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Customer demands drive Haywood Mall renovation SHERRY JACKSON | STAFF

sjackson@communityjournals.com As Greenville continues to enjoy new stores entering the area, competition is ramping up. To keep up with customer demands and expectations, Haywood Mall has been quietly performing a facelift and adding new stores.

Renovations include new carpeting, new tile and new paint throughout the mall. The entire food court area will also receive a makeover. The ladies’ restroom, now undergoing demolition, will be completely revamped into a much larger space, said Stacy Jacobs, director of marketing and business development for Haywood Mall. Additional food court renovation is still to come, but Jacobs said all mall renovations are expected to be complete by Black Friday.

Two new stores have also opened: Altar’d State, a women’s apparel, shoe and accessory store, and Teavana, a specialty tea and tea accessory retailer.

Jacobs said Altar’d State, which opened in July, has been a hit with customers due to its policy of donating 1 percent of all sales to local and national charities. With the addition of Teavana and current stores that have moved into bigger areas, the

mall only has one space that is unoccupied, she said.

Alas, Jacobs said while the prospect would be wonderful, rumors circulating that Cheesecake Factory and Crate and Barrel might be coming to the mall “just might be wishful thinking.” There are no new announcements on pad sites, the parcels of freestanding commercial real estate adjacent to the mall, at this time.

The mall’s seasonal tenants will begin to set up shop Nov. 1. Also new this year is a “whole new Santa set,” along with new LED lights and holiday decorations.

Jacobs said the mall has also been working on raising its level of customer service. Additional soft seating will be added as part of the renovation, along with charging stations. If you forgot your cord, just ask customer service and they might have one you can borrow.

A limousine-style golf cart will also be available at each entrance on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays to transport customers to their cars if they’re tired of walking or have a lot of packages.

The customer service desk also has free candy and free shopping bags, and the entire mall has free Wi-Fi.

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Top-of-mind and in the mix this week

About 800 people attended the luncheon at the Upstate Regional Summit: Re-Checking Our Reality, hosted by Ten at the Top at the TD Convention Center in Greenville. Read more starting on page 14.

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VERBATIM

On Edwin McCain’s favorite town…

“We have experienced a renaissance. Renovated the entire downtown. …

I hope you’ll come and visit Greenville soon, and I’ll see you on the road.”

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joladipo@communityjournals.com SYNNEX Corporation has signed a three-year sponsorship agreement with PGA Tour standout Bill Haas.

The sponsorship agreement builds on an existing relationship, as SYNNEX will continue to be the presenting sponsor of the Bill Haas Charity Classic, Haas’ annual Pro-Am tournament that benefits local charitable organizations.

“SYNNEX is proud to extend our relationship with Bill Haas to include a three-year sponsorship while he plays in PGA Tour events,” said Bob Stegner, senior vice president of marketing in North America for SYNNEX. “Bill has the level of visibility, reputation and personal appeal to bring the SYNNEX brand to a broader audience in more regions across the globe. He

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also shares SYNNEX’s commitment to improving lives in the local communities where our employees work and live through charity events and close involvement with programs that benefit those in need.”

SYNNEX did not disclose the value of the deal, but said the IT products and services distributor’s logo will appear on Haas’ apparel at PGA Tour events.

Haas has supported SYNNEX’s annual Share the Magic fundraiser, which the company said has raised more than $2.3 million for children’s charities in South Carolina since 2011. A spokesperson for Haas, who was raised in Greer, said the golfer hoped news of the PGA sponsorship would bolster awareness about the charitable causes he and the company support.

“I’m honored to partner with SYNNEX, as we are both local to the Upstate and very committed to community-minded initiatives,” Haas said. “I look forward to an ongoing, successful relationship with SYNNEX and accomplishing great things together.”

SYNNEX is also the presenting sponsor of the BMW Charity Pro-Am on the Web.com Tour. The Fortune 500 company provides services in IT distribution, supply chain management, contract assembly and global business services. The company will release its third quarter earnings on Monday.

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Marketing of the future coming to Greenville SHERRY JACKSON | STAFF

sjackson@communityjournals.com Marketing in Greenville is about to go 3-D in a big way.

A new partnership formed by Greenville-based Proforma Business Impact, a marketing solutions company, and Toronto-based creative production studio Klokwerks is bringing augmented reality (AR) marketing technology to the Southeastern U.S. Klokwerks, which started in Toronto in 2005, focuses its AR technology on the automotive and real estate markets. The company now boasts customers such as Marriott, Hilton, Trump, Lexus, Audi and Kia.

The 3-D walk-through technology allows customers to “sell something today that will be built tomorrow,” said Lino Hilario, Klokwerks vice president and partner. Hilario said he has been consulting and assisting builders, developers and resort/hotels to sell digitally since 1996.

Referring to their services as a “digital playground,” Hilario said real estate customers using Klokwerks technology can place an ad for a project such as a new condo complex or residential home subdivision in a print magazine, newspaper, flyer or other media. Would-be buyers then place their iPads, phones or other smart devices over the image and see

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Hilario see Greenville as a springboard for “everything else in the southeast.”

The team is already meeting with

city officials and several large developers and automotive suppliers in the area and said that so far there is a lot

of interest in the technology.

“This is the coolest and most fun thing I’ve ever been involved in,” said Quinn.

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like they were there in person, he said.

“It brings a little more flair and a little more realism to renderings,” said Hilario.

Automotive customers using Klokwerks can create a 3-D virtual tour and allow customers to see the inside of a new vehicle, open the hood of a car or see where specific parts are located and how they are used.

Klokwerks handles all of the filming, CGI, production and design for its customers and lets them manage their own content, Hilario said.

“We’re not just about technology,” he said. “We’re a visualization company.”

A June 2014 Toronto Star article reported that Hilario demonstrated one of their app’s capabilities to real estate development marketing students at Clemson University. “Two hundred construction and development people’s jaws simultaneously hit the ground,” Hilario said. “That’s how I know we’re blazing a trail here.”

Enter Proforma. Will Quinn, president and CEO of Proforma, and Hilario met at a business meeting in Atlanta in February this year. Klokwerks, which also has a location in Detroit, was exploring ways to enter the Southeastern U.S. market.

Quinn had been looking for a technology partner for a while and nothing had been a good fit. The two decided to form a partnership, with Klokwerks providing the technology and Proforma handling the sales and marketing. Both Quinn and

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The Goodwill Foundation initiated the event, which is managed by Canada-based Over the Edge USA. OTE provides the equipment, logistics, skilled rappellers and scheduling. Aside from the theatrics of well-known community figures bouncing down the side of a building, an “edging event” appeals to nonprofits because it lets them do a big event while sticking to their budgets.

“That’s unheard of, to do an event and know you have a fixed cost,” said organizer Debbie Nelson, whose PR firm, DNA Creative, specializes in nonprofit organizations. She is also organizing OTE Greenville as a volunteer with the Goodwill Foundation. She declined to give the cost, but said the event could potentially raise $350,000 based on what other OTE events have raised.

This specific type of mass fundraiser is fairly rare; the annual Fall for Greenville festival is perhaps the most well known. However, OTE does fall in line with a general crowdsourcing trend in the field today (see our cover story on page 22), especially with this heavy emphasis on generating hype and donations via social media.

Upstate Forever is sending board member, yoga instructor and master gardener Brice Hipp over the edge.

The group had earned $9,000 of its $10,000 goal at the time of publication, a n d many of those donors were new to the organization, according to Lisa Hallo, sustainable communities program director.

“I’m sure that is thanks to [Hipp’s] effort, reaching out to her networks that aren’t necessarily Upstate Forever, and also the excitement of the big event,” Hallo said.

Nelson said a major joint event helps alleviate the problem of groups competing for a good weekend as Greenville sees more and more events. It also makes clear who will benefit from the event, which is not always the case with such events.

For example, a lack of clarity was also a criticism raised by several observers of the popular ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

Community Journals publisher Mark Johnston will be among the OTE Greenville participants.

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UBJ FINANCE

Does SC need the Ex-Im Bank?

Export-Import president tours state while Congress debates bank’s future BENJAMIN JEFFERS | STAFF

bjeffers@communityjournals.com Officials from the ExportImport Bank toured South Carolina while Congress battled last week over the need for the bank’s existence.

At a stop in Greenville last Friday, Ex-Im chairman and president Fred Hochberg and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham toured Sage Automotive Interiors on the CU-ICAR campus, intent on demonstrating how the bank is helping South Carolina businesses like Sage.

Sage holds 40 percent of the market share of U.S. fabric seating and is second in the world for fabric-seating manufactures.

Sage CEO Dirk Pieper said the company’s $300 million in sales and $42 million United States payroll would not be possible without Ex-Im. The company employs about 1,000 people in South Carolina, and a loss of Ex-Im funding would result in a loss of several hundred jobs, he said.

Hochberg said the bank financed over $1 billion in S.C. exports last year.

“Supporting the Ex-Im Bank is not that complicated,” he said.

“Some of the senator’s colleagues have made it much more complicated than it is.”

Hochberg referred to representatives and senators in Congress who say Ex-Im needs reform and is a tool the government uses to encourage crony capitalism.

In the Upstate, U.S. Rep. Mike Mulvaney (R-SC, 5th District), has strongly opposed Ex-Im. In an emailed statement, he said, “The Export-Import Bank is broken.

Badly. Various government investigations have turned up shortcomings at the Bank that it refuses to address.”

Mulvaney said the Obama administration has used the bank to promote a global warming agenda.

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“Those sorts of things just simply cannot be tolerated by any government agency, regardless of what good it might do for some South Carolina businesses,” he said.

Graham told reporters the bank is under political siege. Other nations’ governments provide export financing, he said, and “this bank is designed to level the playing field.”

Critics say the private sector could take the place of Ex-Im, but Hochberg said the bank steps in when a gap in private funding exists.

Delta Air Lines has accused Ex-Im of subsidizing Boeing and helping Delta competitors, claims Hochberg dismissed as “rubbish.” He said, “We support jobs in Charleston and Washington State because Boeing

is competing against Airbus.”

Boeing and its suppliers receive about 35 percent of Ex-Im’s yearly loan volume, according to Hochberg.

Boeing and Airbus are competing in the wide-bodied airline market in which China will soon be a player, Graham said. Financing from Germany, France and Britain backs Airbus.

Addressing another familiar criticism – that Ex-Im allows the government to pick winners and losers – Ex-Im senior communications advisor Matt Bevens said every company the bank finances must go though an application process that evaluates eligibility based on a company’s competitiveness in foreign markets and a gap in private

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sector funding.

According to Ex-Im, about 90 percent of its customers are small businesses.

“It’s about jobs; it’s about U.S. jobs, and it’s at no cost to the taxpayer,” Hochberg said.

Gov. Nikki Haley and Sens.

Graham and Tim Scott have publicly supported the bank.

Spokespersons from Reps. Trey Gowdy and Jeff Duncan’s offices said the congressmen are interested in reforms to Ex-Im. Congress voted last week to extend Ex-Im’s charter until next summer.

A spokesperson from Gowdy’s office said, “The discussion about Ex-Im is not over since the extension only goes through June.”

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Iron Yard startups to demo health care products SHERRY JACKSON | STAFF

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All companies participating this year are startups centered on digital health and wellness.

“Almost every company has its product in the market and is gaining significant traction,” said Jeff Boeh, manager of the Iron Yard’s Spartanburg campus.

This is the fourth accelerator cohort and the second digital health and wellness program in Spartanburg.

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Clemson researchers use light to transmit data Work could “open the doors to the next generation of high-speed gadgets”

BENJAMIN JEFFERS | STAFF

bjeffers@communityjournals.com Technology is changing at the speed of light, quite literally.

Two Clemson University researchers have discovered a breakthrough process enabling electronics to transmit information by light instead of electrical current.

Ramakrishna Podila and Apparao Rao developed an all-carbon based optical diode, composed of an atom-thick graphene sheet and nanometer-thick fullerene film, which allows light to pass through it in only one direction. Logical computing requires that information travel only one way, but that “goes against the basic nature of light,” Podila said.

The optical diode is a sandwich

structure that restricts light by allowing it to pass through from the graphene side but not from the fullerene side. To picture this in non-scientific terms, imagine two people sitting across from each other, Podila said. “You could see me, but I could not see you.”

To the naked eye, the sandwich looks like a black square, but under a microscope it looks like a honeycomb lattice layered with soccer balls.

Instead of using copper wires and silicon chips to transmit information, the new technology would use photonic circuits. Also, unlike silicon chips, which are individually cut from a large sheet, each graphenefullerene sandwich is constructed bottom-up with atoms, he said.

The technology that results from

this new discovery could make light computing cost-effective to use in gadgets such as cellphones and computers and speed up the performance of electronics, Podila said.

Consumers will have to wait an estimated 10 years, however, until the technology is fully developed for mass-market products.

“Their research could improve the speed and security of data processing, and ease Internet traffic,” said Mark Leising, chairman of Clemson’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, in a release.

Podila and Rao will expand on their discovery by modifying graphene with nitrogen and boron to try augmenting performance. Known as doping, the process heats methane to a level where hydrogen atoms break off and

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“This could open doors to the next generation of high-speed gadgets,” Podila said. “We’re looking for industry partners to take this research to the next level.”

The Clemson team collaborated with the Raman Research Institute and the Sri Sathya Sai Institute for Higher Learning, India.

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SC unemployment climbs to 6.4% JOE TOPPE | STAFF

jtoppe@communityjournals.com For the second consecutive month, the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) is reporting an increase in the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, climbing to 6.4 percent in August and moving past the national rate of 6.1 percent.

From June to July, South Carolina’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate jumped from 5.3 percent to 5.8 percent after remaining unchanged for three months.

The Palmetto State had experienced a decrease in its unemployment rate for 11 consecutive months, until the descent was halted in April.

Joseph Von Nessen, research

economist at the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business, said the ongoing drop in South Carolina’s unemployment rate was partially due to a decline in the labor force and consequently, did not provide an accurate report of the state’s economic health.

The current labor force participation rate shows a disconnect between supply and demand and the labor market, he said. Many residents were laid off from manufacturing jobs between 2007 and 2009, and the workforce has not recovered.

Although the data compiled by SCDEW revealed a surge in the labor force by 5,747 people from July to August, the same report showed a decrease in the labor force of nearly 6,282 people since August of last year.

Von Nessen said a skills gap is a major contributor to the current level of labor participation.

Certain jobs being created today require additional skills and are not the same as those lost in 2007, he said. “The longer people are unemployed, the more their job skills diminish, which can make it harder to go back to work.”

A recent report issued by the Brookings Institute on job vacancies found a relative shortage of U.S. workers with skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), leading to a longer duration of employment openings.

Using data not seasonally adjusted, SCDEW reported an increase in unemployment rates for each of the state’s counties during August.

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By DEAN HYBL, executive director, Ten at the Top

FORWARD What’s next for the Upstate, and how we’ll get there

Stronger together The 21st-century global economy calls for regional solutions to key issues global economy occurs when governments, businesses and civic organizations from across a region (not just one city, business or organization) recognize that the most effective way to address an issue impeding their success is by working collaboratively and innovatively to identify and implement the best solution.

That is the message conveyed to more than 800 Upstate South Carolina leaders recently by former Orlando Mayor Glenda Hood during the Ten at the Top Upstate Regional Summit: Re-Checking Our Reality.

Hood said that geographic boundaries are artificial and don’t reflect how we do business in the modern economy or how most residents think

of their community.

On multiple occasions during her tenure as mayor of Orlando, Hood made financial contributions to support projects that were technically not happening in her city limits, but would clearly provide benefits for her residents as well as the larger region.

“Just because something is not being physically located in your city doesn’t mean that it won’t provide a benefit and that you shouldn’t support it,” Hood said.

As we look to continue building a cohesive Upstate region where collaboration and partnerships are common and beneficial to all, this is an important message to remember.

It was probably best articulated

during the Summit by Terence Roberts, mayor of Anderson, who said he answers comments from his residents who tell him they need a baseball team in Anderson by saying “We have one; it’s called the Greenville Drive.”

According to Hood, one of the most important elements of thinking regionally is building relationships, but that is often a step that gets lost when communities within a region come together only when there is a crisis to address.

She cited Envision Utah in Salt Lake City and myregion.org in central Florida as examples of organizations that have been created by communities to focus on building their regional capacity so that leaders from across

A panel discussion about economic and entrepreneurial vitality at the Upstate Regional Summit: Re-Checking Our Reality, hosted by Ten at the Top at the TD Convention Center.

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Success in the 21st-century

the region are building relationships on a regular basis and thus can easily mobilize when a crisis or opportunity arises.

Ten at the Top was formed here in the Upstate by leaders who saw those models and believed the Upstate could be stronger if there was an organization here with the primary mission of convening leaders, building trust and creating regional capacity so the Upstate is better positioned to address current and future issues and opportunities.

“You [the Upstate] are becoming a national model in many ways,” Hood said. “You are recognizing that cross-sector collaboration has value, and that will help you in the future.”

As we look toward the future here in the Upstate, there are many issues that we must continue to address collectively if we hope to reach our full potential.

At the Summit, participants specifically identified several: Transportation and infrastructure, creating economic and community vibrancy in both urban and rural areas, workforce and skill development and creating a culture of lifelong learning are areas where they see opportunities for cross-sector and cross-jurisdictional collaboration as a way to address components of the issue.

Attendees were also asked “What’s Next Upstate?” on how to move forward ways to address these issues and shared many great ideas and personal visions for how the Upstate can work collectively to ensure that we are successfully addressing these areas.

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By Dean Hybl, executive director, Ten at the Top

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attended the Summit, it appears that developing the long-term partnerships needed to create such regional capacity is well underway.

Why regional?

Building regional capacity will make us stronger Lessons from Re-Checking Our Reality, a regional summit hosted by Ten at the Top There are many communities, businesses and organizations in Upstate South Carolina enjoying success and doing great things.

However, the level of overall success that can be achieved when we work collaboratively to build greater caWHAT: Upstate Regional Summit: Re-Checking Our Reality hosted by Ten at the Top WHEN: Sept. 16, 2014 WHERE: TD Convention Center, Greenville FEATURE PRESENTATION: Included morning, breakout and lunch programs. Keynote speaker was Glenda Hood, former mayor of Orlando, Fla., and Florida secretary of state WHO WAS THERE: 800+ Upstate business, community and government leaders NUMBER OF SPONSORS: 67

pacity as an Upstate region and stakeholder businesses, organizations and governments within the region is far greater than what any one entity can achieve alone.

That was an overarching theme of the Upstate Regional Summit recently hosted by Ten at the Top. Given the collective influence, experience and passion for the Upstate of the more than 800 people who

According to the Summit’s keynote speaker, Glenda Hood, who has served as mayor of Orlando, Fla., and secretary of state for the state of Florida, regions across the country are realizing that addressing comprehensive issues and opportunities takes more time, energy and resources than is typically available through one city or business regardless of the size of such entity.

“Tackling major issues, whether they be economic, social or environmental, requires cross-sector partnerships that utilize the combined strength of all involved to address issues that are greater than an individual community or business,” Hood said.

“Geographic boundaries are artificial and don’t reflect how we do business in the modern economy or how most residents think of their community.”

Irv Welling, retired chairman of Elliott Davis and founding chairman of TATT, said one important reason to think regionally is related to business recruitment.

“Most companies are looking for places with more than a million residents, a major research university, quality schools, cultural activities and so on,” Welling said. “No individual community in the Upstate has all those things, but collectively we do.”

• MOU between the two largest transportation planning agencies in the region • First-ever partnership on a region-wide initiative between the seven United Ways in the Upstate in developing Born Learning Upstate • Creation of the Upstate Professional Planners Group • Regular Upstate Elected Officials Meetings • Regional Community Vibrancy Workshops & Elevate Upstate Grant Program

What’s next?

Creating an Upstate region where collaboration and partnerships across jurisdictions and business sectors help grow the overall strength and capacity of the region is an ongoing effort.

“Every three years there are new people coming into leadership positions that have to be brought into the mix and shown why working regionally has value,” said Neal Workman, chairman of Trehel Corporation.

Summit participants provided nearly a thousand ideas for “what’s next” if the Upstate wants to continue striving to be a leading place to live, learn, do business and raise a family.

Over the next year, TATT, along with partner organizations across the region, will continue to focus on bringing together key stakeholders to identify and advance issues and opportunities that positively impact economic vitality and quality of life across the Upstate.

How are we doing?

When it comes to building partnerships among communities, businesses and organizations across the region, the Upstate has made great strides over the last five years.

Partnerships or regular regional meetings organized over the last five years include:

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By LAURA HAIGHT, president, portfoliosc.com

DIGITAL MAVEN The technical side of business

How much computing power do you need?

Make sure your new tech purchase fits in your plan Just how much computing power does any one person need?

I ask this because I’m in the throes of trying to decide on either the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus. The conversation I’m having with myself is somewhat similar to one I’ve had frequently over the last year about whether to buy an iPad Mini.

Although Apple devices are my preference, you could be struggling with this same quandary if you owned a Samsung, HTC or Fire Phone. OK, maybe not a Fire Phone.

To help frame this discussion, I took a fearless and honest inventory of my technology. I have a MacBook Air

(13 inch), a Microsoft Surface Pro 3, a 13-inch Chromebook, an iPad Air and an iPhone 5. I’ve also got a 27-inch wide-screen monitor and a Bluetooth keyboard, so I can hook up any and all of these devices to “the big screen” and I can use a full keyboard with all of them.

Any of these computing devices – including my iPhone 5 – are more powerful than the supercomputers that enabled us to put a man on the moon and return him safely home. The computing power it takes to

play a rousing game of Angry Birds cover all the bases. And save you room would have been far beyond the reach in your purse or briefbag. of either the Apollo With new devices in conGuidance Computer or the Cray Superstant release, it is computer. hard to resist the The computing power So how much temptation to it takes to play a buy the coolest is enough? rousing game of Angry Obviously, you new tech. But it Birds would have been need a phone. But if is important to far beyond the reach make sure that you already have a mini tablet, buying new devices fill a of either the Apollo an iPhone 6 Plus void or bridge a Guidance Computer or may be overkill. The gap in your tech the Cray Supercomputer. difference in size plan – whether it between this new is personal or “phablet” and the professional. iPad Mini is 2.4 inches and a modest Does size really matter? You bet increase in screen resolution (the 6 Plus it does. Applications are bigger and is 1920 x 1080, the mini retina display more complex; major OS releases can is 2048 x 1536). And how many devices be huge, so you definitely want enough can you honestly expect to carry around? to keep your phone humming at least

What about the new “laplet”?

Microsoft is trying to position the Surface Pro 3 as a legitimate alternative to the MacBook Air. Can an iPad Air make that same claim? I don’t think so.

The iPad is definitely a tool for work as well as a great entertainment device, but it can’t do everything. Some really basic business functions aren’t intuitively possible on the iPad – like attaching a document to an email, for example.

Although Microsoft’s claims aren’t really apples to apples (that keyboard touch cover that you see in the commercials is an add-on), it does seem to fulfill the dual role better than the iPad or the Air can.

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until the next major release. New data shows that fewer than 25 percent of potential iPhone 6 buyers will buy the 16 GB version. Most want the 64 GB variety. It’s not surprising since the new 6’s don’t come in a 32 GB version. You probably won’t keep your phone long enough to run out of space on the 64 GB version unless you store a lot of offline video and a pretty large music library.

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Your contributions will make a difference in the future of Greenville Tech.

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Funds raised from this event will be allocated to student scholarships and other critical needs for Greenville Technical College.

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FOUNDATIONS Names from yesterday who got us where we are today

20th century vision John T. Woodside had “the ability to do several things in as many different places, all at the same time, and do them all well” Contributed by the staff of the South Carolina Room at the Greenville County Public Library Greenville owes much of its industrial growth and civic development in the early 20th century to a man of rare vision, initiative and business talent. He was simultaneously president or director of more than 20 businesses and organizations, including banks, cotton mills, real estate, hotels and insurance. This remarkable man was John T. Woodside.

John Thomas Woodside was born May 9, 1864, just 11 months before Robert E. Lee surrendered, on a farm 14 miles south of Greenville. He was the fifth child in a family of 12 children, and was educated primarily in small rural schools. Despite his desire to attend college, his parents 2 could not afford to send him, so he began to work for his uncle at the Reedy River Manufacturing Company (later Conestee Mills). Over the nine years he worked there, Woodside saved several thousand dollars. His first business venture, a grocery store, opened in Pelzer in 1894.

Throughout his life, John T. Woodside worked closely with several of his brothers: Robert I. Woodside, Edward Woodside and J. David Woodside. In 1902 the four brothers organized Woodside Cotton Mills, and John became the first president. The mill was an instant success. Just two years after start-up, the Woodside brothers tripled the number of spindles, and earned the title of largest cotton mill in America under one roof. By 1920, they had opened additional mills in Simpsonville, Fountain Inn and Easley.

Woodside’s influence went beyond cotton mills. In 1923, the Woodside National Bank building was built on Main Street – a 17-story skyscraper that required a special act of the state Legislature to approve. While the Woodside building was being constructed, John T. Woodside headed the effort to build a luxury hotel in Greenville. This was the Poinsett Hotel, completed in 1924.

By the late 1920s, John T. Woodside and his brothers could look around Greenville and conclude that there was nothing else for Sources: “Autobiography of John T. Woodside” (unpublished), SC Room Archives, Greenville County Library System

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1. Poinsett Hotel postcard. On verso: “Absolutely fire-proof 200 rooms, each with private bath.”; 2. John T. Woodside about 1889; 3. Woodside Cotton Mills postcard; 4. John T. Woodside 1873; 5. Woodside Grocery receipt header; 6.Woodside Building viewed from the Poinsett Hotel

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them to do. However, they saw an opportunity to benefit South Carolina; they purchased property in the little village of Myrtle Beach to create a tourist destination. The Woodside brothers built the Ocean Forest Hotel, a 36-hole golf course and the Pine Lakes International Country Club, and were instrumental in the construction of the coastal Kings Highway and the Lafayette Bridge that spanned the Wacamaw and Pee Dee rivers.

If the business world wasn’t enough, Woodside created scholarship funds for students to attend Furman University and the Greenville Women’s College. He contributed substantially towards the building of a city hospital, and served as elder of the First Presbyterian Church. The list could go on. An acquaintance once said of John T. Woodside: “I have the greatest admiration for [his] ability to do several things in as many different places, all at the same time, and do them all well.”

But the roaring success of the 1920s did not last. After the stock market crashed, John T. Woodside lost control of the mills, several banks, the Myrtle Beach development, his home on Crescent Avenue and the majority of his wealth. Yet during the Great Depression he could write that “I have lost nothing but money and have all the best things left. The best of life is yet to come.”

John T. Woodside died January 5, 1946, and was buried in the family plot in Springwood Cemetery. The community mourned the loss of the man who devoted his life to the development and welfare of Greenville.

Today we still owe him a great debt for propelling Greenville into the 20th century. As a contemporary wrote of him, “It wasn’t what he was doing now that was to count most of all, but what it would all work out to 50, 100 years from now.”

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FIRST PERSON What you want to know about people you need to know

From market

to pharm Former BI-LO CEO Jon Wilken is doing his “most important work” in medical research amorris@communityjournals.com

for BI-LO as an executive vice president and left [as CEO] in 2002.

Former BI-LO CEO Jon Wilken

What came after leaving BI-LO?

APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

exited the grocery business more than a decade ago and in the intervening years has pursued several entrepreneurial ventures, including his latest, HS Pharmaceuticals.

Now the former “grocery store guy” has moved into biotech. Wilken sat down with UBJ to talk about how he went from overseeing foodstuffs to backing cutting-edge research with HS Pharmaceutical.

How did you move from grocery store manager to CEO? At first I flunked out of college, went back and got an associate degree. After I completed a retail management program, I became the youngest store manager in the Chicagoland area in the supermarket business at 22. Everyone except the baggers were older than me. I was recruited to Greenville by a startup company to open Family Mart in 1977. We opened two in Greenville and one in Albany, Ga. I became a regional manager for that company and later worked for Kash ‘n’ Karry in Florida and later in Arizona and California. In 1988, I came to work

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I became a partner in The Point and purchased the property off I-85 with two others. Our first project was the Cracker Barrel that moved from one side of Woodruff Road to the other.

What was the biggest success for The Point?

We convinced Whole Foods to come to Greenville before Charlotte.

With my grocery background, I was convinced people would drive further than the typical one to three miles to a Whole Foods. That jump-started the whole project.

Now you are CEO and comanager of HS Pharma.

What does this newest venture involve?

Several years ago I ran across a salve that had amazing healing properties. A doctor helped isolate the molecule that’s responsible and learned that it can be broken down into nanoparticles to treat wounds, infections and potentially cancer. The “silicate-based therapeutic” can activate the immune system and we think it has applications for infections like

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MRSA, cancer treatment and veterinary use. I partnered with Vincent Sordello and Rusty Rohrbaugh to create HS Pharma as a research and development company.

What is unique about the HS Pharma compounds?

Most treatments or drugs are organic, but ours is inorganic. For cancer treatment, we think it can stimulate the body’s immune system response without the ravages of chemotherapy. With our compound, you just get flu-like symptoms. We are beginning our third melanoma [treatment] study in Arizona.

What is the next step for HS Pharma?

We are working with Jonathan Powell, an M.D. and Ph.D., head of cellular and molecular science at the Medical Research Council in Cambridge, UK, which is the equivalent of the U.S. National Institute of

Health. He is helping to create a stabilizer solution for the silicate nanoparticles so it can have a shelf life of years. He recently filed a patent for the solution. HS Pharma is also sponsoring a Ph.D. student at Cambridge who is working with Powell.

If the results of our next study come back as good as we anticipate, we are going to move next year into phase one human trials.

Are there plans to expand?

Our intention is not to build a big company, not to hire a bunch of employees or build a corporate headquarters downtown… We want to build value in our assets and sell them to somebody who can spend the additional money to complete the studies and get it to people who need it. That is my goal in life. People need this stuff and we’ve got to get it fasttracked through the system as fast as we can. We feel like we have a responsibility, to put it plainly.

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Describe a time when you thought you would fail.

Did it happen?

When we were searching for someone who could break down our identified molecule to nanoparticles, a complicated process. We visited scientists in Germany, Oxford, MIT, Cal Berkley, Stanford, and they all said, “We can’t do that.” Then we met Stephen D. Kinrade, Ph.D., of Lakehead University in Canada [research chair in aqueous silicon chemistry], who connected us with Dr. Powell.

Who outside your professional circle influences you?

Jack Leggett, Clemson baseball coach, is a great pal and motivates me a lot and gives me words of encouragement. When things were uncertain [with HS Pharma], he sent me a motivational message every morning.

I’d even remind him and he would come up with something.

Where do you see yourself in five years?

I hope I’m on a beach in the Caribbean. Hopefully I’ll be reading about this wonderful science that people are using around the world that’s helped people. If that could happen, that could be pretty doggone rewarding.

This [HS Pharma] could be the most fulfilling thing I’ve ever done in my life – it’s just that important to me.

What keeps you up at night?

Keeping this project going, all the things that need to be done. For people who get bad medical diagnoses, I think about those people. The science world goes so slow and it takes so much money, it gets discouraging.

You get very emotionally tied to this project –it could impact global health.

What was the most rewarding business mistake you ever made?

It could have been a big mistake.

We didn’t listen to the focus groups and went with the agency on an ad campaign pitched for BI-LO, but people loved it: “Our produce is better because of Walter.”

Photos by Greg Beckner

FAST FACT HS Pharma’s scientific team includes researchers and advisors in the UK, Canada, University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, University of

Nevada School of Medicine and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

FAMILY FACTS WIFE: Barbara CHILDREN: Jill and Matthew, grandchild Jackson HOBBIES: Kayaking, boating, jet skiing and paddleboarding on Lake

Keowee and entertaining NICKNAME: “Silky” because a plaque at Thornblade Club where he served as a board member listed him as “Jon Silken”

“I drive by BI-LOs now and don’t pay any attention to them. It used to be I couldn’t drive by without noticing something like the parking lot lights don’t work. Now the focus is this work; we’ve got to complete this.”

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COVER STORY – NONPROFITS

REACHING OUT, ENGAGING PASSIONS, GOING VIRAL FOR NONPROFITS AND THE BUSINESSES THAT FUND THEM, CROWDFUNDING, SOCIAL MEDIA AND HIGH-PROFILE STUNTS LIKE THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE ARE ALL PART OF DOING GOOD JENNIFER OLADIPO | SENIOR BUSINESS WRITER joladipo@communityjournals.com Need money? Got money to give?

Either way, nonprofits and the businesses that fund them are getting more and more people involved in the process. The tried and true methods of reaching out to individuals remain, but new thinking and technology are having a notable affect on how nonprofit funding and fundraising happen today.

Funders crowdsourcing

Ice bucket.

Until this summer that was just something you needed for entertaining, or something you might be happy

to find in your hotel room. But social media made upending one over your head an overnight trend, all in support of the fight against ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

While the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is not without criticism from those who question how much awareness it brought to the cause (as opposed to the participants), it’s the most visible example of how nonprofits have finally ventured into Internet-based crowdsourcing. They are using the Web as a platform to get the message out, as well as a mechanism to bring the money in.

Technology is the “great enabler” and the emerging trend in nonprofit fundraising, said Rachel Hutchisson, director of corporate citizenship and philanthropy at Charleston-based Blackbaud. Blackbaud provides fundraising resources to nonprofits throughout the United States. She said nonprofits are still doing their annual capital campaigns and galas, but board members are looking to diversify revenue streams.

Next month 70 local organizations will benefit from a joint fundraising event that will have people rappelling from the top of the Bank of America building in downtown Greenville (see page 8). In November, people now use the hashtag #givingtuesday to encourage others to give on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving.

It’s a new spin on peer-to-peer solicitation; the Ice Bucket Challenge was “like that on steroids,” Hutchisson said. “This shows a shift in fundraising that there might be people out there raising money for

B CORPORATIONS: TAKING IT ALL THE WAY B Corps are certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency, according to the organization’s website (bcorporation.net). In

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most cases, the goal of serving a social or environmental cause is at the very core of the company’s business model. South Carolina has just one B Corp Employment firm for veterans in Ladys Island.

you that you didn’t even know cared about your cause.”

The Web also makes it easier for donors to act. According to the Blackbaud Index, overall giving increased 3.1 percent from the previous year by July 2014. Online giving doubled that figure, increasing by 8 percent.

’Cause we like you

On the flip side, business donors are taking their cues from a broader group of people when deciding where to give.

“People come into your company having their own passions, and they want to know how to engage [those passions] through their work,” Hutchisson said. Giving back to the causes employees care about is becoming a way to engage and retain people.

Pinnacle Bank’s support of the Greenville Humane Society is a result of having a staff full of dog lovers, said executive vice president Jim Stewart. Some giving is spurred by where staff and board members already volunteer. In addition to sponsoring Humane Society events throughout the year, Pinnacle also gives to JDRF, which focuses on Type 1 diabetes research, and several area high schools.

“Supporting the local high schools, that makes sense because we’ve >>

COVER STORY – NONPROFITS >> got some young families working for us,” Stewart said.

What’s more, being associated with certain causes has perks. “Pets are warm and friendly; banks tend to be not viewed as warm and friendly,” he said. “There is some extrapolation there in people’s minds.”

The circle of influence widens when it comes to “cause marketing.” Driven by what moves customers, it looks a lot like philanthropy, but it’s not.

Nonprofits get their money and other support in the end, but companies are paying for it out of their marketing budgets, not their foundations. Consumer brands especially are tuning in to what their customers care about, Hutchisson said.

What’s important is that the cause – like any other marketing – represents the brand in a favorable way.

That’s the calculation Jaguar and Land Rover of Greenville made in sponsoring this year’s Greenville Polo Classic that benefits the GHS Neurological Institute. General manager Mike O’Leary said the money comes out of the marketing budget, replacing choices such as digital ad placements.

“It’s one of the high-end events that attracts the highend clientele that we serve,” he said. O’Leary declined to give specifics, but said the sponsorship costs “a lot of money,” several thousand dollars. In addition to that, 15-20 staff members spend the day working the event, helping visitors and shuttling them from brunch to tailgating events in Jaguars and Land Rovers. Those employees understand that it’s not a sell, but rather a day to serve in hopes of generating future sales.

The company lends its name to around 40 different types of

sponsorships each year, but lending its name to a charitable cause “absolutely makes a difference to potential customers, because it’s giving back to the community, giving back some of what you’ve earned.”

It’s hard to measure the payoff.

“You just hope that, number one, it was a great event and people had fun at it, and, two, you hope that somebody sees that and says, ‘It was really nice of Jaguar and Land Rover to do that, and we’ll think of them to purchase our next vehicle.’”

Not all easy

Hutchisson pointed out that viral campaigns are not a magic bullet and might not be sustainable. The ALS Foundation will still have to sort through who was motivated by hype and who was moved by the cause – and is therefore likely to give again.

It’s also not easy to give when there are so many groups asking. Jaguar and Land Rover says yes often, but no is also a frequent answer. O’Leary said charities, especially those with annual events, can do themselves a favor by making their ask at the beginning of the year, when Jaguar and Land Rover is working with a fresh budget.

Hutchisson echoed that sentiment, saying “donor fatigue” largely results from solicitors asking for money at the last minute. Another major faux pas is not bothering to understand the business. It’s important to know how funders feel, and what their employees want.

Finally, nonprofits should not forget their manners.

Hutchisson said even funders with deep pockets want to receive sincere thanks. If you were thinking about sending a form letter, don’t.

Sources www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2013/12/24/crowdfundingentrepreneurs-predict-more-good-in-the-world-in-2014 Network For Good 2013 Mid-Year Giving Index Illustration from Craig Network, craigconnects.org

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FINE PRINT Business briefs you can’t miss

Italian company invests $8M in Abbeville County Prysmian Group, a global cable producer serving the energy and telecom industries, is expanding its manufacturing facility in Abbeville County. The company’s $8.2 million investment is expected to create approximately 20 new jobs once the facility is in full operation.

Prysmian, whose Abbeville facility is celebrating its 50th year of operation, is investing in a new compounding facility for medium-voltage cable insulation and is adding a second vertical continuous vulcanization (VCV) line.

Company officials plan to start construction this year, with production expected to begin in the second half of 2015.

The latest investment comes as medium- and high-voltage cable projects across North America continue to

Michelin targets teens in YouTube campaign Michelin North America has teamed with YouTube stars to raise awareness of tire maintenance and safety among teen drivers as part of its Beyond the Driving Test Campaign.

The first video in the series takes a humorous look at Internet star Brent Rivera’s fictitious encounter with a stern dad when he goes to pick up his girlfriend for a date.

Subsequent videos will feature other YouTube celebrities.

“Michelin North America is taking the unusual step of engaging teen YouTube stars because we know the best way to reach teens is to communicate with them on their own turf,” said Pete Selleck, chairman and president of Michelin North America, in a release.

The partners are calling for all 50 states to include comprehensive tire safety information in their official driver’s education materials by the year 2020.

increase. The company, based in Milan, is active in North America with expertise in low-, medium- and high-voltage cable design and manufacturing. Its continued investments on this continent reinforce the group’s commitment to high-tech, high-value-added sectors.

Prysmian Group has a presence in more than 50 countries around the world and employs 19,000 people in 91 plants.

Those interested in careers with the company may search for available positions online.

Sandlapper Student Housing completes first acquisition Sandlapper Student Housing LLC announced it has acquired its first property, Waters’ Edge Apartments, in Pensacola, Fla. The 184-unit apartment complex represents the first acquisition for the joint venture between Greenville-based Sandlapper Capital Investments LLC and Houston-based INNOVATIVE Real Estate Companies.

“We are excited to have the first acquisition completed,” Sandlapper CEO Trevor Gordon said in a release. “We are actively working with our partners on several other assets around the country and hope to close on those soon.”

The acquisition is in response to the growing public university enrollment shown in the 2010 U.S. Census.

Poinsett Club wins top 50 club

The Poinsett Club has been named a Platinum Club of America for the fourth time in a row.

The award recognizes Greenville’s Poinsett Club as one of the top 50 city/dining clubs in the United States and is the only city/dining club in South Carolina to make the list. Rankings are awarded every three years.

“When you look at the list of honorees, you see historic clubs in much larger markets like Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C.,” club manager Brent Reeder said in a release.

“The Greenville community prides itself on excelling to the same level as larger markets, but we work to do it with our own brand of hospitality, and it pays off.”

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FINE PRINT Business briefs you can’t miss

Ritedose looks to expand in SC The Ritedose Corp., a pharmaceutical products manufacturer, plans to expand its operations in South Carolina and add additional capacity to the company’s Richland County facility, pending regulatory approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The expected $110 million expansion could create more than 65 jobs over five years and add more than 80,000 square feet of space to the company’s existing 120,000-square-foot packaging facility.

“Through this planned expansion, The Ritedose Corp. will be able to better respond to the capacity and capability needs of our existing and new clients serving both U.S. and overseas markets over the next five years,” Umesh Dalvi, president and CEO of The Ritedose Corp, said in a release.

Company representatives joined Gov. Nikki Haley and state and local officials in making the announcement. Ritedose specializes in manufacturing inhalation products, eye drops, eardrops and unit dose oral liquids, with expertise in blow-fill seal technology.

The Ritedose Corp. will be working with readySC to screen and hire skilled positions for the facility. Those interested in existing employment opportunities are encouraged to visit the company’s career page at ritedose. com/careers. html.

Greenville Water acknowledged for financial excellence The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded Greenville Water the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its comprehensive annual financial report for FY 2013.

The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting

Hubble Lighting shines bright Hubbell Lighting announced that the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Committee has recognized 12 of its LED products as providing important advancements in lighting.

Hubbell Lighting currently has the largest offering of LED residential and commercial fixtures recognized by IES. Its Progress Report submittals, which consist of new products, applications, research, design tools and publications, are reviewed by the IES Progress Committee, who is responsible for monitoring developments in the art and science of lighting worldwide.

Each submittal goes through a comprehensive judging process and is evaluated for uniqueness, innovation and significance to the lighting industry.

and financial reporting.

Recipients are judged by an impartial panel to meet the high standards of the program including demonstrating a spirit of full disclosure.

GFOA is a nonprofit professional association serving approximately 17,500 government finance professionals with offices in Chicago and Washington, D.C. Greenville Water provides service to nearly 500,000 residents of the Upstate.

ScanSource completes acquisition of Imago ScanSource Inc. has closed its purchase of Imago Group plc, a European distributor of video and voice communications equipment and services.

ScanSource announced its intent in August to purchase Imago, which has operations in the UK, France and Germany.

Imago offers services such as video conferencing and online meeting technology including video streaming, audio conferencing and IPTV. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to earnings per share and ROIC in the first year after closing, excluding one-time acquisition costs.

“The Imago team, along with our ScanSource Communications team in Europe led by Rudy De Meirsman, will now total nearly 200 people, delivering video, voice and data solutions from the leading brands,” said Mike Ferney, president of worldwide communications and services for ScanSource, in a release. “As these two teams begin to work together, there will be tremendous cross-selling opportunities for resellers and vendors alike.”

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SQUARE FEET Real estate deals and developments across the region

The site as it currently appears.

Bottom Right: rendering: Artist’s rendering of the new CVS. Photos by Greg Beckner

Finishing touches planned for One City Plaza

PROJECT PARTNERS

Rendering courtesy of McMillan Pazdan Smith

small, covered areas for “local artists ARCHITECT: McMillan Pazdan Smith and/or farmers to sell goods.”

The public restrooms will be poured concrete and wood and the The final touches are being vendor stalls will be exposed painted planned for One City Plaza, as the steel and wood. city of Greenville transforms North Formerly named Piazza Bergamo, Laurens Street downtown into a One City Plaza received a $4 million pedestrian-only thoroughfare with makeover earlier this year that inhopes to increase activity along the cluded a new shade structure, now-abandoned road next to the fountain and outdoor seating. new Aloft Hotel.

The new Aloft Hotel and retail Documents slated to go before storefronts currently under conGreenville’s Design Review Board struction will open onto Laurens on Oct. 2 show a new men’s and Street. women’s restroom facility with benches near the entrances and

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SQUARE FEET Real estate deals and developments across the region

New CVS coming to Augusta With the last tenant moving out in October, a strip mall at the corner of Augusta Street and Faris Road will be transformed into a new CVS pharmacy.

The new 15,000-square-foot building will be larger than a usual CVS and will have architectural upgrades, said a source close to the project.

CVS confirmed that the store will have a full-service pharmacy, health and beauty departments, food, general merchandise and digital photo processing.

Radio Shack, the last remaining tenant in the strip center, is set to vacate

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the property on Oct. 15. Radio Shack plans to occupy space in a new strip center planned “across the street,” but that won’t be ready until March 2015.

Until then, employees are expected to be relocated to other area stores, said a store spokesperson.

Construction will begin soon after Radio Shack moves out, and the new CVS store is planned to open in spring 2015.

Renderings courtesy of Little Diversified Architectural Consulting

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DEALMAKERS Commercial real estate transactions in the Upstate

COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCED: Richard Barrett and Michael Sease represented the landlord in leasing 1,760 SF flex space at Thomas Center on Smith Hines Road, Greenville.

Frank Hammond and Nick Reinhardt represented the buyer, Cothran Properties, in the purchase of 1,700 SF of retail property at 2109 Augusta Road, Greenville.

Lyn Tyner represented the landlord, CNL APF Partners LP, in leasing the 3,267 SF former Denny’s in Landrum.

Bob Shaw represented the tenant, Robert Half International Inc., in leasing 3,393 SF at 100 Dunbar St., Greenville.

Richard Barrett and Michael Sease represented the landlord in leasing 3,200 SF of flex space at 8 Progress Court, Greenville.

Givens Stewart and Richard Jackson represented the landlord in the renewal of the lease for 200,000 SF industrial space at 625 S. Old Piedmont Hwy., Greenville.

Will Nelson and Frank Hammond represented the seller in the sale of 4,080 SF of multifamily space at 3008 E. North St., Greenville.

Lyn Tyner represented the landlord in leasing 1,800 SF of office space at 117 Carolina St., Laurens.

Lyn Tyner represented the tenant in leasing 2,239 SF of office space at 2430 Hudson Road, Greer.

Richard Barrett and Michael Sease represented the landlord in a lease renewal of 3,271 SF at 4 McDougall Court, Mauldin.

Richard Barrett and Michael Sease represented the landlord in a lease renewal of two additional flex suites at Mauldin Center at 4 McDougall Court, Mauldin, of 3,271 SF each.

Richard Barrett and Michael Sease represented the landlord in a lease renewal of 1,925 SF flex space at 524 Brookshire Road, Greer.

Bob Shaw represented Earthlink Carrier LLC, in leasing 3,450 SF of office space at 1053 Keys Drive, Greenville.

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Bob Shaw represented MSN Healthcare in the leasing of 4,156 SF at 700 Executive Center Drive, Greenville.

Richard Barrett and Michael Sease, representing the landlord, renewed the lease for 3,274 SF of flex space at Mauldin Center.

Richard Barrett and Frank Hammond assisted Laclede Venture Corporation in the purchase of 3.12 acres land at Freeman Farm Road near Hwy. 101, Greer.

Will Nelson represented the landlord, Pelham Falls Ventures, in two 2,400 SF lease renewals at 8590 Pelham Road in Greenville.

Richard Barrett, Michael Sease and Lyn Tyner represented the landlord, Golden Oaks Industrial Park LLC, while Bob Shaw represented the tenant, Broadway Lights LLC, in the lease of 10,416 SF at 1085 Thousand Oaks Blvd. in Greenville.

Givens Stewart and Richard Jackson represented the tenant in the lease renewal of 450,000 SF at Sage Mill Industrial Park in Graniteville.

Richard Barrett, Richard Jackson, Michael Sease and Givens Stewart represented the landlord, Atkins Machinery LLC, in the lease of 60,000 SF at 1335 Hayne Street, Spartanburg.

Givens Stewart and Richard Jackson represented the landlord, Dianthus LLC, in the lease of 7,500 SF at 105 Fortis Drive, Duncan, to the tenant, Conn’s Appliances Inc. Givens Stewart and Richard Jackson represented the landlord, Dianthus LLC, in the lease renewal of 7,000 SF at 107 Fortis Drive, Duncan, to the tenant, Kaman Industrial Technologies.

TRANSWORLD BUSINESS ADVISORS ANNOUNCED: Curtis Harper represented the tenant, Frank Salerno, in leasing 2,200 SF at 14154 E. Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer.

SPENCER/HINES PROPERTIES ANNOUNCED: Craig Jacobs represented the seller, Gary Hearn, in selling 3,944 SF at 2042 Pineview Drive, Spartanburg,

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for $160,000 to the buyer, Kenneth Moyer.

Craig Jacobs represented the seller, Bill Shoolbred, in selling 2,450 SF at 501 Twin Drive, Spartanburg, to the buyers, Robert Elmore & John Pack II. Guy Harris represented the seller of 145,000 SF at 389 Willis Road, Woodruff, for $615,000. The buyer was represented by Ryan Koop of CBRE. David Strickland represented the sellers, John and Jeannie Davis, in selling 2,625 SF and 0.53 acres at 1021 Fernwood Glendale Road, Spartanburg, for $160,000 to the buyer, GC 23 LLC. David Strickland represented the seller, Dennis Goode, in selling 22,000 SF and 0.4 acres at 3651 Cannons Campground Road, Spartanburg, for $160,000 to the buyer, Richard Murr.

Zach Hines represented the lessor, Varieur Investments LLC, in leasing 1,880 SF at 213 N. Main St., Greenville, to the lesee, Rio Body Waxing Salon, for $139,722.

Andy Hayes represented the lessor, Fairforest Southern LLC, in leasing a 7,200 SF warehouse at 2994 Fairforest Clevedale Road, Spartanburg, to the lessee, Thadd Strickland.

Andy Hayes represented the lessor, EMJEC Limited LLC, in leasing 2,808 SF at 8781 Warren Abernathy Hwy., Spartanburg, to the lessee, Grek Law Group LLC. Neal Boyett represented the lessor, Margaret Pomeroy Trustee, in leasing 1,500 SF at 175 Magnolia Street, Spartanburg, to the lessee, Campbell & Shabel LLC. Zach Hines represented the lessor, Jake Holdings LLC, in leasing a 1,299 SF chiropractic office at 413 Vardy St., Greenville. The lessee, Wright Chiropractic LLC, was represented by Brad Doyle of KDS Properties.

Craig Jacobs represented the lessor, Emstark LLC, in leasing 1,950 SF at 115 Southport Road, Spartanburg. The lessee, Altman Printing, was represented by Adam Padgett.

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lessor, Dynamic Fitness LLC, in leasing 2,500 SF at 2225 E. Main St., Simpsonville. The lessee, Viking Village Partners LLC, was represented by Beau Gunn of Coldwell Banker Caine.

Andy Hayes represented the lessor, Ramantanin Family Ltd. Partnership, in leasing 1,000 SF at 8000 Hwy. 9, Inman, to the lessee, Palmetto Manufacturing Inc. Andy Hayes represented the lessor, Oren Judy, in leasing 700 SF at 389 E. Henry Street, Spartanburg, to the lessee, Brent Stewart.

LEE AND ASSOCIATES ANNOUNCED: Randall Bentley represented the tenant, Minileit Inc., in a 32,000 SF renewal, which included a 16,000 SF expansion at 1 Brozzini Court.

Randall Bentley represented the tenant, Electronic Asset Recycling, in a 15,000 SF renewal at 119 McDougall Court.

Laurens Nicholson represented the seller in a 0.56 acre sale at 105 Mills Ave. Kevin Bentley and Deanna Hudgens facilitated a 15,000 SF sale to Frontier Label at 340 Interstate Blvd.

Bryon Culbertson represented the tenant, Brooke Cutting Tools USA, in a 15,000 SF lease at 54 Concourse Way. Randall Bentley and Deanna Hudgens represented the landlord in the 1,380 SF retail lease of 1757 Woodruff Road, Suite 200.

Kevin Bentley represented the landlord in a 3,000 SF flex space transaction at 1310 Garlington Road, Suite F. Bryon Culbertson represented the tenant, Brooke Cutting Tools USA Inc., in the 10,000 SF industrial lease at 54 Concourse Way, Greer.

Bryon Culbertson facilitated a 1,342 SF retail lease at 5823 Calhoun Memorial Hwy., Easley.

Laurens Nicholson represented the seller of 4 acres at NPA Old Hwy. 14 South, Greer.

Randall Bentley and Bill Durrell facilitated the 1,900 SF retail lease at 3930 Grandview Drive, Simpsonville.

Kevin Bentley represented the landlord in the 6,400 SF flex space transaction at 197 Ridgeview Center Drive, Suite M, Duncan.

Randall Bentley represented the seller in the 9,108 SF retail sale of 1249 E. Butler Road, Greenville.

COLDWELL BANKER COMMERCIAL CAINE ANNOUNCED: Tim Satterfield represented the buyer, Happy Hollow Group LLC, in the purchase of a 2,200 SF investment property on 4.19 acres at 2505 Country Club Road, Spartanburg, from the sellers, James L. Miller, Jr., Glynda L. Miller and Linda S. Miller.

Sammy DuBose and Nick Sardone represented the buyer, 110 Delaware LLC, in the purchase of a 39,600 SF industrial building on 2.9 acres at 110 Delaware Street, Greenville, from the sellers, John W. Peden & Sons Inc. & Peden Properties LP. Pete Brett represented the landlord, McBee Station Greenville LLC, in the leasing of 1,915 SF retail space at McBee Station, 500 E. McBee St., Suite 107, Greenville, to the tenant, Jim Nasim d/b/a Back to 30, represented by Graham Howle.

Pete Brett represented the landlord, McBee Station Greenville LLC, in the leasing of a 1,314 SF retail space at McBee Station, 400 E. McBee St., Suite 103, Greenville, to the tenant, Barre Evolution Greenville LLC. Pete Brett represented the landlord, McBee Station Greenville LLC, in the leasing of a 3,113 SF retail space at McBee Station, 400 E. McBee St., Suites 105 & 106, Greenville, to the tenant, Madabolic Greenville LLC, represented by Graham Howle.

Sammy DuBose represented the landlord, Verdae Properties LLC, in the leasing of a 3,866 SF retail space at Marketplace Shopping Center, 2441 Laurens Road, Greenville, to the tenant, Jeff Beane d/b/a RevUp Investments LLC & RevUp Indoor Cycling & Fitness, represented by Pete Brett.

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Named to the board of the Center for Living Environments and Regeneration (CLEAR).

Zwolinski is the COO and founding partner at creative agency ZWO. He will chair the nonprofit’s communication committee.

Awarded the ABC Kirby Award by the Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas.

Caldwell is CEO of Waldrop Inc. and has 40 years of construction industry experience. He was honored for his service and dedication to the construction industry.

Named director of Cherry Bekaert LLP’s Litigation Support Services. Wolf served as executive director at a forensic accounting and transaction advisory services firm for more than five years.

Named vice president of Flagship Properties’ commercial division. Tew joined Flagship Properties as a commercial sales and leasing associate in 2012. He presently serves as vice president and president-elect of the Clemson MBA Alumni Association Board.

Named a board member of the South Carolina Association of Alumni Directors. Nestlen is the alumni relations director at University of South Carolina Upstate. She is a 2003 graduate of USC Upstate, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in communications.

ACADEMICS: Southern Wesleyan University appointed Mona Thornton as associate dean of the School of Education and professor of education beginning July 1. She received her B.S. and M.S. in child development from Howard University and her Ed.D. in early childhood education from University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Over the course of her career, she has served on the faculty or as an administrator at Norfolk State University, Howard University and, most recently, at Benedict College in Columbia.

Clemson University promoted Christopher Ray to Experiment Station associate director and named Greg Picket as senior associate dean of Clemson’s College of Business and Behavioral Science (CBBS). Ray will coordinate research among the university campus farms and five research and education centers around the state. He is a plant scientist who has worked at Clemson for 19 years and was previously the Experiment Station assistant director. Pickett will oversee CBBS communications, academic affairs, research, business affairs and special projects. He will

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fertilizer manufacturing and distribution, as a sales support representative for regional and national accounts.

The National Cancer institute has awarded a $270,000, two-year grant to University of South Carolina Upstate professor Bernard Omolo to develop a statistical methodology for colon cancer research. Omolo is assistant chair of mathematics and computer science. His grant is a supplement to research being conducted by Dr. Timothy Yeatman, director and president of Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute.

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AGRICULTURE: Southern States Cooperative, a farm supply and service cooperative, has appointed Joe Wlodkoski and Rich Todd to its agronomy procurement division. Wlodkoski joins as director of agronomy procurement-fertilizer after 13 years in sales and market development for Honeywell Corporation. He has worked for a number of international companies including United Agri Products, American Cyanamid and Mobil Chemical. Todd joins Southern States as buyer for crop protection products. He previously worked for CF Industries, a global leader in nitrogen

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McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture has added Leslie Katz, Daniel Taylor and Maria Ray-Rivera as intern architects at the firm’s Community Studio in Greenville. Katz earned her B.S. in architecture from the University of Maryland, where she also minored in Middle Eastern studies. Most recently, she graduated from Tulane University where she earned her Master of Architecture with a certificate in preservation studies. Taylor earned his B.A. in architecture from Clemson University.

Shortly after graduating and just prior to joining McMillan Pazdan Smith, Daniel took the opportunity to intern at two different Chicago architectural firms. Ray-Rivera completed a bachelor’s degree in environmental design and her Master of Architecture at the University of Puerto Rico. She has practiced architecture in Puerto Rico and New York City.

BANKING: Pinnacle Bank SC has hired Sarah Armstrong as an assistant vice presi-

dent. Armstrong is a graduate of Southern Wesleyan University. She has more than five years of experience in the banking industry including extensive work in deposit growth, lending and business development. Sarah started her banking career with BB&T.

DEVELOPMENT: Greenville Arena District announces that Roger Newton, president and general manager of the Bon Secours Wellness Arena, is nominated for the International Entertainment Buyers Association’s 2014 Venue Executive of the Year Award. Newton’s experience includes managing the Fargodome in Fargo, N.D.; the American Airlines Arena in downtown Miami; the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, N.Y.; and the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa. He has been with the Greenville Arena District since 2005.

ENGINEERING: aeSolutions announced the addition of Jim Garrison as senior specialist, Robert McMican as specialist in the process safety group and Jim Bouchillon as principal specialist in the engineering and automation group. Garrison was previously with CH2M Hill and has

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ON THE MOVE Play-by-play of Upstate careers more than seven years’ experience as an instrumentation and controls engineer.

McMican is a recent graduate of Clemson University with a degree in mechanical engineering. Bouchillon joins aeSolutions after working with O’Neal in Greenville for more than 20 years.

The American Society of Civil Engineers, South Carolina Section, has selected Gaye Garrison Sprague to receive the 2014 Distinguished Service to People Award. The award is given annually to the civil engineer who demonstrates outstanding service to the people of South Carolina in civic and engineering service. Sprague is a registered professional engineer with 35 years of experience working in traffic engineering and transportation planning.

resources, Shane Birckbichler as a financial analyst and Randy Digby as a senior accountant. Clark has more than 30 years of human resource experience and his responsibilities will include corporate training, safety and benefits.

Birckbichler joins the real estate team as a financial analyst. Prior to joining Pacolet Milliken, he served as a financial analyst at National Financial Partners.

He is a Level II candidate in the CFA program. Digby joins the finance team as a senior accountant. He previously served as an accounting manager at SEW Eurodrive and is a certified public accountant in South Carolina.

PR/MARKETING: Worthwhile has hired Thomas Sneed as an account executive. Sneed will serve Worthwhile’s clients by managing projects and retainers to ensure that Worthwhile’s work accomplishes business goals and meets timelines and

budgets. Sneed joins Worthwhile after three years as director of sales at a manufacturing company in Dayton, Ohio. He has more than 10 years of project management experience.

Infinity Marketing has hired Curt Westlake as director of creative services.

Westlake will oversee all aspects of In-

finity’s creative and production team.

With more than 25 years of professional experience, Westlake brings a background in leadership roles with business-to-consumer companies on both the agency and client side, as well as expertise in strategic marketing planning and brand strategy development.

IT’S BEEN NINE MONTHS since the Scott Towers on Augusta Street came down in a planned explosion of rubble and concrete. Negotiations for the new construction of 197 multifamily units, a new parking deck, commercial space on the corner of Augusta and Thruston streets and outdoor amenity space for residents didn’t pan out between the Greenville Housing Authority (GHA) and McCormack Barron, a large development company in St. Louis.

So GHA is going back to the drawing board. Cindi Herrera, interim director of GHA, said that they are out to bid now for an architectural and engineering firm to complete the master plan for the site and she anticipates “releasing a new Request for Qualifications for development partners in the next 10 days.”

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A quick look into the Upstate’s past

Fountain Inn was a stagecoach stop on the Old Stage Road from Greenville to Laurens. In 1832 a post office was established at the site of the future town.

Following the Civil War, the site of the town was acquired by Noah Cannon. His son, James Cannon, eventually sold half the property to James I. West. In 1884 the railroad line from Greenville to Laurens came through the area, and a railroad station was established. Cannon and West divided the land around the station into lots and acquired a charter for the new town of Fountain Inn. Economic growth followed the opening of the Fountain Inn Cotton Mill in 1898.

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Today the intersection of Main and Fairview streets in Fountain Inn is not all that different from how it was when photographer Bill Coxe made his photo in the early 1930s. Many of Fountain Inn’s Main Street buildings are still intact and in use.

Kimbrell’s Furniture store occupies the large building on the western side of the intersection. Many of the businesses on Main Street are family owned and operated.

Photos by Greg Beckner

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jackson Marketing Group’s 25 Years

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with a majority of them utilizing the general aviation airport as a “corporate gateway to the city.”

In 1997, Jackson and his son, Darrell, launched Jackson Motorsports Group. The new division was designed to sell race tires and go to racetracks to sell and mount the tires. Darrell Jackson now serves as president of the motorsports group and Larry Jackson has two other children and a son-in-law who work there. Jackson said all his children started at the bottom and “earned their way up.”

Jackson kept the Jackson-Dawson branches in Detroit and others in Los Angeles and New York until he sold his portion of that partnership in 2009 as part of his estate planning.

The company now operates a small office in Charlotte, but its main headquarters are in Greenville in a large office space off Woodruff Road, complete with a vision gallery that displays local artwork and an auditorium Jackson makes available for non-profit use. The Motorsports Group is housed in an additional 26,000 square feet building just down the street, and the agency is currently looking for another 20,000 square feet.

Jackson said JMG has expanded into other verticals such as financial, healthcare, manufacturing and pro-bono work, but still has a strong focus on the auto industry and transportation. It’s

Chairman larry Jackson, Jackson marketing Group. Photos by Greg Beckner / Staff

Jackson Marketing Group celebrates 25 years By sherry Jackson | staff | sjackson@communityjournals.com

Solve. Serve. Grow. Those three words summarize Jackson Marketing Group’s guiding principles, and according to owner Larry Jackson, form the motivation that has kept the firm thriving for the past 25 years.

Jackson graduated from Bob Jones University with a degree in video and film production and started his 41-year career in the communications industry with the U.S. Army’s Public Information Office. He served during

Vietnam, where he said he was “luckily” stationed in the middle of Texas at Fort Hood.

He left the service and went to work in public affairs and motorsports at Ford Motor Company in Detroit.

After a stint at Bell and Howell, where he was responsible for managing Ford’s dealer marketing and training, the entrepreneurial bug hit and he co-founded Jackson-Dawson Marketing Communications, a company specializing in dealer training and product launches for the auto industry in 1980.

In 1987, Jackson wanted to move back south and thought Greenville would be a good fit. An avid pilot, he

learned of an opportunity to purchase Cornerstone Aviation, a fixed base operation (FBO) that served as a service station for the Greenville Downtown Airport, providing fuel, maintenance and storage.

In fact, when he started the Greenville office of what is now Jackson Marketing Group (JMG) in 1988, the offices were housed on the second floor in an airport hangar.

“Clients would get distracted by the airplanes in the hangars and we’d have to corral them to get back upstairs to the meeting,” Jackson said.

Jackson sold the FBO in 1993, but says it was a great way to get to know Greenville’s fathers and leaders

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2003 motorsports Division acquires an additional 26,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space

1998 1998 Jackson Dawson moves to task industrial Court

also one of the few marketing companies in South Carolina to handle all aspects of a project in-house, with four suites handling video production, copywriting, media and research and web design.

Clients include heavyweights such as BMW, Bob Jones University, the Peace Center, Michelin and Sage Automotive. Recent projects have included an interactive mobile application for Milliken’s arboretum and 600-acre Spartanburg campus and a marketing campaign for the 2013 Big League World Series.

“In my opinion, our greatest single achievement is the longevity of our client relationships,” said Darrell Jackson. “Our first client from back in 1988 is still a client today. I can count on one hand the number of clients who have gone elsewhere in the past decade.”

Larry Jackson says his Christian faith and belief in service to others, coupled with business values rooted in solving clients’ problems, have kept

2011 Jackson marketing Group/Jackson motorsports Group employee base reaches 100 people

2009 Jackson Dawson changes name to Jackson marketing Group when larry sells his partnership in Detroit and lA 2003

2009-2012 Jackson marketing Group named a top BtoB agency by BtoB magazine 4 years running

him going and growing his business over the years. He is passionate about giving back and outreach to non-profits. The company was recently awarded the Community Foundation Spirit Award.

The company reaffirmed its commitment to serving the community last week by celebrating its 25th anniversary with a birthday party and a 25-hour Serve-A-Thon partnership with Hands on Greenville and Habitat for Humanity. JMG’s 103 full-time employees worked in shifts around the clock on October 22 and 23 to help construct a house for a deserving family.

As Jackson inches towards retirement, he says he hasn’t quite figured out his succession plan yet, but sees the companies staying under the same umbrella. He wants to continue to strategically grow the business.

“From the beginning, my father has taught me that this business is all about our people – both our clients and our associates,” said his son, Darrell. “We have created a focus and a culture that strives to solve problems, serve people and grow careers.”

Darrell Jackson said he wants to “continue helping lead a culture where we solve, serve and grow. If we are successful, we will continue to grow towards our ultimate goal of becoming the leading integrated marketing communications brand in the Southeast.”

2008 2012 Jackson marketing Group recognized by Community Foundation with Creative spirit Award

pro-bono/non-proFit Clients American Red Cross of Western Carolinas Metropolitan Arts Council Artisphere Big League World Series The Wilds Advance SC South Carolina Charities, Inc. Aloft Hidden Treasure Christian School

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CoMMUnitY inVolVeMent & boarD positions lArry JACkson (ChAirmAn): Bob Jones University Board chairman, The Wilds Christian Camp and Conference Center board member, Gospel Fellowship Association board member, Past Greenville Area Development Corporation board member, Past Chamber of Commerce Headquarters Recruiting Committee member, Past Greenville Tech Foundation board member David Jones (Vice President Client services, Chief marketing officer): Hands on Greenville board chairman mike Zeller (Vice President, Brand marketing): Artisphere Board, Metropolitan Arts Council Board, American Red Cross Board, Greenville Tech Foundation Board, South Carolina Chamber Board eric Jackson (Jackson motorsports Group sales specialist): Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club Advisory Board

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