While many outside Belk in Applewood Plaza before the store’s grand reopening were hoping they would be the one to receive a $500 gift card among the cards store manager Chip Forester was distributing Friday morning, Kit Soccio had something else on her mind.

Four months of work has paid off for an Oconee County manufacturer, as it will avoid most of the federally mandated tariffs on foreign steel that had the potential to cost the company millions of dollars.

Clemson City Council approved two requests Monday night for a proposed brewery at the former Astro Theater, which closed its doors a decade ago.

More than 10 years have passed since the Astro Triple Theater on College Avenue in Clemson closed its doors. 

Customers, local leaders and even members of the Clemson University Tiger Band were on hand with the developers of the Hartwell Village Shopping Center to celebrate the official grand opening of the center Friday.

Just weeks after beginning incentive programs to help revitalize downtown, the Seneca Improvements Corporation approved nearly $150,000 in grants for its first two businesses in the program.

Grading is now taking place for a new four-floor Marriott Fairfield Inn and Suites next to Applebee’s on U.S. Highway 123 in Seneca.

As the city of Seneca focuses more on revitalizing its downtown area, Mayor Dan Alexander and other city officials have expressed a hope that new development would include both residential and business components.

It remains early in the planning stages, but some of the groundwork has already been laid and the foundation will likely continue to be set this morning for a new program to help strengthen downtown Seneca.

While most of its stores have held events to celebrate opening their doors over the past three months, Hartwell Village officials have announced plans to hold and official grand opening for the new shopping center later this month.

When Vangeli’s owner Evan Dimas bought the former City Pool Hall next to his restaurant with future plans for expansion, he knew it needed a good bit of work.

Rack Room Shoes in Hartwell Village celebrated its grand opening on Thursday morning with a $4,000 donation to a local elementary school.

Oconee Economic Alliance executive director Richard Blackwell, who has spearheaded the county’s growth of new and expanding businesses over the past six years, is leaving to pursue another opportunity.

First Citizens Bank officials have announced the closing of the bank’s longtime Central branch in less than two months.