Community Broadcasters Holds Business After Hours

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Last Wednesday night, Community Broadcasting in partnership with the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce hosted a Business after Hours.

The event included a DJ, food and beverages, nice prizes, and the opportunity to understand the inner workings of radio in the Pee Dee. The gathering had substantial attendance of business leaders and community leaders showing their support for our local broadcast stations at Community Broadcasting. The participants got to meet the people who make the programming work as well as personally meet the owners of the Community Broadcasting. Overall, it was a great turnout for a local media broadcaster.

To see more photos from the event, click here.

Kick Cancer 3rd Annual 5K Cancer Walk

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Join Pee Dee Mental Health at 145 E Cheves St. on October 25th at 8:30 AM (Eastern Time) for a day filled with hope, unity, and support. Lace up your sneakers, bring your friends and family, and let’s walk together to show our solidarity in the fight against cancer. Together, we can make a difference and bring awareness to this important cause. Let’s walk, let’s talk, and let’s make a difference. See you there!

To view the full flyer, click here.

Heritage Digital’s Feed Hope Food Drive Returns

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Heritage Digital is proud to announce the return of our Feed Hope Food Drive supporting Florence-Darlington Technical College students through September 8, 2025. Last year’s inaugural drive brought together over 20 businesses and community organizations from South Carolina and North Carolina, culminating in a celebration attended by Senator Mike Reichenbach and then-Mayor Teresa Myers Ervin. The impact was immediate – daily care packages were consistently taken by 11 a.m., weekend distributions continued through December 2024, and complete Thanksgiving boxes supported student families.

This year, we’re expanding our goal to provide food security support for FDTC students throughout the entire academic year (September 2025 – May 2026). As Paula McLaughlin from the college shared, “When you can’t eat, you can’t learn.”

Click here to find out how you can help.

South Carolina Legislative Update

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Last week, members of the South Carolina House of Representatives and Senate returned to Columbia to begin the 1st regular session of the 126th South Carolina General Assembly. There were 32 new faces amongst the 170 members of the House and Senate, as lawmakers in both bodies hit the ground running talking about various issues.

Notable actions taken this week include:

  • Comprehensive Tort Reform Act of 2025 (S.244)
  • Reduce the “Tort Tax” and Cost of Living:
  • Strengthen Personal Responsibility:
  • Balance Liability in Alcohol-Related Cases:
  • Education Scholarships (S.62)
  • South Carolina Energy Security Act (H.3309)

SC Emergency Management for Businesses

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South Carolina Department of Commerce has a team dedicated to providing business resources in response to COVID-19. Please click here for more information.

 

Leadership Florence visits Locked Inn, builds teamwork skills

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Leadership Florence visited Locked Inn – A Live Escape Room Experience as a part of their two-day team building retreat.

The class split into four teams and participants competed in a live action adventure game where they were “locked in” a room and had to use elements of the room to solve a series of puzzles to escape.

Thank you to the Locked Inn team for hosting Leadership Florence!

Junior Leadership Florence County students

Junior Leadership Florence County students visit Lake City

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On Oct. 23, the Junior Leadership Florence County class enjoyed a fabulous fall day in Lake City learning all about our history and growing our appreciation for the arts. Thanks to ARTFIELDS, Moore Farms Botanical Garden, Ron McNair Life History Center and The Bean Market for hosting. JLFC is a program modeled after the Florence Chamber’s Leadership Florence program, and is designed for public and private high school sophomores and juniors. It enables students to be able to develop leadership skills while also increasing their awareness of the community.

Junior Leadership Florence County consists of an opening retreat, followed by eight monthly sessions and seeks to provide an investment in the community’s future leadership by fostering interest in the county and inspiring students to become the leaders of tomorrow. This program is a joint effort between Florence County 4-H, The Greater Florence Chamber and Francis Marion University with support from local businesses.

 

 

Pee Dee Realtor Association host Business After Hours

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By: Andrew Boardwine

Hundreds of business and community leaders gathered at the Pee Dee Realtors Association office Thursday, September 6th for an evening of networking and fellowship.

The Pee Dee Realtors Association, at 1375 Celebration Blvd., held a Business After Hours event in conjunction with the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce.

Jennifer King, CEO of the association, said the Business After Hours gives members of the business community a chance to network.

“We are members of the chamber and we value that partnership,” King said. “This is sort of coming off the high point of buying season, so we thought this would be a perfect time to get together, mix and mingle and for all the people in the business community to come out and have a great time.”

Attendees were treated to live music, free refreshments and a chance to win some door prizes.

The association links real estate people together, provides education for those in the field and looks to support the community.

https://www.scnow.com/news/business/article_d31aeb08-b23b-11e8-ba3c-3f8f17718750.html

Mindy Taylor of Duke Energy will serve as the 2018 – 2019 Chairman of the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce

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By: Andrew Boardwine

Mindy Taylor of Duke Energy will serve as the chairman of the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce board of directors for the 2018-19 term.

Taylor, the district manager for government and community relations, said the chamber of commerce is the “front door” to any community.

“One part of my job is to understand the community,” Taylor said. “The Florence Chamber of Commerce does such a great job and they’re so focused on supporting the local business community and providing relevant programs to businesses in an effort for them to be successful.

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