MOLLY HULSEY PROFILE

LushAcre Farm Fall Festival and Corn Maze will open its gates for the first time Saturday with plans to run the festival 11 a.m. until dark every Friday and Saturday until Nov. 6. Proceeds from the event will support Thornwell, a nonp... Read More

The mills of Pelzer have been the Anderson community’s lifeblood since the town was founded in the 1800s. Most don’t serve their original purpose today, but refurbished textile mills — like the brick behemoth housing... Read More

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Carolina’s state parks have broken records with the numbers of visitors seeking solace on their trails and waterways. The future of the parks system in Greenville County may ho... Read More

Some archaeologists have to travel thousands of miles away to scour the trenches of their next dig. Others like Clemson University’s David Markus and Josh Catalano just stride across campus. “From an archaeological... Read More

As part of a slew of new investments in the Southeast, Sweden-based Sandvik Coromant aims to tap the Upstate advanced manufacturing markets with the addition of another tools line at its Westminster facility. In light of a company str... Read More

This story first appeared in the Sept. 6 print edition of GSA Business Report.  Promoting the home of Aunt Het and Bosch’s first North American solar array can be a tightrope walk between what was and what will be. Heritage... Read More

Two Greenville tech firms are helping Cary, N.C., design engineering company Connected Development launch a new Internet of Things platform created to help manufacturers accelerate their production time. Kopis, a cloud-based IoT solut... Read More

Editor's Note: This story first appeared in the Sept. 6 print edition of GSA Business Report. The first version of this story incorrectly stated the Greenville Conference Center would have 225,000 square feet of total event... Read More

Some of the greats of bluegrass and ‘nu-grass’ will be showing up on Upstate marquees this fall, starting with next Monday’s performance of four-time Grammy Award-winner Sarah Jarosz and some champion fiddlers from clos... Read More

Aerospace supplier Solvay is on the move.  With growing demand from energy companies, as well its traditional aerospace and automotive markets, the company has expanded its Upstate footprint with a 27,000-square-foot thermo... Read More

Sponsors clustered at candle-bedecked tables on Fluor Field. Business leaders took a glance to see if their cohort had the “no-go” red or the gregarious green wristband before closing in for the handshake or the shoulder pat.... Read More

Rainbow Housing Assistance Corp., a national nonprofit organization that provides services for low-income housing tenants, has been selected by developer Related Affordable to service three communities and an estimated 200... Read More

Forget a chop saw or electric drill. Developers and advocates argue that rezoning is one of the most essential tools for building out affordable housing in Greenville County. Greenville City Council’s decision earlier this summe... Read More

Greenville-based LyonJay is blazing another trail in the build-for-rent sector with a new venture, Gaskin Banks.  The startup is powered by land development experts with a goal of redefining land development throu... Read More

This story first appeared in the Aug. 8 print edition of GSA Business Report. Some remembered Elvis playing on its stage.  Others had parking tokens, light fixtures and elevator signs from its heyday. Some stopped on site... Read More

OneSpartanburg Inc., which is creating its second five-year development strategy, is lending an ear to county residents through an online survey. The community and economic development roadmap, dubbed OneSpartanburg Vision P... Read More

Some say summer ends with Labor Day, but Upstate International and Pura Alegría might say it concludes with salsa instead. From 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday at Greenville’s Camperdown Plaza, the last ... Read More

One Spartanburg Inc. released the names of its 2021-2022 executive board last week with Spartanburg Medical Center President Phil Feisal as chair and Avi Lawrence, president of Contec Inc., as chair-elect. Feisal&r... Read More

Ten at the Top’s annual young professional summit, Pique, presented by ScanSource, will be livestreamed again this year on Sept. 27 due to an increase in COVID-19 cases across the Upstate. The livestream event will fea... Read More

It’s wine tasting season in the Upstate (or as many would argue, every season is the prime time to visit the vintner), so here’s a list of some opportunities to try local favorites. Russian Lunch and Learn at The Cook&rsqu... Read More

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the Aug. 9 print edition of the GSA Business Report. On July 30, the Federal Housing Administration extended its moratorium on evictions for foreclosed borrowers living in feder... Read More

Oaktree Medical Center, First Choice Healthcare, Labsource, Pain Management Associates of the Carolinas, Pain Management Associates of North Carolina, ProLab, ProCare Counseling Center. Some were pain management clinics. Others w... Read More

Another long-awaited brick in downtown Greer’s makeover has been laid. A four-story Hampton Inn by Hilton opened Thursday off Greer’s 112 N. Main St. near The Spinning Jenny, a folk music landmark, and Trade Street. The... Read More

This story first appeared in the Aug. 9 print edition of GSA Business Report. JPMorgan Chase South Carolina Market Director Alfonso Hernandez remembers hearing a story about one customer who had passed by several banks on his... Read More

Two former Texans, a Silicon Valley executive and a native of Seoul, Korea, all took the stage this morning at the Greenville One Center with testimonies of what drew them to a city that some didn’t even know existed a few years ag... Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic may have crippled some restaurants, but Eggs Up Grill has been on the move. The Spartanburg-based brand has reached 50 locations with the opening of restaurants in Richmond, Va., and Winter Garden, Fla., accordin... Read More

The first phase of Bridgeway Station is expected to be complete next fall, but 50% of the European-inspired mixed development’s retail space has already been claimed. Local minimalist café Cohesive Coffee, ... Read More

You never know where that one class you took in college on a hunch might take you.  For Anderson native and high school band director Jeuel Bannister Esmacher, 97, that one U.S. Army cryptanalysis course she ... Read More

John Deere isn’t a synonym for love for just Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean.   Easley community leader Jimmy Wilson recently donated his collection of 85 antique tractors, valued at more than $500,000, to the&nbs... Read More

Residential appraiser, Parsley and Mint founder and Tipsy Taco franchise owner Paul Ryll is at it again. On Labor Day at the 2021 Valuation Expo in Las Vegas, Ryll will unveil his latest venture: an app that allows home sellers to get... Read More

Along Greer’s newly-laid Trade Street, Rep. William Timmons, R-S.C., recently hung a swinging sign inlaid with a congressional seal — signaling to pedestrians that his Upstate hub is open for business and a blocked-off ... Read More

When S.C. Commerce Secretary Harry Lightsey saw his first iPhone, he was seeing one of the first in the world. In 2007, it was one of only two. At the time, he was the Southeast president of AT&T, in a room among the company&rsquo... Read More

If the COVID-19 pandemic and Colonial Pipeline hack has pushed all cybersecurity concerns to the fore, it has also brought one Greenville company into the state and national spotlight.  In an article called “Why... Read More

Diamonds Direct celebrates opening with charity partnership Gem-sourcing hub Diamonds Direct has selected Safe Harbor as the charitable beneficiary of the company’s grand opening celebration on Sept. 23. A portion of sales du... Read More

More people in Anderson County are at work today than even before the pandemic: a good indicator that the county is moving toward recovery, says County Council Chair Tommy Dunn. According to the Local Area Employment Statistics report... Read More

This year’s Artisphere presented by TD Bank was an oasis in the desert for artists struggling to make sales throughout the pandemic — especially following a year of nixed shows and shuttered galleries. During the fest... Read More

Anderson County residents may be sweating under the smolder of August’s dog days, but for domestic solar companies, it’s the heat of the moment.  In May, a $2.7 million investment committed 600 acres along U... Read More

Entrepreneur Eric Weissman knows how to get people on board with a new venture — quite literally. The man helped establish the Disney Cruise Line brand.  When Find Great People discovered Weissman, he was serving as the vic... Read More

The building boom has reached Fair Play, and a mainstay of the town's construction industry is expanding its presence with an Anderson County truss plant. Yoder’s new subsidiary, Top Edge Components LLC., will inve... Read More

It may not be this weekend, but the Cherokee County History and Arts Museum is putting the word out now.  Seating for the first CHAPS wine tasting of the year is limited to 50 seats, and the museum expects tic... Read More

Tennessee-based Contour Airlines is combating the impacts of COVID-19 on the airline industry by bringing a little comfort to the passenger seating area.  The airline announced today that it soon will provide that comfort during ... Read More

Tuesday’s Greenville County Council meeting began with a tornado warning and ended with the threat of a moratorium on all county development.  In a swift 7-5 vote, the council passed an amendment&n... Read More

Even before the flurry of home purchases and escalating home prices, South Carolina had risen to fourth place among all 50 states for building permits issued per every 1,000 residents with a 593% increase in permits from 2015 to 2020. ... Read More

  Wind energy may be the poster child for green energy, but ensuring that turbine blades remain sustainable is a critical quandry for those in the industry, especially as blades are designed to be larger and larger ... Read More

  Women Giving for Spartanburg, UnitedHealthcare, PAL Spartanburg and individual donors have raised funds for Ruth’s Gleanings and FoodShare Spartanburg to buy a 17-foot refrigerated box truck to distribute fresh produc... Read More

After the success of the company’s Charlotte branch, Corvus Janitorial Systems will extend its commercial janitorial services, including electrostatic disinfection, to the offices and industrial parks in the Greenville-Sp... Read More

It was the best of options. It was the worst of options. At least that’s the feedback One Spartanburg Inc. CEO Allen Smith received from Spartanburg residents on the city’s decision to open Morgan Square only to ... Read More

Today’s trees may not only be tomorrow’s kitchen tables and plywood.  According to Clemson University researchers, they could also transform into a sustainable alternative to the foam used in car seats and i... Read More

Spartanburg’s Tindall Corp. held a two-day grand opening event to celebrate its new utility division facility at 2877 Fairforest Clevedale Road. The $27.9 million investment announced last April was slated to create 20 jobs.... Read More

The opportunity for Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness is paying off — at least for United Community Bank clients. In the company’s second quarter report, it noted that the bank’s total loan value decreased... Read More

Fifteen rising high school seniors signed on as the inaugural BMW Rising Scholars, one of two workforce development programs the company launched today, in the halls of Spartanburg's Zentrum. “Our local career centers do a g... Read More

The pandemic may have spurred on more awareness of personal health but a new dermatologist on the block in Easley argues that the era of quarantine and elective procedure bands did a number on routine check-ups.  In Dr. Jeremiah ... Read More

GSA Business Report’s 2021 Class of Forty Under 40 award winners have been notified of their selection for the second annual honor. Announced today, the 2021 class will be recognized with individual profiles published on Sept. 6... Read More

This story first appeared in the July 26 print edition of GSA Business Report. The skyline vantage point from the top of Whitney and Murry Street Garage draws amateur photographers and regular gatherings even when they aren’t su... Read More

Custom-builder Mecart Inc. plans to bring its cleanroom and acoustical modular building manufacturing facility to Greenville with a $2 million capital investment and a slated 50 jobs. Founded in Quebec, Canada, in 1974, Meca... Read More

This article first appeared in the July 26 print edition of GSA Business Report. China’s Xinjiang province, nestled against Kazakhstan and Russia, may be a three-day drive from the country’s economic center in Shanghai, bu... Read More

A former lynchpin in the fabric of the Upstate textile industry, Alice Manufacturing closed the doors of its 50-year-old Ellison plant in 2018 in response to what the company called “a flood of imports from producers in non-market ... Read More

It may not have as many viewers as Shark Tank, but once Walmart wraps up its Open Call pitch event, winners among the 900 small business competitors will have their products distributed across the company’s countrywide network of S... Read More

The Beach Co.’s Canvas Tower is hard to miss driving into Greenville’s central business district with its sepia-toned mural of teacher Pearlie Harris and accordioned brick columns soaring above the fork of College a... Read More

The Greenville Theatre will introduce the work of new producing artistic director, Max Quinlan, to the Emerald City through the theater’s first live performance in 16 months tonight.  Based on the book by ... Read More

Academic institutions, industry partners and the S.C. Research Authority see a pressing need in the development of the state’s next generation innovation economy: funding at the college and university level. The SCRA h... Read More

As Laurens County ushers in new investment and industry, the county’s economic development group seeks to attract and retain a healthy workforce through what the organization calls “vibrant, resilient and livable communities.... Read More

Pregis, a global manufacturer of protective packaging, will invest in new operations in Anderson County, creating a slated 120 jobs. With more than 25 facilities in North America, Pregis serves a wide variety of consumer and industria... Read More

According to CBRE, Greenville’s diverse economy has made it one the “nation’s fastest growing boutique cities" with a growth rate far outpacing the national average and state as a whole. Since 2016, more th... Read More

Three South Carolinians have been sentenced by a federal judge after pleading guilty to bank fraud charges in schemes the government says defrauded federal programs intended to aid homeowners at risk of foreclosure and mortgage loan defa... Read More

Furman University’s Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is christening another program for budding entrepreneurs in the Upstate, this time backed by the city of Greenville, Greenville Local Development Corp.,&nb... Read More

The Converse University bell tolled 20 times Thursday to recognize the 20 years President Jeffrey Barker served the school. The acting president died in a Spartanburg bicycle crash Wednesday. Barker’s most recent chapt... Read More

Tickets are now available for Greenville’s first Hog and Barrel Festival, a three-day event celebrating all things bourbon, barbecue and bacon. From Nov. 5 to Nov. 7 at the Old Cigar Warehouse, High Spirits Events, fou... Read More

The names of the charities seemed legitimate: The Cancer Fund of America Inc., The Breast Cancer Society Inc., Cancer Support Services Inc. and the Children’s Cancer Fund of America Inc. Benefactors, believing they were aiding c... Read More

A new supply chain network is establishing its territory in the Upstate as its customer Food Lion takes over Bi-Lo stores scattered across the region. ADUSA Supply Chain sent out its first shipments from a new Mauldin campus July 17 a... Read More

Fluor Field is joining forces with the S.C. Council on Competitiveness and the SC Aerospace team to introduce new generations to innovations in the state’s aerospace industry. During the Greenville Drive... Read More

This story was first published in the July 12 print edition of GSA Business Report. The past year may have been defined by grounded passenger planes, but in the Upstate, capital projects have rolled forward as new revenue opportunitie... Read More

In some ways, Reyes Beer Division, the catalyst for the ninth largest privately held company in the country, Reyes Holdings LLC., is returning home. In 1976, Wofford graduate Jude Reyes and his brother, Chris, began distributing Schli... Read More