Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, SC) articles from March 2001

Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, SC) archives from March 2001

Spartanburg, S.C., Mulls Downtown Parking Plan.
March 5, 2001... Byline: Tony J. Taylor Feb. 28--City Council should adopt a parking plan for downtown Spartanburg that favors tourists and shoppers over employees, city staffers and merchants told council members on Monday. Parking close to Morgan...

Fried Green Tomatoes the Hook for New Boiling Springs, S.C., Restaurant.
March 5, 2001... Byline: Jeff Romig Feb. 26--Fried green tomatoes. That's the hook. Rod and Roxie Pearson chose the delicacy because they wanted something different to distinguish their restaurant from all the others. The thing is, The...

Entrepreneurs Build Office-Automation Consultancy in Spartanburg, S.C.
March 5, 2001... Byline: Chris Winston Feb. 28--A group of entrepreneurial friends believes it has brought know-how to Spartanburg that companies have had to go elsewhere to find in the past. The four men, who met in college, formed Quality Technology...

Public Discourse Delays Wal-Mart Opening in Spartanburg, S.C.
March 5, 2001... Byline: Tony J. Taylor Feb. 26--Lengthy public comment has delayed construction of a 220,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter planned for East Main Street. Wal-Mart had planned to open the store by December. But the complexities of...

Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, S.C., Business Briefs Column.
March 12, 2001... Mar. 2--BMW OF NORTH AMERICA LLC, headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, N.J., had strong sales in February, as the carmaker reported sales of 15,756 -- up 14 percent from a year ago. This marks the 29th consecutive month that BMW has surpassed...

BMW Car Club to Move Headquarters from Cambridge, Mass., to Greenville, S.C.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Jeff Romig Mar. 1--Roz Evans wanted a change. She was tired of cold, dreary, long-wintered Avon, Conn. So, three years after falling in love with the Upstate through the BMW Z3 roadster's inaugural Homecoming weekend, she...

Spartanburg, S.C., Health System Names New CEO.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Susan Orr Mar. 2--It's official -- Ingo Angermeier will be the Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System's next CEO. Angermeier and the hospital system recently signed a three-year employment contract that calls for Angermeier to...

New Senior Care Center to Open in Spartanburg, S.C.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Chris Winston Mar. 2--Promising to provide seniors a home-like environment with holistic care, Eden Terrace Senior Living Communities will open on Spartanburg's east side on May 1. The site of the former Orchard Park East at...

Union County, S.C., Chamber of Commerce Chief Takes New Position.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Murray Glenn Mar. 23--The Union County Chamber of Commerce is searching for new leadership. Director Dennis Russell is leaving the organization to serve as executive director of the Union Housing Authority. He assumes his new...

Taxpayers in South Carolina Take Advantage of Online Filing.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Jeff Romig Mar. 21--It's not often that the Internal Revenue Service makes life easier on anyone -- but it's trying. The federal government has added paperless transactions to its e-file system of online tax filing for the 2001...

College Students Spend Spring Break Building Homes in Spartanburg, S.C.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Benny Lee Smith Mar. 23--Rebekah Yoder has heard a lot about college spring breaks. So you would think the college freshman would be at the beach right now. Instead, Yoder, who attends Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., is...

Gaffney, S.C., Outlet Mall Expands Store Offerings.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Julie Woodcock Mar. 23--GAFFNEY, S.C.--Shoppers at Prime Outlets of Gaffney had a new store to explore Thursday. Gaffney resident Cindy Hopper wandered around Bombay Outlet, examining the stock of inexpensive reproductions of...

DaimlerChrysler Unit's Gaffney, S.C., Plant to Manufacture New Commercial Van.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Chris Winston Mar. 23--Freightliner LLC unveiled the newest vehicle to be built at the company's Gaffney plant Thursday at the Mid-America Truck Show in Louisville, Ky. Freightliner, a DaimlerChrysler company, plans to assemble...

BMW's Spartanburg, S.C., Facility Prepares to Accommodate New Car Designs.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Chris Winston Mar. 21--Shrouded in car covers, a prototype of the next-generation Z3 roadster recently made its way from Germany to the Upstate BMW plant. Officials familiar with BMW Manufacturing Corp. near Greer said there...

Boiling Springs, S.C., Community Continues Its Growth, Census Reports.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Diane Norman Mar. 16--Sometimes, bigger is better, said Scott Horton, 38, a lifelong resident of Boiling Springs. He likes the new amenities that growth has brought to his community. "We knew Wal-Mart was coming a year in...

San Diego, Calif.-Based Fast-Food Chain Plans More South Carolina Locations.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Jeff Romig Mar. 16--When Upstate residents think of burger joints, they think of the mainstays: Burger King, Hardees, McDonald's and Wendy's. If they were to add a fifth to the list it probably wouldn't be Jack in the Box. ...

South Carolina Economists Try to Predict Magnitude of Interest Rate Cut.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Jeff Romig Mar. 20--Everyone's stumped. Investors and economists know another interest rate cut is imminent today, but exactly what that cut will be isn't as predictable as January's one point cut. No one can nail down...

Spartanburg County, S.C., Holds Job Fair.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Jeff Romig Mar. 23--While Job Quest 2001 was held for people looking for jobs, at least one organization was looking for people whose sights were set on more that just an occupation. The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office...

Special Education Students in Spartanburg, S.C., Prepare for Careers.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Chris Winston Mar. 23--Denise Boyce walked through the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium Wednesday with a dozen teen-agers in tow. But as a special education teacher for Spartanburg High School, Boyce wasn't concerned about...

Spartanburg County, S.C., Voters May Get Chance to Decide on Sales Tax.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Baker Maultsby Mar. 16--Spartanburg County voters may have the chance to decide whether they want to add a one-percent sales tax to purchases made in the county. County Council members unanimously agreed in a called meeting...

Charlotte, N.C.-Based Utility's Customers Will See Rates Decrease.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Chris Winston Mar. 15--After months of frigid temperatures forcing gas prices to extremes, Piedmont Natural Gas owners will begin seeing relief next month. The Charlotte-based utility with approximately 98,000 customers in the...