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Economic Development

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Greenwood, Oconee Ranked Top Rural Counties For Workforce Certificates

Oct 26, 2017 10:59AM ● By Emily Stevenson

The ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate is an assessment-based credential earned through scores on three ACT WorkKeys assessments (applied math, graphic literacy, and workplace documents) that measure foundational employability skills.

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Lights! Camera! Action!

Oct 11, 2017 03:13PM ● By Emily Stevenson

Studio South is developing as many as eight sound stages in spaces ranging from 300,000 square feet to a 5,000-square-foot office.

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Speculative Development Announced at Apple Valley Industrial Park

Oct 10, 2017 02:01PM ● By Emily Stevenson

Panattoni recently purchased the 39 acres in Spartanburg County and will invest more than $22 million in the new development.

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SMT GROUP opens technical sales office in Greenville

Oct 05, 2017 09:14AM ● By Emily Stevenson

Located at One Research Drive at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), the office will aid the company’s expansion within automotive, medical and consumer markets.

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Upstate Bidding on Amazon HQ2

Oct 04, 2017 12:46PM ● By Emily Stevenson

With the hundreds, perhaps thousands of RFPs en route to Seattle, does South Carolina have a chance?

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PCCP and Panattoni form joint venture to develop industrial project in Spartanburg

Oct 02, 2017 12:17PM ● By Kathleen Maris

The project will include one 196,000-square-foot warehouse and one 177,320-square-foot warehouse.

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City of Mauldin seeks proposals for downtown area

Oct 02, 2017 09:16AM ● By Emily Stevenson

Mauldin is seeking a development team to undertake the planning, acquisition, financing, marketing and development of this opportune project area.

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Future Land Use

Jul 03, 2017 01:43PM ● By Makayla Gay

Real estate may be all about location-times-three, but when it comes to how we humans plan to use increasingly more of it, especially with the explosive value of the Upstate, discussions dig deeper into dirt and dollars.

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Insights on S.C. Sites

Jun 30, 2017 02:31PM ● By Emily Stevenson

“You can have the best community in the world, you can have a fantastic workforce, and if you do not have an appropriate site for a building to put this project in, then it’s going to look elsewhere.”

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Working the Workforce

Jun 29, 2017 02:32PM ● By Emily Stevenson

With the state Department of Commerce reporting 98,000 new jobs and $27 billion in capital investment since 2011, pressure is building on the Palmetto State’s workforce.

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Building on a Boom

Jun 01, 2017 08:02PM ● By Makayla Gay

Opportunity appears to be the hot new commercial real estate catchphrase these days, especially with a new-money rush into the Central Business Districts of Greenville and Columbia.

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Tourism, economic development work hand in hand

Jun 01, 2017 08:42AM ● By Makayla Gay

With the exception of Nashville, Tenn., Greenville has outperformed nearly every other comparable city in the region.

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Exports Provide Big Boost to S.C. Economy

May 02, 2017 08:44PM ● By Makayla Gay

South Carolina is one of only 16 states to see an increase in export sales from 2015 to 2016. Last year the state ranked 15th in the country for total export sales, posting a record $31.3 billion in export sales in 2016.

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Line on Innovation

May 02, 2017 08:16PM ● By Makayla Gay

The Palmetto State may not have a Triangle or a Valley, but South Carolina’s innovation/tech sector is forming a…Line. With the steady growth of the so-called knowledge economy, entrepreneurs here are drawing an increasingly identifiable link connecting the state’s largest population centers, as well as arousing the interest of homegrown investors willing to finance the future.

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Firms Dial Up S.C. For Call Centers

May 01, 2017 08:24PM ● By Makayla Gay

South Carolina has been an attractive location for siting call centers over the past few years. Greenville has participated in this success and is home to about 40 call centers of various sizes.

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Residential Real Estate Booming and Big Economy and Home Market To Continue Surging Through 2017

Apr 04, 2017 01:53PM ● By Makayla Gay

Whether you’re a buyer, seller, realtor, builder, developer, or just someone with a developable piece of land, the residential real estate market throughout South Carolina is booming, broad, and big – with indications of staying that way for a long while to come.

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Keeping Industry Happy: GADC’s New Position Targets Retention

Apr 03, 2017 04:54PM ● By Makayla Gay

Williams, who spent 13 years at the Greenville-based McCallum Sweeney consultancy, will continue working closely with industry in her new role as the Greenville Area Development Corp’s first-ever existing industry manager.

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Transition Time: Konduros wants to take SCBIO to next level

Apr 01, 2017 02:56PM ● By Makayla Gay

New SCBIO president and CEO Sam Konduros believes life sciences can be a major economic engine for the state, much like automotives or aerospace. The sector offers great potential for the state to further diversify its industrial base.

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Myth Of China: Views on Trump

Mar 01, 2017 04:15PM ● By Makayla Gay

During the 2016 American presidential campaign, China’s left favored Trump over Clinton, for they were aware of Clinton’s hardline stand on China’s economic reform and environmental issues.

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Economic Globalization: Trump and the Upstate Economy

Mar 01, 2017 04:07PM ● By Makayla Gay

An increasing anti-globalization and protectionist movement is sweeping many corners of the globe. In the latest presidential campaign, both Democratic and Republican candidates strongly questioned traditional free market ideologies and the consequences of economic globalization.

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