Jul 15, 2021 | News
Special Guest Speaker
Emily Felt, SC Director of Energy Policy, Duke Energy
View a video recap here.
View the presentation here.
Resource Update
Brandon Worley, Executive Director, Upstate-Carolina Adaptive Golf, spoke about the Program:
- Established in Oct 2018
- What started as a college project has become a full program.
- Training at Clemson U; got some students involved.
- Started our first clinic in July 2019 at Top Golf
- Build camaraderie, socialization.
- Veterans, adults, and children
- Started with 4-5 participants; now 46 participants.
- Well over 50 trained volunteers.
- Provide opportunities to help others discover their opportunities.
- Mostly GVL, some in Clemson and Anderson
- We are pushing to Spartanburg (Mary Black Fdtn)
- We will work with anyone with physical limitations.
*Read Brandon’s article about the program here.
Learn more about the Program: https://ucagnow.org/
Michael Hildebrand, Director, Upstate Mobility Alliance, featured a few exciting projects ongoing:
- Greenwood started their new transportation service; 5 mi radius around Greenwood, mostly medical transports.
- Abbeville has sent a grant request in; hoping to start a service (mostly medical) as well.
- Also in Greenwood, they are discussing how van pools can attract and retain workers.
- Spartanburg is also doing great work with van pools. The city voted in June to use funds for a 2-year pilot program. They are recruiting companies now.
*Learn more about the Upstate Mobility Alliance: https://www.upstatemobilityalliance.org/
Jun 25, 2021 | News
Guest Speaker: Beth Paul, General Manager, Bon Secours Wellness Arena
View meeting recording here.
The Well is excited to be scheduling many events for the Upstate community. During the shutdown, they re-engineered the facility for safety and developed processes and policies for reopening.
With CARES funding from Greenville County, they created contactless ticketing, purchased PPE, increased the air quality, reimagined the live event experience, and redeveloped their business plan.
They served the community through graduations and hosted the first professional sports team (The Swamp Rabbits hockey team) to restart.
The future holds a diverse line-up of music, comedy, sports, family events, wrestling with a focus on the Latin and Black events. They forecast 120 events this year with a $60M impact on the region, not including Bassmasters and the NCAA tournament.
Regional partners are intrinsic to their success with many conversations and mutual decisions made in conjunction with The Greenville Drive, the Triumph, and the Peace Center.
There are many challenges in workforce development and the close nature of touring, gas prices, and supply chain issues.
Q: What is the current capacity?
A: From 25% in November, they have gradually increased to 100% today with the first potential full house in December with Eric Church.
Q: What are some air quality adjustments that were made?
A: Ionization through air handlers, pushing more fresh air, and developing zones for different areas.
Q: Are acts considering coming here or not, due to the pandemic?
A: Possibly, they are excited about new acts like Banda MS from Mexico on August 6. They have run out of dates already due to spreading out genres, for example, they plan 25 days between country acts.
Start-Grow Upstate Presentation
Please contact Erin Ouzts, Director of the Upstate Entrepreneur Ecosystem with questions or to schedule a demonstration for your organization.
Resource Update
Aileen Gallagher, Phoenix Center and The Family Effect
Greenville Country Center on Drug Abuse
In patient detox
Medical detox
Outpatient detox
They have psychiatrists from Prisma Health
Serenity Village – residential center for mothers
Over 60% of their clients are uninsured, no one is ever turned away even if they cannot afford to pay.
The Family Effect – They handle all the financial donations and volunteers.
Next month they will announce scholarship for outpatients who cannot afford treatment, it is a public fund.
Mobile prevention unit – mobile unit that can travel to educate people.
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Jun 11, 2021 | News
TATT Chat Recap | June 10, 2021
Special Guest Speaker 
William Timmons, U.S. Congressman
Please watch the full conversation here.
William@TimmonsLLC.com
864-616-8821
Upstate Initiative Update
Dean Hybl, Ten at the Top
Join us for the launch of Start-Grow Upstate – a resource navigator for entrepreneurs and small business owners. We are hosting a workshop June 16th at 3:30pm; register here.
See TATT’s event page for more information and registration links for TATT Reconnects and Brews, Blues & BBQ
Join us for the next TATT CHAT on June 24 at 3pm: Events are Back! Guest Speaker: Beth Paul, General Manager of Bon Secours Wellness Arena
Resource Update
Julie Capaldi, President, United Way of Pickens County
Camp iROCK
- The goal is for 70% of 3rd graders to read at their level but after making headway, after COVID they are back where they started
- 113 students in virtual last year
- Between 345 and 350 students now
- Need YMCA counselors and more children than usual with younger children and also children with social issues due to pandemic
- More counselors being hired to assist children with fear and loss
Dana McConnell, Executive Director, Center for Developmental Services (CDS)
- 8K children each year with developmental disabilities (1 in 5 individuals has a disability)
- 80% of thier clients are children under 12 so focus is on strong early intervention including assistance with hearing aids, psychology, etc.
- They work on independent living, entering the workforce, and assist with finding day/residential services for with children with many disabilities, some including Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Downs Syndrome
- CDS collaborates with many other providers
- Cdservices.org too volunteer or donate
- Sept 30th Breakfast event (fundraiser)
May 28, 2021 | News
Robyn Grable, Founder & CEO of Veterans ASCEND/Ability ASCEND
Visit the veteransascend.com and abilityascend.org (in production) websites to learn about these hiring models and how they align talent across businesses and organizations matched on skills, location and salary requirements. See the presentation here and watch a recording of the TATT Chat here.
TATT Announcements
See upcoming TATT events here.
Resource Update
Upstate Warrior Solution, Theresa Thompson, Deputy Director
Serves all veterans and opening up services to first responders
Local nonprofit born and raised in the Upstate with all money raised locally including grant funding, corporate donations, event fundraising, and private donations
Partnering with PRISMA (and soon Spartanburg Regional) to identify veterans in need following medical treatment
Apr 30, 2021 | News
Welcome by Terence Roberts, TATT Chairman
Special Guest Speaker
Jeff Brown, Vice President-Marketing, Greenville Drive – Baseball is Back!
Watch meeting video recap here.
County Updates
Cherokee – Jim Cook, Cherokee County Economic Development
New DHL building going in for a 3rd party automotive supplier (not yet announced)
$93,000,000 third party logistics deal creating 249 jobs
The building will be 1.3 million square feet on a 100-acre site
More projects being discussed
Oconee – Alex Butterbaugh, Keowee Brewing Company
Open nine months before COVID shutdown and used down time to update outdoor area, covered patio for winter
Business now is good
Hosted a live music fundraiser for tornado relief in 2020
The community has been wonderful and Keowee Brewing continues to give back
