annual Assaults on Mt. Mitchell and Marion announced
December 5, 2016
The Freewheelers Cycling Association of Spartanburg announced the 2017 Assaults on Mt. Mitchell and Marion is set for Monday, May 15, 2017. This one-day century ride, known as the Southeast’s…
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Indian Waters Council receives grant from Dominion Foundation
December 5, 2016The Indian Waters Council, Boy Scouts of America announced a grant award of $10,000 from the Dominion Foundation to support the integration of technology and environmental education at their Boy…
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USA eShop signs exclusive distribution agreement with major BBQ grill manufacturer
December 5, 2016
USA eShop LLC, a Columbia based e-commerce company that operates in Europe, recently signed an agreement with MECO Corporation to act as their exclusive distributor for the United Kingdom. USA…
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USA eShop signs exclusive distribution agreement with major BBQ grill manufacturer
December 5, 2016USA eShop LLC, a Columbia based e-commerce company that operates in Europe, recently signed an agreement with MECO Corporation to act as their exclusive distributor for the United Kingdom. USA…
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Express Oil Change and Tire Engineers donates $6,316 to Harvest Hope Food Bank
December 5, 2016
Harvest Hope Food Bank received a $6,316 donation from Express Oil Change and Tire Engineers to help feed the hungry across South Carolina. The contribution came after a month-long donation…
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Crafty Feast kicks off holiday shopping season with one-stop market of handmade goods
December 5, 2016
Sunday, December 11, 2016, 12-6 p.m. 8th annual indie craft fair – the Midlands’ largest – hosts 90+ vendors Crafty Feast, the Midlands’ largest independent craft fair, will kick off…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: on-the-move, retail, the-arts
Fisher Phillips launches new Pay Equity Practice Group
December 5, 2016
Cheryl Behymer, a partner in the Columbia office of national labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips, will co-chair the firm’s newly formed Pay Equity Practice Group, which was launched…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: law, on-the-move
NAI Avant brokers sale of development site for possible automobile dealership
December 5, 2016
NAI Avant Director of Retail Services Patrick Palmer, CCIM, recently represented the seller of a development site at the intersection of Killian Road and I-77 across from the Super Walmart…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: commercial-real-estate, on-the-move
Opportunities to support critically injured young filmmaker affiliated with the Nickelodeon Theatre
December 5, 2016
Jessica Gaitor, known to family and friends as “Jessa,” is a 24-year-old filmmaker and works at the Nickelodeon Theatre as a media educator and assistant theater manager. She was critically…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: non-profit, on-the-move
Callison Tighe contributes $10,000 to Harvest Hope
December 5, 2016
Callison Tighe has contributed $10,000 to Harvest Hope, continuing its commitment to the non-profit organization that helps feed millions of South Carolinians every year. The donation to the food bank…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: law, on-the-move
Gilbert High students entertain second-graders at the fair
December 5, 2016
For one day only, the fair came to Gilbert Primary School. Vendors didn’t sell funnel cakes or popcorn, but dozens of miniature amusement park rides designed and built by Gilbert…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education, on-the-move
iTs|SC to host Executive Speaker Series featuring Robert Hartwig
December 5, 2016
iTs|SC, Columbia’s Insurance Technology & Services Cluster, will be hosting its next Executive Speaker Series on December 7th from 8:30-10:00 a.m. at the IT-oLogy Auditorium. This session will feature Robert…
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