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Barista Alley relocating to Greer’s historic First National Bank building on Trade Street

The café expects to officially move by mid-June. Barista Alley also plans to open its rooftop bar by Summer 2022.

Siemens completes Spartanburg County expansion, adds more than 180 jobs

Siemens announced May 17 it completed its 52,000-square-foot facility expansion in Spartanburg County.

Tired of losing your garden to neighborhood critters? An Upstate woman invented a solution

The BunnyBuddy officially launched on March 1 after Susan Buser opted to delay its release due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Clemson researchers link ‘risk compensation theory’ with construction workplace safety

The construction industry, de la Garza says, has always had an issue with maintaining a safety incident rate of zero.

The Spark Center to house Epica International’s new HQ, warehousing, assembly facility

Epica International unveiled their new headquarters and operations facility in Duncan on Thursday, May 13.

Meridian Waste to take over solid waste contracts in Greenville, Anderson, several other Upstate counties

Meridian Waste, a Charlotte-based integrated, non-hazardous solid waste services company, announced May 10 the purchase of Eco Waste Services Inc.

COVID-19, quality of life drive demand for Upstate land

But as is the case with everything, COVID-19 has disrupted the land industry.

Greenville Chamber, United Way launch 2021 PropelGVL executive leadership program

The Greenville Chamber and United Way of Greenville County on May 10 launched the 2021 PropelGVL class in a virtual format. This 6-week nonprofit executive leadership and board training program…

Cooks Flips: Disappointing footwear leads local entrepreneur to develop ‘working man’s’ flip flop

“You want a flip-flop that’s really substantial,” John Walker says. “In my ideal world I’d wear flip-flops every day.”

Upstate SC LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce launches

Caroline Caldwell, the chamber's co-founder and vice president, said the founders decided that an organization was needed to advocate not only for safe spaces for LGBT-led business owners but for furthering their careers.