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- Anderson County Investing in itself with Certified Sites
- LCDC Announces Virtual Spec Building
- Berliner Seilfabrik Calls Greenville Home
- RJ Rockers Expands in Spartanburg
- SC Ports Names New CEO
- SC Moves Up Economy Index
- TechReadySC Receives $250,000 Grant
- QuickJobs Carolina Recieves Grant
- Investor News
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Upstate SC Alliance June 2009 Newsletter
| Site Certifications Poise Anderson County and Upstate for Success |
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The Anderson County Office of Economic Development announces the addition of two new South Carolina Department of Commerce-certified sites to their roster of shovel-ready development options with three more in the pipeline awaiting certification.
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| LCDC Announces Virtual Spec Building |
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The Laurens County Development Corporation continues to break new ground with the Hunter Virtual Spec Industrial Building, the first building of its kind in South Carolina.
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| Berliner Seilfabrik Calls Greenville Home |
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The Greenville Area Development Corporation and Berliner Seilfabrik have announced the location in Greenville, South Carolina of the organization's new U.S. sales and distribution operations, executives of the German-owned company announced recently.
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| RJ Rockers Announces Expansion in Spartanburg County |
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RJ Rockers, Spartanburg’s only microbrewery, is expanding its operations to provide its line of high-quality beers to more customers throughout the Southeast. Along with moving its operations into the heart of Spartanburg, the company plans to invest $2 million and create 10 new jobs in the next three years.
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| Shipping Executive Newsome Picked to Lead South Carolina Ports |
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The South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) Board of Directors today voted unanimously to hire James I. (Jim) Newsome III as president and chief executive officer, effective September 1.
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| S.C. moves up in economy index |
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The 2008 State New Economy Index reveals that between 2007 and 2008, South Carolina has increased its overall national rank from No. 39 to No. 34.
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| TechReadySC receives $250,000 grant |
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AdvanceSC has provided a $250,000 grant to TechReadySC’s “Dream It. Do It.” manufacturing career campaign.
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| QuickJobs Carolina™ Receives Grant Funds to Expand Accelerated Workforce Training Courses |
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A collaboration among state and local agencies aims to increase the state’s capacity to provide opportunity for dislocated workers and eligible adults to receive the job training to meet the needs of today’s challenging marketplace and to do so at an accelerated rate. The State Workforce Investment Board in coordination with the Department of Commerce today announced that it will provide a $4 million grant to the South Carolina Technical College System’s QuickJobs Carolina™ initiative. The grant funds are part of South Carolina’s portion of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) allocation in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. The funds were secured in March and Commerce’s proposal was later approved by the State Workforce Investment Board.
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| Investor News --- Automation Engineering wins a Progressive Manufacturing Award |
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Upstate SC Alliance contributor Automation Engineering of Greenville was recently recognized by Managing Automation Media as a Winner of its fifth annual Progressive Manufacturing 100 Awards.
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| Investor News --- Two Leading Air Taxi Companies Launch Innovative Air Taxi 'Flight Network' |
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Industry leading Air Taxi providers SATSair and ImagineAir have announced a "cooperative services" agreement to begin "flight networking" to efficiently expand their respective network across a 10 state service area. The goal of the agreement is to provide customers with greater access to next generation air taxi services. Both air taxi operators offer on-demand flights to over 1000 airports in the Southeast and will retain its respective pricing structure and operational control for the flights it operates.
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