Jan. 2025 Small Business Success Award: Gold Star Financial
Gold Star Financial and owner Ebony Smith offer a transparent, professional approach to tax and financial services, customized to meet clients’ unique needs, from A-to-Z. Ebony works to help others with integrity, making sure clients know they aren’t being lead astray. We are proud to recognize Gold Star Financial as our Small Business Success Award winner for January, presented by TD Bank.
Carolina Music Therapy, LLC: Alison Hughey, MT-BC uses the therapeutic power of music and creativity to serve clients of all ages, from families and children to those in long-term care with dementia. Led by Alison Hughey, the business uses music to spur creative thinking which can help with relaxation and self-calming techniques, among many other benefits. Congrats to Carolina Music Therapy, our December Small Business Success Award-Winner, presented by TD Bank.
2024 James B. Thompson Small Business of the Year: Limitless Sneaker Shop
Limitless Sneaker Shop in Downtown Spartanburg has hit the ground running since plugging in to Power Up Spartanburg. Congrats to Limitless, our 2024 James B. Thompson Small Business of the Year.
2024 Economic Champion: Cytiva
Since locating in Spartanburg County, Cytiva has found success and has bold plans for the future. All the while, they're encouraging other businesses to set up shop in Spartanburg. Congrats to our 2024 Economic Champion: Cytiva.
2024 Elaine Harris Tourism Champion: The Carolina Country Club
The Carolina Country Club has helped Spartanburg County's sports tourism impact grow, enabling our community to again welcome the BMW Charity Pro-AM, along with LPGA events and more. Congrats to our 2024 Tourism Champion: the Carolina Country Club.
2024 Neville Holcombe Distinguished Citizenship Awardees: Jack & Stacy McBride
Jack and Stacy McBride exemplify what it means to give back to their community. For their decades of commitment to our community, we were proud to name them the 2024 Neville Holcombe Distinguished Citizenship Award winners, the highest honor presented by OneSpartanburg, Inc.
Stay tuned to this page the rest of this week for all of our Annual Celebration awardee videos.
You're Invited to the 2024 Annual Celebration
Mark your calendars for Sept. 26 and join us at Indigo Hall as we celebrate the businesses, leaders, and organizations that are putting Spartanburg in Motion. We'll have a brief awards ceremony, plenty of networking, and food from some of our county's best restaurants at the Taste of Spartanburg. We'll see you there!
2023 Elaine Harris Tourism Champion Award: Spartanburg County Parks
Jon Woodsby was friends with the late Mayor of Pacolet Elaine Harris. Jon was involved in the effort, spearheaded by Mayor Harris, to create a roadmap for the future of tourism development countywide. Jon, inspired by his friendship with Mayor Harris, has been a key player in an overall tourism development strategy, taking advantage of our sports facilities and natural amenities to bring people here. For his dedication to the vision of Elaine Harris, we are proud to recognize the Spartanburg County Parks Department as our 2023 Tourism Champion.