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Export-Import Bank: A Lender In A Blender

Feb 02, 2018 09:56AM ● By Emily Stevenson

One thing Ex-Im Bank doesn’t get much of: media-ready comments from Palmetto State political leadership or from at least some companies that use the currently hobbled agency.

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Midlands Regional Competitiveness Report

Jan 30, 2018 12:31PM ● By Emily Stevenson

The Columbia region has improved in four of five major areas of economic competitiveness since this time last year, according to EngenuitySC’s fourth annual Midlands Regional Competitiveness Report.

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EngenuitySC Announces Inaugural Midlands Regional Competitiveness Week

Jan 16, 2018 03:37PM ● By Emily Stevenson

The week, created to celebrate the rising regional competitiveness of the Columbia Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), will be headlined by the release of the latest Midlands Regional Competitiveness Report and is presented by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina.

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CRC Expands Operations

Jan 11, 2018 02:59PM ● By Kathleen Maris

To accommodate its growth, Carolina's Rigging & Crane will be adding 17 jobs in Richland County.

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Celerian Group Acquires Karna

Jan 10, 2018 02:17PM ● By Kathleen Maris

The acquisition adds public health expertise, data analytics, IT, and other services that complement and expand the Celerian Group’s comprehensive offerings.

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Woodfield Systems USA, Inc. to Open Facility

Nov 21, 2017 10:20AM ● By Emily Stevenson

With a capital investment of $1.5 million, the company is expected to create 50 new jobs.

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Life Sciences Advances in S.C.

Oct 27, 2017 08:39AM ● By Emily Stevenson

At least two life sciences needles seem to be moving—the state’s industry, which is providing an estimated annual economic impact of $11.4 billion—and SCBIO itself, which is growing rapidly as the industry’s primary state association.

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Five Construction Crews Currently Active in the BullStreet District

Oct 11, 2017 03:17PM ● By Emily Stevenson

Workers on site are moving forward on a range of projects, including a 20-acre public park, residential development, historic renovation for a restaurant and more.

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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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Giti Tire announces first U.S. factory in Richburg

Oct 04, 2017 11:37AM ● By Emily Stevenson

The new 1.7 million square-foot facility anticipates creating 1,700 local jobs as part of Walmart’s commitment to buy an additional $250 billion in products supporting American jobs by 2023.

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Kershaw County: Concentrating on Tech Training

Oct 02, 2017 10:49AM ● By Makayla Gay

Over the past five years, Kershaw County has seen more than $243 million in new capital investment and more than 600 new jobs. And that’s not even the best news.

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Aerospace: Leveling the Plane Field

Oct 02, 2017 10:44AM ● By Makayla Gay

Since Boeing’s 2009 announcement to move to South Carolina—a $1 billion investment now—aerospace today accounts for $19 billion in economic impact here.

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The Next Surge of Main Street Entrepreneurship

Sep 01, 2017 04:04PM ● By Emily Stevenson

Among the latest entrepreneurs (willing to take a calculated risk in the Main Street District) are creative and successful types, wielding expertise and passion to fuel the resurgence of downtown Columbia.

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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 09:57PM ● By Makayla Gay

“People start going with the best product in the most vibrant markets,” Ron Anderson says of investors snatching up office towers in Greenville and under-developed mixed-use blocks in Columbia. “They really started pouring into Greenville and Columbia—in Columbia a little bit earlier, in the last 18 months.”

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Main and North Main Streets Awaken

Jan 01, 2017 08:32PM ● By Makayla Gay

Good eats, good shopping, and more fun is coming to Main and North Main streets this year. Long neglected, the heart of downtown is experiencing a revitalization that will continue into this year as the few remaining properties available are redeveloped. Development is heating up in the North Main Street corridor as Main Street opportunities become fewer and fewer.

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