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Molly Hulsey
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About Molly
Molly Hulsey is a staff writer for GSA Business Report. A native of the Upstate, she is a graduate of Covenant College, where she majored in international studies, with a French concentration, and minored in writing. Her interests include business advocacy and economic development.
May 11, 2022
Weeks after DC Blox opened the doors of its Greenville data center on April 12, the company announced plans to break ground on another South Carolina location with a $31.5 million investment. Located along more than 21 acres at the My... Read More
May 11, 2022
Hartness expands Village Kitchen Farm Hartness, a 449-acre urban village located on Greenville’s Eastside, will launch the second phase of The Hartness Farm, which supplies sustainable produce for the Mill Village Farms&rsq... Read More
May 10, 2022
German-based Lufthansa Group says it is modernizing its long-haul passenger with new purchases that include seven 787-9 Dreamliner jets from Boeing’s North Charleston plant. Built with lightweight composite materials, the 7... Read More
May 09, 2022
For those raising the next generation of workforce talent at home, it may be a no-brainer that 12-year-olds are more likely to learn about future career opportunities from TikTok, YouTube or Duolingo than LinkedIn. Yet much of the onl... Read More
May 06, 2022
Powdersville’s Dolly Cooper Park transformed from an empty field fronted by a recycling center to a kayaking loop with walking trails, sports fields and a disc golf course within five years. Plans are now underway to build... Read More
May 05, 2022
Mumford Industries Inc., a post-industrial plastics recycling company and producer of Retrieve sustainable film products, will invest $2 million in a Greenwood area facility expansion and create 33 jobs. “Our expansion is thrill... Read More
May 05, 2022
Ladson’s Mercedes-Benz plant and a vegetable cannery in Effingham have struck up an unlikely partnership — the first of its kind in South Carolina. During a recent ribbon cutting Gov. Henry McMaster announced that the Char... Read More
May 03, 2022
An $10 million funding round will help a Simpsonville biotech company advance the development of a therapy that it says can make damaged tissue supple again. Elastrin Therapeutics, a spin-off company based on 20 years of research at C... Read More
Apr 27, 2022
This story first appeared in the April 18 print edition of GSA Business Report. Speculative industrial development across the Upstate has been more than worth the risk for Ohio-based VanTrust Real Estate. “The leasing activit... Read More
Apr 25, 2022
To commemorate Earth Day, the Duke Energy Foundation granted $100,000 to various organizations that support access to parks and trails across the states, as well as microgrants to community parks across South Carolina. The gifts... Read More
Apr 25, 2022
Tony Tate thinks that 2022 is a turning point — not just any turning point, but the largest transfer of wealth in human history. That’s one reason why the Easley native has come back to his old stomping grounds after more ... Read More
Apr 20, 2022
Billboards along Anderson’s stretch of Interstate 85 alert drivers to a gas station more than 100 miles away in Adairsville, Ga. Some billboards are stacked on top of each other, both featuring the same iconic ballcapped beaver ... Read More
Apr 19, 2022
IT Cosmetics founder Jamie Kern Lima sold her business to L’Oréal for $1.2 billion before offering her support to Greenville’s Dionne Sandiford, the woman behind BMW and Michelin vendor Corporate Stich, as she launched... Read More
Apr 18, 2022
AFL, a Spartanburg-based manufacturer of fiber optic cable, connectivity and accessories, provided a $7,500 grant to Public Education Partners for its Elevate Teachers programming. The funding will support the advocacy group&rsq... Read More
Apr 18, 2022
The first phase in the expansion of Greer’s Inland Port is days away from completion after a four-month delay due to supply chain disruptions. Bullock Construction out of Maryland has added close to 9,700 feet of track to the po... Read More
Apr 15, 2022
Kelley Engineering, a designer and manufacturer of custom automation equipment, will invest $6 million in a new build-to-print facility set to create 80 jobs. Founded in 2015, Kelley Engineering provides automation equipment, computer... Read More
Apr 14, 2022
Illumifin, a third-party administration and technology services company, opened its headquarters at the Field House at West End, following a $2.5 million renovation. The Field House at West End is a multi-use development adjacent to F... Read More
Apr 13, 2022
Argo AI, a German autonomy products and services company, will invest $2.6 million in a test facility in Greenville County. The investment will create 40 jobs once operations launch, slated for later this year, according to an announc... Read More
Apr 12, 2022
Fuyao Glass America Inc., a venture of China-based Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd., plans to invest $34.5 million in its Greenville County operations and create 121 more jobs. Since 1987, Fuyao Group has produced automotive glass ... Read More
Apr 11, 2022
First Solar’s new Greer distribution hub may get a little busier with an order of 750 megawatts of photovoltaic solar modules from Orgis Energy. The order, booked until 2024, dovetails with First Solar’s $680 million... Read More
Apr 11, 2022
Clemson organization donates proceeds from doghouse auction The Tile Council of North America Inc., based in Clemson, auctioned off custom manufactured doghouses made from member companies with all proceeds benefiting The Animal Found... Read More
Apr 07, 2022
This story first appeared in the April 4 print edition of GSA Business Report. When Ukraine’s largest neon suppliers halted production in early March, it was a distress flare to an already beleaguered semiconductor industry. ... Read More
Apr 05, 2022
This story first appeared in the April 4 print edition of GSA Business Report: Beating out Charleston and Richland counties, Greenville took the lead for ARPA funding allocations in 2021 with nearly $101.7 million. The competition ... Read More
Apr 04, 2022
The S.C. Manufacturers Alliance Executive Committee recognized two industry leaders from the public and private sector at a celebratory dinner at the Greenville’s Poinsett Club on March 31. At the event, Dirk Pieper, presi... Read More
Apr 01, 2022
MDH Partners of Atlanta has acquired 301 Grove Reserve, a new 158,886-square-foot class-A industrial building in Greenville’s Augusta Grove Business Park. The building has been leased to an undisclosed pharmaceutical company, jo... Read More
Mar 31, 2022
A veteran community leader got a sneak peak Tuesday of plans for the plaza dedicated to her in the center of Unity Park, set to open on May 19. At the dedication ceremony, Greenville Mayor Knox White described Mary Duckett, president ... Read More
Mar 31, 2022
United Community Bank has had a presence in South Carolina for 15 years but made its plans for a lasting Greenville headquarters a little more final Tuesday. With a groundbreaking ceremony attended by 200 visitors and Gov. Henry McMas... Read More
Mar 28, 2022
Medical supply and technology company TacMed is accustomed to supplying the U.S. military with tourniquets and body armor, but the manufacturer now has turned its attention to the Ukrainian front. The Anderson manufacturer has donated... Read More
Mar 23, 2022
Cinergy Entertainment has signed on to build a 70,000-square-foot dine-in theater, bowling alley and virtual reality attraction in Mauldin’s incoming Bridgeway Station town center. The up-to $23 million project will be the ninth... Read More
Mar 21, 2022
The World Affairs Council Upstate will host its inaugural Global Upstate Conference on International Business and Foreign Affairs on March 29-31 in Greenville and Spartanburg. More than 56 scholars, business leaders and community play... Read More
Mar 18, 2022
A new study shows a record 8.8 million Americans quit their jobs in November and December, but S.C. businesses were already losing employees. The state saw the third-lowest increase in average monthly resignation rates from 2020 to 20... Read More
Mar 16, 2022
Emerge: Women in Business 2022 will offer insights from local executives on how to enhance performance with growth, intention and balance in the workforce. The conference is a project of OneSpartanburg Inc. The conference will last fr... Read More
Mar 16, 2022
CurTec, a Dutch packaging manufacturer for the pharmaceutical, specialty chemical and food industries plans to invest $13 million to put its first U.S. packaging operations in Oconee County. “By starting manufacturing in the U.S... Read More
Mar 15, 2022
Former County Councilman Fred Payne may have retired from Greenville County’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, but he hasn’t put the brakes on his advocacy for affordable transit solutions. Shared rides are on th... Read More
Mar 15, 2022
Hospitals across the country were full to the gills in November 2020, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services were forced to explore new options. The centers launched a new waiver program, called Acute Hospital Care a... Read More
Mar 11, 2022
This story first appeared in the March 7 print edition of GSA Business Report. Some of the greatest losses over the past few wars in the U.S. have been in the supply line convoy, Sen. Lindsey Graham told an audience of engineers, poli... Read More
Mar 08, 2022
A global technology and supply chain service provider expects a $37 million expansion to create a capacity to ship approximately 2 million packages each year. “Ingram Micro is pleased to continue to invest in the state... Read More
Mar 07, 2022
This story first appeared in the Feb. 7 print edition of GSA Business Report. Additional updates to BMW Group's response to the conflict in Ukraine, not included in the print story, can be found here. South Carolinians m... Read More