Caliber Funding, a national mortgage lender, will open its new Correspondent Lending Operation in Florence County. The new facility is expected to generate 100 new jobs over the next 12 months.
PTR Industries will employ gunsmiths, engineers, toolmakers and machinists who will work with state-of-the-art technology in the rifle manufacturing process. Hiring and training for new employees will be done through the SC Works Coastal Center in Conway and is expected to begin when the building upfit is completed.
After months of anticipation, the North Eastern Strategic Alliance (NESA) has received recognition that gives them the leverage of holding one the most unique products in the state.
The months of May and June are often thought of as the time where we enjoy the flowers brought to us by April showers. In a parallel to that, students of varying ages are rewarded for their hard work in the months preceding May and June by earning either their college degree or high school diploma.
From taxation and facility costs to wages and salaries, doing business in the nine-county North Eastern Strategic Alliance (NESA) Region is cost-effective, but that's not the only reason new and existing companies are choosing to locate and grow in the area.
With regional business leaders, economic development officials and others in attendance, the North Eastern Strategic Alliance (NESA) delivered its first Lunch and Learn program at Northeastern Technical College in Cheraw Thursday.
On Thursday, May 23, The North Eastern Strategic Alliance (NESA) will host a Lunch and Learn event at Northeastern Technical College in Cheraw from noon until 1:30 p.m.
W. Stuart Ames, the economic development manager for Progress Energy in South Carolina, discusses the need for an economic development alliance to bring about unity throughout the region when pursuing new and expanding businesses as well as how NESA benefits the region from a facilitation standpoint.
