Business

INDIAN LAND – Edgewater Medical Center, the first urgent care facility in Indian Land, has opened in 160 Plaza, with a larger branch set to open this summer.

The practice serves all ages and offers urgent care, family medicine, internal medicine and occupational medicine.

The partner physicians, Drs. Shashank Mishra, Amir Ansari, Brian Walker and Carla Simon, all share the goal to see as many patients as they can. The four board-certified doctors say they are excited to serve the Indian Land community.

INDIAN LAND – Indian Land residents have a new place to manage their money since BB&T opened its newest branch at Carolina Commons on Dec. 15.

The bank offers a wide range of products and services for individuals and businesses at its new location, one of 1,400 sites in 11 states.

Despite its large size, BB&T operates as community banks through its structure of more than 30 individual regions to respond to the different economic needs of their clients.

A local hang-out for area teens and college students is open again.

Owner Sal Estrada said his business, Estrada Extreme Sports, at 106 Elm St., had become time-consuming, which is why he initially shut the doors.

He was finding it hard splitting his time between his job as an assistant vice president at Founders Federal Credit Union, coaching the women’s soccer team at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster and spending time with his four children.

Trying to sell your house? You’re not alone.  

There are about 415 houses on the market in Lancaster County alone.   

With so much competition, you might be interested in one of the latest concepts available to help sell your house faster – home staging.  

Judy Hinson, who’s sold real estate for more than 20 years, recently earned certification as an Accredited Staging Professional (ASP).  

Staging is creating a feeling in the room that makes buyers want to come in and stay a while.