GHS’ chief diversity officer named top leader by national magazine
August 4, 2016GREENVILLE, SC – Kinneil Coltman, Greenville Health System’s (GHS) chief diversity officer, has been named to Diversity MBA’s “Top 100 Under 50” list. The list recognizes executive and emerging leaders…
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Columbia Chamber honors local leaders at Annual Gala
August 4, 2016Five 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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Foster Victor Wealth Advisors launches in Greenville
August 4, 2016New independent firm introduces innovative client resources to reshape the planning and investment experience GREENVILLE, SC – Foster Victor Wealth Advisors, a new independent financial planning firm led by wealth…
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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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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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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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Continued growth of e-commerce yields outsized growth for inland ports, CBRE report finds
August 4, 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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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, 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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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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The Beach Club names Nick Saltmarsh as General Manager
August 4, 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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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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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, 2016Todd 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, 2016The 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, 2016Darlington, 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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Crawford Strategy welcomes Trimble as Resource Manager
August 3, 2016Crawford Strategy, a full-service agency committed to providing strategic and creative communications solutions to businesses, has added Sara Beth Trimble as a resource manager. “In her role as resource manager,…
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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, 2016The 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, 2016A 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, 2016Join 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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MUSC ranked again as state’s number one hospital
August 3, 2016MUSC Health only hospital in state to achieve more than one national ranking CHARLESTON, SC – MUSC Health was named by U.S. News & World Report as the number one…
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Dara Harrop named Principal of Marrington Middle School of the Arts
August 2, 2016Dara 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, 2016Kori 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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Brennan Investment Group announced that John Culbertson has joined the company as a Senior Vice President of Acquisitions
August 2, 2016Brennan Investment Group announced that John Culbertson has joined the company as a Senior Vice President of Acquisitions. Mr. Culbertson will source industrial property investments throughout both the Carolinas and…
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Brennan Investment Group announced that John Culbertson has joined the company as a Senior Vice President of Acquisitions
August 2, 2016Brennan Investment Group announced that John Culbertson has joined the company as a Senior Vice President of Acquisitions. Mr. Culbertson will source industrial property investments throughout both the Carolinas and…
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International Plastic Modelers Society’s 2016 USA Convention brings big tourism to Columbia, SC
August 2, 2016The Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center’s 24,000 square foot exhibit hall will become one of the largest and most diverse hobby shops starting August 3 when the International Plastic Modelers Society’s…
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Richland One hiring workers for four departments
August 2, 2016Richland One is hiring workers to fill positions in Custodial Services, Maintenance Services, Student Nutrition Services and Student Transportation Services for the 2016-2017 school year. Interviews for those positions will be held…
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O’Neal receives ABC Georgia Excellence in Construction Award
August 2, 2016ATLANTA, GA. – August 2, 2016 – O’Neal, Inc., a Greenville based integrated design and construction firm, was awarded an Excellence in Construction Award by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC)…
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Trident Technical College receives additional funding for Workforce Pathways Scholarship program
August 2, 2016Trident Technical College’s Division of Continuing Education and Economic Development is offering a new installment of the Workforce Pathways Scholarship that pays for course fees and books for approved STEM and career…
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3M Greenville supports center for manufacturing innovation
August 2, 2016A $25,000 gift from 3M Greenville’s Community Vibrancy Fund will support the Mechatronics program at Greenville Technical College’s Center for Manufacturing Innovation, opening August 22 adjacent to CU-ICAR. The money will be…
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NAI Avant consummates ±11,400 square foot service facility lease
August 2, 2016COLUMBIA, SC – NAI Avant senior broker Nick Stomski, SIOR and broker Lee Bussell, Jr. represented the landlord, G&W Equipment, in the lease transaction at 3004 Charleston Highway in Cayce,…
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Columbia Chamber announces 2016-2017 Leadership Columbia class
August 2, 201659 Local Individuals in 44th Class of Chamber’s Leadership Program COLUMBIA, SC – Leadership Columbia, a Columbia Chamber program for emerging and existing leaders in the Midlands, is pleased to announce…
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Habitat Greenville kicks off inaugural campaign for veteran housing
August 2, 2016GREENVILLE, SC – The search for affordable housing remains one of many burdens that veterans often face upon return home from active duty. Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County aims…
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Stantec welcomes Katie Griffin to the Charleston, South Carolina office
August 2, 2016Katie Griffin recently joined Stantec’s Charleston, South Carolina office as a traffic engineering designer. Griffin transferred from Stantec’s Raleigh, North Carolina office. Griffin earned her bachelor of science in civil…
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Stantec welcomes Katie Griffin to the Charleston, South Carolina office
August 2, 2016Katie Griffin recently joined Stantec’s Charleston, South Carolina office as a traffic engineering designer. Griffin transferred from Stantec’s Raleigh, North Carolina office. Griffin earned her bachelor of science in civil…
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12 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS Teams and Agents rank in the REAL Trends “America’s Best Real Estate Agents”
August 2, 2016GREENVILLE, SC – Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS® is pleased to announce that 12 of its teams and individual agents made the list of America’s Best Real Estate…
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Liberty Fellows receive national recognition for tackling issues with global significance
August 2, 2016GREENVILLE, SC – Liberty Fellows Amy Crockett, M.D. (pictured), and Peter Barth recently received national recognition for leading initiatives that address two of society’s most intractable problems – preterm birth…
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12 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS Teams and Agents rank in the REAL Trends “America’s Best Real Estate Agents”
August 2, 2016GREENVILLE, SC – Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS® is pleased to announce that 12 of its teams and individual agents made the list of America’s Best Real Estate…
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Chapin Police to offer Citizens Academy this fall
August 2, 2016The Chapin Police Department is accepting applications for the Chapin Citizens Academy, a six-week program designed to expose citizens to police operations and build stronger relationships between the community and…
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