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BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) - The long-awaited Cane Bay Family YMCA is now complete and is just days away from opening its doors to the public. The new facility has been in planning since 2012 and delayed opening its opening because of rain. On Thursday, the new YMCA location held a ceremonial ... Read More - Cane Bay Family YMCA set to open on Saturday

Some of South Carolina’s population growth hot spots have cooled, according to just-released census estimates, but new residents continued to pour into Horry and Berkeley counties, the counties adjacent to Charlotte, and — perhaps surprisingly — Spartanburg. The Palmetto State has been a ... Read More - Booming SC grows by nearly 63,000

DHEC’s Office of Environmental Affairs recently presented Community Star Awards to the 2018 award winners. Awarded annually, Community Star recognizes a business, community organization, collaborative partnership, or individual in South Carolina that is going above and beyond environmental ... Read More - DHEC Presents 2018 Community Star Awards to Santee Cooper, Brandon Burke

Ridgeville, SC (WCSC) - Big change is coming to the Camp Hall industrial park in Ridgeville. “Camp Hall is a 6,800 acre piece of property that was acquired to accommodate Volvo. It was acquired with Santee Cooper at the request of the Department of Commerce in 2015, and as a result of that, ... Read More - Everyday conveniences are coming to Camp Hall for Volvo workers and others

Cathedral thinking—that’s what State Sen. John C. Matthews called the plan for Camp Hall, South Carolina’s next-generation industrial commerce park being developed now by Santee Cooper. Many of the world’s greatest cathedrals were the vision of one generation, designed and built by those who came ... Read More - Camp Hall and Santee Cooper featured in Top Utilities: Power Players for Development from Business Facilities

Three months after an official groundbreaking at Berkeley County's Camp Hall commerce park, Santee Cooper officials unveil plans for conservation, connectivity and "next generation" commercial business at the site. According to Dan Camp, vice president of real estate for Santee Cooper, owner of ... Read More - A modern workplace: Camp Hall taking shape as officials update council members on site plans

Volvo Car USA plans to build Volvo Car University at its Berkeley County automotive campus later this year. The university will operate as a training ground for Volvo’s dealership group and technical teams; dealership employees can undergo a training program there to develop and build expertise in ... Read More - Volvo to build Volvo Car University in S.C.

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.9 million grant to Berkeley County to make critical water infrastructure improvements needed to support the region’s manufacturers. According to grantee estimates, ... Read More - U.S. Department of Commerce invests $1.9 million to support the manufacturing sector in Berkeley County, South Carolina

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