SCBIZ Daily for Sept. 23, 2020

Van upfit company to expand Ladson operations

Driverge Vehicle Innovations, a commercial van upfit company that specializes in wheelchair transportation and accessible taxis, plans to expand its Charleston County operations and create more than a dozen jobs.

Midlands Carolina Crossroads project receives key federal approval

The U.S Army Corps of Engineers has granted the project a permit which will enable all five phases of construction to move forward. The $1.6 million initiative is reconfiguring the intersection of interstates 20, 26 and 126.

Furniture company expanding Marion County operations

Family-owned Maxwood Furniture is investing $5.8 million to open a second facility in a move expected to create 30 jobs. The expansion is expected to be completed by the end of 2021.

Swamp Rabbit trail to extend to CU-ICAR, Mauldin

As Greenville prepares to release plans for the extension of the Swamp Rabbit Trail to the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research at an open house Thursday, Mauldin is taking steps toward installing its own leg of the trail and a pedestrian bridge over Interstate 385.

West Columbia receives financial wellness grant

The city of West Columbia and the town of Springdale will use the $20,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation to offer classes and provide training materials to more than 250 government employees.

Slideshow: East Coast's largest containership arrives

As the CMA CGM Brazil, the largest ship ever to dock at the Port of Charleston, arrived Sunday, onlookers lined the Cooper River Bridge, Memorial Waterfront Park and places in between in Mount Pleasant to get a view of the ship as tugboats and other vessels watching the containership swirled around it.

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