On the sixth floor of the Greenville ONE Building lies the most important room of Clemson University’s MBA program – the kitchen. There live the coffee pots and vending machines, a haven for overtired working professionals getting another degree at night. Present company included. Just a short year and a half ago I came to…
ANCHORAGE – A local agency that supports children in foster care and children at risk is a finalist for WORLD’s 2016 Hope Award for Effective Compassion. Founded in 2008, Beacon Hill, located on Third Avenue downtown, demonstrates the love of Christ by serving Alaska’s children in foster care and children at risk of going into…
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina residents now can donate to the South Carolina Association for Habitat for Humanity Affiliates from their South Carolina income tax returns. This change will be in place for taxpayer’s 2017 returns, and allows people getting an income tax return from the state to designate to the South Carolina Association for…
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Is boxed wine the new thing? What is more popular vodka or bourbon? What is the Upstate’s beer of choice? Liquid Catering did an extensive survey of more than 500 Upstate event attendees, planners and vendors to get these answers this summer. Some of the highlights from this exclusive survey include: 69…
Simpsonville City Council met Monday night to review Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County’s proposal for the Woodside Park project. After a decade long debate, the council ruled in favor of Habitat for Humanity. The Greenville Journal and WSPA have details on the property and the 11 homes Habitat hopes to build. Seems the old…
I recently asked a newcomer to the area what they thought of Greenville. They replied with, “Greenville is great. Let’s just hope it doesn’t get too big.” What do you mean, too big? I wanted to ask. Aren’t you proud that Greenville has become such a hot spot? Don’t tell me you aren’t secretly satisfied…
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…
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…