| BMW has announced a goal to increase production at | | | | Tech working toward their airframe power train |
| the Greer plant to 200,000 cars per year by 2010. This | | | | certificate can transfer easily into Embry-Riddles |
| is good news for the Upstate because it will not only | | | | four-year degree program. Aircraft technician was |
| increase employment at the car manufacturer, but will | | | | recently listed by Forbes magazine as number 6 in the |
| also have a profound impact on BMW suppliers, many | | | | Top 10 blue collar jobs. |
| of whom are found locally. Across the street from the | | | | Downtown Alive, the weekly Thursday night live-music |
| main entrance to BMW, Liberty Property Trust has | | | | event in the center of town has begun for the 2007 |
| purchased 51 acres for an industrial park that will | | | | season. This popular gathering closes down the upper |
| mostly house tenants who serve the auto | | | | end of Main Street for a great family excursion. You |
| manufacturer. The first to sign up is the Fast Tec | | | | can expect a friendly crowd, a variety of music, street |
| Group, an Indianapolis firm that provides sorting, | | | | vendors, and sidewalk caf tables from the restaurants. |
| inspection, re-work and containment services for | | | | The event acts as a fundraiser for the Metropolitan |
| vehicle manufacturers. The developer plans to build up | | | | Arts Council. |
| to six buildings on the land over the next five years, as | | | | Source: Greenville News, GSA Business. |
| demand requires. Demand does seem to be | | | | Lee was a professional mountaineering guide, climber |
| consistently high in the Golden Box area south of I-85, | | | | and professional avalanche team/ski patroller for over |
| but according to the developer, inventory of Class A | | | | 10 years. Lee went to school at UNC at Chapel Hill |
| industrial space is lacking. | | | | where he received a BS in B A with an emphasis in |
| The number of aviation firms in the area has prompted | | | | Real Estate. The traveled the world as a climbing |
| Embry-Riddle International Aeronautical University | | | | guide, teacher then salesperson & settled into real |
| Worldwide to open a campus here for Aviation | | | | estate in Greenville. |
| Maintenance Management. Students at Greenville | | | | |