Business View Magazine | March 2019

180 of any location on I-95. It also has two large hospitals - the MUSC Health of Flor- ence and the McLeod Healthcare system, which, together employ about 8,500 peo- ple; and a broad mix of retail, restaurant, and entertainment venues. Today, as its new tagline suggests, Flor- ence is moving forward aggressively with many projects and initiatives. City Man- ager, Drew Griffin reports on several of them, beginning with its recent downtown revitalization efforts. “The downtown core started a very intensive redevelopment phase approximately five to seven years ago, which has resulted in approximately $300 million of public and private invest- ment,” he begins. “The public side of that FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA