There’s an old Chinese proverb that states “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now”. The same is true for community planning and development. Oconee County has made tremendous strides when it comes to rethinking and reimplementing its economic development policies in the past five years, […]
Monday marked the first time that all of the School District of Oconee County’s elementary school teachers visited and experienced various manufacturing facilities in Oconee County. Educators were able to see the facilities that some of their students’ parents work in, and also viewed the amazing products that are made right here in Oconee County. […]
The National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) is a test administered to high school students nation-wide as part of the ACT® WorkKeys® assessments. These tests are divided into three components: Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents. Each of these components is used to measure broad foundational employability skills of the test taker. A recent article […]
A recent report analyzing job data puts Oconee County and the Seneca micropolitan on the map for having the highest concentration of Industrial Engineers and Industrial Engineer Technicians. With a concentration 5.02 times greater than the national average, Seneca not only leads the Upstate, but also ranks seventh in the nation for these types of […]
South Carolina is a little like a holiday family dinner: The adults sit at the massive dining-room table, and the children are relegated to the dreaded “kids’ table.” While the adults have all the turkey and ham and fixings, the kids get only what the adults give them. Now consider Palmetto State economic development through […]