Category Archives: Featured Projects

Martins Machine Company Obtains ISO Certification

Incumbent Worker Training Grant aids company to position itself for growth

Martins Machine Co Inc, a high quality precision machine shop

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CDBG Update – Projects Funded from the April 2011 Grant Cycle

 1.      Project Name: Heath Springs Water Systems Improvement Project – Phase IV

Grantee:  Town of Heath Springs

CDBG Funds: $461,385

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SBA 504 Loan News

SBA 504 loan rates continue to be low!   If your business is expanding and you are adding fixed assets like a building or equipment, call Cathy Rose Hicklin at Catawba Regional to discuss potential financing options.   Catawba Regional has been lending to small and expanding businesses throughout the region and state for 27 years.   We […]

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Catawba Region Textile Mill Redevelopment Guide

In South Carolina, textile mill production and employment peaked in the 1970s and declined rapidly through the 1980s and 1990s. The impact of global economic forces has been widespread and particularly hard-felt in the Carolina Upstate. The smallest and mostly rural communities of the Catawba Region, in particular, have yet to recover from fully—even 20 […]

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Lancaster County Westwood Water Project

Lancaster County received a Community Development Block Grant to upgrade the water system in the Westwood subdivision,

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Our Upstate Vision

Ten at the Top was created to foster a spirit of cooperation and collaboration among public, private and nonprofit leaders from across the ten-county Upstate South Carolina Region which includes Union County.

For more than a year, Ten at the Top engaged over 10,000 Upstate residents, community leaders, elected officials and business leaders in a conversation […]

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Catawba Regional Participates in Commercial Debt Refinancing Program

NEW LENDING OPPORTUNITIES

Section 1122 of the Small Business Jobs Act (SBJA) allows the

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Neighborhood Stabilization Program Update

The NSP Program is well on its way!  We have completed the rehabilitation of 7 homes in York County

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Additional Incumbent Worker Training Funds Received

Additional Incumbent Worker Training Funds Received

The Catawba Regional Workforce Investment Board has received and made

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Town of Heath Springs Water System Improvements Project – Phase III

TOWN OF HEATH SPRINGS

WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT – PHASE III

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Springsteen heading to another phase of work

Chester City Administrator Jeff Kerr isn’t exactly sure what to call the phase of work on the Springsteen Mill property, but he knows good things

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Lancaster County Search & Rescue GIS Program

The Catawba Regional Council of Governments has developed a Geographic Information System (GIS) program to aid emergency response

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WIA Summer Youth Program

The 2010 Summer Youth Employment Program, sponsored by the Catawba Regional Workforce Investment Board and managed by Carolina Community Actions and

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Lancaster County Brooklyn Avenue Revitalization Project

Lancaster County received a Community Development Block Grant from the Village Renaissance Program for the Brooklyn Avenue Revitalization

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