GREENVILLE, S.C. – The search for affordable housing remains one of many burdens that veterans often face upon return home from active duty. Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County aims to lessen that burden through their inaugural Veteran Build initiative. The first of its kind in Greenville, the project will build a safe, sustainable neighborhood…
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Locally owned and operated All Clear Plumbing is adding parts of Anderson County to its service area. All Clear Plumbing’s focuses primarily on residential and commercial business property managers, restaurants, business parks and shopping complexes, said Anja Smith, the company’s managing partner. This expansion will focus mainly on the eastern side of…
Working hand in hand with the Golden Strip Church Coalition, Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County finished building a home in Simpsonville for a mother and her three daughters. The Greenville News has the details. Rebuild Upstate is one of four organizations benefiting from Fluor’s Golf for Greenville event. The Greenville News shares the details…
A few months back Livabilty ranked the best downtowns nationwide. Greenville came in third on the list, which created quite amount of local fanfare. People like it when downtown Greenville gets mentioned in these kinds of lists. Livability was scientific in its approach. Today, we are going to do a little exploring of the other cities…
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Greenville Health System (GHS) will honor Entercom Upstate’s nine-year commitment to raising funds for GHS Children’s Hospital by renaming a Children’s Hospital family recreation area after the organization. The newly renamed Entercom Playroom is located on the fifth floor of GHS Children’s Hospital. The naming was officially announced at a…
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. – Twenty years ago, several volunteers approached Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County with the idea of helping expand affordable Habitat housing into the Golden Strip. On Sunday, July 24, the group’s dedication resulted in the dedication of their 20th home, for Nakita Bouie and her three daughters. As a participant in the…
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Drivers travelling from I-85 southbound to I-385 southbound should expect detours during late night hours as part of the 85-385 Gateway Project. Traffic along this route will be detoured onto I-385 northbound to the Roper Mountain Road exit, then back on to I-385 southbound. Drivers are asked to observe all detour signage…
Did you catch Your Carolina this past Monday? If not, you missed out on Megan’s trip through virtual reality! Check out this segment on VR demo with Computer Direct Outlet’s owner, Gary Underwood. Underwood also wrote a piece for Upstate Business Journal this week, encouraging small business owners to change their business plans as the…
The temperature has been steadily above 90 degrees for more than a month. Everyone is at the beach or on vacation. Things are just slow. That is a somewhat familiar mantra amongst business people at this time of year in South Carolina. The middle of summer takes hold like a kudzu vine when it comes…
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Locally owned and operated All Clear Plumbing is adding Easley to its service area. All Clear Plumbing was founded in 2012 with the mission of being a plumbing company that focuses on getting the job done right, and not on selling products, said Anja Smith, the company’s managing partner. That ranges from…