HEAR HERE: Wade’s Jr. Planned for Reidville Road as Wade’s Expands in 2026
HEAR HERE — Not News Yet. But What’s Being Said. Wade’s Restaurant has announced plans for a second Spartanburg location in 2026, a new concept called Wade’s Jr. focused on counter service and curbside pickup. The restaurant said the new location is planned for 3008 Reidville Road, about 1.5 miles west of Interstate 26. What […]
HEAR HERE: TigerDC withdraws Project Spero from Spartanburg County consideration
HEAR HERE: TigerDC says it has formally withdrawn Project Spero — the proposed B AI data center campus — from consideration in Spartanburg County and will evaluate alternative sites. The company’s announcement follows Spartanburg County Council action on incentives tied to the project, and comes amid community debate over infrastructure and tax impacts. Not news […]
Business Spotlight: Real Internet Sales Helps Spartanburg Brands Get Cited by AI
Published April 21, 2026 | By David Morales, Business Reporter Editor’s Disclosure HERESpartanburg.com is published by HERECity Network, an independent local news organization. Real Internet Sales, the subject of this spotlight, has a business relationship with HERECity Network as a technology and services partner. This spotlight was reported, written, and edited by a HERESpartanburg journalist […]
HEAR HERE: Spartanburg County Opens Applications for 2026 Summer Internship Program
HEAR HERE: Spartanburg County Opens Applications for 2026 Summer Internship Program Not News Yet. But What’s Being Said. Spartanburg County Government is accepting applications for its 2026 Summer Internship Program, an eight-week paid opportunity running June 1 through July 31. Interns earn $12 per hour and gain hands-on experience in public service departments ranging from […]
Spartanburg Development Boom: $300M in Construction Reshaping Downtown and Beyond
Spartanburg’s downtown skyline looks different than it did three years ago — and it is about to change more. A convergence of public and private construction projects totaling hundreds of millions of dollars is reshaping the physical landscape of the Hub City, creating what city planners describe as a once-in-a-generation transformation of the urban core […]
AI Investment Hits 97 Billion in Q1 2026: What Spartanburg Businesses Need to Know
The first quarter of 2026 has shattered every previous record for artificial intelligence investment, with global venture capital pouring $297 billion into AI companies between January and March alone — a figure that exceeds total AI investment for all of 2024. The numbers are reshaping the business landscape, and local leaders say Spartanburg-area companies that […]
Rate Cuts on Pause: Slow GDP Growth and Stubborn Inflation Hit Spartanburg Homebuyers and Businesses
The American economy entered 2026 in a slower gear than most forecasters had anticipated, and the Federal Reserve has made clear it intends to hold interest rates steady until the picture brightens. For Spartanburg homebuyers, small business owners, and anyone carrying variable-rate debt, that means the rate relief many were counting on is arriving later […]
HEAR HERE: Vision Plan 3.0 Survey Closes Today — Your Input Shapes Spartanburg’s Next Five Years
HEAR HERE — Not News Yet But What Is Being Said. If you have not yet taken the OneSpartanburg Vision Plan 3.0 survey, today is the last chance. The survey — which shapes the next five-year community and economic development strategy for Spartanburg County — closes at the end of the day Sunday, April 19, […]
Trump Steel and Aluminum Tariffs at 50% — SC Plants Gain as Spartanburg Auto Suppliers Feel the Squeeze
Published April 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM | By R. Reid Carver, Business & Economy Reporter The White House’s strengthened steel and aluminum tariffs — now set at 50% on imports — are producing measurable results at South Carolina manufacturing facilities while adding cost pressure for industries that rely on both domestic and imported metal […]
Solar Cell Manufacturer Suniva Picks Laurens County for $350M Plant, Bringing 564 Jobs to Upstate SC
A U.S.-owned solar cell manufacturer has selected Laurens County for its first South Carolina operation, bringing a $350 million investment and 564 new jobs to the Upstate region — one of the largest advanced energy announcements in the state in years. Suniva, Inc., founded in 2007 out of Department of Energy-funded research at Georgia Tech, […]