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Share Margaret Godowns had no idea how bored she was in her job until she left last spring and started her own company. Her role as a project manager at a Charleston technology company offered great benefits, flexibility and stability in an unpredictable time, but the pandemic accelerated a parting of ways. Finding herself without a job last May was terrible timing, as 6 million other women ended up in the same situation in 2020, an analysis by the National Women’s Law Center found. But Godowns turned the urgency of needing a paycheck, and the time in quarantine, into a catalyst to act on a long-held dream. In December, she launched Sunday Plans, a high-end home organization business. ....
View Comments A South Carolina county is planning to pay charities and civic groups $250 a mile for cleaning up litter. Pickens County has set aside $75,000 for the program, enough to clean up 300 miles, said County Councilman Roy Costner III. The program is designed to help struggling groups that have been unable to do their usual fundraising during the pandemic, Costner said. It would also be a way to use COVID relief money aimed at helping communities, without having officials pick and choose which organizations get the relief, he said. The program aims to clean up at least 25% of the county s roads while supporting local organizations and businesses, said Jamie Burns, a spokeswoman for the county. ....
Jordan Anderson Racing (JAR) has unveiled Forest Acres (S.C.) driver Jordan Anderson’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) paint scheme for the Official Throwback Weekend of NASCAR at Darlington Raceway, May 7-9. In a press conference hosted by President of Darlington Raceway, Kerry Tharp, at the historic South Carolina Governor’s Mansion in Columbia (S.C.) saw Anderson along with South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette lift the cover on the 1982 Larry McReynolds led, Mark Martin driven throwback scheme Anderson will race for the NCWTS LiftKits4Less.com 200, Friday, May 7. “Growing up in Forest Acres just a few miles from here. It is a surreal feeling to be invited to the Governor’s Mansion. I would like to extend a large thank you to NASCAR, Kerry Tharp of Darlington Raceway, and Gov. Henry McMaster for the invitation to unveil my special throwback paint scheme for the LiftKits4Less.com 200 at Darlington with them.” St ....
SC Lt. Gov. Evette touts stateâs COVID-19 response at Lowcountry Republican Club VIDEO: Lt. Gov. Evette speaks at Lowcountry Republican Club By Patrick Phillips | April 27, 2021 at 4:53 PM EDT - Updated April 27 at 4:53 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - During a visit to Charleston, South Carolinaâs lieutenant governor praised the stateâs response to the pandemic and its recovery. Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette spoke at the Greater Lowcountry Republican Club. She said school districts that opened early to in-person learning shared information that helped other districts reopen as well. âSchool districts that were open, they talked about what they would have done differently, what worked really well, so that he could encourage everybody to open up,â she said. ....
Business leaders thanked Gov. Henry McMaster for keeping South Carolina s economy open during a roundtable about women in business but unemployment benefits became a hot topic during the discussion. The roundtable was attended by 20 women, as well as McMaster and Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, and many said that unemployment has become an obstacle in staffing. Kiki Cyrus, owner of Kiki s Chicken and Waffles in Columbia, said this was her biggest challenge. It s so hard to manage customers that come in because we don t have the staff to handle it, Cyrus said. Evette who is an Upstate business owner herself added that business owners should contact the Department of Employment and Workforce and report when people are turning down job offers to stay on unemployment insurance. ....