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Feb 21, 2023 09:24AM ● By C. Grant Jackson
When Dr. Laura Valleni and her daughter moved to the BullStreet District in May of 2019, she had a hard time imagining what was coming, but she still wanted to be a part of it. “A friend of mine was the first person to purchase a home at TownPark at BullStreet, and she and her daughter were the only two people living in the entire BullStreet District, which I found a bit unsettling. But as I saw the plans and construction underway, the more I thought about this space, the more I wanted to be a part of it,” Valleni said. So she and her daughter became the third family to move into TownPark, the district’s first residential project, located just off Calhoun Street.
Feb 21, 2023 09:17AM ● By C. Grant Jackson
With a chance that the state and the nation could slip into a recession sometime in 2023, South Carolina’s economy continues to do well and any impact is expected to be mild. Meanwhile, one of the biggest worries for South Carolina employers in 2023 is finding workers.
Feb 21, 2023 09:15AM ● By Donna Isbell Walker
a celebration that began in the 1920s as Negro History Week. It was officially changed to Black History Month by President Gerald Ford in 1976. A decade later, Congress passed a bill designating February as National Black History Month.
Feb 21, 2023 09:13AM ● By Liv Osby
They are scenarios that national health and security experts have been contemplating for years. A deadly virus crosses from animal to human triggering another pandemic. A dangerous microorganism accidentally escapes from a research lab to infect a population.
Feb 21, 2023 09:06AM ● By Steve Nail
Change is coming from an economic perspective. Specifically, there is little doubt that the U.S., and probably the world, will be in a recession by the end of the first quarter of 2023. Everyone is aware of the tech industries’ recent announcements of significant job reductions, including Amazon’s announced reduction of approximately 10,000 jobs, Meta downsizing by more than 11,000 employees, and Twitter’s reduction of nearly half of its employees. However, other recent layoffs have occurred at Coinbase, Netflix, Shopify, Stripe, and Spotify.
Feb 21, 2023 09:02AM ● By Marty Flynn
Beneath the veneer of the shiny new visage of our vibrant city lies an older body of resolve. Greenville is made of the good old stuff that cracks but does not crumble. While historians differ on the origins of our place name, the most inviting argument is that Greenville named itself by virtue of the hue of its verdant landscape.
Feb 21, 2023 08:58AM ● By David Dykes
Few, if any, besides himself and perhaps his family and closest advisers, likely knew in December that former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley would resign as executive director of the World Food Programme, the world’s largest humanitarian organization.
Feb 09, 2023 11:47AM ● By David Dykes
Just about every fledgling business could use a little help, especially financial aid, getting off the ground, and The $30K PowerUp: A South Carolina StartUp Competition will provide much-needed cash infusions to three Palmetto State businesses.
Jan 31, 2023 05:45PM ● By David Dykes
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Jan 27, 2023 03:36PM ● By David Caraviello
It was supposed to be the slow time of year in the Greenville real estate market, but there was nothing slow about it. Average sales prices in the region had crested to a new record, sellers were receiving an average of over 100 percent of their asking price, and homes in the city’s most desirable locations were inundated with showings and sold within days. And all of it was happening in February of 2022, when market activity was typically as low as the temperature atop Sassafras Mountain.
Jan 27, 2023 03:33PM ● By David Dykes
Infrastructure investments support economic growth
Jan 27, 2023 02:42PM ● By Liv Osby
When the pharmacy clerk told her the medication her doctor had just prescribed would cost nearly $700, Debra Coleman was dumbstruck. “I was almost in tears. I could not afford that,” said the retired educator. “I walked out without the drug.” But with the passage of the federal Inflation Reduction Act in August, the Greenwood woman has hope that the price of prescription drugs will be more affordable soon.
Jan 27, 2023 02:35PM ● By Liv Osby
Josh Bedingfield’s battle with addiction began during his senior year in high school. An “excellent student and a great kid,” he went to a party at the end of the school year and took a drug that caused him to suffer a seizure. That event, according to his father, former S.C. Rep. Eric Bedingfield, sparked a nine-year cycle of opioid use and sobriety that ended tragically in 2016 when Josh, then just 26, passed away.
Jan 27, 2023 02:30PM ● By David Caraviello
It was a long shot, and Min Alexander knew it. Because she’s had a broker license for over a decade, she’d managed to make a LinkedIn connection with Bob Goldberg, chief executive officer of the National Association of Realtors. So Alexander messaged Goldberg a cold pitch about what PunchListUSA, her up-and-coming home repair company based in Charleston, could do for the NAR and its roughly 1.6 million members.
Jan 27, 2023 02:17PM ● By Dan Wagner
Working with a financial adviser or a wealth management firm is the key to alleviating the burden of constant financial monitoring. Enlisting the services of a solid financial team enables individuals to focus on the bigger picture of their financial goals.
Jan 27, 2023 12:48PM ● By Guy Furay
Many families across the country are looking forward to January 1, 2023, because they will finally have access to affordable health insurance coverage for the first time since the Affordable Care Act was fully implemented in 2014. This open enrollment period has been different for many families because, for the first time in years, they are actually able to access affordable health coverage on the Marketplace as an alternative to the plans being offered by the employer to the employee in the family.
Jan 27, 2023 12:33PM ● By Donna Isbell Walker
When I was a kid, the library was my favorite place in the world. I once read a book about some kids who got accidentally locked in the library overnight, and for the rest of my childhood, that was my dream. I proudly embraced the term “bookworm,” and spent almost every free moment with my nose in a book.
Jan 25, 2023 12:23PM ● By David Dykes
Greenville-based firm will be construction manager
Jan 24, 2023 12:50PM ● By David Dykes
Zoran Filipi is founding director of the School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering
Jan 12, 2023 05:27PM ● By Donna Isbell Walker
Columbia Business Monthly celebrates another year of honoring the region's most influential people. The selection of our 50 men and women is a result of staff research and community nominations. We also are celebrating our sixth year of selecting entrants to our Hall of Fame. This year, we're adding eight new members who have continued to make a lasting difference in the Midlands.
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