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

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

Auto Supply Chain Christens New Store in Spartanburg, S.C.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Jeff Romig May 1--Part of Advance Auto Parts philosophy equates its relationship with customers and employees to a family. On April 8, its newest Spartanburg store was born at 1451 John B. White Sr. Blvd., and Friday morning it...

Spartanburg, S.C., Council to Open Bidding on Downtown Revitalization Project.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Tony J. Taylor May 1--City Council members are scheduled to meet Wednesday and open the Renaissance Project to outside developers. Council members gave Arthur Cleveland, the project's lead developer, until Monday to have the...

Ohio-Based Insulation Materials Maker to Build Larger South Carolina Facility.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Chris Winston May 1--Ohio-based Electrolock Inc. is moving its Upstate manufacturing location to Duncan from Greenville this summer. Electrolock, which makes insulation materials for customers mostly in power generation and...

Spartanburg, S.C., Newspaper Cuts 18 Jobs.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Chris Winston May 1--The Herald-Journal cut 18 positions through restructuring and layoffs Monday, officials said. Half of the cuts came by way of job elimination and the others by layoff, according to Publisher David O....

Employees Relieved Gaffney, S.C., Railroad Bearings Plant Will Remain Open.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Chris Winston May 1--Officials at a Gaffney facility said they heard a "sigh of relief" when Ohio-based Timken Company announced it would not close the Upstate facility. Timken announced Thursday it would close bearings...

Spartanburg, S.C., Business Developer Brings Fun to Storefront.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Jeff Romig May 1--Over the past month, the empty building at 146 Main St. has been eliciting double-takes from passers-by. All because of a sign in the window. The sign was an advertisement for prospective neighborhood pub,...

Spartanburg, S.C., Veterinarian Brings Services to Pets.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Debra Lester May 1--Who says doctors don't make house calls? Dr. Donna Lambert does, and there are no growls or hisses involved. Lambert has found it's one way to keep her patients purring. And wagging their tails. ...

BMW Has Claimed Losses, Never Paid Income Tax in South Carolina.
May 11, 2001... May 11--BMW Manufacturing Corp., often hailed as the crown jewel of South Carolina's economic development effort, has never paid any corporate state income taxes. Financial statements obtained by the Herald-Journal show the company claimed...

Jury Orders Spartanburg, S.C., Restaurant Group To Pay $300,000 in Lawsuit.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Tom Langhorne May 11--Though it found in favor of Advantica Restaurant Group Inc. in four of five causes of action and on a counterclaim, a civil jury has awarded an African-American-owned printing business $300,000 in its lawsuit...

International Paper To Divest Itself of Camp Croft, S.C.-Based Business.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Jeff Romig May 11--International Paper has devised a plan to divest itself of $5 billion in businesses that no longer fit into its long-term strategy. One of those businesses that didn't find its way into the strategy of the...

CEO of South Carolina Nonprofit Will Lead Efforts to Market Region.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Jeff Romig May 11--Samuel J. Konduros has a large job ahead of him. With his Thursday appointment as chief executive officer of the Upstate South Carolina Regional Alliance, he will be responsible for the supervision of the...

Spartanburg, S.C.-Based Restaurant Group Reports Losses.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Chris Winston May 11--Spartanburg-based Advantica Restaurant Group Inc. reported first-quarter losses Thursday of $21.2 million, or 53 cents per share. That compared with last year's first-quarter loss of $37.3 million, or 93...

Clinton, S.C., Textile Plant To Shut Down.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Chris Winston May 11--Another Upstate textile giant announced Wednesday it had lost its battle with imports and the soft economy and will close this summer. About 600 employees at CMI Industries' Vance Plant in Clinton will...

Spartanburg, S.C., Department of Motor Vehicles Works on Upgrades.
May 21, 2001... Byline: Janet Spencer May 21--Thirty people waiting with arms akimbo, shuffling feet and eyes daring the clock 15 minutes before closing. That's not the desired image at any office of the Department of Motor Vehicles. But the...

Managed Care Firm to Drop Spartanburg, S.C.-Area Hospital Network.
May 22, 2001... Byline: Susan Orr May 22--Unless something changes in the next few weeks, John Edwards of Inman will have to make some hard choices. Edwards likes Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System because its physicians' offices are convenient to...

Gaffney, S.C., City Council Rebuffs Housing Grants.
May 22, 2001... Byline: Julie Woodcock May 22--GAFFNEY, S.C.--Two organizations planning to apply for federal grants to build low income housing were rebuffed by Gaffney City Council on Monday night, meaning both groups may have difficulty winning their...

South Carolina Companies Calculating Their Own Bills in Lieu of Property Taxes.
May 22, 2001... Byline: Suellen Dean May 22--Companies that pay fees rather than property taxes will figure their own bills this year. The S.C. Department of Revenue had been calculating the fees, based on the negotiations between the companies and...

Number of Single-Parent Homes Rises in Duncan, S.C.
May 23, 2001... May 23--The traditional snapshot of the American household -- father, mother, children -- is beginning to grow out of focus, according to 2000 U.S. Census figures, and some local areas are far ahead of the trend. While married couples...

`The Jeffersons' Return to Television for Denny's Ads.
May 23, 2001... Byline: Jeff Romig May 23--In 1975, Archie Bunker's black neighbors, George and Louise Jefferson, packed up and moved from Queens, N.Y. to a deluxe apartment in Manhattan's East Side. For the next 10 years, CBS chronicled the lives of...

Developer Secures Loan Guarantee for Spartanburg, S.C., Project.
May 23, 2001... Byline: Tony J. Taylor May 23--Arthur Cleveland's plan to bring new life to downtown Spartanburg took a major step forward Tuesday when the federal government approved a loan guarantee for the Renaissance Project. The guarantee will...

Hispanic Population Increases in Spartanburg County, S.C.
May 23, 2001... Byline: Joel D. Sawyer May 23--Salvador Torres and his family came to the Upstate in 1995. They had already lived in the United States for 10 years, moving to Georgia from central Mexico in 1985. The Torres family opened a Mexican...

Spartanburg, S.C.-Area Airport Enters Final Phase of Expansion Project.
May 24, 2001... Byline: Jeff Romig May 24--The final touches on the Concourse A expansion project began Wednesday at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport. The $296,000 project -- which includes the addition of GSP's ninth jetway, a passenger...

Population Increases Create Overcrowding in Spartanburg, S.C.-Area Schools.
May 25, 2001... Byline: Bridget Bradburn May 25--At O.P. Earle Elementary School, the auditorium stage has been converted into classroom space. The area is shared by three teachers. At other schools in Spartanburg School District 1, strings...

Developer Reaches Deal to Build New Health Facilities in Spartanburg, S.C.
May 31, 2001... Byline: Chris Winston May 31--More than a year after buying Beaumont Mills, Spartanburg businessman Jimmy Gibbs has reached an agreement with his first tenant. Gibbs, who could not be reached for comment, has agreed to build at least...