Business Rock Hill: 03/27/13 Local bidder preference
A rarely used city ordinance showing preference to local contractors came into play Monday night as Rock Hill City Council considered awarding a contract for a $1.7 million expansion of the city’s law center. Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
Business Rock Hill: 03/20/13 Knowledge Park update
In the next few months, City of Rock Hill staff will start reviewing qualifications from a pool of 70 developers as to who might be tasked with turning the city’s textile corridor into a new multi-use plan known as Knowledge Park. City Council saw the latest renderings of what parts of the project might look [...]
Business Rock Hill: 03/13/12 BMX Motocross in Rock Hill.
You may have heard just a snippet Tuesday of what’s to come with a new BMX Motocross park on the old Celanese site in Rock Hill. Today, we’ll delve a bit deeper into how the park’s backers want to turn what was once the home of a textile plant into a world-class park — at [...]
Business Rock Hill: 03/06/13 DNC means big business for Rock Hill airport
More than five months after the Democratic National convention brought 35,000 delegates, media and security personnel to the Carolinas, we are getting a better idea of how outlying areas reaped the effects of the convention. Rock Hill/York County Airport Director Eric Ramsdell says the regional airport brought in 2.5 to 3 times its normal business [...]
Business Rock Hill: 02/27/13 Knowledge Park RFQ’s
It’s the first of many steps in turning a new leaf on what was once the home of Rock Hill’s textile corridor into a new development between Winthrop University and Downtown Rock Hill. The area, which has since been rebranded as the Knowlede Park, will eventually be a mix of young and old living, working and [...]
Business Rock Hill: 02/19/13 Old Town Market Hall & Create Event Incentives
On this week’s Business Rock Hill, a closer look at what was behind the decision to open up a new open air marketplace in Rock Hill’s Downtown Corridor. John Rinehart’s brand new Old Town Market Hall recently opened its doors with one end an open air space the brand new Millstone Pizza restaurant. Rinehart says [...]
Business Rock Hill: 02/13/13 New apartment complex
Rock Hill City Council Monday OK’d the construction of a new apartment along the eastern end of Dave Lyle Blvd near the Waterford Development. Charlotte Developers stood before council last month asking to rezone a 17-acre plot of land near the new Academy Sports to build 208 new apartments. Podcast: Play in new window | [...]
