Next Thurs, Feb 16, First Citizens Bank will present our Rock Hill Businessperson of the Year Award to David Oxendine, COO of Redline Chemical. Dave has served the Chamber on a variety of boards and councils over the years including our Government Relations Task Force. He keeps his family business running while also volunteering as…
Grier Sandifer, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for Bank of York, is our Businessperson of the Year for the York area! Grier is a grounded executive committed to serving families and small businesses through a career built on community relationships. He’s a Leadership York County graduate and has served on a variety of…
If you’ve ever seen Alex in action, you have no doubt about her qualifications for our Young Professional of the Year award. Besides being actively engaged in our community, she has a genuine interest in making a difference for the greater good. And, by the way, she’s also smart, funny, and bursting with enthusiasm for…
Our Annual Awards Celebration is coming up! Time to introduce you to this year’s honorees. First up, thanks to SouthState Bank, is our Businessperson of the Year from the Fort Mill/Tega Cay area, David Buist of Ferrara Buist, LLC! This hugely successful and quietly humble entrepreneur, a Leadership York County graduate and board member for…
1) Weekly Legislative Update Each week during the SC legislative session, the Chamber will provide a video summary of proposed bills that could impact business in York County and across the State. The first update of the 2023-2024 session focuses on proposals to address the current $3.5 million SC budget surplus, the Statewide Education and Workforce…
1) Chamber Facebook Account Hacked While content posted prior to Jan 7 is still available, our Facebook page is currently down. We’re working to resolve the issue but until then, please visit our website for details about our upcoming events and follow us on Instagram to keep up with our social media content. 2) Annual…
(from SCchamber.net) The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce invite business leaders in South Carolina to participate in a meaningful, ongoing survey of business conditions in the state – the Palmetto Business Barometer. The survey measures business conditions and attitudes over time with an emphasis on behaviors…
The events precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, now known as the “Great Resignation” have shone a new light on the role of leadership in business. It is now clear that millions of people across the nation are looking more closely at how they feel in their workplace. This includes the quality of relationships with supervisors…
Back to Blog Over 200 attendees, including elected officials and business leaders from across our region participated in the 2023 Catawba Regional Forum. Federal Reserve Senior Economist Dr. Laura Ullrich provided a ‘State of the State’ overview regarding workforce participation across South Carolina and moderated a panel discussion featuring leaders of our region’s higher education institutions,…
Our own Celeste Tiller is featured in this year’s Charlotte Business Journal York County insert. Thanks to York County Economic Development and Rock Hill Economic Development for including this valuable #talentandworkforce spotlight. View the full insert below or at https://bit.ly/3FAwJWw #workingtogether #YCRC