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New tech in the neighborhood
CU-ICAR ready to start next section of campus. Page 20
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The McClaren pays tribute to doctor who founded Black clinic By Ross Norton
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Data center chooses Greenville DC Blox announces plans for Tier III storage center with safety redundancies. Page 12
Unpaid taxes
When tourists don’t tour, impact felt statewide in lighter coffers. Page 9
Chamber vision
Hoping for a better 2021, Chamber CEO says business should lead in social challenges. Page 6
Plans for The McClaren demonstrate the momentum of revitalization west of Greenville’s West End. As proposed, the project would provide more affordable living space than the footprint currently provides. (Rendering/Provided)
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evelopers of a site next to an old medical clinic built to serve Greenville Blacks during the Jim Crow years will name a new mixed-use project in honor of the McClaren Medical Shelter and the doctor who opened it. Plans call for The McClaren to be a nine-story complex with 244 apartments, 20% of which will be dedicated to workforce and affordable housing, according to a news release from SeamonWhiteside, a design firm involved in the project. Located at the corner of Rhett and Wardlaw streets, The McClaren is in a part of the western end of downtown where community leaders have voiced concerns about the impact of gentrification. SeamonWhiteside says the developer — Lighthouse Living LLC of Westchester, N.Y. — plans to not only reserve some of the units for affordable housing, but also honor the memory See McCLAREN, Page 8
Women’s Business Center hopes to link entrepreneurial community By Molly Hulsey
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taying in business as a corporate logo seamstress when even the largest corporations shutter means being able to re-invent yourself. And then re-invent yourself again. Before the pandemic, Dionne Sandiford, founder and principal of Corporate Stich, embroidered everything from golf towels to
sports bags to uniforms for BMW suppliers, Michelin and a slew of other companies in the Upstate. “Once the pandemic hit, everything shut off,” Sandiford said. “I told someone it was like you’re running water and then someone just comes and shuts off the faucet and the phones stopped ringing. The orders stopped coming. And even two companies that I have a good See CENTER, Page 8
In Focus
Manufacturing Gone Virtual
Virtual meetings have become normal, but the S.C. Manufacturing Conference is taking it up a notch. Page 17
When orders for embroidered uniforms folded this spring, Corporate Stich’s Dionne Sandiford launched a new product line. (Photo/Molly Hulsey)