Bee City Takeover at City Center Farmer’s Market

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As part of National Pollinators Week this year (June 19th-25th), the City of Florence will be hosting a Bee City Takeover at the City Center Farmers Market on Saturday, June 24th, 2023. The public is invited to stop by the market to learn more about protecting pollinators, participate in an eco-friendly craft, speak with local beekeepers, and shop from vendors. The whole family is sure to have an un-bee-lievable time!

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Florence Regional Airport Begins Hangar Construction

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The Pee Dee Regional Airport will have 10 additional hangars by the end of the year and begin its rehabilitation of the taxiway this fall.

The additions are part of various expansion efforts. The airport hired an Air Service Consultant in 2021 to pursue relationships with other commercial airlines, as well as hire more staff and use larger American Airline jets. The taxiway rehabilitation will be funded through a grant.

The airport has two commercial flights with American Airlines to Charlotte. It is also home to Precision Air Inc., which manages private and non-American Airline flights while also storing and maintaining planes.

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AESC US Holds Groundbreaking For New Electric Car Battery Plant

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Wednesday’s AESC US groundbreaking for a new electric car battery plant in Florence will likely be followed by other such events related to automobile and battery production, or even not related to electric car and battery production.

An industry that locates a plant such as the $810 million battery plant and the 1,170 jobs that will come with it draws the attention of other manufacturers looking for prime locations for their plants.

“In the future I’d say half a dozen to a dozen,” said Florence City Councilman Bryan Braddock of future economic development announcements.

The plant will ultimately sit on about 500 acres of a 900 acre site that will stretch from Estate Road east to S.C. 327.

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Summit Roofing Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

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Michelle Oxendine and her Summit Roof Restoration is dedicated to restoring and beautifying commercial roofs in our community. They take pride in their work and value their clients as they have made Summit Roof Restoration’s family business successful!

Summit has 15 years roofing experience, and they founded their own company two years ago because according to Michelle “we enjoy what we do so much and decided to make a career out of it!” Since then, they have restored some notable roofs around the PEEDEE area, their roofs have even been seen on commercials for some of the businesses they have restored! Summit Roof Restoration is so confident in their restorations that they offer FREE commercial roof inspections as well as services like gutter cleaning & maintenance, pressure washing services & sky light replacement.

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T-Mobile Switch A Palooza Event

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T-Mobile invites you to join them June 23rd – 25th from for a weekend full of awesome promotions, contests, give-a-ways, food and fun. The event runs from 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM at the Florence store. (2160 W Evans St)

Juneteenth Art & Soul Fest Coming To Downtown Florence

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MINGLE of the Pee Dee will host the Juneteenth Art& Soul Fest in Downtown Florence on Thursday, June 15th at 5:30pm. The event will celebrate historic contributions of African Americans while bringing together families of all races from across the Pee Dee area for live entertainment, food, and networking. Sponsors include Spherion, The Law Offices of Linward Edwards II, Florence County, Starlee Alexander State Farm, PharmD and BB&B.

The evening will include education on Juneteenth and performances by local band Good Vybez.

This event is FREE for attendees.

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ChamberLink Radio

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Drew Chaplin of Palmetto Commercial Real Estate joined ChamberLink radio this weekend to talk about becoming an industry leader among the commercial real estate firms throughout the Carolina’s, and providing brokerage services to tenants, landlords, buyers and sellers of retail, office, land, industrial and income properties. You can catch ChamberLink Radio each Sunday from 12:00-12:30pm on LIVE 95.3FM in Florence, SC.

Florence Center To Host The Florence Food Truck Festival This Weekend

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Join the Florence Center on June 16 & 17 for the Florence Food Truck Festival!

Explore a world of new flavors with OVER 20 local and regional delectable food trucks, trailers and food vendors! Taste an array of authentic cuisines, grilled favorites, worldly flavors, and sweet treats! The Florence Food Truck Festival will not only include delicious food, it will also include live entertainment daily, games, prizes, a kids zone, a large beer garden, local craft and retail vendors and MORE!

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Carolina Inflatables And Event Rentals Hosts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

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Hunter Dewitt, owner of Carolina Inflatables and Event Rentals, along with Chamber Ambassadors cuts the ribbon as he becomes a member of the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce on Monday, June 5th.

Carolina Inflatables has been in business for about a year now and has been very successful providing inflatables for parties, events, etc. They are proud to offer the Florence county area and surrounding areas fun inflatable rentals for any party needs. Their inflatables can be used dry or wet. They also provide large slides for older kids, bounce house and slide combinations, obstacle courses and basic bounce house. All their slides are delivered and set up at your site.

To get in touch with Carolina Inflatables during business hours Monday to Saturday 8 am to 5 pm call 843-687-8692 or they can be reached at their website : https://carolinainflatablesandevents.com/ or on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/Carolinainflatablesandeventrentalsllc. Contact can be made on Facebook and via text 24/7.

Freedom Family Care Joins Chamber

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Dr. Brian Hanna along with his wife Kim, co-owners of Freedom Family Care. their staff and Chamber Ambassador cut the ribbon on their grand opening while joining the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, June 1st.

Freedom Family Care is a Direct Primary Care outpatient clinic in Florence, SC. They provide primary care services to people ages birth through geriatrics. Direct Primary Care is different from traditional medicine in that they take a limited number of patients and provide 24/7 access to those patients for primary care services. They do not take medical insurance, and Direct Primary Care is not insurance; however, patients may use their health insurance if Dr. Hanna refers them for imaging studies or to see a specialist.

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