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| Name | Gregory “Greg” THOMPSON [3, 4, 5, 6] | |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | McMaster awards Sumter restaurant owner Thompson Order of the Palmetto Restaurateur gets S.C.'s highest civilian honor for role in downtown revitalization MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Danielle Thompson gets a kiss from her husband, Greg Thompson, after being awarded the state's highest civilian honor by Gov. Henry McMaster, far left, on Thursday in Sumter. Posted Saturday, February 1, 2020 6:00 am BY KAYLA GREEN kayla@theitem.com She has been trying for more than a decade now to put her city on the map, and now even the governor has taken notice. Gov. Henry McMaster bestowed the highest civilian honor in the state upon Danielle Thompson, making the trip to Sumter with his wife on Thursday to surprise her with The Order of the Palmetto. The award, which can only be won once, established in 1971 by Gov. John West, recognizes "extraordinary lifetime service and achievements of national or statewide significance." It is the most prestigious of three - The Order of the Silver Crescent and The Certificate of Appreciation are the others - that recognize South Carolinians who have made significant contributions to the life and well-being of the Palmetto State and its residents. Thompson was surprised with the award, thinking the governor and First Lady made the trip from Columbia to attend the World Tour dinner at Hamptons, a series of ticketed events at Thompson's first restaurant where guests are served a multi-course meal, fine-dining style, themed around a different country each time. Thursday's theme was India. She said she assumed McMaster was interested in the dinner because Hamptons Chef Raffaele Dall'Erta was just chosen earlier in the week as one of four Chef Ambassadors for 2020, a program run through the state tourism and agriculture departments. It was a perfect setting, she said. Her children and family were there. Her adult children are a reason she and her husband, Greg Thompson of Thompson Construction and Thompson Industrial Services, have focused so much on revitalizing downtown. They moved his company's headquarters downtown 14 years ago, and she opened Hamptons 12 years ago on West Hampton Avenue just off North Main Street. She opened Sidebar around the corner on Main five years ago and then moved Hamptons to its current location across the street at 33 N. Main St., along with Rafters, a cocktail bar and patio upstairs, and La Piazza, a covered outdoor event venue next door, almost two years ago. As she accepted the award and they ate dinner, construction fences lined the corner of Main and Liberty streets. When they are taken down in March, Sumter's first-ever brewery will open its doors, their daughter helping at the helm. It started out as a way to make Sumter a place their and others' children would want to move back to and raise their own families. Now, it has grown into a goal to make Sumter a top destination in South Carolina. After dinner, Thompson said, the First Lady told her she hadn't thought about spending time in Sumter. Until tonight. Now, it's a place to go on the way to the beach. The governor has stumped in Sumter, but he hadn't seen the changes that have been made to downtown in the last decade, said state Rep. Murrell Smith, R-Sumter. Smith brought the McMasters and nominated Thompson for the award. "He wants to come back in the daytime and look around," Smith said. "He's buying into the concept that people are willing to come to Sumter, to spend money at dinner here and go see a show [at the Sumter Opera House]." He said he is proud of Thompson's dedication to downtown and was happy McMaster traveled to present the award in person. "It translates into a statewide contribution," he said. "That she's bringing people to Sumter." Sumter's Thompson sells industrial services company to a larger firm Local business leader to concentrate on bigger construction unit; Clean Harbors will retain all industrial employees A Thompson Industrial Services team works at an International Paper plant operation recently. Clean Harbors, a publicly traded company with 400 service locations across North America, signed an agreement to acquire Thompson Industrial on March 31, according to Greg Thompson. PHOTO PROVIDED Posted Thursday, April 13, 2023 6:00 am BY BRUCE MILLS bruce@theitem.com In a move to concentrate more on its core construction business, Greg Thompson and the full Thompson Industrial Services board has agreed to sell that business to a much larger environmental and industrial services firm. Clean Harbors, a publicly traded company based in Boston with 400 service locations across North America, signed an agreement to acquire Thompson Industrial on March 31, according to the Sumter-based business leader who spoke on Wednesday to The Sumter Item. Clean Harbors will keep the Thompson Industrial Services brand with the addition of the tagline "A Clean Harbors Company," and the business will remain based in downtown Sumter at 100 N. Main St. alongside Thompson Construction Group Inc., according to a news release. Thompson Construction has become the larger business unit under the Thompson umbrella through the years with 2,800 full-time employees, Greg Thompson said. Thompson Industrial Services is a leading provider of industrial cleaning, maintenance and environmental services in the Southeast with 23 locations and 800-plus employees. Clean Harbors will retain those employees and has more than 7,000 workers in its industrial group. The environmental, energy and industrial services firm has 24,000 total employees and has specialized in acquisitions through the years. Thompson described the sale as a positive for Thompson Industrial employees, Clean Harbors and the customer base. Because Clean Harbors is so much larger, it can offer a better benefits package and expanded career pathways for Thompson Industrial Services workers. "They want to continue to grow their market share in markets where we were stronger than they were," Thompson said, "and I think it is a real positive move for our customers and our employees. Now, our customer base can go to one company for not only their industrial cleaning needs, but also many of their environmental needs as well." Thompson started an industrial coatings and construction business in 1986 and the industrial services business in 1988 when the company acquired its first water blaster and large vacuum truck, he said. Thompson Construction Group was created as a separate company in 2006. Its clientele includes Nucor Steel, Clemson University and The Citadel, among others, and it has also built K-12 schools across the state. Thompson said the sale will also allow him more time to focus on his philanthropic activities, which include Liberty STEAM Charter School, Sumter's first tuition-free, public charter. [1, 2] | |
| _UID | EF331D0A461B47A09297B87AEB83FF065F78 | |
| Person ID | I21191 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 24 Apr 2023 | |
| Father | Donald THOMPSON | |
| Mother | Richelle | |
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| _UID | 8ACB8D844BEF43F39D8F25AA3455F55BAAF6 | |
| Family ID | F187808 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 | Kathy Marie PEAGLER, b. 13 Mar 1963, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina  d. 31 Aug 2001 (Age 38 years) | |||||
| Marriage | 1985 [7] | |||||
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| Family ID | F14920 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||
| Last Modified | 21 Aug 2020 | |||||
| Family 2 | Amy | |
| _UID | 84F02CA200B048649E8AFB5A268FCB06A111 | |
| _UID | 84F02CA200B048649E8AFB5A268FCB06A111 | |
| Family ID | F157378 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |
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