Business - Greenville Journal

One Upstate company is aiming for the heights claimed by high-end cosmetic lines such as Bobbie Brown, Estee Lauder and Laura Mercier. A Simpsonville native and Greer business owner, Christina Loftis Welch has held many titles: Miss Simpsonville 2003, Miss Greater Greer 2004, Miss Poinsett Downtown 2006 and South Carolina Watermelon Queen 2007, where she was also second runner-up in the National Watermelon Queen competition. However, her newest title is entrepreneur and founder of Stella Louise Boutique and Cosmetics. Welch talks about her journey from contestant to cosmetics maven.

March 21, 2013 • Business News
Upstate Business Journal

Iron Yard Introduces Class of ’13

Next Big Thing's second class stresses real-world applications

March 21, 2013 • Impact
Greenville Journal

TreesGreenville fights the green battle

March 21, 2013 • Impact
Greenville Journal

Habitat project under fire in Simpsonville

March 21, 2013 • Impact
Greenville Journal

Delayed gratification

Delayed harvest program changes the face of fly-fishing in SC

March 21, 2013 • Politics
Greenville Journal

State GOP leadership seeks to stifle dissent

March 20, 2013 • Business News
Upstate Business Journal

GEEK: Greenville’s Expanding Economy of Knowledge

March 20, 2013 • Business News
Upstate Business Journal

EnVeritas Group travels at the speed of change

March 20, 2013 • Business News
Upstate Business Journal

Celebrating a Century

Thomas McAfee Funeral Homes makes helping families a family business

March 20, 2013 • Business News
Upstate Business Journal

SIP to offer a view with your drink

New rooftop bar slated to open in late March

March 20, 2013 • Business News
Upstate Business Journal

‘Yeah, THAT Greenville’

Multimedia campaign seeks to emphasize city's standout qualities

March 14, 2013 • Impact
Greenville Journal

Parking problem?

City says downtown has enough parking to handle ongoing development; future projects could prompt need for new garage

March 15, 2013 • Business
Upstate Business Journal

The New MBA

Business degree programs in the Upstate stress entrepreneurship and flexibility

March 15, 2013 • Politics
Greenville Journal

Constitutional Carry draws support, dissent

March 14, 2013 • Business News
Greenville Journal

Envision SC presents: Secretary Richard W. Riley

"I would like to see South Carolina become a garden of diversity." – Secretary Riley

March 15, 2013 • Impact
Greenville Journal

Greenville disabilities agency makes offer for new director

March 7, 2013 • Business News
Upstate Business Journal

Goodbye, Walls : Upstate workers share energy and ideas while co-working

Hunkered down in coffee shops with glowing screens and steaming cups are not college students checking their social media or moms checking their email. These are the digital nomads – freelancers or entrepreneurs. They've escaped their cramped home offices and uncomfortable chairs to crank out a new business proposal or report to a client. Now, the next step. Instead of dealing with the din that is a public space, purposefully designed workplaces for these sometimes solitary workers have been appearing across the Upstate as part of a global trend: co-working. Rather than sharing a table with a coffeehouse stranger, a co-worker shares space with fellow freelancers or entrepreneurs. They work with each other in the same space and sometimes on the same projects. Co-working spaces offer a place to work and meet clients, typically for a rental fee. Workers can keep flexible hours, share common areas and many times collaborate. And the movement is building. According to Deskmag.com, a site devoted to co-working and its settings, two-thirds of co-working spaces surveyed in 2012 are considering expanding. CoWork Railside

March 7, 2013 • Business News
Upstate Business Journal

Upcountry Spirits : Six and Twenty Distillery turns out handcrafted whiskey

Crafting spirits runs in Robert Redmond's family:

March 7, 2013 • Business News
Upstate Business Journal

A Groundbreaking Day for the Inland Port

Construction underway for $35 million project, due for completion in September

March 7, 2013 • Politics
Greenville Journal

District 17 voters to return to polls

March 7, 2013 • Business News
Greenville Journal

Spartanburg Foundation selects CEO

March 7, 2013 • Business News
Greenville Journal

One way or another

Developer says opposition won’t stop his plans for Paris Mountain

February 15, 2013 • Impact
Upstate Business Journal

The Iron Yard forges ahead

At the speed of the digital age, the Iron Yard is expanding its reach, both physically and in terms of programming. The small staff, volunteers and community supporters are attacking the challenge of growing a tech community from any angle available: educating adults and children, reaching to other cities, and anchoring a hub for indie tech/creative culture. The Next Big Thing: Spartanburg

February 15, 2013 • Impact
Upstate Business Journal

Frank B. Halter

The USC school of medicine welcomed its charter class to the new Greenville campus in July, a celebratory event set in motion in part decades ago by the visionary work of Frank Halter and his many friends and associates.It is one of many legacies Halter gave the people of his city and the Upstate in more than 60 years of quiet, tireless and unselfish contributions.As Knox Haynsworth, one of his oldest and dearest friends, put it, "He gave so much time and treasure to the Greenville community. Frank felt strongly that he had a duty to leave his community a better place."By all accounts, he did. Halter died at the age of 83 on Jan. 29, leaving a lasting presence of an "extraordinary human being" whose life "was centered around his family, his church and his friends," said Haynsworth.For 50 years, he grew the family-owned Caine Company, including Coldwell Banker Caine, into one of the most successful commercial and real estate firms in the state. A 'quiet giver'

February 28, 2013 • Business News
Upstate Business Journal