MGC ranked in 2016 best places to work in South Carolina
August 8, 2016
McAngus Goudelock & Courie, a regional insurance defense firm, was recently named as one of theBest Places to Work in South Carolina. The firm was ranked #21 in the large…
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New charter school starters launching efforts across the state
August 8, 2016
South Carolina Department of Education to host new school development training August 9th in Columbia. Educators, parents and community leaders considering starting new public charter schools as an option to address students’…
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Improvements planned for North Springs Road and Risdon Way intersection
August 8, 2016
Work to begin August 1, 2016 Improvements for local intersections have begun through the Richland County Transportation Penny Program. Richland County has awarded a contract for six intersection improvements to…
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Five SC students receive college scholarships from workers’ compensation insurer
August 7, 2016SCHB Self Insurers Fund announce the recipients of their 2016 Scholarship Program. Five $1,000 scholarships were awarded to five 2016 high school graduates. An independent panel of judges who evaluated each…
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Five SC students receive college scholarships from workers’ compensation insurer
August 7, 2016SCHB Self Insurers Fund announce the recipients of their 2016 Scholarship Program. Five $1,000 scholarships were awarded to five 2016 high school graduates. An independent panel of judges who evaluated each…
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2016 Best Places to Work rankings announced
August 7, 2016
The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Best Companies Group, and SC Biz unveiled the rankings of the 60 winning companies representing the 2016 Best Places to Work in South Carolina.…
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2016 Best Places to Work rankings announced
August 7, 2016The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Best Companies Group, and SC Biz unveiled the rankings of the 60 winning companies representing the 2016 Best Places to Work in South Carolina.…
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Continued growth of e-commerce yields outsized growth for inland ports, CBRE report finds
August 7, 2016
The rapid growth of e-commerce has fueled development of warehouses and distribution centers in the 12 primary U.S. inland-port markets at nearly twice the national rate, according to a new…
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Daniel Wallick named Chairman, Columbia Chapter, SC Christian Chamber of Commerce
August 7, 2016The South Carolina Christian Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Daniel Wallick has accepted the position of Chairman of the Board for the Columbia Chapter. Dan is the…
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Daniel Wallick named Chairman, Columbia Chapter, SC Christian Chamber of Commerce
August 7, 2016
The South Carolina Christian Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Daniel Wallick has accepted the position of Chairman of the Board for the Columbia Chapter. Dan is the…
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Charleston PR & Design, LLC re-targets services, launches new website
August 6, 2016Cheryl Smithem, Founder and CEO of Charleston PR & Design, LLC announces the re-targeting of the firm’s services. The communications and marketing firm serves entrepreneurs, businesses, professionals, nonprofit organizations, the…
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Locally owned Midlands Media Group purchases WWNQ 94.3 The Dude and Cola Daily
August 5, 2016
COLUMBIA, SC – Two local dudes, each with more than 20 years of radio industry experience, have partnered to lasso local country radio station WWNQ 94.3 The Dude. Midlands Media Group,…
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IT firm EDTS Adds Howard “Wes” Mill as Sales Executive for Carolinas
August 5, 2016
GREENVILLE, SC – Howard “Wes” Mills has joined the Sales Team at EDTS, a regional technology consulting firm that specializes in providing managed I.T. services, network security and advanced infrastructure…
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O’Neal ranks fifth consecutive year on the Best Places to Work in South Carolina List
August 5, 2016GREENVILLE, SC – O’Neal, Inc., a Greenville-based integrated design and construction firm, has ranked No. 17 for medium and small business on the list of Best Places to Work in…
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Avison Young Industrial Lease | 2460 Remount Road
August 4, 2016
Avison Young commercial real estate announced that Todd P. Garrett, CCIM, SIOR represented Remount Airport Associates, LLC in the lease of 5,384 sf industrial space located at 2460 Remount Road…
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Avison Young Industrial Lease | 4663 Franchise Street
August 4, 2016
Avison Young commercial real estate announce that Todd P. Garrett, CCIM, SIOR represented Palms Preferred Properties, LLC in the lease extension of 2,400 sf industrial space located at 4663 Franchise…
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Avison Young Industrial Lease | 1409 Stuart Engals
August 4, 2016
Avison Young commercial real estate announced that Todd P. Garrett, CCIM, SIOR represented PAL of Charleston, LLC in the lease 1,500 sf industrial space located at 1409 Stuart Engals Blvd…
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Colliers International brokers $10.6 million sale of North Charleston Class A office building
August 4, 2016
Colliers International’s Mark Mattison, SIOR, CCIM represented the buyer, Doublz Investments, LLC, in the sale of 4969 Centre Pointe Drive. Previously owned by Oaks at Centre Point, LLC, the 41,000…
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Lee & Associates Charleston Represented the Tenant in Leasing 1,500 SF of Flex Space in Mount Pleasant, SC
August 4, 2016
Lee & Associates Charleston’s Lindsey Halter represented the Tenant, Red Falcon Ink, LLC in the lease of a 1,500 SF flex space located at 1409 Stuart Engals Blvd, Suite A,…
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Pokémon Go in the parks
August 4, 2016
The City of Columbia Parks & Recreation Department will host several Pokémon GO meetups for trainers of all ages beginning Friday, Aug. 5 at Riverfront Park. Pokémon GO is the…
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Five After Five: August concert details
August 4, 2016
The Five Points Association welcomes the community to the fifth concert of this season’s Five After Five – a free and family friendly outdoor concert series in the heart of…
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Historic Columbia’s Remembering Columbia Series returns in advance of the re-opening of the Mann-Simons Site
August 4, 2016
Three-part series will offer an insider’s look at the site’s new themes and exhibits . In advance of the re-opening of the Mann-Simons Site, Historic Columbia will present a special…
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Columbia Chamber honors local leaders at Annual Gala
August 4, 2016
Five Midlands Leaders to be Recognized at 114th Annual Gala COLUMBIA, SC – On Thursday, September 29, 2016, the Columbia Chamber will honor five remarkable individuals at the 114th Annual…
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Board approves Held as new graphic designer
August 4, 2016During the June 26, 2016 regular monthly meeting of the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees, the board approved the hiring of a new graphic designer for the…
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Washburn named executive director of Lexington District One Educational Foundation
August 4, 2016During the July 19, 2016 regular monthly meeting of the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees, the board approved the hiring of a new executive director for the…
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Sowell Gray members recognized as 2016 Legal Elite
August 4, 2016Columbia Business Monthly has named three Sowell Gray members to the 2016 Legal Elite of the Midlands. This recognition honors attorneys in the Midlands whom their peers consider outstanding in…
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Ten Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd attorneys named to “Legal Elite” list
August 4, 2016Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd is proud to announce that ten Columbia-based attorneys were named to Columbia Business Monthly’s 2016 Legal Elite of the Midlands. Columbia Business Monthly’s Legal Elite is the…
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Six Collins & Lacy attorneys selected as 2016 Legal Elite
August 4, 2016Six Collins & Lacy, P.C. attorneys have been selected to Columbia Business Monthly’s and Greenville Business Magazine’s 2016 Legal Elite of the Midlands and Legal Elite of the Upstate. The…
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Children get free general admission at the South Carolina State Museum
August 4, 2016The South Carolina State Museum is excited to offer free general admission to children under 12 years old from now until August 14. Families can spend the last two weeks…
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IT firm EDTS adds Howard “Wes” Mill as sales executive for Carolinas
August 4, 2016Howard “Wes” Mills has joined the Sales Team at EDTS, a regional technology consulting firm that specializes in providing managed I.T. services, network security and advanced infrastructure solutions to organizations…
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NAI Avant closes ±2.20 acre land sale in Irmo
August 4, 2016NAI Avant Senior Brokers Ben Kelly, CCIM, Dail Longaker and Patrick Chambers recently represented the seller in the ±2.20 acre land sale on Columbiana Drive in Harbison. Entegra Hotels, LLC…
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Six Collins & Lacy attorneys selected as 2016 Legal Elite
August 4, 2016
Six Collins & Lacy, P.C. attorneys have been selected to Columbia Business Monthly’s and Greenville Business Magazine’s 2016 Legal Elite of the Midlands and Legal Elite of the Upstate. The…
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Children get free general admission at the South Carolina State Museum
August 4, 2016
The South Carolina State Museum is excited to offer free general admission to children under 12 years old from now until August 14. Families can spend the last two weeks…
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NAI Avant closes ±2.20 acre land sale in Irmo
August 4, 2016
NAI Avant Senior Brokers Ben Kelly, CCIM, Dail Longaker and Patrick Chambers recently represented the seller in the ±2.20 acre land sale on Columbiana Drive in Harbison. Entegra Hotels, LLC…
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Ten Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd attorneys named to “Legal Elite” list
August 4, 2016
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd is proud to announce that ten Columbia-based attorneys were named to Columbia Business Monthly’s 2016 Legal Elite of the Midlands. Columbia Business Monthly’s Legal Elite is the…
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IT firm EDTS adds Howard “Wes” Mill as sales executive for Carolinas
August 4, 2016
Howard “Wes” Mills has joined the Sales Team at EDTS, a regional technology consulting firm that specializes in providing managed I.T. services, network security and advanced infrastructure solutions to organizations…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: hi-tech-information-tech, on-the-move
Board approves Held as new graphic designer
August 4, 2016
During the June 26, 2016 regular monthly meeting of the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees, the board approved the hiring of a new graphic designer for the…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education, on-the-move
Sowell Gray members recognized as 2016 Legal Elite
August 4, 2016
Columbia Business Monthly has named three Sowell Gray members to the 2016 Legal Elite of the Midlands. This recognition honors attorneys in the Midlands whom their peers consider outstanding in…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: law, on-the-move
Washburn named executive director of Lexington District One Educational Foundation
August 4, 2016
During the July 19, 2016 regular monthly meeting of the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees, the board approved the hiring of a new executive director for the…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education, on-the-move
Continued growth of e-commerce yields outsized growth for inland ports, CBRE report finds
August 3, 2016The rapid growth of e-commerce has fueled development of warehouses and distribution centers in the 12 primary U.S. inland-port markets at nearly twice the national rate, according to a new…
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The Beach Club names Nick Saltmarsh as General Manager
August 3, 2016The Beach Club, a Leading Hotel of the World set to open this September, has hired Nick Saltmarsh as General Manager. With more than 20 years of hospitality expertise, Saltmarsh…
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Jones to join music faculty at BJU
August 3, 2016
Todd Jones will join the Bob Jones University faculty this fall as a professor in the Division of Music in the School of Fine Arts and Communication. Jones previously served…
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ABC Carolinas annual Construction Conference to be held in downtown Greenville August 11-13
August 3, 2016
The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of the Carolinas will host its 2016 Carolinas Construction Conference next month in downtown Greenville. The annual regional event will be held at the…
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Danica Patrick visits Darlington, South Carolina in support of Bojangles’ Southern 500
August 3, 2016
Darlington, South Carolina received a visit from NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star Danica Patrick on Tuesday to help promote Darlington Raceway’s upcoming Bojangles’ Southern 500. Patrick, driver of the No.…
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Housing pays for itself, new study finds
August 3, 2016New homes in Lexington, SC pay for themselves, according to a new study commissioned by the Building Industry Association of Central SC (BIA) and conducted by the National Association of Home Builders…
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City of Columbia receives Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting
August 3, 2016
The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been awarded to City of Columbia by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for…
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Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine selected to participate in Women in Government Leadership Program
August 3, 2016
A program designed to promote and support elected women leaders from across the nation Governing Institute’s Women in Government Leadership Program brings together outstanding elected women leaders from across the…
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West Columbia Police Department to set lures for prime Pokè hunting
August 3, 2016
Join the West Columbia Police Department for Pokè Monday at the West Columbia Riverwalk Amphitheater every Monday, for the next several months, with extended hours until 10pm. The Riverwalk Park…
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Dara Harrop named Principal of Marrington Middle School of the Arts
August 2, 2016
Dara Harrop has been named the new principal of Marrington Middle School of the Arts in Goose Creek, South Carolina. The Berkeley County School Board approved the appointment at their…
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Kori Brown named Principal of Daniel Island School
August 2, 2016
Kori Brown has been named the new principal of Daniel Island School located in Daniel Island, South Carolina. The Berkeley County School Board approved the appointment at their meeting on…
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