MUSC grants set record

The Medical University of South Carolina took in $180 million in research grants last year, a record that reflects the growing role of medical studies at the institution. Continue reading

Charleston ranked among the world’s best in Travel + Leisure magazine poll

Charleston is the 6th “Top City in the United States & Canada” according to Travel + Leisure magazine’s tenth annual World’s Best Poll, featured in the August 2005 issue. Continue reading

Building technology startup establishes headquarters in Charleston region

Global Building Solutions, a startup in the production of Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs), has established its corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility in Berkeley County at 2509 Clements Ferry Road. Today’s announcement was facilitated by the Charleston Regional Development Alliance. Continue reading

Blackbaud sees jump in quarterly earnings

Earnings at Blackbaud Inc. jumped nearly 60 percent in the second quarter while revenues rose at their fastest pace in five years, the Charleston-based software maker said Wednesday. Continue reading

Outside magazine names Charleston a “New American Dream Town”

You can't capture a sense of place and charm in a bottle, of course. But Charleston has come pretty close. In the past 30 years, this port city on the peninsula where the Cooper and Ashley rivers flow into Charleston Harbor has become a lively, subtropical magnet for young creative types, families, and the water-obsessed. Continue reading

QuickFarm launches real-time quotes product

QuickFarm announces the launch of QuickFarm Quotes(TM), a real-time commodity price and news commentary product as part of its on-line agricultural information portfolio. The addition of real-time news is the result of a recently reached agreement between QuickFarm and Dow Jones News Wire. Continue reading

Record year for South Carolina ports

Riding a wave of increased productivity and a solid financial position, the South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) closed its most successful fiscal year by posting record container volume and revenues. Continue reading

Regional economic development recommendations presented at community event

Business, education and community leaders from throughout the three-county Charleston region gathered today to hear top-line recommendations for a cluster-based economic development strategy. The recommendations were presented by AngelouEconomics, an Austin-based economic development consulting firm commissioned by the Charleston Regional Development Alliance in August 2004. Continue reading

Consultants lay out strategy for promoting development

From a nine-month study just completed for the Charleston Regional Development Alliance, the alliance is looking to adopt many of AngelouEconomics' recommendations as part of a new five-year action plan that it unveiled Wednesday. Continue reading

Charleston Digital Corridor launches “Corridor Roundtable” to offer boost to region’s entrepreneurs

The Charleston Digital Corridor has launched the "Corridor Roundtable," an initiative intended to directly aid entrepreneurs in existing knowledge-based businesses by providing guidance and answers to the immediate questions and pressing challenges they face in developing and growing their business. Continue reading