The Thrive Beaufort Blog

“It’s an honor and a privilege for me to represent the citizens of the Lowcountry. I am a huge advocate for citizen legislative service, part-time service, because public service is service to others. It is not about what you get out of it yourself; it’s about being...

CS INSTRUMENTS expanding North American headquarters in Beaufort County. $3.6 million investment will create 13 new jobs Beaufort County, S.C. – CS INSTRUMENTS, a manufacturer of compressed air measuring technology, recently announced it is establishing its North...

The Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation (BCEDC) proudly announces that Senior Project Manager, Kelli Brunson, has been awarded the 2025 South Carolina Economic Developers Association (SCEDA) Sloan W. Gable Scholarship. This scholarship provides Kelli the...

On Friday, April 11th, TL+CO Business Solutions held a ribbon cutting to unveil its new state-of-the art 15,000 sq. ft. facility in Seabrook in Beaufort County. The company was created from a shared vision by a core group of senior-level business professionals with a...

In April 2024, the Technical College of the Lowcountry (TCL) broke ground on the second building at the New River Campus. This building, named the Arthur E. Brown Regional Workforce Training Center, will offer new and expanded programs in manufacturing, logistics,...

The sixth-annual CONVERGE Lowcountry Economic Development Summit will be held on Friday, January 17, 2025, at Sun City’s Pinckney Hall. The event will feature two respected leaders, Harry Lightsey, Secretary of Commerce at the South Carolina Department of Commerce...

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...