Horry County Council Chairwoman Liz Gilland will leave the country for a trip to Dubai on March 20 to seek out economic development and trade with the Middle Eastern country. The county paid $2,131 so far to fund the trip.

Gail Olive, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity said the agency is looking to build a housing development just outside of Conway, off SC 905, but breaking ground on the first home could take a long time.

The value of new commercial construction in Florence County dropped this year, but landed in a safety net when H.J. Heinz Co. decided to build a facility near Florence, according to a county building report.

New businesses are popping up throughout the Pee Dee every day, it seems. The arrivals of Heinz, Monster and a new Wal-Mart SuperCenter in Florence have all been announced, but here are some things that haven’t.

Board members of the Darlington County Economic Development Partnership had a chance Wednesday to meet the two final candidates for the new county economic development director. The partnership includes municipal and county government officials, as well as with residents.

Monster, an online job recruitment and careers resource, is one step away from an exemption from state Sunday work prohibitions to ensure that it can operate its future Florence County customer service center around the clock.

The Heinz company, which will be putting a plant in Florence County, is looking for suppliers, Frank Jones told Marion County Economic Development Commissioners, and the Russell Stover building is back on the market.

With jobs like Monster and Heinz moving to the Pee Dee, people are hoping it will become easier to find a job. 

Right now, it looks like the Florence area is on an economic roll, as new industry announcements just keep flowing from Florence County. Tough economic times don’t seem to stop the announcements of new industry, and new jobs coming to Florence County. It’s almost as if the stars are aligned in this Pee Dee County’s favor.

Monster, the online job recruitment and careers resource, plans to invest $28 million and bring 750 jobs over five years through building a customer-service facility in Florence County.

A proposed international port slated for development in Southport, N.C., is a step closer to becoming a reality.

A proposal for an overlay district that would allow no multifamily housing in the Greater Wilson Heights community could be in the hands of Florence’s city planning commission when it holds its inaugural meeting next month.

George Harrington’s 30-acre farm stands out like a pastoral scene from a slow-motion era amidst the commercialism that has mushroomed along North Cashua Drive.

The new Wal-Mart Supercenter will be built off of S.C. Highway 501 in the Carolina Forest area.

Despite what Santee Cooper claims, this plant does not use the best available environmental technology.