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Flying Fox Coffee Plans Downtown Woodruff Location
Flying Fox Coffee has leased 132 S. Main St. The opening date, hours and menu haven't been announced yet.
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Woodruff Restaurants Earn A Grades; Two Businesses Improve Following B Ratings
August 2026 state food inspections: Jersey Mike's, Papa John's and The Wine Gallery earned A grades, and two spots moved from B to A on follow-up.
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Georgia and Mane Salon Celebrates Grand Opening
The locally owned salon marked its move across the street to 113 W. Georgia St. with an Aug. 20 ribbon cutting.
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Country Meat Center Earns Three Best of Spartanburg Honors
The locally owned Woodruff market won 2026 Best of Spartanburg for Best Grocery, Best Meat Market/Seafood Shop and Best Place to Work.
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BMW battery plant nears completion in Upstate SC
BMW's Woodruff battery assembly plant has hired and is training 300+ workers ahead of a planned December 2026 production start.
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First glimpse into production: BMW Group Plant Woodruff assembles high-voltage batteries for the new BMW iX5
BMW says Plant Woodruff begins series production of batteries for the electric BMW iX5 in December 2026, with 300+ employees and 250 robots.
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Blades and Bristles Named Best Barbershop in the Upstate
Less than two years after opening, the Woodruff barbershop won Best Barbershop in the Upstate and plans a second location in Greer.
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Airsys Opens Global Headquarters Campus in South Carolina to Meet Surging Global Demand for AI and Data Center Cooling
Cooling-technology maker Airsys officially opened its global headquarters on a 60-acre campus in Woodruff, a $60 million investment the company expects to bring 215 jobs.
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Tap Three Marks Five Years of Music, Community, and Growth in Downtown Woodruff
Five years in, the downtown venue has a distraction-free music room, breakfast service and plans to renovate the old movie theatre next door.
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CAPREIT Announces Acquisition of Hart Townes in Woodruff, S.C.
Rental company CAPREIT says it bought Hart Townes, a new build-to-rent community of 157 three-bedroom townhomes in Woodruff, with first move-ins underway.
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City of Woodruff Welcomes Capri's Italian Restaurant with Ribbon Cutting
City officials held a ribbon cutting for Capri's, which brings family recipes it says are unchanged for more than 40 years.
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Riverbend project breaks ground in Woodruff
Construction began Oct. 8 on Riverbend, the 300-acre former Enoree Farms tract that will hold the city's River Bend Athletic Complex and a new Libertas Academy charter school.
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Downtown Shop Owners See Woodruff Building Its Future
The Post and Courier talked with Humble Grounds and Tap Three owners, the mayor and District 4 about what new homes, new plants and a new high school mean for downtown Woodruff.
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New Medical Facility Breaks Ground in Woodruff
Spartanburg Regional broke ground on Medical Group of the Carolinas – Family Medicine – Woodruff, an 18,000 sq ft primary-care building on Highway 101 with on-site X-ray and lab. It was slated to finish in summer 2026.
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Mr. Jalapeño Celebrates 10 Years in Woodruff
Mr. Jalapeño, the Mexican restaurant at 10195 US-221 in Woodruff, marked its 10th anniversary in May 2025 with a party for customers.
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Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening Held for Plants on Main
Plants on Main, a boutique plant shop in downtown Woodruff, held its ribbon cutting in April 2025 with the mayor and council members after five months of quiet growth.
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2024: Two Restaurants Announced for One Space at 135 S. Main
In March 2024 the Post and Courier reported that Maverick Biscuit (breakfast and brunch) and Travinia Italian Kitchen and Wine Bar would share a renovated early-1900s building at 135 S. Main St., next to Conner Flynn's.
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City Profile: Woodruff
Background from the Upstate Business Journal: Woodruff's roots as a farm and textile town, its schools, and the housing and BMW investment driving its growth.
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BMW Group Begins Building Construction at Plant Woodruff
BMW, City of Woodruff and Spartanburg County representatives signed the first steel beam on Oct. 5, 2023, as building construction began.
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From Peach Orchard to Battery Plant: The Workman Family Land Behind BMW Woodruff
At the June 2023 groundbreaking, grandchildren of Woodruff peach grower S.J. Workman said selling the 315-acre family farm to BMW was bittersweet, but that their grandfather would be proud.
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BMW Group Breaks Ground on New High-Voltage Battery Assembly Factory in South Carolina
BMW broke ground on "Plant Woodruff," a $700 million battery assembly plant on 315 acres near the city, with more than 300 jobs planned.
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2022: Scoops On Main Opens an Ice Cream Parlor Downtown
In April 2022 the Post and Courier reported that Scoops On Main had opened at 222 S. Main St., in the former Gaither Ray's on Main, with 36 flavors served in warm dipped waffle cones.
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