Three major partners in Greenville’s planned Falls Park Conference District were announced March 12, including a local hotel developer and a Greenville-based bank expanding its headquarters.
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Greenville City Council certified the former “Baby Bi-Lo” site at 505 N. Main St. as an abandoned building and abandoned building site under the South Carolina Abandoned Buildings Revitalization Act.
The Falls Park Conference District would feature a hotel-led conference center designed for business meetings and mid-sized conferences.
United Way seeks projects for its Hands On Greenville Day in May bit.ly/46C7em3
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The nonprofit organization was founded in 1876 in downtown Greenville. Today, it operates 10 locations and serves approximately 90,000 children and adults across Greenville County.
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Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County has started construction of a new affordable home in partnership with 11 local credit unions.
The last salary increase for Simpsonville’s elected officials was 20 years ago.
The 2026 Reedy Reels Film Festival will return March 27-29 to the South Carolina Children’s Theatre in downtown Greenville.
More than 2,100 acres across seven counties in South Carolina and North Carolina were permanently protected through conservation easements by Upstate Forever in the closing months of 2025, the Greenville-based conservation group announced Feb. 19.
Sans Souci Swamp Rabbit Trail extension gets green light with $20.3M grant bit.ly/46ipZLa
Although his educational background began in middle education, Walter Lee applies the CARE method to adult students at USC Upstate.
The committee quickly reached the consensus that a county impact fee was unlikely to be a useful funding source for road maintenance needs.
Here are photos of Jesse Jackson through the years provided by community members, libraries and museums.
A new public exposure at the Walmart in Powdersville and 12 new cases continue to expand the Upstate measles outbreak, the state Department of Health announced Feb. 17.
The civil rights activist and two-time presidential candidate grew up in the Haynie-Sirrine neighborhood and was a 1959 graduate of Sterling High School.
Valentine's Fun with the Greenville Zoo at the Upcountry History Museum on Feb. 13 explored the ways animals show love, teamwork and care. The event included hands-on activities, stories and up-close animal encounters.
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Fountain Inn City Council approved an agreement to sell 1.2 undeveloped acres at 610 Fairview St. to Greenville County Schools and a lease to use Fountain Inn Elementary School’s facilities.
A new indoor pickleball facility will open in Greenville in spring 2026.
The Greenville Tech Foundation was recently awarded a grant from the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation.
The contract, which will run through Dec. 31, 2036, includes $6 million in capital improvements within the next five years.
Representatives from the city of Fountain Inn, Upstate Greenways & Trails Alliance and DRB Homes gathered together Feb. 9 in the Mulberry Estates Neighborhood to break ground on a section of the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail.
The bridge over the Saluda River on S.C. Highway 81 between Greenville and Anderson counties will be closed for several months for repairs starting Feb. 9, according to the state Department of Transportation.
A local performing arts community theater plans to build a new black-box theater at the Phillis Wheatley Community Center in Greenville.
Simpsonville City Council advanced a measure during a Feb. 3 special called meeting to enter into a contract with Opry Entertainment Group to manage CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park.
Greenville County Council approved the second of three readings on a set of measures related to financing for a proposed $282 million renovation and expansion of Bon Secours Wellness Arena.
A measles case in Sumter County is among 29 new cases confirmed as of Feb. 3 along with several new public exposures, according to the latest update from the state Department of Public Health.
Performer captures the complexity of writer Ernest Hemingway for Greenville Chautauqua bit.ly/3ZdAHPe
