New Businesses

Ace Concrete Construction runs its own crews out of a Taylors shop and takes concrete work from both ends of the trade: new residential flatwork like driveways, patios, and stamped or decorative finishes, plus the heavier jobs many contractors pass on, including industrial building floors, foundation walls, and breaking out failed slabs and footings to re-pour them. Foundation repair and concrete restoration are on the list; piering and underpinning are not. It is a locally run operation rather than a franchise, licensed as a South Carolina residential builder (RBS.65343) and a member of the Home Builders Association of Greenville, working within about a forty-mile radius of Taylors across Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, and Laurens counties. Estimates are free. Reviewers keep pointing to the same things: steady communication from the estimate through the pour, punctual crews, and clean on-site coordination.

Candor Concrete Company handles the concrete work behind building and property projects around Travelers Rest, the pouring and finishing that goes into driveways, patios, walkways, and foundations. Based in Travelers Rest, it takes on jobs across the surrounding Upstate.

J. Callahan Concrete handles the flatwork and exterior site work a lot of Upstate builders would rather hand off: driveways, patios, sidewalks, pool decks, retaining walls, and foundations, from a single back-porch pad up to commercial slabs poured with footers. Jacob and Kimberly Callahan started the company in Simpsonville in 2019 and have kept it a family operation rather than a franchise, with Jacob bringing a Marine veteran's background to how the crews run a job. The work spans residential and commercial, covering new pours, extensions, and replacements, and estimates are free before anything gets poured. Reviewers tend to single out crews that arrive on time and walk through the estimate in person, and the company took a 2025 Best of South Carolina regional award in its category.

Lampinen Concrete handles the concrete work behind Upstate driveways, patios, walkways, and slabs, forming, pouring, and finishing each job on site. It is a local operation based in Taylors and working the towns around it.

R&M Concrete Construction sticks to the concrete itself, driveways, walkways, patios, slabs, and foundations, rather than the general remodeling many contractors take on alongside it. Based in Greer, the crew works across the surrounding Upstate.

The Mutual Trading Japanese Food & Restaurant Expo is a trade-only showcase of Japanese food, alcoholic beverages, restaurant supplies, specialty products, and industry trends for food-service professionals. Attendance requires a Mutual Trading account, is limited to guests age 18 and older, and is not open to the general public.

Wescom Financial participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

UNCF Los Angeles participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

UCLA participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

UC Scout participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

UC Merced participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

Tile Math Farm participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

Therapy for Black Kids participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

Therapeutic Play Foundation participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

The Teaching Well participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

The Brilliant Girl participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

STARS participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

Special Needs Network participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

SoLA Robotics participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

SoCalREN Green Path Careers Program participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

Simply Divine Academy participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

Proverbs Counseling Services participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

PCL Construction participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.

Pasadena Federal Credit Union participated as an exhibitor at the Black Education Expo, connecting students, families, educators, and community members with educational resources and opportunities.