Julius Tolbert: From catering to closing
If you have ever attended a local spring festival called ‘The Taste of Black Spartanburg,’ you may have met organizer Julius Tolbert during food tastings, youth scholarship presentations, or just in passing to say ‘Hi.’ But if you own a flagging restaurant or need help in starting your own restaurant of any type or size, you might want to see if Tolbert’s experience can help turn your business into a winner. Because as he will tell you, part of his original motivation was to prove that “a black-owned hospitality company from Spartanburg could compete at the highest level while creating jobs, developing leaders, and helping revitalize downtown.”
Vintage View Adventures is bringing summer camp magic back to Spartanburg
For many Spartanburg residents, the perfect summer day usually means packing the car and heading toward the mountains or the coast. But what if one of the Upstate’s best summer escapes was only a few minutes away?
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Vision Plan 2.0: Mapping Spartanburg’s economic future
Milestones paving way for next steps
What began four years ago as a hopeful economic development strategy to make Spartanburg County more competitive for jobs and talent and improve quality of life for residents has so far surpassed even the most optimistic expectations.
Now entering its fifth and final year, the OneSpartanburg Vision Plan 2.0 has not only led to more economic growth in 2026 than all of last year, its leaders and supporters are already wondering how far it will take the county into the next decade.
Meet Your Neighbor
Carrying on the Hughey Farms legacy
A favorite destination of Spartanburg locals on the hunt for fresh seasonal produce, there’s nowhere like Hughey Farms. The beloved produce stand is located on Asheville Highway in Boiling Springs, and is the summertime home to some of the best peaches and strawberries around.
If you stop by the stand, you’ll likely run into Robyn Peterson, the daughter of Hughey Farms owner Todd Hughey. It’s a family business, one Peterson speaks of with pride.
“My dad and brothers all farm,” she says. “My dad is a fourth generation farmer, and my brother Tyler is a fifth generation farmer.” Though Peterson is a teacher throughout the school year, she says that she’s always spent her summers helping out at the stand. Now, she’s working to expand Hughey Farms with a second location.
The Cook's Corner
The South’s best kept summer secret: Cornbread salad
There are few foods more Southern than a pan of hot, homemade cornbread. Long before biscuits became the star of restaurant bread baskets, cornbread was feeding families across the South. Made from simple pantry ingredients and baked in a well-seasoned cast iron skillet, it’s affordable, comforting and perfectly suited for everything from bowls of beans to backyard barbecues. During the summer, though, I think cornbread is at its very best.
Bible Trivia
1. Is the book of Nehemiah (KJV) in the Old or New Testament or neither?
2. From Nehemiah 10, what was the most common starting letter of the 87 names listing priests, Levites, chiefs and fathers? C, B, T, H
3. In Matthew 10:34, who said, “I came not to send peace, but a sword”? Herod’s guard, Judas, Roman centurion, Jesus
4. Which prophet foretold about the ministry of John the Baptist? Levi, Isaiah, Aaron, Mordecai
5. What was unique about Balaam’s donkey? Fast galloper, Could speak, Turned to stone, 6-legged
6. From 1 Chronicles 20, Elhanan slew Goliath’s ...? Father, Brother, Mule, Oxen
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More than a thrift store: Campobello shop helps fund Hospice programs across South Carolina
When most people walk into a thrift store, they’re hoping to leave with a great deal or an unexpected treasure. At Charity for All of South Carolina in Campobello, every purchase tells a much bigger story.
For founder and owner Julie R. Gwinn-Bright and Karen M. Diercks, director of donations and inventory management, that story is about transforming everyday donations into meaningful support for South Carolinians facing some of life’s most difficult seasons.
Meet Your Neighbor
Kristie Kay-Butts creates a place where healing can ‘Bloom’
Therapist Kristie Kay-Butts, LCP, RPT is excited to step into the next chapter of serving the Spartanburg community with the opening of her new practice, Bloom Counseling Studio.
Kay-Butts’s husband, David Butts, grew up in the Spartanburg area. The two met while he was in dental school in Charleston, and when he completed his education, they moved to the Upstate to be closer to family.
A licensed counselor and registered play therapist, Kay-Butts says she was first drawn to working in therapy because she simply enjoyed working with people. “I feel like I’ve always been the friend that people come to,” she says.
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BMW Spartanburg expands future with $1.7 billion investment and new X5 production
BMW Group has completed a $1.7 billion investment in its South Carolina operations, strengthening the company’s Spartanburg County manufacturing campus and preparing for the future of electric vehicle production.
The milestone was celebrated at the company’s “Home of X” event at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg, where officials highlighted the completion of expansions at Plant Spartanburg and the construction of Plant Woodruff, a facility focused on high-voltage battery assembly.
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Spartanburg Philharmonic grows music trail with two new inductees
The next time you’re in downtown Spartanburg, especially if you have never been or if it’s been a while, you might want to consider a ¾-mile walk along the city’s music trail – especially since it just grew by two names.
While there aren’t any specific directional arrows, you’ll find plenty of signposts along West Main Street and Broad Street, and all you have to do is follow them – from one noted musician to another.
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