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Blazing a new trail, Saluda Grade line moves closer to development
SPARTANBURG COUNTY — Developing the Saluda Rail Trail moved a step closer with the project recently getting more grant funding. Norfolk Southern agreed in February 2023 to sell its abandoned line to The Saluda Grade Trail Conservancy. Legislatures from South Carolina and North Carolina have committed a combined $27 million for the project. Now, the project has been awarded a $450,000 federal grant from the Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies.
10 things to do in Greenville before the summer ends
If you are looking for fun ways to fill your summer days, exploring where you live is always a good place to start. And if you live in Greenville, that's a plus ― there's always something going on for locals downtown. As you are planning, know that many activities...
Summer Sizzler Youth Art Camps held at TACS
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Tryon Arts and Crafts recently began its Summer Sizzler Youth Art Camps, bringing creative opportunities to local youth. Throughout July, guest instructors will treat students to various demonstrations and projects within TACS’ studios. (Submitted by Alexandra Gerst)
French Broad River MPO Metropolitan Transportation Plan seeking public comment
The French Broad River MPO's Metropolitan Transportation Plan, Elevate 2050, will be kicking off the first phase of public input opportunities for the plan in August. The MTP is a federally-required transportation plan for urbanized areas with a population over 50,000 and helps to guide transportation decision-making and multimodal priorities for the region. The plan is scoped to include four phases of public input over roughly the next year. The first phase is focused on developing a Vision & Goals for the region. The Vision & Goals that are developed will be used to help evaluate potential transportation projects for inclusion in the plan, so public input is greatly encouraged.
Here are the best 6 things to do in Greenville July 18-25
A curated selection of events happening around Greenville. Millions of peaches—for all of us and not exactly for free—are cause for celebration at Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery. Promising a bounty of locally grown peaches, the festival will feature a variety of savory and sweet dishes and beverages appropriate for all ages along with guest vendors slinging all manner of peach activities and treats.
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GREENVILLE, SC — Wagner Wealth Management has an added experienced financial advisor, Clay Koch, to its team. A College of Charleston graduate, Koch brings more than nine years of experience in the financial services industry. He holds Series 7, Series 65, Series 66, and Life and Variable Annuity Insurance licenses while still in college.
Greenville Date Night: Embrace the summer heat with Camperdown salsa dancing
Welcome to Date Night, your weekly inspiration and themed itinerary pairing a local cultural activity or event with a corresponding dining experience. Want to win at going out? Impress your significant other with your newfound, niche planning skills? Or simply answer the weekly “what are we doing tonight?” I got you.
Soon-to-open Target brings jobs to rapidly growing Boiling Springs, but also more traffic
BOILING SPRINGS — In a few weeks, Boiling Springs residents soon will no longer have to trek to Spartanburg’s Westide to shop at Target. A new Target opens on Aug. 18 in Boiling Springs at 3659 Boiling Springs Road as part of a bigger shopping center. Shoppers will find a Starbucks, CVS Pharmacy and Ulta Beauty inside the 148,000-square-foot store.
Downtown Greenville's office space is in high demand. Why isn't more being built?
GREENVILLE — Despite the city's uniquely strong office market, commercial real estate agents say it will be a struggle to build more office space in downtown Greenville's central business district. Unlike other cities in the Southeast, Greenville saw fewer officewide shutdowns because of COVID-19 and significantly lower rates of...
Community garden returns to downtown Landrum
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LANDRUM—The Landrum Fire Department recently brought back its community garden as part of a team-building project. Visitors to the garden may pick any of the homegrown items for free, the department has announced. The garden will feature a variety of different items, including...
Upstate brewery honored, French rotisserie opens at BridgeWay: Weekly Dish
For one Greenville brewery, there’s a reason to celebrate. The 2024 U.S. Open Beer Championship took place July 9 in Oxford, Ohio, and Liability Brewing Co. took home two medals from the competition. The brewery received the silver medal for the Tequila Barrel Aged Beer category for Tequillin Me...
Furman professor wins research award
Over the past 18 years, our next guest worked with about 50 undergraduates to explore what he describes as one of the most fundamental chemical conundrums: how life emerged from a mixture of organic molecules in a lifeless environment. That research resulted in a patent being awarded, a company being formed, and recently, a 2024 South Carolina Governor’s Award for Excellence in Scientific Research. Mike Switzer interviews Greg Springsteen, a professor of chemistry at Furman University in Greenville, S.C.
Turning milder, but staying humid with increasing chances for storms
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - We’re finally poised for some prolonged heat relief, but it comes as the cost of returning storms. Scattered thunderstorms will continue to move through the area this evening. As the initial round of afternoon storms departs, new storms are likely to develop in some of our western or mountain communities and head east. That means some of us who dealt with storms already today, could encounter a few more before midnight when things are expected to wrap up. Skies will remain partly cloudy overnight, with humid lows in the mid 60s to low 70s.
Higher rain, storm chances return
GREENVILLE, S.C. — From intense heat to widespread rain and cooler air this week. Meteorologist Chris Justus maps out new timing. Track rain and storms on the interactive radar here. Check the latest alerts in your area here. Watch live skycams from around the Carolinas here. Get your hour-by-hour...
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