To bring additional quality manufacturing jobs into Anderson County, the Innovate Fund supported the 150,000 sq. ft. expansion of an exisiting 168,000 sq. ft. manufactuirng, warehouse, and office facility for the purpose of housing Pregis Films, LLC, a high tech, blwon film manufacturer. The expanded manufacturing space will support the rention of 36 jobs and […] NMTC financing helped expand the Highland Baking Company plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. NMTC financing supported expansion of a Newberry County sawmill operation. Blood Connection is a non-profit for blood donors. NMTC financing supported construction, furniture, and fixtures associated with the Blood Connection's property at the Matrix operation center. Construction of a distribution facility for Allied Air, an HVAC equipment manufacturer in Orangeburg, SC. NMTC financing supported the adaptive reuse of a 50 year abandoned African American hospital which will be converted by Allen University, an HBCU, into a multi-use facility. NMTC financing for a manufacturing expansion in Darlington County and bring an estimated 50 jobs to the area. Sarla Performance Fibers, based out of Mumbai, India, began the expansion of a new polyester yarn and thread manufacturing facility in rural South Carolina in early 2013. Spartanburg Community College renovated a vacant historic building, originally a local high school, into a new Downtown Campus. The Upward Star Center provides a home base for Upward Unlimited to train and equip coaches and leaders, and serves as a testing facility for sports development and technique improvement. The project involves the development and construction of a Autoclaved Aerated Concrete manufacturing facility in Bennettsville, SC. Adaptive re-use of a historic school building in Winnsboro, South Carolina. NMTC financing for Judson Mill, a mixed-use project. The project included the ground up construction of the facility, including the necessary equipment and working capital to get a recreation business started. NMTCs were leveraged to build two identical 21 MW biomass generation facilities which will convert wood pulp and debris into electricity for use throughout South Carolina. NMTC equity allowed Continental Tire to expand their North American operations in the United States, rather than in another part of North America or South America. Established in 1995, Upward Sports is the world's largest Christian youth sports provider. Model child development center opens in a Spartanburg neighborhood with a poverty rate near fifty percent. Public private partnership brings community recreation center facility to Spartanburg The Southside Neighborhood in Spartanburg, South Carolina has a growing elderly and low income population. NMTC financing supported the Highland Baking project. Acquisition and renovation of a food manufacturing facility. Spartanburg, SC has historically been known as “Hub City” due to its prevalence of railways. The construction of a 47,000-sq.-ft. campus, including a 32,000-sq.-ft. office building and a 15,000-sq.-ft. high-speed metals recycling facility. Rehabilitation of the historic Dalton Building into a mixed-use development that now houses offices and residential. Purchase of the former site of the Charleston Naval Exchange Building on Carner Avenue for the development of a multi-faceted agribusiness program. Development of a new 62,333 sq. ft. Restaurant Depot. Financing for a nursing home for long-term care. The Claussen Bakery Project is the adaptive re-use of a former family-owned bakery built in the West End of Greenville in 1930. In an effort to revitalize the Greenville community, RiverWalk was the “first-in” redevelopment initiated in the West End since the Great Recession began in 2007. Project ONE is a complex urban, mixed-use development located in the heart of downtown Greenville. The renovation and revitalization of the historic Plush Mill in Greenville, S. C. Competing in the world market for talent, technology, capital and jobs, the Upstate’s economic transition hinges on the ability to bridge its deep roots in manufacturing with an entrepreneurial environment that can generate new ideas, technologies, products and processes. An infill mixed-use development includes 197 apartments, 22 condominiums, a one-acre bank site, 500 parking spaces in a two-level garage, 165 surface parking spaces and 79,716 square feet of retail space, anchored by Publix and Staples. A 6-story, 239,500-square-foot mixed-use project features 64,500 square feet of retail and office space; a 250-space 88,000-square-foot parking garage; a new 135-room, 87,000-square-foot Courtyard Marriott; and locally-owned Nantucket Seafood Grill. Improvement of charter school facilities to increase offerings and programming Current enrollment of 1,250 students with the capacity to increase enrollment to 1,430 students. Financing for Greenco Beverage Co. one of the largest beverage distributors in Upstate South Carolina. The project redeveloped a vacant building into the 7th largest children's museum in the United States and 10th largest in the world. The project revitalized a long-dormant facility with new machinery and equipment, transforming it into a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant capable of handling multiple baking processes. Financing for a third-generation, family owned meat packing business in non-metropolitan Cherokee County. Associated Hardwoods is a family-owned lumber company specializing in wholesale lumber, specialized lumber, trucking, planed and ripped-to-width, plywood processing, and more. A new manufacturing facility brings a halt to more than a century of economic decline. NMTC financing to the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, to assist in its construction project and opening. Swiss Krono is building a 250,000-square-foot expansion on its existing Barnwell manufacturing facility, with help from the NMTC. NMTC funding helped solidify the construction of a new integrated production facility near Barnwell, SC, providing jobs to a community that lost more than 600 jobs. NMTCs were leveraged to build a new 100,000 sq. ft. innovative manufacturing facility that uses precision welding, laser cutting, and robotic assembly technologies to manufacture fall protection and loading/unloading systems that safeguard workers.