HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A family-owned sawmill plans to create 18 jobs by opening a multi-million facility in northern Horry County amid high-profile shutdowns of other sites across the region.
“Galivants Ferry is our home and the community we love,” Matthew Johnson, founder of Galivants Ferry Sawmill, said in a news release shared on Facebook by the Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corporation. “This facility will support area businesses impacted by recent closures, and we’re proud to expand our services and give back to the region that has supported us.”
In August, Canfor closed its Darlington and Estill plants — eliminating 290 jobs in a move it blamed on “an extended period of consistently weak market conditions.”…