Cooking up careers: Program pairs workers with opportunity

The University of South Carolina’s Culinary Institute Certification Program has begun accepting GI Bill benefits to help funnel qualified workers into S.C.’s restaurant and food service industry.

Grants awarded for 24 water, sewer, stormwater projects

Rural Infrastructure Authority grants are awarded twice a year. The current round of grant recipients includes 24 projects in 19 counties.

Construction industry gains 10,000 jobs in October

An analysis of federal data by the Associated General Contractors of America found that construction gains totaled 148,000 jobs in the past 12 months, though spending decreased by 2% from September 2018 to September 2019.

Redevelopment starts on one of the world’s largest old mills

A hundred years ago, about 400 homes were built outside Woodside Mill to supply the Woodside brothers with workers. Now Woodside homes are under construction again, but this time inside the Greenville mill.