Join YPF for their June event at the Flamingos Game. Come and hang out at the beer garden and enjoy food, drinks, networking and lots of baseball! The fun starts at 7:00 pm on Thursday, June 20th. RSVP required for admission.
For more information, click here.
Join the Greater Florence Chamber and the City of Florence for networking and business growth as part of Innovate Florence.
The event will take place on June 20th from 6:00 – 7:30 pm at FMU University Place, located at 142 North Dargan Street, 2nd Floor. Innovate Florence is an exciting partnership where several local entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to speak about their business and challenges they face, and the community gives them feedback and support.
The goal is to break down barriers and form meaningful connections with community members and business owners.
To register, click here.
A night full of fun, laughter and self-care discussion for women, moms, leaders, visionaries and wives. Complimentary massages, refreshments, vendors and give aways will be provided.
For more information, click here.
Angela and John Pecca of A&J Firearms along with family, attendees and Chamber Ambassadors, cut their ribbon joining both the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce and Greater Darlington Chamber of Commerce. The ribbon cutting was followed by a Grand Opening celebration with games, vendors and activities.
A & J Firearms and Training is a firearm training facility in Darlington, S.C. helping clients fit their personal unique firearm needs and teach them how to become skilled and responsible armed citizens. Their staff provides extensive options and guidance.
A&J Firearms is located at 440 Case Street in Darlington, South Carolina and they can be reached at 843-773-0241.
The 2024 Emerging Leaders Summer Institute class kicked off their summer sessions with a class retreat on May 30th. The class had an opportunity to work on key leadership skills and growth strategies for their respective workplaces.
The retreat was facilitated by Gina Trimarco of Pivot10 Results.
To see more photos from the day, click here.
The Greater Florence Commerce mission is to promote and enhance a favorable business climate and to make Florence the best community in which to live and operate a business. With that in mind, we are looking to fill a Sales and Marketing role at the Chamber.
This position is responsible for advertising sales in the Chamber’s Newcomers Guide and Membership Directory publications along with the coordination and production of those products. Responsible for Chamber Website advertising and monthly newsletter production. Other roles include working as the Chamber representative on the Jr. Leadership Florence County partnership program.
Qualifications
Please send resume to
Sales/Marketing Position
Florence Chamber of Commerce
100 W Evans St
Florence, SC 29501
Duck Donuts, known for serving “Warm, Delicious and Made To Order!”‘ donuts, announced last week the grand opening of its Florence shop and eighth location in South Carolina will be Saturday, June 8th. The shop is located at 1360 Celebration Blvd, in Florence.
The shop is locally owned and operated by the Patel family; Deep, his sister Pansi, and wife, Charmi Patel.
“We love our Florence Community, the people are amazing and there are so many opportunities to grow, said Deep Patel.
“We are thrilled to open the doors of Duck Donuts Florence and serve you warm, delicious and made-to-order donuts.
To read the full press release, click here.
Last week, the South Carolina Board of Economic Advisors (BEA) announced that state budget writers will have an additional $610 million to appropriate when they return to Columbia in the coming weeks to finalize the state’s FY2024-25 budget. Of the $610 million, $143 million is recurring revenue that can be used for multiyear expenses while $467 million is nonrecurring revenue that will likely be used on one-time expenses. All told, budget writers have a total of $816 million in recurring revenue and $1.33 billion in nonrecurring revenue at their disposal for the FY2024-25 budget.
The revenue increase was driven largely by better-than-expected corporate income tax collections and investment earnings. Sales tax revenues, income tax revenues, and corporate license fee revenues were also higher than anticipated, albeit at lower levels than corporate income tax collections and investment earnings.
Members of the FY2024-25 budget (H.5100) conference committee will be able to use this additional revenue to iron out differences between the $13.8 billion House and Senate spending plans. Many SC Chamber priorities are included in both versions of the proposed FY2024-25 budget including a reduction in the individual income tax, investments in all facets of the state’s critical infrastructure, funding for technical college scholarships for critical-needs jobs, and teacher pay increases.
Derek Kurdupski, Chief Administrative Officer for Card Payment Solutions, will be the Florence Chamber’s guest this weekend on ChamberLink Radio.
We hope you enjoy the conversation this Sunday and encourage you to tune-in every Sunday from 12:00-12:30pm on LIVE 95.3FM in Florence, SC.
This program is brought to you by the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce.
Last week, the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) released data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that reveals key facts about South Carolina’s current labor market. This data shows that South Carolina is continuing to experience record levels of employment as the labor force participation rate in April increased to 57.2% which equates to 2,484,243 working or job-searching South Carolinians. In April alone, the number of employed persons increased by 4,810, marking a 32,638-person increase since this time last year.
Conversely, the number of unemployed individuals also increased to 79,793 which includes 1,843 newly unemployed individuals in the month of April. In comparison to this time last year, there are 8,870 more people out of work, bringing the statewide unemployment rate to 3.2 % while the national rate slightly decreased to 3.9%.
More information on the current state of South Carolina’s labor market can be found here.
