CommunityWorks grants, surprise STEM gifts, Clemson bobbles, China expert to speak

CommunityWorks launches training and grant program

CommunityWorks is enrolling Upstate entrepreneurs in a business development course designed to help business owners understand, properly manage and grow their businesses.

PSC approves Dominion property request

The S.C. Public Service Commission approved a request by Dominion Energy South Carolina to transfer property to meet financial obligations stemming from the settlement of a lawsuit involving abandoned nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer nuclear station.

Pastides to be honored at competitiveness event

EngenuitySC will present the organization’s Vision Award to Harris Pastides, former University of South Carolina president, at a Jan. 27 regional event in Columbia.

Speaker to discuss the global rise of China

An export on the rise of the rise of China’s military and its role in international trade will speak at an Upstate International event at the Poinsett Club in Greenville on Jan. 24. Registration and tickets are required. Speaker Jeffrey Becker is director of the Indo-Pacific Security Affairs program for CAN, a nonprofit research and analysis organization located in Arlington, Va.

Bobblehead commemorates memorable Clemson moment

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled a dual bobblehead of former Clemson QB Deshaun Watson’s title-clinching TD pass to Hunter Renfrow in the 2017 national championship game. The Tigers play tonight for their fourth football national championship.

Upstate Giving

3M Corp. surprises schools with STEM funds

3M Corp., with a location in Greenville, made a surprise announcement in December to fund all STEM classroom projects in Greenville, Pickens and Laurens counties that were live on the classroom crowdfunding site DonorsChoose.org as of Dec. 20.

Some stats on those Christmas trees we just took down

We’re in a new year, and the one thing we’re sure you’re excited about is the chance to make more green. For South Carolina’s largest industry, green comes from literal green, as in forests and tracts of timberland. Not so much of the holiday variety, though.

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