The Town of Bluffton is a key partner to Beaufort County Economic Development – specifically through the Don Ryan Center for Innovation (DRCI). Originally, DRCI began as a partnership between Clemson University and the Town of Bluffton. Clemson, as a land grant...
For over five years, Ashley Feaster, Community Affairs and Economic Development Officer for the Palmetto Electric Cooperative, served as the Chair of the Beaufort County Economic Development Board. Ashley Feaster grew up on the gulf coast of Florida and attended...
It is 2021. What does a community do when it receives a Department of Defense grant for $1.3 million dollars to create a cybersecurity hub? You engage the University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) to manage the grant and hire the top cybersecurity professional in...
“We moved to Beaufort not for the job. We came for the scenery. We came for the lifestyle. And when we got here, we had to figure out what we were going to do. I knew I wanted to become deeply involved in the fabric of the community and see what I could to make it...
As Mayor of the Town of Port Royal, Kevin Phillips knows the importance of giving back to the community in which you live. Growing up in Snellville, just outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Mayor Phillip’s family was all about giving back. “My family was always very involved...
