ADA playground keystone of Greenwood park renovation
Irmo's Leo Bugenske loves the outdoors so much so that the 8-year-old has inspired at least two cutting-edge play parks across his state, including an ADA-accessible playground in-the-works at Greenwood County's
Mayor urges county to consider FILOT status
Last October, Greenville County Council's finance committee gave a thumbs down to fee-in-lieu tax incentives for a proposed $42 million planned community in Greer. This decision could prevent developers of the Greenville Gateway projec
Greenville glove factory draws on personal, state roots
Chris Garcia happened to be in the right place at the right time. When COVID-19 broke on American shores, he had stepped to the helm of a PPP startup, formed in January 2020.
Southern First rolls out new HQ to customers, community
The first Southern First Bank building would fit in the corridors of their latest. Employees moved into the new building on Verdae Boulevard at the intersection of Laurens Road about a month ago and officially opened the five-story
$2M gift establishes endowed directorship for wood utilization and design
One Allendale couple has given $2 million to the Clemson University Wood Utilization + Design Institute to endow the institute's directorship, which is named in honor of
Verdae vision unveiled with focus on Laurens Road
Verdae Development Inc. and Hollingsworth Funds have rolled out a bold vision for Laurens Road that would transform an area for pedestrians to avoid into
Buy American Act changes enhance reshoring trend
Some South Carolina-based suppliers are feeling a burst of demand as domestic content percentages for materials used in public projects are set to go into effect in October. Local industries are
Pickleball, restored bridge planned for Upstate park
One of the Upstate's swiftest-growing towns isn't even a town at all. Residents hope Anderson County investment in a neighborhood park, including a restored historic bridge, as well as the construction of a playground and dog park
Upstate data center finds home in Myrtle Beach
The company first tested the Palmetto State's waters in Greenville. Now it's building an additional data hall in the Upstate and a new facility near the coast to serve as a landing point for subsea optical communication cables
New design spurs on innovation at Magna plant
With a shift to narrow aisle design in its new manufacturing facility, Magna Mirrors will be able fit 2,700 storage racks where there once 1,200. The set up will help prepare the auto supplier for a new contract with Volvo and for
BMW donates largest sum so far to Unity Park
The auto companys donation will help landscape architecture firm MKSK and partners recreate eight acres of wetland along the Reedy Rivers original course and
Landscape architecture program grows by 200%
Support for the landscape architecture projects is one of the few plots of common ground that the Trump and Biden presidential administrations have occupied, says Matt Powers, Clemson University's