Hello everyone. Hope you enjoy the summer. I know, it’s high time for a little word from our team. We have been very busy making changes, hope you enjoy it. Earlier this year, we introduced subtle design changes with new fonts and a new layout. We featured some new columnists – hope you are enjoying Field Notes with Dennis Chastain where every two weeks he enchants us with interesting stories about flora and fauna. The University of South Carolina column provides an overview of all past, current, and future Gamecocks and the university’s connection to the upstate.

This week, I want to introduce you to our new profiles page. You asked, we listened and each week we will introduce you to a few people within our community. It could be anyone: a local chef or mixologist, a community leader, an artist or a volunteer. We want to get to know our neighbors as much as you all do.

We don’t just modify our print publications. Have you visited greenvillejournal.com lately? We have created a podcast page where we put together links to local podcasters you might want to check out. There are photo galleries of SAIL swim meet and other events taking place in the city. That story you just read on paper? We often have more photos, more information and more videos online. We can’t fit a lot into our print pages, so be sure to check out the online version as well. Many more changes are underway as we continue to be your source for community information.

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For our professional readers, be sure to subscribe to the Northern State Business Journal Bulletin, also delivered weekly to your inbox. We are also currently carrying out a survey of our UBJ readers to make sure we’re connected and bring you the information you want to know. Here is a link to participate, https://upstatebusinessjournal.com/survey.

We are active on social media, so be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn.

That’s all for the moment. As always, please don’t hesitate to send us your ideas, comments or questions. Sherry