Polo Centennial Lifts Aiken Businesses With Out-of-Town Guests
Hotels and restaurants in downtown Aiken report booming business as Polo Centennial drives fuller rooms and busier dining. Innkeepers and managers note overbookings and higher weekend occupancy, with Holley Inn Ramada Inn and Holiday Inn all benefiting. Local eateries like Gilbert's Bowery and Up Your Alley see more out-of-town patrons and catering demand increases. Polly's Place notes more party catering and gourmet sales, while some venues remain steady.
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Forrest E. Holley
Aiken
Richland Avenue
Dinesh Jasani
Ramada
Jasani
Holiday Inn
Charlie R. Jones
S.C. 19
Interstate 20
Jones
Bowery
Bee Lane
Sam Erb
Aiken’s
Polly Sears
Polly
Park Avenue
County and Southern Bell Earnings Report Detailed Figures
The county reports first quarter assets at 1.804 billion up 157.9 million from a year ago. Loans and leases rise 7.67 percent to 962.0 million, deposits up 5.54 percent to 1.281 billion. Southern Bell shows operating revenues up 644.4 million due to more phones and long distance, plus intrastate and interstate rate increases. Florida Steel posts six month sales 130.1 million with a net loss of 5.19 million, second quarter sales 63.31 million and a net loss of 1.70 million. plant located in Aiken.
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Southern Bell
Florida Steel
Florida Steel Corp
Aiken
Paula B. Daniel
Aiken Centers
Downtown mural project lands at Cloud Seven Gifts
Stage Works, a new Aiken theatre artists group, will paint an Edwardian mural on Cloud Seven Gifts at Richland Avenue and Newberry Street. Isabel Vandervelde leads the project with plans to evoke stained glass windows. Vandervelde, USC alumna, has a rich background in scene design and has published poetry and fiction.
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Stage Works
Cloud Seven Gifts
Aiken
Isabel Vandervelde
Cloud Seven
Vandervelde
Richland Avenue
Newberry Street
United States
Columbia
USC Ballet Company
Augusta Civic Ballet
Ms. Vandervelde
Ethan
South Dakota
Vance Vandervelde
du Pont
Vanderveldes
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