Mayor Benjamin releases statement on Ethics Commission ruling
August 27, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin released the following statement today in response to the South Carolina State Ethics Commission’s unanimous ruling that Mayor Benjamin was correct to not…
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Collins & Lacy, P.C. Names New Director of Marketing
August 27, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Collins & Lacy, P.C. announced Janie Langdale as the new Director of Marketing. In this role, Langdale will help develop and implement strategic public relations and marketing…
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IT Provider EDTS Expands Team With Three New Professionals
August 27, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Building on its recent ranking as one of North America’s Top 100 managed IT service providers, rapidly growing IT firm EDTS is further expanding its talent pool…
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Columbia Office Welcomes New Intern Architect
August 27, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – LS3P’s Columbia office is pleased to welcome Bria Prioleau, who joins the firm as Intern Architect. Prioleau, a recent graduate of Clemson University’s Bachelor of Arts in…
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Ruhlamat America Inc. Establishes U.S. Operations In Greenville County
August 27, 2014Investment Expected To Create 35 New Jobs COLUMBIA, SC – ruhlamat America Inc., a designer and manufacturer of top tier customized automation equipment intent on accelerating its growth in North…
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Homewood Suites by Hilton Columbia, SC Awarded 2014 TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence
August 27, 2014Recognised as a Top Performing extended stay hotel as Reviewed by Travellers on the World’s Largest Travel Site COLUMBIA, SC – The Homewood Suites by Hilton Columbia, SC announced that…
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Flock and Rally Wins Palmetto Award of Excellence from International Association of Business Communicators SC Chapter
August 27, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC/SC) has honored Flock and Rally: Events + Communications for a Brave New South with a…
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NAI Avant Brokers Sale of Parking Lot at 61 Gadsden Street, Charleston
August 27, 2014
CHARLESTON, SC – David Grubbs, Managing Principal and Broker-in-Charge with NAI Avant’s Charleston office, recently brokered the sale of 61 Gadsden Street in downtown Charleston, SC. The property, currently used…
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Wells Fargo Names Rick Redden Lead Region President for the Carolinas
August 27, 2014
Veteran business, community leader assumes responsibility for 5,100 team members, 460 stores across North Carolina and South Carolina CHARLOTTE, NC – Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) has named…
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Arlene Davis Joins Palmetto Health Foundation
August 27, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Palmetto Health Foundation is pleased to announce Arlene Davis has been named administrative/volunteer assistant on the Public Relations team at Palmetto Health Foundation. Davis was most recently an administrative…
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Columbia Board Announces New President and Chief Executive Officer
August 27, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Columbia Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. J. Victor McGuire as the mentoring organization’s President and…
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Flock and Rally Wins Palmetto Award of Excellence from International Association of Business Communicators SC Chapter
August 27, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC/SC) has honored Flock and Rally: Events + Communications for a Brave New South with a…
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Auditions Announced for Teen Production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
August 27, 2014CAMDEN, SC – Auditions for an exciting Teen Production at the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County (FAC) are fast approaching! William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been chosen as…
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IT Provider EDTS Expands Team With Three New Professionals
August 27, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Building on its recent ranking as one of North America’s Top 100 managed IT service providers, rapidly growing IT firm EDTS is further expanding its talent pool…
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Omatic Introduces Advanced Data Visualization Suite Within The Raiser’s Edge®
August 26, 2014
DataDriven™ empowers nonprofits with visualizations that uncover hidden trends in data CHARLESTON, SC – Omatic Software, a Blackbaud partner and three-time Inc 5000-winning solutions provider, today announced the release of DataDriven, a module for Blackbaud’s…
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Lee & Associates Charleston Leases 3,925 SF of Office Space Downtown
August 26, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Lee & Associates Charleston’s Reid Davis, CCIM, SIOR represented the Landlord, JFRONE, LLC, in the lease of 3,925 SF of office space located at 960 Morrison Drive in…
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Lee & Associates Charleston Represented the Buyer in Purchasing 4,019 SF Office Building in Charleston, SC
August 26, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Lee & Associates Charleston’s Jonathan Chalfie represented the Buyer, Bridals by Jodi, in the $328,000 purchase of a 4,019 SF office building located at 823 Saint Andrews…
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SC Bar Young Lawyers Division garners top honors at ABA Annual Meeting
August 26, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The SC Bar Young Lawyers Division (YLD) won three prestigious Awards of Achievement at the American Bar Association (ABA) Annual Meeting on Aug. 9 in Boston, Mass. The…
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Lee & Associates Charleston Represented the Tenant in Leasing 8,685 SF of Retail Space in Mount Pleasant
August 26, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Lee & Associates Charleston’s Jonathan Chalfie represented the Tenant, Southern Spas, LLC, d/b/a Woodhouse Day Spa in the lease of 8,685 SF retail space located at 725…
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Womble Carlyle South Carolina Attorneys Make 2015 List of The Best Lawyers in America©
August 26, 2014
CHARLESTON, SC – Womble Carlyle placed 34 attorneys from the firm’s South Carolina offices on the 2015 The Best Lawyers in America© list, a new record for the firm. Across…
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The Tradition Returns! Darlington Raceway’s Bojangles’ Southern 500
August 26, 2014
Moving Back To Labor Day Weekend In 2015 Renewal customers will be guaranteed seats and camping in 2015 DARLINGTON, SC - Darlington Raceway and NASCAR officials announced that stock car…
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Charleston Southern University School of Education Receives National Recognition
August 25, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – The Charleston Southern University School of Education has received notification that all its teacher education programs have received national recognition by their specialty program associations. Early Childhood,…
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Brock Sherman Joins Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer Charleston Office
August 25, 2014
CHARLESTON, SC – Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer is pleased to announce Brock Sherman has joined the firm as a commercial sales-leasing associate in their Charleston office. Brock will focus…
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United Community Banks Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
August 25, 2014BLAIRSVILLE, GA – United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ: UCBI), Georgia’s third-largest bank holding company, announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.03 per…
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Flagship Properties Represents Commercial Real Estate Transactions
August 25, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – Benji Smith, President and Broker In Charge, and Josh Tew, Associate Broker, at Flagship Properties in Greenville, SC, recently represented the following real estate transactions in the…
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Blackbaud Integrates ResearchPoint with The Raiser’s Edge to Optimize Nonprofit Donor Cultivation
August 25, 2014Solution set now offers synchronization, deeper data access, browser ubiquity and more CHARLESTON, SC – In conjunction with a series of announcements emphasizing the company’s commitment to its flagship CRM solution, Blackbaud,…
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Nine Charleston Technology Companies Named to 2014 Inc. 5,000 List
August 25, 2014
Inc. 500/5000 List of America’s Fastest Growing Companies includes SPARC, Blue Acorn, PhishLabs and Stasmayer CHARLESTON, SC – Charleston’s rapidly growing knowledge economy was reaffirmed as eight local technology companies in the…
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Palmetto Center for Women Hires Haley Shae Allen As Executive Director
August 25, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Haley Shae Allen has been named Executive Director of Palmetto Center for Women (PCW), formerly known as the YWCA and an outreach branch of the YMCA of Columbia.…
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Amazon.com to Acquire Twitch
August 25, 2014
SEATTLE, WA – Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Twitch Interactive, Inc., the leading live video platform for gamers. In July, more than 55 million…
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Forty-two States At Risk for Earthquake: Residents Should Prepare Now
August 25, 2014Early damage reports from today’s earthquake validate the case for simple preparations for families and small businesses to help prevent injury, property damage, and post-earthquake fires TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Citing today’s 6.0…
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Richland County’s IT Department Receives International Awards for Innovative Program, Outstanding Personnel
August 25, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The progress and ingenuity of Richland County’s Information Technology Department was recently recognized with two top awards – one for an innovative new tax-paying system, the other…
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Homecoming event held at Chapin High School for Miss Teen USA K. Lee Graham
August 25, 2014IRMO, SC – Miss Teen USA K. Lee Graham visited Chapin High School on August 20 for a homecoming event in her honor. With crown and sash in tow, Graham…
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A3 Communications Receives National ‘Unsurpassed Excellence’ Award For Third Consecutive Year
August 25, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – A3 Communications Inc., America’s fourth fastest growing systems integrator, recently received Technology Assurance Group’s (TAG) top award at the 14th annual TAG Convention in Nashville, Tenn. TAG, an international…
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Best Lawyers Recognizes Parker Poe Attorneys for 2015
August 25, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Four attorneys from Parker Poe’s office in Columbia were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015. The four attorneys and their…
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Capital Rotary Club Holds Blood Drive
August 25, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Capital Rotary member Kevin Werner is happy to take part in the Columbia club’s summer blood drive for the local Red Cross. Rotarians and their supporters tallied…
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Apex Tool Group To Expand Sumter County Employment
August 25, 2014Manufacturer To Create More Than 150 New Jobs COLUMBIA, SC – Apex Tool Group, LLC, a leading manufacturer of power and hand tools with more than 30 brands, is expanding its…
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Governor Joins Hundreds in Honoring DeLoach at Coker College Dedication
August 25, 2014HARTSVILLE, SC – During the dedication of the Harris E. and Louise H. DeLoach Center on August 22nd, Gov. Nikki Haley joined with Coker College President Robert Wyatt and other dignitaries to…
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Girl Scouts Join Congressman James Clyburn to Discuss The State of Girls
August 25, 2014Mary Winter Teaster, Board Member, Girl Scouts of South Carolina – Mountains to Midlands, Congressman James Clyburn, and Loretta Graham, CEO, Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina, met in his…
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2014 Palmetto Pillar Awards Recipients
August 25, 2014Columbia Chamber IT Council Announces Winners at Annual Banquet COLUMBIA, SC – The IT Council, a program of the Columbia Chamber, is pleased to announce the winners and finalists for its 2014 Palmetto…
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24 MGC Attorneys Included in the 2015 Edition of The Best Lawyers In America©
August 25, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – McAngus Goudelock & Courie, a regional insurance defense firm, is pleased to announce the inclusion of 24 attorneys in the 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in…
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Neighborhood Planning Conference Encourages Residents to Help Build Happy Communities
August 25, 2014Saturday, Oct. 11th, 8:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. ~ COLUMBIA, SC – “Striving for Happiness” is more than a theme for Richland County’s neighborhood planning conference this year – it also describes a vision…
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South Carolina small business named as a finalist in the Wells Fargo Works Project Contest
August 25, 2014Irmo-based Healthy Hands Cooking named one of 25 contest finalists in a national initiative designed to help more businesses succeed COLUMBIA, SC – Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) today named Healthy…
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LTC Associates Welcomes Mr. Jason Likas, AIA, LEEP AP To The Design Staff
August 25, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Mr. Likas has joined LTC Associates, Inc. – Architects. in Columbia, SC. He is a native of Greenville, who received his undergraduate (1996) and Master of Architecture…
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SCRA Releases Record Annual Results
August 25, 2014Revenue Hits $285 Million; Year-end Backlog Reaches $841 Million CHARLESTON, SC – SCRA today reported results for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014, which ended on June 30, 2014. The Fiscal Year marked the…
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HRP Associates Named Greenville Small Business of the Month
August 25, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – HRP Associates Inc. (HRP), an environmental and civil engineering and consulting firm in Greenville, has been named Small Business of the Month for August 2014 by the…
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Upstate Job Seekers to Receive Free Training, Inside Track on New Career Opportunities
August 25, 2014Unemployed seeking fresh start, underemployed wanting to “take next step to quality careers with family sustaining wages” targeted for manufacturing training initiative GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON, SC – A local partnership of Upstate non-profit…
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Spartanburg County’s Carter Smith Chosen Upstate Economic Developer of the Year
August 25, 2014UPSTATE, SC – Mr. Carter Smith, CEcD, executive vice president at Economic Futures Group, Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce was chosen by his peers as this year’s “Upstate Economic Developer of…
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South Carolina Job Seekers to Receive Free Training, Inside Track on New Career Opportunities
August 25, 2014SOUTH CAROLINA – A partnership of non-profit organizations and area technical colleges has begun offering “absolutely free” training, along with job placement support, to unemployed and underemployed Upstate and Midlands…
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2014 South Carolina Health Professions Data Book Now Available
August 25, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The Office for Healthcare Workforce Analysis and Planning has just released a new edition of their South Carolina Health Professions Data Book. This statistical reference book assembles information from…
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South Carolina Job Seekers to Receive Free Training, Inside Track on New Career Opportunities
August 25, 2014SOUTH CAROLINA – A partnership of non-profit organizations and area technical colleges has begun offering “absolutely free” training, along with job placement support, to unemployed and underemployed Upstate and Midlands…
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