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WEEKLY UPDATE Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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We are so proud to announce both our Chair-elect and our Small Business of the Month this week. Please help us congratulate these amazing women in business! Today is the last day to register for our Quarterly Public Policy luncheon next week featuring Governor Haley in her first address to the Greenville business community since her election. We hope you can make it!
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Congratulations to our Chair-elect Luanne Runge!
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 The Greenville Chamber's Board of Directors has elected Luanne Runge, a shareholder in the law firm Gallivan White & Boyd, P.A., as our 2012 Chair-elect. She will serve as Chair in 2013 following Mike Riordan, President of Greenville Hospital System, who will follow Sam Konduros to serve as Board Chair in 2012.
Ms. Runge has had a progressive leadership role in the Chamber, serving as Chair of Leadership Greenville in 2004, Vice-chair of Education & Workforce in 2006, four years as the Chamber's General Counsel (2007-2010) and currently as Vice-chair of Organization Excellence. She was honored for her leadership with the Chairman's Award in 2006 at our 118th Annual Meeting.
"Luanne is uniquely prepared and equipped to effectively serve in the Chamber's highest leadership position", said Konduros of SK Strategies. "She possesses in-depth knowledge about our community and the Chamber, and will leverage that with her proven leadership capabilities to help move Greenville forward," he added.
With over 19 years of litigation and trial experience, Ms. Runge practices in the areas of business law, professional liability and healthcare in both state and federal courts. In addition, she leads the Business and Commercial Practice Group for Gallivan, White, & Boyd, P.A., a litigation and business law firm comprised of 50 attorneys with offices in Greenville, Columbia and Charlotte. Ms. Runge is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, American Health Lawyers Association, the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association and is a Liberty Fellow, Class of 2009. She received her undergraduate degree, cum laude, and her law degree from Wake Forest University. Following graduation from law school, Ms. Runge served as a law clerk to the Honorable C. Victor Pyle, Jr. She is married with two children.
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Congratulations to our Small Business of the Month: Ever-Green Recycling!
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Ever-Green Recycling is our August 2011 Charter Business Small Business of the Month award winner. Elizabeth Garrison founded Ever-Green Recycling in 2007 and quickly became known as Greenville's 'Ecopreneur'. Recognizing a gap in the area's recycling services, Garrison turned a passion for saving the earth into a business to help make recycling a way of life for Upstate businesses.
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Ben Haskew (Chamber President/CEO), Elizabeth Garrison (Ever-Green Recycling Founder/President), and Ken Pelanda (Charter Business, Small Business of the Month Sponsor)
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A local leader in waste reduction services, Ever-Green Recycling specializes in customized commercial recycling programs that fit the needs of individual offices, restaurants, hotels and medical facilities. The Greenville-based company also offers special services that include pick up and recycling of high-volume cardboard and industrial plastics, and composting, and holds educational training for companies on how and what to recycle.
In addition to her work as Greenville's 'Ecopreneur', Garrison is an active member of the South Carolina Recycling Council and worked with the organization to gain approval from the South Carolina Legislature to create a 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle' specialty South Carolina license plate, with funds going to support the state's recycling industry. Garrison also was involved in the creation of the City of Greenville's Green Ribbon Committee and now serves on the Recycling and Waste Management Ad Hoc Committee.
Garrison believes that involvement in the community is the best way to learn the area's needs and strengths. Ever-Green Recycling is a supporter of local human services organizations that assist the less fortunate in our community, as well as professional organizations that work for the betterment of the recycling industry.
Have you been impressed by a small business lately?
Click here to nominate them for our Small Business of the Month!
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Greenville is growing! Let our newest residents know about your business!
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 Many of our Business-to-Consumer Members are looking for creative ways to get in front of new residents in the area. We are sending them a welcome card and invite you to participate! D
on't miss this opportunity to let new residents in the area know about you and your goods or services! Participants will:
- Target 2000 New Residents with a direct mail piece from the Greenville Chamber within 2-4 weeks of their move.
- Get a database of new residents for follow-up
- Advertise online, too!
Space is limited and starts at $199! Call Lorraine Woodward at 239-3742 today!
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Looking for Money to Finance Your Small Business?
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Get tips for financing for your business! Join us on a Bus Trip to this Small Business Matchmaking Workshop in Columbia on Wednesday, August 31st! The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and statewide partners are having a one-day workshop on how to finance your small business on August 31st from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at the Columbia Conference Center. The workshop will offer advice from bankers and small business service providers on how to effectively pitch a business idea to secure financing. After the sessions, participants will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with lenders, resource providers and other non-bank sources of capital. The bus will leave the Chamber's lower parking lot on Wednesday, August 31 at 6:30 am, and return at approximately 6:30 pm. The cost is $40 and includes event registration, lunch and bus rides. Click here to register.
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Here's A Look at Our Upcoming Events!
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Environmental Issues Committee Meeting: Upstate Forever Update w/ Brad Wyche
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