Sherry Jackson, Author at UPSTATE BUSINESS JOURNAL

Flying high: Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport plans future as passenger, cargo traffic hit record highs

Back in 2009, Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport was in dire need of a shot in the arm. Travel out of the airport had nose-dived, bottoming out a few passengers shy of…

Business News

Venture Aviation moving from Greenville Downtown Airport to GSP

Venture Aviation, a full-service aviation company, is moving from the Greenville Downtown Airport to the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport on April 15. Venture Aviation will relocate to Cerulean Aviation on the…

Leadership Greenville has transformed leaders, city for 45 years

Forty-five years of Leadership Greenville has generated scores of leaders — political, social, civic, and business. It helped train Nancy Whitworth, Greenville’s economic development director and interim city manager; Phyllis…

Retail and Hospitality

Macy’s Backstage, the department store’s discount outlet, coming to Greenville

Macy’s will devote a portion of its Greenville store to its discount outlet concept.

Healthcare

Bon Secours, Mercy Health announce name, leadership of merged systems

Once the merger between Bon Secours Health System, the parent company of Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, and Mercy Health is finalized in the fall, the new company will…

Two new projects — one residential, one office-retail — slated for Verdae

Two new projects — one high-end residential and the other office and retail — are slated to begin soon in Verdae. The Brownstones at Hollingsworth Park will feature 24 luxury…

County Square redevelopment proposals included affordable housing, a re-created Furman bell tower, expanded Governor’s School

Greenville County residents know Atlanta-based developer RocaPoint Partners vision for a redeveloped County Square.

Economic Development

Legislature overrides governor’s veto of expungement bill business leaders say will expand workforce

The Greenville Chamber of Commerce fought for the bill, as did the Upstate Chamber Coalition, an alliance of 11 chambers to which it belongs, the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, and the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce.

Reid Sherard works for children affected by events out of their control

Reid Sherard is an advocate for children who are affected by events out of their control — in his professional life as a family law attorney at Nelson Mullins and in his volunteer work on the board of A Child’s Haven.

Profiles

Merl Code says parents’ example spurred his community service work

When Code, a former professional football player, got involved in community work in Greenville, the city to which he moved in 1971, focusing on diversity and inclusion was natural.