Upstate SC Alliance Blog

Recognizing SC’s Top Legal Talent

September 13, 2018

As part of our #TeamUpstate campaign, we’d like to recognize the 12 Upstate SC Alliance investor firms whose talented esquires are recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 edition.

TOPICS: Rankings & Recognitions, Celebrations, Business Recruitment, Business

Industries Link Locals with Technical Opportunities

August 22, 2018

Pickens County native and Greenville Technical College graduate Jason Sams refletcs on his career with aerospace supplier Solar Atmospheres.

TOPICS: #TeamUpstate, Technical College System, Workforce Development, Quality of Life, Materials, Aerospace, Business Recruitment, International, Global Competitiveness, Existing Industry

Alliance Membership Offers Connectivity for Tax Firm

August 10, 2018

Charlotte-based GreerWalker Partner David Walker discusses the firm’s easy expansion into the Upstate with help from the Upstate SC Alliance.

TOPICS: International, Business Recruitment, Global Competitiveness, Business, #TeamUpstate

Brookings Cites Upstate South Carolina Automotive Industry, CU-ICAR As Economic Development Model

July 25, 2018

A new report from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program cites South Carolina’s 10-county Upstate region and Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) as a model of cluster-based economic development.

TOPICS: CU-ICAR, Colleges & Universities, Automotive, Rankings & Recognitions, Business Recruitment, Global Competitiveness, Existing Industry

Rural Communities Benefit from Regional Message

June 11, 2018

Union County Development Board’s Kathy Jo Lancaster discusses how a regional economic development approach has boosted the community of 28,000.

TOPICS: Automotive, Business Recruitment, International, Global Competitiveness, Existing Industry, #TeamUpstate

Upstate Hosts SEMDA Medical Device Conference

April 29, 2018

Hundreds of industry executives from medical technology, device and diagnostic companies will gather this week in Greenville for the Southeastern Medical Device Association (SEMDA) 2018 MedTech Conference.

TOPICS: Innovation, Life Science, Bioscience, Business Recruitment

Upstate Landing Pad Becomes Launch Point for AWL-Techniek

April 20, 2018

The Spark Center SC’s soft landing space was vital to the Netherlands-based company’s transition to the Upstate.

TOPICS: Soft Landings, Technical College System, Automotive, Business Recruitment, International, Global Competitiveness, Existing Industry, #TeamUpstate

Counting Big Buffalo in the Upstate

January 16, 2018

Southern Business & Development recently named two Upstate projects to its “Big Buffalo Manufacturing Sector Awards.”

TOPICS: Rankings & Recognitions, Business Recruitment, Existing Industry

Reflections on 2017 Upstate Economic Successes

December 19, 2017

These collaborative initiatives will position our region for continued growth in 2018 and beyond.

TOPICS: SEUS-Japan, Colleges & Universities, Automotive, Bioscience, Education, Skilled Workforce, Materials, Celebrations, Business Recruitment, Manufacturing, International, Global Competitiveness, Existing Industry, Advocacy