Join them on July 11th, at Florence First Bank as they host a Smart Start Savings Day! This is a time for you to bring in your children or teenagers & their piggy banks to open their MyFirst Savings account!

We want to spend time teaching them how to make a deposit and why it’s important to save.

There are no fees and no balance requirements. They must have a parent or guardian on the account with them.

To see the full flyer, click here.

Great news for Pee Dee area business and leisure travelers. It appears that American Airlines will be adding an additional daily flight into and out of Florence Regional Airport beginning August 7th.

Now, area airline travelers will have better connections times in Charlotte to go along with the convenience and cost savings of using the local Florence airport. With early morning, midday and evening flights through Florence, layover times will be shorter and provide more flexible connect options.

American Airlines using Florence Regional Airport delivers superb on-time performance along with the ease of close-in parking and faster passenger check-in for your flight to Charlotte and then on to nearly any market in the world.

To check out available flight options go to https://www.aa.com.

You can contact the Florence Regional Airport or the Florence Chamber of Commerce for more information.

The Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Business Person of the Year. If you know someone you feel is a successful businessperson with a record of responsibility toward employees, customers, and members of the community, you may want to consider nominating them for the Businessperson of the Year. This person must be a member of the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce and be associated with a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or professional practice in the Florence area. Elected officials and employees of government or not-for-profit organizations are ineligible unless they are also involved in business and meet eligibility requirements. Last year’s recipient was Kyle Gunter of FBi Construction. The award will be presented at the Chamber’s Fall Membership Luncheon on September 25th at Florence Center. To submit your nominations or for more information, please email Susan Farver at sfarver@flochamber.com or Michael Miller at mmiller@flochamber.com. The deadline for nominations is Friday, August 2nd.

HopeHealth welcomes Charles Webb, MD, FACOG, an OB/GYN providing women’s health services at the HopeHealth Medical Plaza.

Dr. Webb graduated from Francis Marion University with a Bachelor of Science, from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, and from the Medical University of South Carolina with his medical degree. He completed his internship and residency at the University of South Carolina Palmetto Richland, where he also served as Chief Resident.

He is a member of the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecologists, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the North Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, and the South Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society. His clinical interests are pelvic floor abnormalities.