| More than 2,900 applicants to receive $65M in relief funds A total of 2,970 small and minority businesses and nonprofit organizations will receive SC Cares Act Relief funding. The S.C. Department of Administration coordinated the program payments, which will occur through January. Half-Moon outfitters repurposes property for 9th location For five years, owner Beezer Molten pursued an abandoned car dealership as his ideal downtown Summerville location, expanding the store's presence beyond Greenville, Charleston and Columbia, among other locations across South Carolina and Georgia. The transaction recently closed at $2.21 million. | 
Despite record unemployment numbers in 2020, Upstate hiring agencies are scouring the labor pool to fill high-skilled professional positions. National staffing employment reached its highest peak in 10 months in November with at least 48% of staffing companies in the American Staffing Association reporting an increase in assignments each week.
Viva Chicken may be from Charlotte, but the fast-casual rotisserie stop is bringing street food recipes from Peru to two Greenville locations. The restaurant, specializing in pollo a la brasa or charcoal-fire roasted chicken, announced its Upstate expansion today.
