Events

The Urban Land Institute of SC held a panel discussion last week at the South Ridge project on Church Street to talk about multifamily development and how the city is accommodating this growth and what lies ahead.

The Marchant Company honored veterans at its most recent Quarterly Breakfast, held at the Kroc Center in Greenville. U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Mastin Robeson was the guest speaker.

The annual St. Francis Society Gala that was held last Tuesday evening, October 27, 2015, at the home of Todd Baldree.

The United Way of Greenville County Young Philanthropists met at Larkin’s Sawmill recently for a Summer Celebration event.

The Greenville Chamber’s 23rd annual golf tournament, held last week at the Chanticleer and Riverside courses, raised more than $60,000 to support the Chamber’s community improvement initiatives.

NEXT on Main officially opened its downtown Greenville space last week in the Bank of America building at 101 N. Main St. Its latest tenant, Servosity, celebrated receiving a $200,000 grant from SCRA Technology Ventures’ SC Launch program.

From ‘Siri for doctors’ to smart watches, presenters representing nine of the top digital health and wellness tech startups from around the country unveiled their ideas at Indigo Hall in downtown Spartanburg during Demo Day for Iron Yard Ventures' Digital Health Accelerator.

e-Merge @ the Garage had its final demo day in July to showcase results from the LemonADE Stand, a program implemented by Clemson University’s bio-engineering staff, focusing on the design of a product or service, as well as a startup business program geared for high school students.

Last week The Iron Yard-Spartanburg held the first PilotTown event – an interactive cocktail-party-meets-trade-show created in collaboration with Robyn Hussa Farrell of Resiliency Technologies, the City of Spartanburg, Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce, The Iron Yard and local businesses

Crawford Strategy celebrated its fifth anniversary with a party earlier this month at its downtown Greenville office.

By 1930 the Walgreen drugstore occupied the southeast corner of Main and East Coffee streets. Where the drugstore once stood, Trio - A Brick Oven Cafe now resides.

Twenty local corporate leaders are taking part in the third annual Habitat for Humanity CEO Build, helping the organization construct a home in Greenville County for Dianne Kilgore and her family.

Craig Brown, owner and president of the Greenville Drive, was on hand as the Drive hosted its inaugural Partner Appreciation Golf Tournament at The Cliffs at Glassy.

On the west side Main Street from Court Street to McBee Avenue, in the early 1940s, a new Belk's building stood where the Poe Hardware store once was. The First National Bank of Greenville later moved into this space. Today TD Bank occupies the building.

More than 280 attended the Greer Chamber’s First Friday event, featuring U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy.