March 19, 2010 RSS feed / Business

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Build a better bus system

By John Temple Ligon temple@thecolumbiastar.com
Communicating with CMRTA Representatives of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (CMRTA) presented their plans to a quorum of Columbia City Council on Monday, March 15. More...

Folks about town

Pat Conroy, Jonathan Green, Julian Wiles, Larry Barnfield, and Robert E. Howard have been announced as the 2010 Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Awards Recipients by the S.C. Arts Commission. John Gr iggs has joined Keenan & Suggs, Inc. More...

ReNewell fights off the enemies of art

Story and Photo by Jackie Perrone

Ginny Newell has lots of enemies. But years of training and a formidable arsenal of weapons have equipped her to earn victory in most of the battles. More...

Wilbur Smith finalist for national award

Contributed by Alan D. Crockett, ACEC

Wilbur Smith Associates of Columbia is a finalist in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) 44th annual Engineering Excellence Awards competition for the Robert Edge Sr. Parkway in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. More...

Census arrives March 15–17

Contributed by Terry Plumb

Fill it out, mail it back. It’s easy, safe, and important to the state. More...

Briefs

by John Temple Ligon

Fox out More...

JA celebrates young entrepreneurs

By Anita Baker

In the fall of 2009, Junior Achievement of Central South Carolina received a grant from the UPS Foundation to implement a rigorous, innovative program for local high school students called the “Be Entrepreneurial Business Plan Challenge.&rdquo More...

Palmetto Health and USC School of Medicine receive highest designation

Contributed by Tammie Epps

Palmetto Health Family Medicine Center/ University of South Carolina School of Medicine Department of Family and Preventive Medicine is the first primary care practice in South Carolina to be recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assuranc More...

Jiffy Lube raises funds for Boy Scouts

Contributed by Heather Walsh

South Lubes Inc, a Jiffy Lube franchisee that has stores in NC, SC, and FL, has raised $17,898 for the Boy Scouts of America. More...

Cooperatives praise bipartisan support

Contributed by Tom Ruff

On March 10, South Carolina’s electric cooperatives saw their idea for jobs creation and consumer energy efficiency loans included in unique bipartisan, bicameral legislation from House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D–SC), Sen. More...

Columbia investment sales completed

Contributed by Ryan Hyler

Colliers Keenan agent Frank Cason has brokered the sale of an 11,000–square–foot student housing complex consisting of three buildings and seven units at 630 Pickens Street in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. More...


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