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Ross Norton is the Editor of GSA Business Report. He has worked as a writer, editor and media relations specialist for 30 years in Georgia and South Carolina. In addition to newspapers, his posts have included public information officer at Clemson University and public relations specialist for AnMed Health.
Jul 01, 2022
Like almost everyone else, Charleston County Parks has to look harder to find staff these days. What’s good for everyone else is they have been successful. With increased staffing comes increased access to Splash Island and Spla... Read More
Jul 01, 2022
Bevi Bene Brewing Co., a new lager and hard kombucha brewery, celebrated its grand opening on June 25. Joining Charleston’s brewery district on the upper peninsula, Bevi Bene is Charleston’s only lager and hard kombucha br... Read More
Jun 30, 2022
IPS Packaging & Automation a Fountain Inn-based industrial packaging distributor and automation provider, has acquired Day-Pak Inc., based in Dayton, Ohio. The acquisition, announced this week by IPS, strengthens the company&rsquo... Read More
Jun 30, 2022
Demand for next-day delivery, exacerbated by pandemic-related efforts to onshore, is driving a huge growth in the industrial construction business for on land design working throughout the Carolinas. SeamonWhiteside is relatively new ... Read More
Jun 29, 2022
FieldBin, a field service management solution provider, announced on Tuesday the closing of a $1.2 million pre-seed round led by 7833 Capital Partners. FieldBin is designed to help HVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping and other tra... Read More
Jun 29, 2022
A 72-unit apartment community is taking shape in Mauldin, as a group of developers, community leaders and businesses make progress on addressing a shortage of affordable housing for low-income residents of the Upstate. Parkside at But... Read More
Jun 28, 2022
Chicago-based Core Spaces is teaming up with Clemson developer Tom Winkopp Development on a venture to create what they say will be one of the country’s largest off-campus student housing development projects, according to a news r... Read More
Jun 28, 2022
Trio Solutions Inc., a Mount Pleasant marketing communications agency, will work nonstop for 24 hours to provide free advertising and marketing services to Lowcountry nonprofits during its 16th annual CreateAthon this fall. The agency... Read More
Jun 28, 2022
Two organizations dedicated to supporting and growing the manufacturing industry and assisting manufacturing companies in the state have entered a formal partnership. The S.C. Manufacturers Alliance and the S.C. Manufacturing Extensio... Read More
Jun 27, 2022
The Cassina Group founding partner Jimmy Dye participated in the sale of 1714 Middle St., a historic property between the lighthouse and Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island. The property sold for $2,785,000. Dye, broker-in-charge, w... Read More
Jun 23, 2022
The owners of a new business that offers intravenous therapy officially opened for business in Mount Pleasant this week. Owners Andrew and Malia Stocker were joined by City Councilman John Iacofano, Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce ... Read More
Jun 22, 2022
Charles “Chuck” Willys Mincey Jr., 65, of Flora, Miss., Karl Henry Zerbst Jr., 62, of Mount Pleasant, and Brian Daniel Herndon, 46, of Summerville, were sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty for their roles in kick... Read More
Jun 22, 2022
Phase 1 of City House Charleston, a mixed-use multi-parcel complex in downtown Charleston, is set to begin this summer. It is a project of Landmark Partners, which is working with Bello Garris Architects, SGA-NW Architecture and Rethi... Read More
Jun 22, 2022
The first Southern First Bank building — a triple-wide trailer off Haywood Road — would fit in the corridors of their latest. Employees moved into the new building on Verdae Boulevard at the intersection of Laurens Road ab... Read More
Jun 21, 2022
Orangeburg-based Zeus today said the company will invest millions to expand catheter manufacturing capacity worldwide, starting with the expansion of a plant in San Jose, Calif., where construction is already underway. The company&rsq... Read More
Jun 21, 2022
Micky and Amy Scott of Allendale have given $2 million to the Clemson University Wood Utilization + Design Institute to endow the institute’s directorship. The Patricia “Pat” Layton Endowed Directorship is ... Read More
Jun 19, 2022
Fogelman Properties has purchased Westbury Mews, a 132-unit apartment community in Summerville. Fogelman is one of the country’s largest privately-owned multifamily investment and property management companies, according to a ne... Read More
Jun 16, 2022
After two years without it, Lowcountry beer lovers can look forward to Charleston Beer Fest again. The festival will take place on from 1-7 p.m. Oct. 22 at Riverfront Park. The festival includes regional breweries, beer games, food tr... Read More
Jun 16, 2022
The Boeing Co. has donated $500,000 to the Mother Emanuel Memorial Foundation Board for the Emanuel Nine Memorial. The board manages the fundraising, construction, endowment and outreach for the memorial. “The Emanuel Nine Me... Read More
Jun 14, 2022
North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey and the City Council will break ground on the redevelopment of the interior of Park Circle tomorrow at 10 a.m. The ceremony will take place inside the circle. Park Circle is soon to be reimagined to... Read More
Jun 13, 2022
The Villages at Town Creek, a 61-unit, 244-bed townhome community in Pendleton has been sold by Georgia-based QR Capital to an undisclosed buyer, according to an announcement from CBRE. Jaclyn Fitts, William Vonderfecht and&... Read More
Jun 10, 2022
The Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority and Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments will receive more than $1.2 in cumulative grant funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The transportatio... Read More
Jun 10, 2022
Clemson University is seeking healthy older adults to volunteer for a study called Preventing Alzheimer’s with Cognitive Training. This study examines whether computerized brain training exercises can reduce the risk of cognit... Read More
Jun 08, 2022
Construction has begun on a $42 million rehabilitation project that will bring 89 affordable housing units for seniors to the old Archer School on Nassau Street. The project is a city of Charleston collaboration with the Humanities Fo... Read More
Jun 08, 2022
Bon Secours St. Francis Health System celebrated the debut of the Diane Collins Neuroscience Institute over the weekend, a new center that allows patients to receive various, and sometimes all, aspects of their individualized neurologica... Read More
Jun 07, 2022
Meyco Products has acquired the assets of a Colorado-based spa cover company and is currently relocating those manufacturing operations to its facility in Moore. The company is hiring to fill dozens of positions needed to manufacture ... Read More
Jun 02, 2022
A grant from the U.S. Department of Education funding the Upward Bound program at Greenville Technical College has been renewed for five years. The college will receive $1.5 million over five years to serve qualified students at Berea, C... Read More
Jun 02, 2022
Community First Bancorporation, the parent company of Community First Bank Inc., sold the bank's subsidiary, SeaTrust Mortgage Co., to Primis Bank of Glen Allen, Va., in an all-cash transaction, according to a news release from Senec... Read More
Jun 02, 2022
S.C. Independent Colleges and Universities Inc. has awarded more than $105,000 in funding to undergraduate researchers in its 2022 Undergraduate Student/Faculty Research Program. Thirty research projects to be conducted by 31 students... Read More
Jun 01, 2022
Thirty-four South Carolina nonprofits and government agencies stretching from the mountains to the ocean are receiving Duke Energy grants to help prepare for hurricane season. Duke Energy today announced more than $500,000 in microgra... Read More
Jun 01, 2022
This story first appeared in the May 23 print edition of GSA Business Report. A research group at Clemson University has developed a self-repairing hose to dispense hydrogen as part of the nation’s effort to diversify its fuel s... Read More
May 31, 2022
Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands unveiled Mission Mobile in a pair of ceremonies this month that the organization says will help employers find workers and people find jobs by overcoming a transportation challenge. The organi... Read More
May 20, 2022
Restaurant operators are responding to changing customer preferences by going for smaller footprints, according to a Colliers Charleston retail report on the first quarter of 2022. Restaurant spaces with less than 5,000 square fee... Read More
May 19, 2022
The Greenville-Spartanburg Airport District will put $8.6 million into infrastructure improvements, including expansion of the airport’s air cargo apron and other improvements to support its growing cargo business. The U.S. Econ... Read More
May 19, 2022
Charleston County is one of four communities selected to participate in the launch of the Just Home Project, a national program designed to advance community-driven efforts to break a link between housing instability and incarceration. ... Read More
May 17, 2022
Trident Technical College took the lead on a grant to form a consortium that its members hope will create the next generation of innovation and talent for the electric vehicle industry. The consortium, called Collaborative Researc... Read More
May 16, 2022
The new Charleston Southern University Doctor of Physical Therapy program opened its doors by opening its house recently, with tours of the classrooms and clinical spaces. Effective April 26, Charleston Southern University has been gr... Read More
May 16, 2022
Louisville, Ky., native Jason Thomas has been named executive editor of SC Biz News, a statewide business news organization that includes a magazine, newspapers, websites, digital newsletters, special publications and events. In his n... Read More
May 13, 2022
Venture fund group Good Growth Capital today announced it has closed its oversubscribed third fund at $102 million. The new fund is the largest in state history, according to a statement issued at the Dig South Tech Summit hosted by the ... Read More
May 11, 2022
With the return of crowds, Charleston business operators are also facing a return to prohibitions against sandwich boards and other devices used to spark business when COVID-19 brought commerce to a crawl. Officers stopped enforcing c... Read More
May 10, 2022
The S.C. Ports Authority reported the biggest April ever for containers handled, marking the 14th consecutive month of cargo records at the Port of Charleston. Strong volumes are driven by sustained retail imports, which were up 34% in A... Read More
May 10, 2022
The Poe West development in the Village of West Greenville is almost full. CBRE arranged leases for three of the last four spaces, totaling 10,761 square feet of the 60,000-square-foot mixed use development at Poe West, according to a... Read More
May 09, 2022
The S.C. Economic Developers’ Association awarded the outgoing president and CEO of the S.C. Ports Authority, Jim Newsome, its Distinguished Service Award during the 2022 SCEDA Annual Conference last week at the Sonesta Resort in H... Read More
May 04, 2022
BID Group announced plans to expand operations in Dorchester County. The company, in the wood processing business, will invest $10.6 million and create 25 new jobs, according to the S.C. Commerce Department. BID Group has locations th... Read More
May 04, 2022
United Community Banks Inc. and Progress Financial Corp. today announced plans for UCB to purchase Progress, which is headquartered in Huntsville, Ala. The two banks announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement in which Un... Read More
May 03, 2022
The South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance has elected Chuck Hall, president and CEO of Barnet, as the next chair of the organization’s board of directors. The election took place Monday at SCMA’s two-day annual meeting in Cha... Read More
May 03, 2022
Frampton Construction Company LLC has completed work on a 430,920-square foot distribution center at the Charleston Trade Center in Summerville. The completion of the building also marks the completion of the Charleston Trade Center, acc... Read More
May 02, 2022
Charleston County microbusinesses have until Friday to apply for up to $25,000 in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds from Charleston County. In March, the Charleston County Council approved the funding to assist mom-and-pop businesses adv... Read More
May 02, 2022
The Charleston Area Transportation Study policy committee has committed an additional $14 million in infrastructure funding to the city of Charleston’s Ashley River Crossing project, according to a news release. The plann... Read More
May 02, 2022
Gerald Murphy has been selected as BASF’s new site director for its locations in Mauldin and White Stone. A native of Columbia, Murphy earned his bachelor’s degree from Clemson University and his MBA from the University of... Read More
Apr 26, 2022
After receiving a $50,000 gift from Lockheed Martin for its aircraft maintenance technology program, Greenville Technical College has named a classroom at its aviation center “The Lockheed Martin Fabrication Lab.” The avia... Read More