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HARLEYVILLE — Down a single-lane gravel path off a two-lane country road in upper Dorchester County lies an 18,500-acre bird and wildlife sanctuary. The Audubon Society’s Francis Beidler Forest is not the kind of place a visitor would find by accident, but it’s starting to feel the crunch of ... Read More - World’s largest virgin cypress-tupelo swamp forest feeling pinch of Dorchester County growth

Santee Cooper plans to develop the Camp Hall tract in Berkeley County — which encompasses the Volvo Carscampus — as a mixed-use industrial park with onsite amenities for tenants, including a health center, day care, shops and restaurants. Santee Cooper bought the ... Read More - Santee Cooper plans mix of uses at Camp Hall site

RIDGEVILLE, S.C. – Santee Cooper leaders recently joined South Carolina Commerce Secretary Robert M. Hitt III and other federal, state and local officials and business leaders in a Groundbreaking Ceremony for Camp Hall, a next-generation commerce park unlike any other in South Carolina – and ... Read More - Groundbreaking Held for Camp Hall, a Next-Generation Commerce Park

RIDGEVILLE – Camp Hall offers manufacturers, logistics companies and other industries much more than just a modern campus. The Charleston-area commerce park will recruit top-notch employees for those industries by offering unique onsite amenities such as a health center, daycare, park-wide ... Read More - Next-generation park: Utility sees Camp Hall at Ridgeville as home to 10,000 jobs

Many years ago Santee Cooper’s first customer was a company in Goose Creek that produced metals for the effort in World War II. Now, 80 years later, the utility company is credited for giving life to and nurturing the growth of the local business community as it evolves from textiles to tech...Read ... Read More - Groundbreaking at Camp Hall to bring a better work-life

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Thousands of acres of undeveloped land off Highway 27 in the Pringletown area of Berkeley County is turning into a promised land for economic fortunes. It’s called Camp Hall. Local and state leaders believe it'll be a game changer in recruiting new business and ... Read More - Berkeley County Commerce Park “Camp Hall” Promises Jobs, Worker Amenities

The Charleston region's newest — and most unique — industrial park is getting a familiar name for its first outside investor. Exeter Property Group, one of the world's largest industrial real estate developers and property managers, plans to build an 800,000-square-foot warehouse and ... Read More - Real estate firm buys into Santee Cooper’s ‘next-generation’ business park near Charleston

As new industrial parks sprout in the Charleston region and the competition for workers heightens, Santee Cooper is hoping its unique commerce center plan combining nature, work and play will be a draw for businesses looking to give employees more than a 9-to-5 job. The state-owned electric utility ... Read More - New SC industrial park aims to create places for work and play

It’s not hard to specify America’s largest utilities. Any list based on the size of the utility and its installed power capacity will always include multi-state and regional goliaths like Tennessee Valley Authority and American Electric Power. If you factor in market caps, Duke Energy and National ... Read More - Top Utilities: Powering Growth