Ground Broken For Affordable Senior Apartments
A groundbreaking ceremony was held recently for Southpointe Senior Residences, a new community of 90 units reserved for low- and moderate-income residents over the age of 55.
Pre-leasing is expected to begin this month. The apartment community will be located near the Woodruff Road corridor in Greenville.
Bryan Brown – Greenville Housing Fund
Greenville Housing Fund and Lowcountry Housing Communities collaborated on the project with several partners.
“We are so grateful for our partnerships with the Greenville County Redevelopment Authority and the Greenville Housing Authority, which have made this affordable housing development for our lowest-income seniors a reality,” said Bryan Brown, President and CEO of the nonprofit Greenville Housing Fund.
Lowcountry Housing Communities is a new developer in the Greenville area, but it has been developing affordable, senior-living communities for two decades across South Carolina and Georgia.
The South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority, which has a Board of Directors appointed by the governor, will provide financing for Southpointe Senior Residences through its low-income housing tax credit program.
“We are incredibly thankful for the tax credit financing and the efforts SC Housing is making to increase affordable housing opportunities in the rapidly growing Upstate,” Brown said.
The onsite manager for the property will be CAHEC Management Inc.
An artist rendering of Southpointe Senior Residences, a planned Greenville community for low- and moderate-income senior citizens.
The three-story building will feature a mix of one-bedroom/one-bath and two-bedroom/two-bath apartments with ample parking.
The community will have a business center with computers, an exercise facility, and easy access to shopping and a Greenlink Transit connection. The community will be located at 30 Southpointe Drive, Simpsonville.
Since its launch six years ago, Greenville Housing Foundation has invested over $19 million and leveraged $250 million to create or preserve 1,550 housing units in Greenville County, many of which are affordable to low-income households. For information, go to greenvillehousingfund.com.
Ten At The Top Gives ‘Elevate’ Grants, Awards
Ten at the Top, with funding from Phil Hughes and Hughes Investments Inc., has named this year’s recipients of the Hughes Investments Vibrancy Initiative: Elevate Upstate Grants.
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The grants are intended to support programs that promote community and economic vibrancy across the Upstate. This year, three grants of up to $5,000 each will be given – including one for a project at BridgeWay Station in Mauldin.
Grants were presented recently at the Ten at the Top Celebrating Upstate Successes event at the Greenville Convention Center. Grants were given to the following organizations.
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Please Play Me Pianos: a nonprofit organization that will place creatively painted pianos at accessible locations in Greenville. The public may play the pianos, and locations may host them at no charge. The pianos may expose children to real pianos or remind adults of old hobbies.
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Envision Williamston Talent Show, presented by Envision Williamston: a community-wide talent show hosted by the Caroline Community Center. The space was historically a school for Black children in Williamston. Envision Williamston hopes to make the show an annual event that brings the entire community together.
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The BridgeWay Station Grant, Girl Scouts of South Carolina – Mountains to Midlands: the Bridging Ceremony. The tradition celebrates Girl Scouts at various levels of scouting. During the ceremony, girls will cross the bridge at BridgeWay Station, providing a fun atmosphere for girls and their families.
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The Burdette Leadership Award was given to former S.C. Rep. Anne J. Thayer. The award is given in recognition of outstanding women leaders. For 14 years, Thayer served Anderson County’s District 9 in the state House of Representatives. She has also served on boards of directors, including Anderson Interfaith Ministries, and is a volunteer coordinator for T.L. Hanna High School.
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The Welling Award for Regional Collaboration was given to BMW Manufacturing. The award was accepted by Max Metcalf, Manager of Government and Community Relations for BMW Manufacturing. BMW employs 11,000 people at its 8-million-square-foot campus. During its 30 years in the Upstate, BMW has donated more than $40 million to civic, cultural, and educational programs.
DRÄXLMAIER Supports Asheville Hockey League
The DRÄXLMAIER Group, a Tier 1 supplier to the automotive industry and located in Duncan, has donated $2,500 to the Asheville Inline Hockey League to support youth and adult hockey programs.
The DRÄXLMAIER Group in Duncan donated $2,500 to the Asheville Inline Hockey League to rebuild after Hurricane Helene.
The funds will help replace equipment lost when Hurricane Helene destroyed the organization’s clubhouse and outdoor roller hockey rink at Carrier Park in Asheville. The league is temporarily practicing 90 minutes away in Taylors.
“This donation is crucial for our program,” said Justin Kaiser, an AHL youth coach. “We will use these funds to purchase rental gear for first-year hockey players.”
“Our company has a long history of supporting hockey at the local level,” said Dr. Phillip Mayer, President of the DRÄXLMAIER Group in the Americas.
Headquartered in Germany, the DRÄXLMAIER Group has been manufacturing complex electrical systems and interiors for premium automakers in the Americas since 1976. The company has 13 production sites in the region.
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St. Baldrick’s Donates To Bon Secours Cancer Trials
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation granted $50,000 to Bon Secours St. Francis Cancer Center. The money will fund a full-time clinical research nurse coordinator for the hospital’s Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Care program.
The nurse coordinator will help ensure that every patient is screened for research trials, which can be a young person’s best hope for new treatments, improved quality of life, and long-term survival.
“We strive to provide access and enrollment to potentially life-saving clinical trials here in the Upstate. By keeping these expanded care options closer to home, we avoid uprooting patients and their families during an already disruptive time in their lives,” said Dr. Hal Crosswell, Director of the AYA cancer program at Bon Secours.
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is the nation’s largest charitable funder of childhood cancer research. Grants enable organizations to expand access to pediatric cancer clinical trials and to accelerate scientific discoveries.
Clinical trials are the last stage of research for new drugs and therapies. The foundation’s infrastructure grants fund programs and staff.
A child is diagnosed with cancer every two minutes somewhere in the world. In the United States, one in five children will not survive.
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation has awarded more than $354 million to child cancer research.
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Real Estate Firm Re-Brands
Joan Herlong announced that the real estate firm she founded in 2011 has changed its name to Herlong Sotheby’s International Realty.
Herlong said the new brand was necessary to take the company to the next level.
The Joan Herlong real estate agency has shortened its name.
“We have developed an amazing group of associates and want to attract more, and we want to create a brokerage that goes beyond just being my name out front,” she said. “We already have been heading in that direction.”
The new name does not signify a change in ownership.
“We remain a woman-owned business, but this change frees us up to be so much more,” Herlong said. “This change further empowers our associates to build their own brands and identities. My goal is to strengthen them by being their leader and mentor.”
The company has tripled its sales and staff since affiliating with Sotheby’s International Realty in 2017, she said.
Herlong founded the firm as AugustaRoad.com Realty. When the company partnered with Sotheby’s, the name changed to Herlong & Associates Sotheby’s International Realty.
Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates was founded in 1976 to provide independent brokerages with a marketing and referral program for luxury listings and a worldwide clientele.
Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates is a subsidiary of Realogy Holdings Corp. In 2004, Realogy entered into a long-term strategic alliance with Sotheby’s auction house.
Coldwell Banker Caine To Open Office At Keowee
Coldwell Banker Caine will open a new gallery office in the Lake Keowee community.
Coldwell Banker Caine has a history of serving the lakes communities, and demand for real estate in the Upstate is growing, said Lauren Buckland, Vice President of Sales and Broker-in-Charge of the Greenville office.
Coldwell Banker Caine is opening a satellite office in the Lake Keowee community.
“We’re very excited to strengthen our presence in the lakes region,” Buckland said. “Having a physical office space for our agents to use as a home base, as well as a place to showcase our region’s natural beauty to prospective homebuyers, will underpin our continued commitment to delivering exceptional service to a growing market.”
The office will be located at 1429 Crowe Creek Road in Six Mile; it is expected to be open by January.
Coldwell Banker Caine’s main offices will remain in Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson. The new satellite gallery office will allow brokers to focus on Lake Keowee, Lake Jocassee and Lake Hartwell. Additional gallery offices are located in Easley, Travelers Rest, Mauldin, and on Pelham Road, with plans to open an office in Woodruff.
“This new office will not only be a space to showcase premier lake properties in our beautiful region, but perhaps more importantly, a place for our team to connect with each other and their clients,” said Amanda Hamet, Executive Vice President of Sales at Coldwell Banker Caine.
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