A Hilton Head business is expanding to Port Royal and hiring. Here’s how to snag a job
A longtime Hilton Head Island business is expanding in Beaufort County and adding jobs.
StoneWorks Inc. will move into a 37,000-square-foot facility on Robert Smalls Parkway in the town of Port Royal by this spring. The company, which offers stone surfaces for kitchen and bath countertops, fireplaces and other interior uses, had operated on Hilton Head more than 30 years.
The company will invest $3.2 million in the project and add 21 jobs, according to the state Commerce Department.
The Port Royal facility will cut and finish hundreds of stone projects for homes and businesses from Kiawah Island to Savannah, StoneWorks owner John Baltzegar said.
While the company’s showroom will remain on Hilton Head for now, the new Port Royal shop will use millions of dollars in technological equipment to prepare marble, granite, stone, quartz, tile products and design consultation for a variety of interior projects.
Manufacturing and sales are parts of the new operation, Port Royal Mayor Joe DeVito said.
Prospective employees can find more information at www.hiltonheadstone.com. Baltzegar does not yet have an opening date for the new shop.
StoneWorks, which first opened on Hilton Head in 1987, is one of several locally owned businesses put on notice by Beaufort County that the nearby Hilton Head Island Airport will expand and may force them to relocate. In May, five business owners on Hunter Road were notified and their properties were surveyed.
While StoneWorks does not own its land, Baltzegar said the business’ showroom, with over 1 million tile and stone samples, will likely move to Bluffton in the coming years. When it does, Charlie Stone, project manager for the Beaufort County Economic Development Corp., said an additional $600,000 will be spent on the new showroom.
Adding new businesses in the commercial corridor was a campaign topic in Port Royal’s election in November as the town looks for ways to grow revenue.
Town officials also agreed last month to sell an industrial building in its downtown village area known as the Shed to a Charleston-based woodworking company.
DeVito noted that in both cases the new businesses would be revitalizing existing buildings. He credited the success of the deals in part to working with the Beaufort County Economic Development Corp.
“They’re bringing people to Port Royal so they can see what we’re all about,” the mayor said. “We’re starting to see a little bit of positive reaction to this activity.”
