Listening to Kershaw County Economic Development Director Peggy McLean at Tuesday’s Kershaw County Council meeting, as recounted in one of today’s front page stories, confirmed our happy suspicions: 2015 was a great year, as McLean put it, for Kershaw County from an economic development standpoint. As McLean pointed out, Suonimen, Haier, INVISTA, Target and others committed to invest $200 million in their operations here during the next several years, adding more than 550 jobs. Just as impressive is the estimated additional $19.5 million payroll boost to the county.