Category Archives: Community
Bloody well done, Columbia! Drive exceeds goal
Here’s the happy ending to the blood drive we told you about: The drive exceeded the goal of 300 unit, bringing in a total of 317! The Red Cross board particularly acknowledges the following: · Allison Cranford and Shawn Kenney for co-chairing … Continue reading
Give blood, get free stuff — and save lives
Tomorrow, Groundhog Day, there will be another community blood drive at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. I can’t give, because it’s too soon after the last time. But you probably can. And of course, since I can’t do it this … Continue reading
Thanks, Mayor Steve! And Merry Merry to you, too!
Just in time for Christmas, we got this great direct message from Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin via Twitter: Hope the folks at ADCO are happy to see “Famously Hot” everywhere. Good work that I think will pay dividends for years … Continue reading
Talk about acceptance by ALL demographic groups…
We much appreciate the two shout-outs we got from Kelly Barbrey Wednesday at the Hospitality Hotspotters meeting, giving us credit for helping the community come up with the “Famously Hot” campaign. We’ve been greatly gratified by the wide acceptance the … Continue reading
‘Famously Hot’ getting famous-er all the time
And now we can celebrate the wide acceptance of the campaign (which was created by guess who) at the official Famously Hot New Year’s Eve party: Get excited because this New Year’s Eve, the biggest, most exciting event in the … Continue reading
Where the synapses meet: AT&T’s switching center
AT&T employs 2,477 people in South Carolina, with a payroll of $173 million. Not to mention handling all those billions of texts. Today, ADCO’s Brad Warthen visited the nerve center of it all, the very synapses that handle 90 percent … Continue reading
Here’s what the future looks like (and yes, we’ll still need roads)
Last night, I saw “Back to the Future” for the first time in many a year. And I had to smile at the end. In 1985, it was still credible that we’d have flying cars in 2015. The shocking thing is … Continue reading
SC aeronautic cluster just keeps growing
As with automotive companies clustering around BMW in the Upstate, we’re starting to see more aerospace growth between here and Charleston: Aerospace company lands in Orangeburg County Aerostructures North America will open a new aerospace components assembly facility in the … Continue reading
Even the big guys stumble sometimes
On Monday, the Riley Institute’s Diversity Leaders Initiative class in Charleston contemplated the above, short-lived, Intel print ad. The class is filled with experienced South Carolinians who have seen a lot, but their minds were fairly boggled by this. See … Continue reading
City council candidate gets a plug in for “Famously Hot”
On this clip, you hear the very first thing Cameron Runyan said Wednesday after Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin endorsed him for the at-large seat on city council in the April 2012 election.