SCBIZ Daily for Nov. 3, 2020

USDA invests millions in S.C. water infrastructure projects

As part of a $891 million investment to modernize rural drinking water and wastewater infrastructure across 43 states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $29.1 million in five rural water and wastewater projects in Anderson, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Dillon, Florence, Hampton and Williamsburg counties.

Pulliam Investment Co. joins NAI Earle Furman

NAI Earle Furman has welcomed John Easterling, president and CEO of Pulliam Investment Co., to its expanded team. The move is expected to grow the commercial real estate company's senior housing division.

Summerville affordable housing units sell for $26.3M

Standard Communities has acquired Canebreak Apartments, the 120-unit affordable housing complex in Summerville, via a long-term ground lease. The company plans to rehabilitate the apartments without displacing any residents.

S.C. receives $1.14M to increase health care safety

The funding is part of a $180 million Centers for Disease Control and Prevention initiative aimed at helping prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases in health care facilities nationwide.

Furman alumni donate $6.1 million to music department

Furman University alumni Gordon Herring and Sarah Herring, respectively from classes of 1965 and 1966, have pledged $6.1 million to the Furman music department to finance the Herring Music Chair Endowment and the Herring Music Fellowship Fund.

Arts & Draughts going virtual on Nov. 20

The quarterly festival presented by the Columbia Museum of Art is returning for the first time in 2020. The online event will feature musical performances, art activities, gallery tours and a scavenger hunt.

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