Innovation

Energy Outfits Generate Business for Pee Dee Region
Clean, cost-effective, dependable and available power is a Florence County strength, thanks to energy players such as Santee Cooper, Progress Energy and the Pee Dee Electric Cooperative. Yet their FULL ARTICLE
Energy Resources Humming in Pee Dee Region
Available, reliable power is a must-have for any business, especially those in the manu­facturing sector. In the Pee Dee region, there’s plenty to go around. Santee Cooper, Progress Energy, Pee Dee FULL ARTICLE
Technical Know-How
Is manufacturing dying in the United States? That question is met with an emphatic "no" at the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology in Florence County. “The low-skilled, low-paying FULL ARTICLE
Pee Dee Center Develops Switchgrass as Biofuel Source
The Clemson University Pee Dee Research & Education Center wants to help create local markets for a global idea – using warm-season grasses as a source of biomass for fuel. Switchgrass, which FULL ARTICLE
Pee Dee Utilities Power Up Economic Development
The Class A industrial park at Interstate 95 and State Highway 327 is aptly named. Commerce City encompasses more than 700 acres, with more than a mile of frontage on the East Coast’s main FULL ARTICLE