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At 701 Whaley last Thursday night EngenuitySC held its IgNITE!, a leadership conference to showcase some of the region’s knowledge economy catalysts. That was also the day of the Boeing announcement, so the day’s efforts in economic development, both the New Economy and the Old Economy, got an overlapping jolt. More ... Now what? The City of Columbia is considering a $194 million tax increment finance project, $40 million in the northern sector of town, and $154 million in the Innovista. This is the same city that couldn’t account for its spending for the past four years, leaving the books in such poor shape the mayor declined to run for re–election. And then what? More ... Up until the middle of the last century, the F.W. Woolworth Co. really did have some items priced for 10 cents or even less. When Dodd’s Five & Dime branched out to the Forest Lake Shopping Center in the mid–’50s, the store still had 10–cent items. Inflation since then has brought along the dollar stores, and even then it’s hard not to stock items up to $5. More ... The U.S. Census Bureau has appointed a slate of managers for a new 2010 Census office in West Columbia at 425 Sunset Blvd. More ... Denise Wi lkinson has recently received the 2009 Tribute to Women in Industry Award from The Palmetto Center for Women. William C. Hubbard has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of South Carolina. Sister Carol Keehan has received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award from the University of South Carolina. More ... Two of the newest members of the St. Andrews Rotary Club are Cass Ager ton (lef t ), manager of Reed’s Jeweler s in Columbiana Centre Mall; and David Borden, retail sales manager for First Citizens Bank on Broad River Road (right). They are pictured with immediate past Rotar y Club president and Nationwide agent Ernie Yarborough. More ... |
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