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Five things I learned about Business from the Ironman

Posted Thursday, September 24, 2015 By Jason Zacher

This Sunday, God willing, I’ll compete in Ironman Chattanooga. For those who don’t know, an Ironman triathlon consists of a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, and 26.2-mile run – 140.6 miles of endurance sport fun. (Insert your comments ...

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Brenda Thames Elected to Lead the Chamber in 2017

Posted Wednesday, September 9, 2015 By Greenville Chamber

PRESS RELEASE Greenville, SCThe Greenville Chamber's leadership has elected Brenda Thames to chair its Board of Directors in 2017. Thames, Vice President of Academic and Faculty Affairs at Greenville Health System, has served on the Chamber’s ...

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Gratitude in Public Policy

Posted Friday, August 28, 2015 By Jason Zacher

As business leaders, we’re used to working hard and seeing results, so when we step into the political ring, the endless debates and rhetorical wrangling are frustrating.Welcome to the legislative session of 2015.This year, many of us stood ...

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Golf Tournament Success!

Posted Wednesday, August 26, 2015 By Marion Mann

Our 23rd Annual Golf Tournament was a huge success. Thanks to all of our sponsors, players, and the Hughes Agency for making it another great day on the course. We raised over $60,000 to support the Chamber's many initiatives to continually improve ...

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Show up Greenville

Posted Wednesday, August 5, 2015 By Katie Busbee

In the midst of the Presidential campaign season, you might have missed the news that a very important election is happening on Tuesday, August 11th: Greenville City Council. With issues like gentrification, economic development, a huge new downtown ...

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Announcing Leadership Greenville's 42nd Class!

Posted Friday, July 24, 2015 By Marion Mann

The Greenville Chamber’s Leadership Greenville program has accepted 60 participants for its 42nd class. Participants were selected based on a thorough application process including essays, professional resume, and community ...

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Brought Together By Tragedy

Posted Thursday, July 2, 2015 By Jason Zacher

The tragic and senseless shooting deaths of nine people in Charleston on June 17th hit very close to home for those us who work in and around the Statehouse.The death of Reverend and state Senator Clementa Pinckney weighs on our hearts. Senator ...

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What Band-Aid?

Posted Monday, June 15, 2015 By Jason Zacher

The Greenville News published a great front-page story over the weekend about exactly how inadequate the current “solution” is for fixing roads.It’s worse than a Band-Aid: It’s one of those little pinky Band-Aids that nobody ...

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Where exactly are we heading?

Posted Thursday, June 11, 2015 By Jason Zacher

“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” – Lao TsuWe find ourselves nearing the end of another legislative session with very little to show for 20 weeks of time and the $36 million in taxpayer money ...

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