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Want to get the latest details on what’s on tap for this week in Downtown Florence?
Click on the link below to see when Willy Wonka takes center stage at the Florence Little Theatre, get details on food and entertainment options, see what the latest exhibits are at the Florence County Museum and learn how to make the most of you and your family’s time at the Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation Library!
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From Francis Marion University:
The waters are dancing at FMU’s Carter Center for the Health Sciences in downtown Florence where installation of the fountain out front is now complete.
Faculty from the School of Health Sciences is beginning move-in this week.
A ribbon-cutting is set for Aug. 4 at 10 a.m.
The building will house the university’s Nurse Practitioner Program, a proposed physician assistant program and classroom and administrative space for the University of South Carolina’s third and fourth year medical students and instructors.
The USC Medical Student Clinic will begin by the fall of 2016.
More information on the facility and its opening can be found in this story below from WPDE Abc15News:
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From the Morning News:
FLORENCE – A $15 million Hyatt Place hotel will soon take shape in downtown Florence.
Raines Hospitality president Grey Raines officially unveiled the project this morning alongside Florence Mayor Stephen Wukela.
In partnership with SpringBridge Development, the 103-room hotel on East Evans and Dargan Street will be a “a modern hub for all business and leisure guests,” Raines said, “and we’re excited about the next phase of what the hospitality world can bring to downtown Florence.”
The grand opening is expected in the first quarter of 2018.
To read more about the opening and the Morning News article in its entirety, click on the link below:
Florence City Council members recently discussed the potential for big changes in the city’s sign ordinance.
Under the measure, one major change would occur surrounding the Grove at Ebenezer, which will be a 240 acre development off of Pine Needles Road.
If approved, the ordinance changes would mean that the first 100 feet south of Pine Needles Road all the way to I-95 could have a sign that’s 160 square feet, whereas what is currently allowed is 4 feet by 8 feet, or 32 square feet, according to the Morning News article.
Find out exactly what that would mean for some residential roads by clicking the link below to the story from the Morning News:
SCnow.com web article- Florence Sign Ordinance
From the Morning News:
“The 2015-16 school year ended with nearly nine hundred high school seniors graduating from Florence School District One.
Before the new school year starts back up, Superintendent Randy Bridges sat down with the Morning News to discuss last year’s progress as well what is ahead for the coming year.”
Read the entire article by clicking below:
Florence Little Theatre
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Looking for some fantastic entertainment? Look no further than right here in the Pee Dee at the Florence Little Theatre!
Here’s a great preview of what they’ve got in the works for the upcoming season, courtesy of the Florence News Journal’s Brenda Harrison:
“The Florence Little Theatre has “Something Wonderful” planned for its 2016-2017 Season. The season opens Friday, July 15, with the summer production, “Ronald Dahl’s Willy Wonka JR.,” featuring a cast of youth performers. “We’re trying to do something new with “Addams’s Family,” mixed with old classics such as “The King and I,’ explained FLT President John Bankson. Included in the mix will be “To Kill A Mockingbird,” “Always Patsy Cline” and “Barefoot in the Park.”
To read more about each individual performance and to get information on ticket and sponsor prices, view the entire article by clicking below:
Florence News Journal Article: Florence Little Theatre Celebrates 93rd Season
What’s going on this week in Florence?
Get all the details on events at the library and museum, find out about live music and see when the farmer’s market will be up and running.
It’s all in the latest edition of the downtown newsletter, which you can find by clicking on the link below:
Florence Downtown Newsletter
Don’t forget to join us for an exciting and informative upcoming Lunch & Learn- Preparing for the New Fair Labor Standards Act.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
12pm-1:30pm
Florence County Library (Stukes Meeting Room)
The Young Professionals of Florence, Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce and Willcox, Buyck and Williams, P.A. will host a Lunch & Learn program to explain the new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA,) which will take effect on December 1, 2016. If you want to know how this ruling will affect your business or organization, you need to register.
Did you know the new final rule will:
– Increase by slightly more than double, the minimum salary level for exempt “white collar” employees from $455/week ($23,660/year) to $913/week ($47,476/year)
– Automatically update every three years: 1) the minimum salary level to the 40th percentile of full-time salaried workers in the lowest income region of the country; and (2) the HCE threshold to the 90th percentile of full-time salaried workers nationally.
Raise the highly compensated employee (“HCE”) threshold from $100,000 to $134,004.
No exception to the rules is made for small businesses. The final rule does not make any changes to the duties tests for executive, administrative & professional employees.
The final rule allows for up to 10 percent of the minimum salary level for non-HCE employees to be met by non-discretionary bonuses, incentives, or commissions, if these payments are made on at least a quarterly basis.
COST
Young Professionals/Chamber Members ($15)
Non-Members ($20)
Non-Profit Organizations ($15)
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