Greenville City Council to vote on mask ordinance, AccelerateED report calls for PPE stockpile, Hoowaki

Greenville City Council to vote on mask ordinance tonight

Greenville City Council will vote tonight on an ordinance enforcing masks in grocery stores and pharmacies. If passed, employees at retail stores, restaurants and salons will also be expected to mask up – or the business in violation faces a $100 fine.

AccelerateED calls for PPE and remote learning protocol

S.C. School Superintendent Molly Spearman expects teachers and students to wear masks this fall with exceptions, as AccelerateED is set to launch the final recommendations for the next school year today.

Hoowaki to manufacture millions of COVID-19 swabs

When the federal government in March called on American entrepreneurs to create supplies to fight the new coronavirus pandemic, Ralph Hulseman and his team at Hoowaki knew micro surface technology could play a role. They already had explored designing medical swabs.

Upstate school launches African American scholarship

ECPI university has set aside $4 million in funding for tuition, computers and Wi-Fi access for African Americans in the STEM and health care fields. The school has the third largest graduating class of African American computer science undergraduates in the nation.

DHEC warns of increasing COVID-19 cases among youth

COVID-19 cases are increasing in young adults and youth in S.C., the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control warned.On Friday, DHEC reported that 4,160, or 18.4%, of the 22,608 confirmed cases in the state were among people ages 21 to 30

Pinnacle Financial Partners moves into new building

Pinnacle Financial Partners moved into a new building in Spartanburg after operating for most of the year in a temporary location. The drive-thru opens today and Pinnacle hopes to open the lobby in July if the pandemic threat subsides.

Digital copy available of the June 15 GSA Business Report

While some of our readers may be back at their offices, we're still making digital copies of our latest edition available. This issue includes coverage of the first tentative steps in the comeback of tourism, a local company gearing up to make COVID-19 swabs by the millions, and an economic outlook by Upstate economists.

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