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City taking steps toward building south Greenwood park

Greenwood city leaders have taken over the deed to a parcel of land owned by the Housing Authority since 2004, the first step toward converting it into a park on […]

Greenwood County vote paves way for business park site development

Voter approval of a penny sales tax in November means in the near future, Greenwood County will host an industrial park in the north end anchored by a 100,000-square-foot speculative […]

WCTel: Greenwood ‘logical place’ to expand

ABBEVILLE — West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative’s expansion of West Carolina Fiber — a fully owned subsidiary of the co-op — into Greenwood County is underway. Shannon Sears, the co-op’s […]

Greenwood penny sales tax collection starts May 1

On May 1, Greenwood County residents will begin paying 1 percent more in local sales tax to finance $85 million worth of capital improvement projects, six months after voters widely […]

Trio of high-profile Greenwood County projects on schedule

A trio of high-profile county projects are moving forward on schedule. County Manager Toby Chappell told council members Monday that early conceptual designs for a $3.1 million animal shelter and […]

City laying groundwork for bike trail expansion

There’s always an easy way to identify Lisa Emily’s vehicle. “My bike’s always on my car, practically,” Emily, part of the 61-member Greenwood WeCycle Facebook group, said. Two years ago, […]

Genetic Center unveils new research facility

Doors opened Wednesday at Greenwood Genetic Center’s newest research facility — the Self Regional Healthcare and Clemson University-sponsored Self Regional Hall. “This project has been in the works for a […]

City leaders support south-side park, want long-term maintenance plan

With the development of a major park on Greenwood’s south side in the works on the strength of the capital projects sales tax initiative, city leaders on Monday pledged their […]

Planning starts in Lakelands for penny sales tax

Two Lakelands counties are just beginning the financial planning process, and a third is preparing to try again. In November, voters in Greenwood and McCormick counties approved a special levy […]

Greenwood County Council fast tracks radios

A top funding priority for Greenwood County first responders to be paid for through capital project sales tax dollars got fast tracked on Tuesday in a move expected to save […]