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Participation in the Green Power Program has grown tremendously. The following list of businesses have purchased more than 150 blocks of Green Power. Check out our Champions and tell them you appreciate their commitment to the environment.
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Burroughs & Chapin Company, INC.
Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc., a privately held company based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is a leader in the fields of entertainment, property development, property management and agriculture. The company's service to Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand dates back to the 1860s and includes residential and resort communities, shopping developments, golf complexes, recreation and amusement facilities, and retail shopping centers. They are known as Grande Dunes and Broadway at the Beach.
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Residential/resort communities include Grande Dunes, a 2,200-acre upscale development that extends from the Atlantic Ocean west across the Intracoastal Waterway.
Broadway at the Beach, an award-winning 250-acre festive shopping, entertainment and dining complex; and the Mall of South Carolina, a 1.5 million square foot retail shopping mall joint venture with CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. of Chattanooga, TN, which will open in the spring of 2004.
Additional information about Burroughs & Chapin Company is available by visiting the company's websites at www.burroughschapin.com and www.myrtlebeachtrips.com
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BB&T
Building on a tradition of excellence in community banking that stretches back to 1872, BB&T continues to offer clients a complete range of financial services including banking, lending, insurance, trust, and wealth management solutions. We invite you to learn more about us, our company, and our philosophy.
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City of Myrtle Beach
In 2001 Myrtle Beach became the first Green Power City in South Carolina. In addition to their commitment to Green Power, the City also is dedicated to many other environmental efforts, always striving to invest in protecting the surrounding environment for both residents and visitors alike.
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Myrtle Beach is a Tree City and has won numerous awards for their tree programs. Their Adopt-a-Tree program has received national recognition and the planting of 8,000 tree seedlings brought the City the Environmental Eagle Award from the Horry Couty Solid Waste Authority.
In addition, the city-owned golf course Whispering Pine is one of only three in South Carolina and 136 in the world to receive the National Audubon Society's Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary designation.
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Coastal Carolina University
Coastal Carolina University is a public, liberal arts institution located nine miles west of Myrtle Beach in Conway, SC. The University offers baccalaureate degree programs in 36 major fields of study, six master's degree programs in education, and a new master's of science degree in coastal marine and wetland studies. The University serves more than 5,900 students from 45 states and 48 foreign countries.
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Students for Environmental Action (SEA) sponsors Coastal's annual Earth Day activities (this year on April 11). The club also sponsors Arbor Day events with tree plantings on campus. SEA promotes recycling and other methods that promote "sustainability," or the use of resources so that they will be available for the next generation to enjoy.
Coastal is also working to secure funding to expand its R. Cathcart Smith Science Center. This new green building will be an architectural and educational model for the nation's colleges and universities encompassing recycling, conservation and environmental impact. Coastal is also planning to make the fullest possible use of its Waites Island property as a model research center for scholars, K-12 students and university faculty from around the world.
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Conway Medical Center
Founded in 1928, Conway Medical Center, located in Conway, SC, is one of the largest employers in Horry County with over 1,200 employees. Approximately 200 physicians, representing 31 specialties are on staff at the hospital.
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The medical center is undergoing a significant expansion and will be operating a total of 210 inpatient beds in the later part of 2009. Other services offered by the medical center include a 66-bed long term care facility — Kingston Nursing Center, a 22-bed subacute care facility — medstar, a modern and complete Wellness & Fitness Center, primary and specialty care physician offices through Conway Physicians Group, durable medical equipment offered through American Home Patient, hospice and palliative care offered through Mercy Hospice and Palliative Care, outpatient physical therapy and cardiac rehabilitation.
Complete diagnostic services are available and include cardiac catheterization, PET Scanning, two high speed GE CT Systems, MRI, bone density screening, digitial mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, and a sleep disorders lab
The medical center specializes in the areas of general and vascular surgery, bariatric surgery, orthopaedic surgery, medical care to include telemetry, intensive and progressive care, inpatient dialysis, palliative care, obstetrics, pediatrics and women's services.
For more information call 843.347.8070 or visit the medical center's website at www.conwaymedicalcenter.com .
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Georgetown Hospital System
At Georgetown Memorial Hospital and Waccamaw Community Hospital, our trained professionals adopt a team approach in providing care for you and your family. Whether you are having outpatient testing or are an inpatient, a skilled, caring interdisciplinary team of healthcare providers coordinate the evaluation and administration of your care and treatment. We work hard to make the experience at one of our hospitals as comfortable and convenient as possible...both for our patients and for their family members.
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Georgetown Memorial Hospital is a 131-bed, acute-care facility. We offer state-of-the-art equipment and provide a full range of inpatient and outpatient services. Support groups, community outreach and educational programs and special events such as health fairs and weekly screening opportunities support a demonstrated commitment to our community's health.
Waccamaw Community Hospital, which opened in November, 2002, has 54 inpatient beds as well as 29 beds in an acute physical rehabilitation center. Like GMH, Waccamaw Community Hosiptal offers outpatient services, community programs and special events. Both facilities have 24-hour emergency departments.
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Grand Strand Regional Medical Center
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center is a 219-bed acute care hospital serving residents and visitors of Horry and surrounding counties. The hospital has the only cardiac surgery program in Horry and Georgetown counties and is a designated trauma center. In 2006, the hospital performed 405 heart surgeries, delivered 1000+ babies and treated over 60,000 Emergency Department patients.
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Oceana Resorts
Nestled among the sites and sounds of Myrtle Beach is a collection of oceanfront resort hotels known as Patricia Resorts. With over 25 years of experience in resort accommodations, we're experts in helping families make vacation memories.
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Choose from these fine oceanfront resorts:
- Patricia Grand Resort Hotel
- Camelot By The Sea
- Bay Watch Resort & Conference Center
- Best Western Carolinian Beach Resort
Patricia Resorts oceanfront resort hotels in Myrtle Beach, SC. Perfect for relaxation and recreation for family vacations, golf getaways, and conventions & groups of all sizes.
Patricia Resorts where vacation memories are made.
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Ripley's Aquarium, Myrtle Beach
Our mission is to provide a top quality, world-class, marine life facility that will foster environmental education, conservation, and research, while simultaneously providing entertainment for visitors of all ages. Ripley's Aquarium is a $40 million, state-of-the-art, 87,000 square-foot aquarium experience, located at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It is South Carolina's most visited attraction, where guests are entertained by some of the world's most beautiful, fascinating and dangerous aquatic life.
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