SJ/C invests in Bluffton’s Don Ryan Center for Innovation

Continuing a pledge to invest in Bluffton and the Carolina Low Country, St. Joseph’s/Candler became the gold-level founding sponsor of the Don Ryan Center for Innovation.

Blufton Mayor Lisa Sulka and St. Joseph’s/Candler President & CEO Paul P. Hinchey at the open of the Don Ryan Center.

“St. Joseph’s/Candler eagerly invests in the latest healthcare technology for the benefit of our patients,” said Paul P. Hinchey, President & CEO of St. Joseph’s/Candler. “We believe that by supporting the Don Ryan Center for Innovation we can help grow new entrepreneurs and technologies, stimulate the Low Country’s economy and create new jobs.”

The Don Ryan Center for Innovation opened May 3 in the CareCore National headquarters at Buckwalter Place. The Ryan Center is at the heart of a three-year collaboration with the Town of Bluffton and the Clemson University Institute for Economic and Community Development.

The late Don Ryan founded CareCore National.

The first four companies to have offices in the center are: Greenbug All Natural Pest Control, Surface Scientifics, NutriFusion and Jester Communications.