Oconee 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 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 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...
Read MoreBy Emily Hodge The Oconee Economic Alliance is excited to announce an unprecedented labor study being conducted by Site Selection Group, in partnership with the South Carolina Power Team. By participating in this survey, you will be contributing toward the betterment of Oconee County. Data from...
Read MoreGround breaking and construction has begun on Hartwell Village, the new shopping complex and mixed use community coming to Oconee County across the lake from Clemson. The project developer, Casto, has announced several tenants bound for the new area. Retailers include; 5 Below, Michaels, Rack...
Read MoreBy Richard Blackwell It’s always great news when you can reel off statistics that show the economic health of your area. In this case, unemployment in Oconee County has plummeted to 3.5 percent, its lowest point since 2000 (to put that in perspective, it’s seven years before...
Read MoreBy Emily Hodge Recently, the Governor’s Local Government Competitiveness Council Report for South Carolina was released to identify and analyze the factors that allow counties to attract, retain, and develop business and industry. Areas of public infrastructure, taxes and regulations, and workforce development were studied, and counties were...
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