Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
      Innovista gets new leader John Parks, formerly the director of the University of Illinois Research Park and most recently the director of the University of Kentucky Research Campus, will become executive director of USC's Innovista as of February 1.
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South Carolina Chapter of the Urban Land Institute meets
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
      On Thursday, Jan. 18, the first statewide meeting of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), SC Chapter, took place in the Columbia Convention Center on Lincoln Street. Several hundred delegates attended the all-day affair.
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Marvin McCrory and Columbia construction
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
      Marvin Lowery McCrory was born the fifth of eight children in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi, 40 miles from Yazoo City, the home of Harper's Magazine 1970s editor Willie Morris. His father was a tenant farmer -cotton and corn, mostly, or whatever could be rot...
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Capitol Places and City Center Partnership joint-venture a party
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
      Last Thursday, January 18, beginning at 5:30 pm, developer Tom Prioreschi and his son Jeff, along with their full entourge, held a condo sales kick- off campaign on the ground floor of the former SouthTrust Building, originally AT&T. The City Center Partnership used the occasion...
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2007 brings more opportunity for S. C.
Commentary by Joe Taylor, South Carolina Secretary of Commerce
      South Carolina enjoyed an abundance of good fortune in 2006 and the state's economic forecast is even more encouraging for 2007. More South Carolinians are working, earning more money, and spending more money than ever before. S.C. reaped the benefits of a record- setting year for ...
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ULI of S.C. follows the international headquarters
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
      The Urban Land Institute is the premier voice for fostering high standards of architecture, urban design, land- use planning, and real estate development. ULI members have a network with access to expertise for one particular problem or a variety of conferences and worldwide for...
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