Destination Oconee: Planning for the future By Janet Hartman There’s an old Chinese proverb that states “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now”. The same is true for community planning and development. Oconee County has made tremendous strides...
Read MoreOconee County Conducts Teacher in Industry Day Monday marked the first time that all of the School District of Oconee County’s elementary school teachers visited and experienced various manufacturing facilities in Oconee County. Educators were able to see the facilities that some of their students’ parents...
Read MoreOconee County ranks high in National Career Readiness Certificates By Emily Hodge The National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) is a test administered to high school students nation-wide as part of the ACT® WorkKeys® assessments. These tests are divided into three components: Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace...
Read MoreFor Immediate Release September 20, 2017 BorgWarner Inc. expanding operations in Oconee County Company creating more than 160 new jobs at manufacturing facility COLUMBIA, S.C. – BorgWarner Inc., a global leader in clean and efficient technology solutions for combustion, hybrid and electric vehicles, is expanding its operations in Oconee...
Read MoreOconee County: Home to Engineers By Emily Hodge A recent report analyzing job data puts Oconee County and the Seneca micropolitan on the map for having the highest concentration of Industrial Engineers and Industrial Engineer Technicians. With a concentration 5.02 times greater than the national average, Seneca...
Read MoreGetting a Seat at the Grownup Table By Richard K. Blackwell South Carolina is a little like a holiday family dinner: The adults sit at the massive dining-room table, and the children are relegated to the dreaded “kids’ table.” While the adults have all the turkey and...
Read MoreThe Anderson Oconee Pickens Showcase, or AOP Showcase, as it tends to be called, will have its annual event this Tuesday and Wednesday, September 26&27 at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Center. The AOP Showcase is a partnership between business and industry in the upstate and...
Read MoreBy Richard K. Blackwell Here’s some good news you can take to the bank: Oconee County is putting people to work. Relentlessly. The Upstate is in the middle of an economic renaissance, and nowhere is that more evident than Oconee County. We’re quickly shedding that image of...
Read More(WALHALLA, S.C.) - August 17, 2017 By Steven Bradley The Journal While Destination Oconee manager Janet Hartman shared with county council during a presentation Tuesday the "many successes" of the program in its early stages, she noted the majority of it has been done with "limited funding." "For us...
Read MoreAs part of our Made In Oconee campaign, we talked to USBI Inc.'s Erin Roussey. Tell us about USBI, Inc.? US Building Innovations Inc. (USBI), is a company that specializes in the production of advanced coatings. We provide the latest innovations in Easy-To-Clean surface technology. Our easy-to-apply EZ...
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