| 2020 Women of Influence Awards Celebrate 25 of the Upstate’s most vibrant movers and shakers with an online awards ceremony this Wednesday at noon, complete with interviews with the nominees. Registration will be $15, used to buy lunch for someone in need through Meals on Wheels, Greenville County and Mobile Meal Service of Spartanburg County. Commerce Department hosts mission to Kenya and Tanzania The S.C. Commerce Department will host a trade mission to Kenya and Tanzania this fall from Sept. 19-20, open to companies across the state. | 
Businesses, homes and cars damaged or vandalized in the uprisings and civil unrest after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis will be covered by most insurance policies, with few exceptions, industry experts say. Pandemic-related losses will not be covered within civil unrest claims.
Greenville Area Development Corp. is giving away free infrared thermometers to Greenville County businesses, while the Dollar General Literacy Foundation gifted $8,000 to Greenville's United Ministries.
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 some Upstate economists.
