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Iconic B.A. Bennett Building to be Renovated

July 12, 2019

The historic B.A. Bennett building at the corner of Trade and Poinsett Streets will soon be renovated to accommodate a restaurant. Plans for the site include rooftop terrace seating and space for a kitchen. Tuesday morning, Greer’s Board of Architectural…

Greer-based Creform Designs Cart to Handle Movement of Sequenced Production Parts

July 8, 2019

Development, GreerMade, Logistics, Manufacturing

Creform Corporation, a manufacturer of unique products for material handling structures, has designed a cart to handle the movement of sequenced production parts for an automotive OEM. The cart, with bumper brackets to ward off damage and to provide part…

Greer Named #5 Best City to Live in South Carolina

June 26, 2019

Development, Greer Rankings, Greer Station, SC Just Right

With beautiful scenery, affordable cost of living and real estate prices, and friendly, approachable people, South Carolina is a great state to settle down in. The great food is the icing on the cake: mouth-watering BBQ with the famous Carolina-style…

Inland Port Greer Hits Highest Monthly Record in May

June 11, 2019

Inland Port, Logistics

Today South Carolina Ports Authority reported its strongest May on record, with 204,457 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) handled last month. Fiscal year-to-date TEU volume is up 9.7 percent, with 2,192,689 TEUs handled since the Port’s fiscal year began in…

Greer Named 3rd Fastest Growing City in the Upstate

June 3, 2019

By The Numbers, Development, Greer Rankings, In the News, Residential

Four Greenville County cities rank among the top-25 fastest growing cities and towns in South Carolina, according to new estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The data shows the latest federal population estimates across the state, as of July 1,…

Southwest Announces New Nonstop Service to Baltimore

May 31, 2019

GSP Airport, Logistics, Tourism

Southwest Airlines announced plans today to offer new daily nonstop service from Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) to Baltimore (BWI). Southwest will offer the only nonstop service on the route, which will provide easy access to the nation’s capital region and…

Upstate South Carolina’s Industrial Evolution Sets Up Market as National Power

May 28, 2019

Automotive, BMW, GreerMade, GSP Airport, Industrial, Inland Port, Logistics, Manufacturing

Thirty years ago, there were 33 operating textile mills in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Today, there are scarcely a handful. The jobs and investments disappeared in the wake of regulatory change and international trade agreements. However, the infrastructure, location, existing…

Greer Streetscape Project Becomes Virtual Reality

May 21, 2019

Development, Greer Station, In the News

Greer has taken imagination to a new level. The city has purchased virtual reality goggles for shoppers to get a close-up, detailed glimpse of how downtown will look once the project is finished in 2020. “That is an absolutely cool…

S.C. Ranks 10th Best State for Military Retirees

May 20, 2019

By The Numbers, In the News, Residential, SC Just Right

A new report from personal finance website WalletHub found South Carolina ranks as the 10th best state for military retirees. The 2019 report, which compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 29 veteran-friendly retirement indicators, found that the Palmetto State…

Pelham Medical Center Completes $33.5M Expansion of ER

April 26, 2019

Expansion, Health & Medical, Workforce

Clegg Taylor was rushed into the emergency room at Pelham Medical Center on Wednesday with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. Blood was oozing out of the wound and onto his arm as he was fading in and out of…

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