tag:www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com,2005:/categories/economic-development?page=2Economic Development | Columbia Business Monthly Page 2Your Business Resource for Columbia & The Midlands2023-01-11T10:04:29-05:00urn:uuid:76ad9e03-ec50-4756-8119-ba5b1e9683cc2022-12-14T10:32:52-05:002023-01-11T10:04:29-05:00Redwood Materials, Gov. McMaster Make Largest Economic Development Announcement In State History2022-12-14 10:36:02 -0500David Dykes$3.5 billion investment in Berkeley County will create 1,500 new jobs
<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:905c5374-32fb-48ac-8c0d-720db36955dd2022-12-13T15:04:11-05:002022-12-29T10:45:12-05:00Developer Chosen For New University of South Carolina Health Sciences Campus 2022-12-13 15:04:47 -0500David DykesProject to be developed in the BullStreet District in downtown Columbia<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:32b4820a-2fd3-403a-a0bb-d28b82a123962022-12-06T11:23:27-05:002022-12-14T10:40:34-05:00$810 Million Investment Will Create 1,170 Jobs2022-12-06 11:31:18 -0500David DykesEnvision AESC, a Japanese electric vehicle battery technology company, will build state-of-the-art battery cell gigafactory in Florence County<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:769589c3-c892-43c7-8a50-5e8c93e8a0902022-10-19T11:19:15-04:002023-01-09T11:24:17-05:00BMW Group Announces $1.7 Billion Investment to Build Electric Vehicles in the U.S. 2022-10-19 11:26:39 -0400David DykesCompany Signs Agreement with Envision AESC for Supply of Battery Cells to Plant Spartanburg<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:cb208fd8-477c-4b52-b2cb-895ae0d1f9f22022-09-01T15:58:46-04:002022-09-13T13:07:57-04:00Buckeye Bo2022-09-07 15:25:24 -0400Owen KowalewskiJeff Rigsby, owner of 100 Bojangles restaurants, is taking the biscuit chain northward<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:17115916-efaa-427b-8436-6aa2469151672022-08-30T11:41:21-04:002022-09-30T13:13:40-04:00Nucor Corporation Expanding in Berkeley County2022-08-30 11:45:34 -0400David DykesCompany investing $200 million over next five years<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:04b78b98-3f6f-4f05-9007-60d8460bf6642022-06-28T17:06:53-04:002022-09-30T13:17:54-04:00Mount Pleasant Headquarters Next Step in Beacon Bank’s Charleston-Focused Growth2022-06-28 17:26:40 -0400David DykesBank Breaks Ground in Mount Pleasant<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:fcab78ff-1238-449b-99f2-cb3efe43d3fc2022-06-13T17:52:29-04:002022-09-30T13:07:51-04:00New Business-Friendly Initiatives Announced in Columbia2022-06-13 17:55:49 -0400David DykesGoal to simplify process of applying for new business licenses, renewals<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:92ee4718-ac6d-49cf-8ed8-4b4b86617e9f2022-06-06T10:07:53-04:002022-09-30T13:22:35-04:00Medical Supply Manufacturer Establishes Major Nitrile Glove Operation in Greenville 2022-06-06 12:06:32 -0400David DykesHealth Supply US to invest over $150 million, create 600 positions as state’s life sciences boom
continues<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:20215521-7f4e-4e37-a7c2-6c5bc2c0d96f2022-04-07T10:13:29-04:002022-04-11T16:03:41-04:00Magna Celebrates Opening of State-of-the-Art SC Facility2022-04-07 12:31:07 -0400David DykesMirrors facility in Duncan expected to grow to 400 employees<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:d11a050f-7bbe-4538-896b-2cb9235c820d2022-04-04T14:21:03-04:002022-04-11T17:06:34-04:00BridgeWay Station: Trying to Keep Ahead of Demand2022-04-04 14:29:03 -0400David DykesCommercial Leasing for Phase I Substantially Completed<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:2681c689-1719-4aa2-9659-2a6c1fdceb192022-03-29T16:02:54-04:002022-04-07T12:31:25-04:00United Community Bank Breaks Ground on New Greenville Headquarters2022-03-29 16:05:11 -0400David DykesBank CEO surprised by governor with Order of the Palmetto civilian honor<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:5c735e24-807e-4f2f-abe8-a6784c1287b42022-03-02T17:27:48-05:002022-04-11T16:44:51-04:00BMW Investing More Than $200 Million to Add New Press Shop at SC Plant2022-03-02 17:32:05 -0500David DykesShop Will Add More Than 200 Jobs, Stamp Parts for X Models<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:b1a5ea48-6a64-451a-9aae-b3460219719a2022-01-20T13:50:44-05:002022-02-14T13:55:12-05:00New 8,100-Seat Soccer Stadium Proposed at Mauldin’s BridgeWay Station2022-01-20 17:00:01 -0500David DykesMultiuse event venue would be owned by Greenville County<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:dcec3cb7-1948-46a4-87cb-176f943afde12021-12-15T13:58:09-05:002022-01-04T17:02:52-05:00Westinghouse Expanding Operations in Richland County 2021-12-15 14:02:16 -0500David DykesCompany committing $131 million over the next five years toward facility development<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:b977920c-5f03-484c-b04e-c3b50d8230ae2021-12-14T11:40:07-05:002021-12-15T15:59:27-05:00KIYATEC, Inc. Expanding Operations In Greenville County2021-12-14 11:56:44 -0500David DykesCompany investing $5 million, creating 91 jobs<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:277e1b48-ed80-4baa-8000-274c96a705c22021-12-14T08:20:10-05:002021-12-20T12:02:30-05:00Proterra announces EV battery factory in South Carolina 2021-12-14 08:28:15 -0500David Dykes$76 million+ investment expected to create more than 200 new jobs<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:e27432cb-f39c-472b-b783-12bd8ccbac822021-12-09T16:18:58-05:002022-01-04T17:03:28-05:00U.S. Supply Chains: No relief until 2022 – or later 2021-12-09 16:32:39 -0500David DykesShortage of workers big concern for predicting recovery<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:5420ed29-3d6f-4f4d-9b0b-ab85adfd5fe12021-12-01T10:18:27-05:002021-12-09T15:15:11-05:00Noted Global Customer Experience Specialist Transcom Establishing Operations in Greenville, S.C.2021-12-01 10:20:26 -0500David DykesCompany adding 450 new jobs in new South Carolina center
<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:fa61ca2f-db14-434f-8580-dcb6f3b0bbd22021-11-18T10:44:24-05:002021-12-09T14:06:41-05:00BMW to Expand Spartanburg Plant Logistics Operations With $100 Million Investment2021-11-18 10:50:49 -0500David DykesGoal is to enhance company’s logistics operations supplying parts to BMW<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:d2c90e78-60d7-43db-a887-e3fb115c9d052021-11-10T09:23:24-05:002024-03-15T16:20:35-04:00Commerce Secretary Harry Lightsey says SC ‘well positioned’ to take advantage of new opportunities2021-11-10 09:23:23 -0500David DykesHarry M. Lightsey III was nominated by Gov. Henry McMaster and confirmed by the S.C. Senate as South Carolina’s secretary of commerce in June.
In nominating Lightsey, McMaster said, “Harry Lightsey has been a fixture in South Carolina’s business community for decades, and I’m confident that with the vast experience he will be bringing to the Department of Commerce, South Carolina will keep winning.
<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:f14d2abe-fe49-4b44-a175-c0125bc944b02021-11-04T12:03:14-04:002021-11-18T10:55:03-05:00SCBIO Names Louisiana Economic Development Exec as CEO to Lead State’s Fastest-Growing Industry2021-11-04 12:14:41 -0400David DykesGoal to take South Carolina life sciences "to an entirely new level”<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>urn:uuid:54a2395b-35ce-42b5-8e53-06eaf8bf85e22021-11-01T10:13:38-04:002021-11-01T10:21:57-04:00Shaw Industries Group, Inc. to Expand Operations in Aiken County2021-11-01 10:19:18 -0400David DykesApproximately $400 million investment will create more than 300 new jobs<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.columbiabusinessmonthly.com">Columbia Business Monthly</a></small></p>