August 2020 Features
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First Reliance Bank Celebrates 21st Anniversary with "Random Acts of Kindness" Across Community
August 31, 2020
First Reliance Bank celebrated its 21st anniversary by finding unique ways to give back to fellow community members across its six major market areas last Thursday and Friday.
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New Online Ordering System Sends Clemson Ice Cream around the U.S.
August 31, 2020
A new online ordering system is helping the ’55 Exchange, a student-run business on Clemson University’s campus where Clemson Ice Cream and other dairy products are sold, recoup losses incurred from being shut down because of COVID-19.
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S.C. Manufacturers Alliance Looks to the Future at Annual Meeting
August 28, 2020
Despite challenges brought on by COVID-19, the state of South Carolina’s manufacturing economy remains strong. That was the overriding message from the first-ever virtual annual conference of the South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance held on August 27, 2020.
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Moore & Van Allen Secures $2.6 Million Award for the Shem Creek Development Group from the Town of Mount Pleasant
August 27, 2020
Moore & Van Allen PLLC successfully represented The Shem Creek Development Group in its lawsuit against the Town of Mount Pleasant which has been ordered to pay more than $2.6 million, plus legal costs for backing out of a 2013 parking license agreement they made to help pay for the Shem Creek Parking Garage.
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SC Launch, Inc. Portfolio Company EnviroMix Acquired by GEF Capital Partners
August 27, 2020
The South Carolina Research Authority, a public, non-profit corporation fueling South Carolina’s innovation economy, today announces that GEF Capital Partners, a private equity fund making investments in companies that promote resource efficiency and that are building a more sustainable future, has acquired a controlling interest in innovative water and wastewater solutions provider EnviroMix, Inc., an SC Launch, Inc. Portfolio Company.
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Update Mask Requirement Data Reinforces that Masks Work; Latest COVID-19 Update
August 26, 2020
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) shared updated data that shows communities with mask requirement ordinances in place continue to see a slower rate of disease spread compared to communities without mask requirements.
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Ingevity Names John C. Fortson as President, CEO and Director
August 25, 2020
Ingevity Corporation announced that it has named John C. Fortson as the company’s president and CEO, and that he would join the board of directors. Fortson had previously served as Ingevity’s executive vice president, CFO and treasurer. The appointment will be effective September 1st.
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S.C. Technical College System President: A Pandemic Shouldn't Change the Trajectory of Your Education
August 25, 2020
COVID-19 has significantly impacted many of our day-to-day activities. It has changed how we shop, socialize, work, travel, and the list goes on. But this pandemic doesn't have to change the trajectory of your education. You can affordably and safely work towards your higher education goals and accelerate your post-pandemic life even further by attending one of South Carolina's technical colleges.
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Top SC Business Executives Share Secrets to Successfully Weathering COVID-19 in August 25th Webinar
August 24, 2020
Top executives from five of the Palmetto State’s leading life sciences organizations will share how they have found opportunity by pivoting, product adjustment, service expansion and partnering to overcome the global COVID pandemic and find accelerating opportunity and growth. The SCBIO webinar, free and open to the public with advance registration, will take place Tuesday, August 25 at 10 a.m. EST.
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The Mark Clark Expressway Extension: We Need to Hear from the Business Community
August 21, 2020
Mobility is one of the Chamber’s top priorities. As we grow out of the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must continue to improve our infrastructure and put people to work.
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Filling the Lifeboat and Helping South Carolinians Get Back to Work
August 21, 2020
To help support the state’s evolving workforce that’s been uprooted due to COVID-19, the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce’s (DEW) Labor Market Information (LMI) team is busy working to identify the top 29 Lifeboat jobs that can guide individuals to new employment opportunities and financial security.
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Census Bureau Adapts Operations to Ensure Everyone Is Counted
August 21, 2020
As the U.S. Census Bureau continues to monitor the impacts COVID-19 has on 2020 Census operations, changes to operations are being deployed to ensure the safety of staff and the public while maximizing the number of households that respond on their own to the 2020 Census.
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Blackbaud Appoints Michael Boulware Moore as First Diversity and Inclusion Executive
August 20, 2020
Blackbaud, the world's leading cloud software company powering social good, announces Michael Boulware Moore as the global cloud software company's first Diversity and Inclusion Officer.
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SC Works Centers around the State Get Creative to Continue Services that Connect Jobseekers and Employers
August 20, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has created both crisis and creativity. When it comes to unemployment in South Carolina, the state went from record low rates to a historically high, double-digit employment crisis within one month. However, when the need for re-employment services skyrocketed, the SC Works centers got creative.
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Charleston LDC Wins Two Major Federal Awards for Small Business Lending
August 19, 2020
The Charleston LDC, a federally certified Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) based in Charleston, SC with 41 years of local lending experience, earned two landmark awards from the US Small Business Administration (SBA) last week.
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Employer Summit to Close Disability Employment Gap
August 19, 2020
South Carolina businesses and human resource professionals will be gathering online in October to learn how to close the disability employment gap and build a disability-inclusive workforce.
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GEF Capital Acquires Controlling Interest in Charleston-based EnviroMix
August 18, 2020
GEF Capital Partners announced that it has acquired a controlling interest in EnviroMix, Inc. EnviroMix offers innovative water and wastewater solutions to municipal and industrial markets through its proprietary mixing and process control technologies.
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Cyber Academy of South Carolina is Waiting for You
August 18, 2020
Cyber Academy of South Carolina (CASC), an online public school, invites students across the state to enroll in the interactive and engaging online learning experience they need during these unprecedented times.
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S.C. Department of Commerce: Education Today for Future Economic Success
August 17, 2020
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." That powerful quote by Nelson Mandela hits home especially this time of year, as thousands of South Carolina students prepare to head back to school.
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New Citadel Degree Helps Educators and Professional Development Specialists Teach in Evolving Educational Environments
August 14, 2020
The COVID-19 environment is forcing educators, students and specialists who train working professionals to reevaluate their traditional methods of teaching.
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South Carolina Unemployment Claims are Lowest Since Pandemic Began
August 14, 2020
Initial Claims: For claim week ending August 8, 2020, the number of South Carolinians who filed their initial claim for unemployment insurance benefits is 5,921, a decrease of 2,988 initial claims from the week prior. This brings the initial claims total to 712,449 received since mid-March.
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SC INBRE Announces Almost $650,000 in Grants Funding to 2020 Project Program Grants Recipients
August 13, 2020
South Carolina IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (SC INBRE), a statewide multi-million dollar, five-year renewable grant program funded by The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), is pleased to announce our 2020-2021 Project Program grants recipients.
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BCDCOG Receives $2.7M for Construction of HOP Transit Hub and Park-and-ride Facility
August 12, 2020
The Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments (BCDCOG) has been awarded $2.7 million in federal funding for the construction of a Hospitality on Peninsula (HOP) park-and-ride facility and transit hub in the Upper Peninsula.
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South Carolina Offers Free Training to Support Teachers and Principals with Virtual Instruction
August 12, 2020
The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) announced a new option for teachers and principals to receive free online training that will equip them to provide effective virtual instruction. The training is available for up to 6,000 educators over the course of 2020-21 and is being funded by part the SCDE's federal CARES Act allocation.
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CEOs: Post-Covid Changes are Permanent and There are More to Come
August 12, 2020
The need for business leaders and policy makers to fundamentally rethink the way they plan, invest and operate in the future is underlined in a new survey of 699 global CEOs released by PwC.