May 28, 2010 RSS feed / Business

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Briefs

by John Temple Ligon
Passenger rail study grant The City of Charleston and the S.C. Dept. of Transportation have applied for a $500,000 grant to study a high–speed intercity passenger rail line connecting Savannah, Charleston, Florence, and Raleigh. More...

Folks about town

The City of Columbia has been awarded the Historic Columbia Foundation’s Preservation Award for the Lincoln Street Parking Garage. Charles A. Kirby will join Congaree State Bank and Congaree Bancshares, Inc. More...

Cocktails and conversations a success

Contributed by Lauren Chess

The third–annual United Way of the Midlands Cocktails & Conversations event held on May 12, 2010, at the Summit Club brought together members of the Young Leaders Society and the Tocqueville Society, two of United Way of the Midlands’ mo More...

Power of the purses

By John Temple Ligon
temple@thecolumbiastar.com

The Columbia charity Women in Philanthropy held its seventh annual Power of the Purse auction, Thursday evening, May 20, in the Capital City Club’s main ballroom. More...

Alumnus Pickens brings 100K to USC

By John Temple Ligon
temple@thecolumbiastar.com

J. Leon Pickens, uncle of Columbia attorney Joel Collins and resident of Houston, graduated in 1929 from high school in Chester, S.C. and from USC in 1935. More...

Good news for couch potatoes

By Tim Edmunds

Snap Fitness officials invited men and women who do not currently exercise to come into the club and volunteer to participate in a 21–day fitness study. More...

Communities recognize military personnel

Contributed by Amanda Bartlett

Lake Carolina and Inspired Communities teamed up to recognize military personnel at the annual Military Information Fair at Fort Jackson last month. More...


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