New SC industrial park aims to create places for work and play

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 will break ground this week on Camp Hall — a roughly 4,000-acre business park adjacent to the Volvo Cars manufacturing campus nearing completion near Ridgeville in Berkeley County.

Camp Hall will combine traditional industrial tracts with amenities aimed at making workers’ lives better, such as: walkable and bikeable nature trails through preserved forest and wetlands; a park and amphitheater; and campus-wide Wi-Fi service.

Read more at the Post & Courier…