October 11, 2019 Upstate Business Journal

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“We’re hoping we can recognize and celebrate a person not just this year, but every year, a person in our comunity who is bringing about peace and understanding.””

-Jennifer Olmert, executive director, The Upstate Mediation Center

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JUMPSTART hosts first Greenville Lunch and Learn n story by MELODY CUENCA | photo PROVIDED

The statewide organization JUMPSTART, which focuses on prisoner re-entry to society, recently held its first Lunch and Learn at Crowne Plaza in Greenville to inform the community of its programs.

With nearly 200 in attendance, business and community leaders met to learn how Jumpstart assists current and former prisoners successfully re-enter society. Graduates of the program also spoke to attendees at the event.

The faith-based organization’s Inside Program prepares individuals in prison for life after incarceration. The 40-week program is used in 17 of South Carolina’s 22 prisons.

“Since our inception, 5,000 inmates have participated in the JUMPSTART class and more than 2,100 have been released,” executive director Tommy Moore says. “Less than 4% have returned to prison.”

Those who successfully complete the program inside prison move into the one-year Outside Program after being released. The Outside Program offers 12 transitional houses in Spartanburg County and helps with employment, health care and transportation for former prisoners.

“We have 52 beds and at any given time we may have between 35 and 45 men and women in our transitional houses,” Moore says.

In South Carolina, 19,000 men and women are incarcerated and more than 800 are released per month, according to Moore. “The recidivism rate of JUMPSTART, the 4%, saves the state of South Carolina over $7 million per year,” he says.

JUMPSTART partners with donors, churches and community members to transform the lives of broken people. To see these individuals successfully re-enter society is what motivates Moore to continue the mission of JUMPSTART.

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-Tommy Moore, executive director “Some of these folks are what society has rejected,” Moore says.

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Winners of first Peacemaker Award announced n story by STAFF | photo PROVIDED Left: Victoria Chance and Mary Anne Inglis

We’re hoping we can recognize and celebrate a person not just this year, but every year, a person in our comunity who is bringing about peace and understanding.”

-Jennifer Olmert, executive director, The Upstate Mediation Center Victoria Chance and Mary Anne Inglis, founders of My Neighbor’s Voice, are the recipients of Upstate Mediation Center’s first annual Peacemaker Award.

Chance and Inglis were nominated for their organization that bridges community division. The women believed that a safe space for civil discussion was the missing piece to people finding common ground. So since 2016, My Neighbor’s Voice has brought

people together for a meal and time to talk about their civic concerns. Program participants say it’s working.

The Upstate Mediation Center’s Board of Directors chose Chance and Inglis because their work exemplifies the Peacemaker Award’s criteria, the news release said.

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“We’re hoping we can recognize and celebrate a person not just this year, but every year, a person in our community who is bringing about peace and understanding,” says executive director Jennifer Olmert.

Fittingly, the award will be given during National Conflict Res-

olution week at the UMC’s Peacemaker Celebration. The event will be held at the Rutherford on Tuesday, Oct. 15th.

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revolution is taking place in the very town settled by veterans of the Revolutionary War. After decades of decline, Woodruff is experiencing growth. Like many rural mill villages, the end of the last millennium was as rough as a burlap sack, when the local textile industry unraveled, moving overseas. Woodruff ’s population dipped to numbers not seen since the 1960s.

But an upward trend is now underway. “We have two developments with a total of 200 homes that have broken ground,” says Alyson Smith, community and economic development director. “Another 400 have shown interest and will be either within city limits or within a three-to-five-mile drive.”

City records show investors have pumped $5.5 million into this bedroom community just east of Greenville and south of Spartanburg, between 2018-19.

“The majority of the vacant buildings within our downtown have recently been purchased and are undergoing renovation, or will begin renovation within the next six months or so,” Smith says. “The investment has all been private investment from residential developers, current property owners, new property owners and new businesses who have upfit downtown buildings that were previously in poor condition.”

Among those bringing flair to the Main Street makeover is a group of women working to restore Woodruff ’s small-town charm and luster. photos above & right provided by CITY OF WOODRUFF

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owner, The Yellow Butterfly | 104 N. Main St.

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ebbie Davis unlocks the front door to her gift shop on Main Street. As she scans the three-block-long stretch of century-old buildings, she recalls the days of her youth. “When I grew up here, Main Street was full of people. Cars were everywhere,” the retailer reminisces. “I see pictures of my parents growing up in the ’50s and ’60s. There was a movie theater; it was a thriving little town.”

After spending the better part of her adult life in Greenville, Davis says she’s excited to return to her roots and fertilize the business landscape. She and her husband purchased a ramshackle, two-story structure in 2017 and opened The Yellow Butterfly last fall. “It’s a 120-yearold building,” she says. “It started out as a furniture store, and when I was growing up here in the ’60s and ’70s, I remember it being a florist.

When I bought it, it was a tanning-bed place.”

They say you have to be first, best or different. I want to be all three.”

-Debbie Davis, owner, The Yellow Butterfly Davis cut her teeth in retail at Palmetto Home & Garden on Laurens Road for 13 years. She’s still learning the ebb and flow of Woodruff ’s clientele, but says business has been good, especially since the summer vacation season ended. Bailey, the cream-colored shop dog, accompanies her every day and stands post near the register. American-made paintings, candles, jewelry and more fill the 2,400-square-foot space with another 2,400 square feet upstairs for expansion.

While stocking her shop, the businesswoman simultaneously brainstorms ways to increase downtown engagement. “We’ve got to have more restaurants,” she declares. “Food, drink and music are going to bring more people in. Change is coming. It’s going to be a new era for a lot of people.”

And she’s grateful to be taking flight on the front end of business growth with The Yellow Butterfly. “They say you have to be first, best or different. I want to be all three!”

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’m living my dream now! I’m living my passion!”

It’s a new season for Angela Self, and everyone around her can feel her energy. In the not-so-distant past, she left a 17-year health-care career and hit a milestone birthday which she’d rather not mention. It was time for something new.

“I went back to school to get my builders license,” she says with a smile. “I have a certification in building biology, which addresses healthy interior spaces. I started off in residential, but my business has evolved into business properties. Specifically, older buildings.”

Self uses the same zeal which brought passion into her life to transform downtown Woodruff. “My business partner and I wanted the biggest challenge, to create the biggest transformation,” she says of why they purchased the property at 206 S. Main St. “When we bought it, during due diligence, the inspector said to tear it down. But we knew it held more than that. It could be amazing.”

People can’t see Woodruff at this point.

It’s hard to visualize what it can be. But if someone can go in now, they will be on the front end of this ball game.”

-Angela Self, owner, Angels Three Development, LLC A walkthrough shows the 7,500-square-foot structure has good bones.

The brick and wood hold incredible character, with a history to match.

“The right side of the space was a bank, and has a vault,” the owner says.

“It’s cool, because the office in back was for the bank president and has a fireplace. We’re restoring that and the vault to the original.”

Self and Michael Watts plan to complete renovations by November and lease the space to a restaurateur. “I really love a transformation. It’s an amazing feeling, almost indescribable. You don’t want to tear down something beautiful that can still be used,” the builder says. “People can’t see Woodruff at this point. It’s hard to visualize what it can be. But if someone can go in now, they will be on the front end of this ball game.”

Prior to Angels Three Development, Self had a career in healthcare for 17 years.

The 7,500 sq. ft. structure at 206 S. Main St. includes an original bank vault.

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I see it expanding in a good way while still keeping that small-town feel and adding a variety of things for the community to do. I can’t say enough about the city of Woodruff.”

-Yana Allen, owner, Rotties 221 Biergarten

the adventurer: YANA

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owner, Rotties 221 Biergarten | 228 S. Main St.

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ith their love of travel through Germany, Denmark and the Adriatic Coast, it should come as no surprise that Yana Allen and her husband John stumbled upon Woodruff during a walkabout. While exploring Main Street, the multitude of “for sale” signs caught their attention. “I fell in love with this red brick building,” Yana recalls. “It had an open space, café feel, and when we walked down the driveway, we both thought biergarten!”

The owner happened to be on-site, and the Allens quickly gained possession of two 118-year-old buildings with boarded-up windows, no electricity and grass growing from the dirt floors. “We had a little picnic here with our friends to celebrate,” Yana says with a laugh. “It was a shell of a building. They all shook their heads and joked about the ‘Money Pit’ movie and asked, ‘are you sure?’”

The Rotties 221 Beirgarten has 24 beers on tap.

The buildings Allen purchased for her businesses are 118 years old.

But the Allens, who are of Scottish and Bavarian descent, went to work building their international biergarten, which opened in late September to a packed house. “We have 24 beers on tap and we’re working with different food vendors while we get the kitchen set up,” Yana says.

“We have a passion for traveling to different breweries and love to entertain. We hope to turn the building next door into a brewery.”

The fresh smell of varnish and lumber wafts through Rotties as Yana looks out the big front window, spying construction crews working across the street. “I love Greenville, but I just don’t want to deal with the traffic anymore,” she says. “We live in Greer, and this is only 15 minutes away. I see it expanding in a good way while still keeping that smalltown feel and adding a variety of things for the community to do. I can’t say enough about the city of Woodruff.”

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The firm currently has 25 associates handling 12 active engagements and “north of 200 million” in aggregate deal volume, Brusman told Upstate Business Journal.

While his firm has worked on deals in locations as near as Florida and as distant as Taiwan, the firm’s intent is to “really blanket South Carolina” in the fourth quarter of 2019, Brusman added. “It’s just a market we think we can do a lot more in.”

Steve Sellery, the firm’s chief marketing officer and Frank Wrenn, its managing director of advisory services, work out of Charles Towne Holdings’ Greenville office at 211 E. Washington St. Sellery is founder and CEO of

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Twana Triplett, a certified medical assistant at PartnerMD in Greenville, says the PartnerMD team members are big believers that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

“We like to prevent things from happening,” she says. “We are proactive instead of reactive.”

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Strossner’s Bakery: a family-run Greenville staple since 1947 n story & photos by K. LEE GRAHAM

Cheery blue and white awnings welcome you into the doors of Strossner’s Bakery. Once inside, you’ll find locally baked bread, pastries, and desserts that have made the bakery a favorite in Greenville for the past 70 years.

Three generations of the Strossner family have been serving up some of the tastiest bites in Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Strossner established the bakery in 1947.

Now their grandson, Tapley Strossner, owns and operates the business. “As a child I thought about it growing up, being a part of this,” said Tapley, who moved out West in his twenties, but whose strong family ties didn’t keep him away for long. “What brought it back to wanting to come here was having my daughter.” And whether it’s his own daughter or another family member, Tapley is sure he’ll be followed by another generation, too.

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Times may change, but the right slice of pie is enduring. It’s a commitment to their roots and

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Sixty years ago, a charismatic cigar-chomping revolutionary named Fidel Castro took power in Cuba.

Castro’s ascent to power – and his embrace of the Soviet Union as an ally – triggered U.S. trade and travel embargos and a botched covert assault on the island and fears of nuclear confrontation. Decades of animosity between America and Havana followed.

Since that time and with only short-lived exceptions, the United States has pursued a policy built around a comprehensive economic embargo in the hopes of forcing a regime change.

The problem, says Vicki Huddleston, chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba under presidents Clinton and George W. Bush, is that the policy doesn’t work.

HUDDLESTON’S SOUTH CAROLINA VISIT

Huddleston, now retired from the diplomatic corps, spent several days in South Carolina last month talking with business, academic and civic leaders as a guest of Upstate International and World Affairs Council Upstate. While in town, she shared her prescription for more effective U.S.–Cuba relations with the Upstate Business Journal.

“The only time where we have had worse relations with Cuba was the Bay of Pigs and the Missile Crisis,” she said.

While the Obama administration enacted a normalization process toward Cuba, the Trump administration “slammed the door closed,” she wrote in her 2018 memoir “Our Woman in Havana,” stifling the island’s emerging private sector after years of oppressive state control.

“So you had all these small industries … finally they have a little bit of money. They have a little bit of independence. Everyone believes we should be fostering this private sector,” Huddleston told UBJ.

THE IMPACT OF POLICY FAILURE

Although certain exceptions exist for non-state small-business enterprises, the current administration’s big-stick approach to trade, tourism and family remittances hurts both ordinary Cubans and U.S. business interests, Huddleston said.

“Cuba has a pretty sophisticated medical industry and manufacturing of medicine, so you could expand that. You could have cooperation with various U.S. pharmaceuticals,” she said. “There’s hardly been any housing construction in Cuba at all — so that immense need, if people have money — and that means some kind of industry.”

Huddleston, who also served as ambassador to Madagascar and Mali, delivered lectures at University of South Carolina-Upstate, Furman University and Clemson University during her stay.

“I believe from my point of view what has happened is that under this administration we have backed away from the international system that the United States built after World War II, was a system of laws, of rules, of trade, of immigration, of nations supporting, helping each other … and now we are allowing that system to disintegrate,” Huddleston said.

Cuba might now be brokering a “soft landing” and helping to effect regime change in Venezuela if Obama’s more conciliatory approach to Havana had been allowed to play out, the former mission head added.

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DP3 Architects won an award at The American Institute of Architects South Carolina (AIASC) 2019 Design Awards.

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A 102-year-old brand with South Carolina roots is front and center in a federal food fight.

Earlier this year, Falfurrias Capital Partners, a Charlotte-based private equity firm founded by former Bank of America chairman and CEO Hugh McColl Jr. and two other investors, acquired The C.F. Sauer Company of Richmond, Va., a condiments manufacturer that produces Duke’s Mayonnaise.

C.F. Sauer is now demanding that three Greenville area businesses stop their alleged infringement of the “Duke’s” brand name.

In a lawsuit filed Oct. 4 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Sauer alleges that Duke Sandwich Productions, DFP Sandwich Shops and Duke Brands – three successor firms to a smaller one begun by mayonnaise maven Eugenia Duke in 1917 –have engaged in trademark infringement, unfair competition and deceptive trade practices under federal and state law.

Eugenia Duke began selling popular sandwiches made with her pimento cheese, chicken salad and egg salad recipe to drug stores, textile mills and doughboys during World War I. The lawsuit states that she and her husband then sold the Duke’s brand and business to C.F. Sauer in 1929.

“The only asset not transferred to Duke’s was Mrs. Duke’s local South Carolina sandwich business, which she had previously sold,” the lawsuit argues.

The defendants have “recently begun a campaign to capitalize on the reputation and brand recognition” of Duke’s that was “built by Duke’s” and have adopted a look-alike logo for use on mayonnaise-based spreads, the suit alleges. The defendants have also begun selling those spreads and related products in grocery stores throughout the southern United States, C.F. Sauer asserts.

The Smart family, current owners of the Greenville area companies being sued, issued a statement saying they were “blindsided” by the claims.

“Both of our companies and their respective brands have coexisted until the recent sale of the C.F. Sauer Company, which was the long-time parent company of Duke’s Mayonnaise, this summer to Falfurrias Capital Partners,” the family said.

The company’s Greenville sandwich shops are located on Congaree Road, Poinsett Highway and Augusta Road.

Duke Brands’ production facility is the country’s largest producer of pimento cheese and a nationally-ranked producer of chicken salad.

“We plan to fight to keep our name and our brand,” the company’s statement said.

Sauer is asking for a jury trial, which likely will have the panel focused not only on the intricacies of trademark law but also on brand awareness and personal shopping habits.

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Though Carolinas Total Staffing Solutions LLC is new to the Upstate business scene, they share a collective 30 years of experience in the staffing industry serving the manufacturing, light industrial, and clerical clientele. Laura Egelhoff, Adrianna Phillips, and Karina Phillips are the proud owners of Carolinas Total Staffing Solutions (or CTSS) and have learned everything they know of the staffing world from their fearless Mother, Karen Morales.

Karen Morales, founder of CTSS, made her start in the Staffing Industry in the early 1990’s in Atlanta, Georgia. She started as a recruiter for Labor World and absolutely fell in love with helping people on their path to gainful employment.

Since then, she has worked for many other staffing giants and decided it was time to branch off to begin a company branded her very own way. She dreamed of creating a staffing empire whose mission, as a business, always kept people first.

Being a bilingual, Puerto Rican woman in the

cultural melting pot of Atlanta, Georgia in the early 1990’s gave Karen a fresh perspective on the growing community of Hispanics and Latin Americans. She was in a position to help many families find their path to a new career. Karen found a passion in career consultation as she grew to be a guide for families in transition to help them learn the English language while also providing guidance through the immigration process.

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Their partnership with Believing Ministries is what makes them truly stand out among the competition. We believe in sewing seeds of goodness in not only our family and employees, but the community at large.

Karen instilled within her daughters the virtue of leadership and what it means to be a business woman in a male-dominated industry. Karen now focuses her goals on being a full-time pastor, but her daughters have banded together to keep building the dream she has created and to make sure this dream comes to fruition. Laura, Adrianna, and Karina hope to keep building this empire to leave for their children as well. For this family, leadership also means leaving a legacy so future generations can aspire to even greater heights. Laura Egelhoff, President of CTSS, is making waves on her own. She forged the path for

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Laura believes true leadership starts with a great education. Having finished her Bachelor of Arts at Kennesaw State University Magna Cum Laude, Laura is currently a graduate student of Harvard Business School Online where she is learning the basics of Financial Accounting, Business Analytics, and Economics. Adrianna Phillips, the HR Manager of CTSS, is currently studying Business and Accounting at Greenville Tech and hopes to transfer to Clemson University for Summer 2020. It’s not easy to balance a family of children, working full-time, and keeping track of one’s studies – but part of being a great leader is accomplishing the impossible and forge new paths for a brighter future.

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Meet the local leaders behind global movement Dining for Women n story by MELODY CUENCA | photos PROVIDED

Founded in 2003 by two Greenville women, Dining for Women now changes lives around the world as well as in Greenville. The countless women and men behind the nearly 500 chapters of DFW are equally as important as the women they serve.

President Beth Ellen Holimon says DFW attests to Greenville’s interest in international issues. “It’s incredible to lead an organization with such passionate staff members and participants,” she says. Currently, 12 DFW chapters exist in Greenville and 27 in South Carolina.

“We are the largest educational giving circle dedicated to global gender equality,” Holimon says.

“We bring people together to create community and understanding and connection with women and girls all over the world.”

Members throughout the U.S. meet monthly for potluck dinners to learn and discuss global issues affecting gender equality. Chapter donations are used to fund grants for international women’s organizations.

“We’ve made grants to over 50 c o u n t r i e s ,” Holimon

says. “We’ve made over 200 grants totaling more than $7 million, changing lives of women all over the world.”

Holimon says people here in Greenville are also changed by wanting to participate in the broader world. Not exclusive to women, DFW welcomes male members and chapter leaders.

“When people learn about how global gender equality can really impact poverty, elections and peace, it really changes the way that they see the world,” she says. “It changes the way they hear the news, where they travel and where they give their charitable dollars.”

When Susan Stall, board chair, started her first DFW chapter 10 years ago, she had no idea just how many girls are killed, starved, neglected and raped each year.

“Four million women and girls around the world disappear every year due to gender discrimination,” Stall says. “That number equates to 80 percent of the population of South Carolina.”

Gender equality can help prevent the deaths of women around the world while also equipping them with education and economic opportunities to improve their communities.

The more we know, the better advocates we can be.”

-Susan Stall, board chair

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4 MILLION WOMEN & GIRLS WORLDWIDE

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DISAPPEAR EVERY YEAR DUE TO GENDER DISCRIMINATION

“I now see how many decisions made here in the U.S. have resounding ramifications and unintended consequences, on people all over the world — especially on women and girls who are the most marginalized,” she says.

Stall loves seeing thousands of members gather to learn about gen-

der equality challenges and making strides to achieve equality.

“The more we know, the better advocates we can be,” she says.

“The larger our numbers, the bigger our voice will be.”

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Katherine O’Neill takes the helm at Economic Futures Group n story by NEIL COTIAUX | photo PROVIDED

One of the Upstate’s most influential community leaders has a new job.

Former Spartanburg County Administrator Katherine O’Neill is the new executive vice president of the Economic Futures Group of the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce, the chamber division that handles economic development for the City of Spartanburg and its surrounding municipalities.

As county administrator from 2012 to 2018, O’Neill was responsible for a budget exceeding $200 million. As part of her duties, she facilitated negotiations for more than $5 billion in new economic development including the recruitment and expansion of

OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS THE ECONOMIC FUTURES GROUP

multiple international and domestic businesses including Toray, KeurigDr. Pepper, BMW and more, according to a chamber announcement.

O’Neill currently serves as chief operating officer of The Palladian Group, a marketing, public affairs, organizational development and digital agency headquartered in downtown Spartanburg.

In addition, she serves as chair of the executive board of the area chamber for the 2019-2021 term.

SUSTAINED MOMENTUM

According to the chamber’s website the Economic Futures Group, a public-private organization attract-

attracted

ed capital investments of $786 million in 2018, creating 2,138 jobs and total investments of $4.3 billion and 8,413 jobs over the last five years.

The county ranks sixth in the nation for industrial demand according to a 2019 market study.

The study, released in July by CoStar Group, a Washington, D.C.-based publishing and research company, said that more than seven million square feet of industrial space was snatched up in Spartanburg County in a recent 12-month period, outpacing Philadelphia and Phoenix and placing just behind Houston.

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creating

CoStar cited Spartanburg County’s pro-business climate, its strong manufacturing base and an abundance of available land as three key reasons for its attractiveness.

A spokesperson for the chamber said O’Neill will assume her new responsibilities on Nov. 4 and will resign as chair of its executive board before then.

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Paws and Claws recently opened its second location. This pet boutique offers a Do-It-Yourself Dog Wash, full-services grooming, spa services, as well as a wide array of food, treats and toys for cats.

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March of Dimes recently relocated. This non-profit educates

medical professionals and the public about best practices; supports lifesaving research; provides comfort and support to families in NICUs; and advocates for moms and babies.

Where: 3 Jervey Ave., Greenville Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday For more information: Visit www.marchofdimes.org or call 864-235-8576

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Old Europe Pastries recently held a ribbon cutting. The

dessert shop originated in Asheville, with the Greenville store serving as its second location. It offers freshly made pastries, macarons, and locally roasted coffee. Lunch offerings and a wine bar will be added soon.

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GOLDEN STRIP GLASS Dominick Abbate is preparing for the trip of a lifetime. This summer he’ll join a caravan of RVs for a two-month trek across

“We take a lot of pride in being able to carry on the business with the same level of integrity our father instilled in us,” says Matt.

Alaska, and he’ll do so secure in the knowledge that the

Greenville’s booming construction market

company he built from the ground up is in capable hands

has been good to the Abbate boys. Last year they

back home.

completed construction on a new commercial

Dominick founded Golden Strip Glass in 1991. He got his start in the glass business in his native Long Island, New York, and found work with a local company after migrating south in the early 1980s. When that

“We take a lot of pride in being able to carry on the business with the same level of integrity our father instilled in us.”

company eventually closed, Dom set up shop in the back of his truck, and Golden Strip Glass was born.

He made a name for himself with his hands-on approach, regularly

fabrication building outfitted with state-of-the-art production equipment that will allow them to keep pace with demand. The Golden Strip Glass crews stay busy here in the Upstate and across the Southeast, and last year saw a 40% increase in business.

The travel bug bit Matt just as hard as it did Dom,

and he and his wife commit to carving out time to see a new part of

showing up on job sites and putting in long hours to ensure his

the world every year. This spring they are bound for adventure in the

customers were satisfied. That solid reputation later allowed him to

Patagonia region of South America.

move the company to its current location on Miller Road, where his sons Matt and Michael spent a good chunk of their formative years cutting their teeth on the family business.

Both sons came to work with dad full-time as adults – Michael running the residential end of things and Matt overseeing the commercial side as Dom transitioned toward retirement – and this past November the torch was officially passed to the next generation.

“It was an honor to turn the business over to my sons,” Dom says.

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FIVE ELEMENTS ARE KEY TO HARDENING YOURSELF AGAINST THESE ATTACKS: Three successful Greenville-based restaurant groups have converged for one cause: tacos.

The owners of Tropical Grille, along with Tony’s Pizza & Subs owner Tony King, have entered into a franchise agreement with Tipsy Taco to open the newest location of the local Tex Mex brand on Woodruff Road in the former Havana Kitchen space that closed at the end of September.

The new franchisees plan to renovate the 7,200-square-foot restaurant at 1133 Woodruff Road and open the Tipsy Taco-branded space on Dec. 1.

“It’s no secret that tacos are big,” says Lazaro Montoto, Tropical Grille and Havana Kitchen co-owner.

Montoto says Havana Kitchen, which served traditional Cuban fare and featured weekend salsa dancing, was doing well sales-wise, but when he realized Tipsy Taco had begun franchising, he saw an opportunity with his prime location and building.

“It’s definitely more of a niche market,” Montoto says of Havana Kitchen that was open less than a year.

Montoto’s first Tropical Grille location on Pelham Road is in the same shopping center as the first Tipsy Taco. Being neighbors, the two groups became friends and watched their brands grow and expand to multiple locations, and now both are franchising.

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Tropical Grille’s eight and ninth locations are under construction -including the first one across state lines in Charlotte -- and Tipsy Taco has three locations in Greenville County, its first franchise in Clemson, and another location in Greer expected to open this fall.

Tipsy Taco has established itself as a brand that you’re going to make money as a server, and it has a family atmosphere.”

-Lazaro Montoto, Tropical Grille and Havana Kitchen co-owner The admiration between Montoto and Tipsy Taco founders Roger Carlton and Trish Balentine was evident at the closing on Oct. 4, which happened to be National Taco Day. “We were all smiles,” Montoto says.

“It’s a marriage made in heaven.”

Montoto and King, who has opened 13 restaurants in his career, along with Tropical Grille/Havana Kitchen partner Frank Roman, will be overseeing the transformation from Havana Kitchen to Tipsy Taco.

IDENTIFY: Know what data your business has, how sensitive it is, and how vulnerable it may be. Know where that data is stored and all the individuals and organizations — particularly third-party vendors, which are a huge security hole for many companies — that have access to it.

Protect: This is the biggest job and involves everything from patching and updating software to regular, persistent training and testing of your employees.

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DETECT: Be suspicious.

Question unusual emails or out-of-process requests. Establish strong password requirements, force monthly changes (employees hate this, I know. Do it anyway), implement and require two-factor authentication anywhere you can. Conduct regular reviews of users and their access. Users with administrative access that they do not need are a significant risk.

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RESPOND: In 2015, the FBI’s director of cybersecurity said: “You are going to be hacked. Have a plan.”

That still holds. There are resources help you create a plan including one from the Federal Communications Commission. Like any effective disaster-recovery plan, it’s a hefty process. But the risk-reward equation is on your side.

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RECOVER. Too many businesses don’t learn or document from the mistakes they make. Readers of this column know that lessons learned is a frequent theme. Look at every incident with a critical eye. Most things go deeper than a user’s mistake. Make improvements in communications, policies, and procedures.

You can get more information as well as tools, research, and templates at staysafeonline.org.

Can we eliminate this crime?

Probably not. But we can lessen first the chance of becoming a victim; or, failing that, the depth of loss and impact on our businesses and organizations if we are.

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Hey, be careful out there.

IN 2019, JUNIPER RESEARCH REPORTED THAT SMALL OF BUSINESSES MAKE UP THE CYBERSECURITY TARGET BASE

13%

ONE BUSINESS FALLS VICTIM TO A RANSOMWARE ATTACK

EVERY 14 SECONDS ACCORDING TO THE FBI ONLY

10%-12% OF CYBERCRIME IS ACTUALLY REPORTED

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Five Forks Chapter – Monthly Meeting

Handshakes and Hashbrowns

Noon-1pm |Crave Coffee Meeting to discuss issues of importance, events/ projects, and common challenges/opportunities.

864-963-3781 or info@simpsonvillechamber.com

8-9:00am | John Harris Body Shop A breakfast networking event hosted by the Greer Chamber.

Josh Shaffer at josh@greerchamber.com.

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Business Before Hours

Links Group #4

8-9:30am |D.R. Horton-Heritage Village A morning networking event hosted by the Simpsonville Chamber of Commerce.

864-963-3781 or info@simpsonvillechamber.com.

11:30am-1:00pm |Greenville Chamber This non-compete leads group offers business networking and referral marketing.

Ebony Austin at 864-239-3704 or eaustin@greenvillechamber.org.

SYP ‘n Strike

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5:30-8:00pm | Paradise Lanes | 469 E. Blackstock Road, Spartanburg This is a Spartanburg Young Professionals networking event. Come to network and then break into teams to bowl.

Free to attend; Shauna Fridman at sfridman@spartanburgchamber.com.

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LEADING THE WAY USING CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER

Sherman Construction is committed to providing quality service while minimizing our potential impact on the environment. The Clemson University Snow Family Outdoor Fitness and Wellness Center is being constructed using southern yellow pine cross-laminated timber, the first of its kind to use CLT in a higher education building in the Southeastern United States. The building will serve as home to the Clemson Outdoor Recreation and Education (CORE) program with two multi-use classroom spaces, a resource center for trip planning, equipment rentals, a boathouse, lake-front patio and second-level deck that overlooks Lake Hartwell.

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SC Department of Commerce Pen To Paper Tour

Basic Small Business Start-up Easley

10am-3:00pm|GreenHouse Business Incubator An opportunity for members to coordinate individual meetings or drop by locations across the state to discuss ideas, ask questions or share their work.

Laura Corder at lcorder@sccommerce.com

6:00pm | Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library Providing basic information for anyone considering starting a small business or non-profit.

Register at bit.ly/scorebasic.

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Lunch & Learn Series 11:30am-1pm|Simpsonville First Baptist Church Topics include marketing strategies, business resources, local industry trends and more. $10/member, $20/non-member; JR Humphries at jhumphries@simpsonvillechamber.com.

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Small Business Tax Workshop 9am-3:00pm|University Center Greenville Information about record-keeping requirements, business-tax returns and more. $15/person; Register at bit.ly/smallbistax.

JLeslea Gass at lgass@clemson.edu.

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Young Professionals Connect 5:30-8pm|Serendipity Labs These events are designed to engage the young leaders and “connect the dots” in our community. $10/member, $15/non-member Ebony Austin at eaustin@greenvillechamber.org.

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Links Group #2 11:30am-1:00pm |Greenville Chamber This non-compete leads group offers business networking and referral marketing.

Ebony Austin at 864-239-3704 or eaustin@greenvillechamber.org.

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Dale Carnegie Seminars 9-11:30am | Thornblade Club | 1275 Thornblade Blvd., Greer Dale Carnegie Seminar on Managers Matter: A Relationship-Centered Approach to Driving Employee Engagement. This workshop is designed for leaders and HR professionals who want to reduce turnover, increase productivity and build an engaged workforce that is aligned with the goals of the organization. $99/Greer Chamber members, $129/non-members Josh Shaffer at josh@greerchamber.com.

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Minority Business Accelerator 2020 Cohort Interest Meeting 3-5:00pm|ReWa Discovery Lab Learn what to expect from the MBA participant experience.

Register at bit.ly/gvlchamber

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Basic Small Business Start-up Spartanburg 6:00pm | Spartanburg Community College Providing basic information for anyone considering starting a small business or non-profit.

Register at bit.ly/sburgsmall.

Business After Hours 5-7:00pm | Waterleaf at Neely Ferry | 7001 Wiley Drive, Simpsonville A networking event hosted by the Simpsonville Chamber of Commerce.

Free to Simpsonville Chamber members; Simpsonville Chamber at 864-963-3781 or info@simpsonvillechamber.com.

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TAYLORS MILL Caleb Lewis has the perfect game plan for your next free Saturday.

His own business, Carolina Recycling, is one such success story.

Lewis and his wife, Natalie, started the company in 2012, to create

“Come out for lunch, have a couple beers, walk the kids over to

plastics recycling programs for businesses across the Southeast.

look at the model trains, and before you know it, it’s

With 300,000 square feet currently leased out, Lewis

dinnertime,” he says.

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1924 as the home of Southern Bleachery and Print Works. Today the mill is home to nearly 100 diverse tenants – many of them creative studios – as part of Lewis’ vision to facilitate craft and commerce for a new generation.

The Farehouse restaurant opened last year, serving inventive fare and

has plans to build out a dozen or so more spaces this year.

2019 will also be dedicated to making improvements to a 12,000-square-foot space Lewis has earmarked for future retail space.

Taylors Mill is already a great place to spend the day, and with so much space still yet to develop Lewis, has a

grand vision for the future.

“We want this to be the downtown of Taylors.”

cocktails from one end of the 100 foot long deck they share with longtime tenant 13 Stripes Brewery.

The Model Trains Station is a popular draw for young and old alike, encompassing 16,000 square feet with an ever increasing number of working train displays. This year Taylors Mill welcomed two new start-ups, CrossFit Taylors and Anthem Barber Company, so now visitors can feel even better about enjoying a cold beer after a good training session or a fresh cut.

Lewis is proud to say that many of his early tenants have outgrown their original footprint and built out larger spaces within the mill.

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