Entries by Shannon Hill

USCOG November 2024 County-Specific Activities Report

Upper Savannah Council of Governments provides a wide scope of services and performs many functions. This activities report highlights this information and offers us the chance to regularly communicate our general activities in your county with you. Download the November report here.    

USCOG October 2024 County-Specific Activities Report

Upper Savannah Council of Governments provides a wide scope of services and performs many functions. This activities report highlights this information and offers us the chance to regularly communicate our general activities in your county with you. Download the October report here.    

USCOG September 2024 County-Specific Activities Report

Upper Savannah Council of Governments provides a wide scope of services and performs many functions. This activities report highlights this information and offers us the chance to regularly communicate our general activities in your county with you. Download the September report here.  

Upper Savannah COG Helps Piedmont Technical College Receive $11.27 Million EDA Grant for New Health Science Building

Upper Savannah COG played a leading role in Piedmont Technical College receiving an $11.27 million Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant award for construction of a new health science building. The grant award was the largest ever received from an Upper Savannah submitted application. Upper Savannah Government Services Director Rick Green said the COG and Piedmont […]

Laurens, Edgefield, Saluda County Storm Victims Can Learn About Relief Resources This Week

State and federal officials and representatives from nonprofits will hold Team South Carolina County Days in Clinton Oct. 15 and Aiken Oct. 18 to provide local residents affected by Hurricane Helene with a one-stop opportunity to learn about relief resources available to them. The event in Clinton will serve residents in Laurens, Newberry and Union […]

Area Agency on Aging Staff Hosts Caregiver Appreciation Day in Latest Outreach Event

Upper Savannah Area Agency on Aging staff have been busy participating in outreach events throughout the Region, including Caregiver Appreciation Day Monday at a Greenwood church. Close to 100 caregivers attended the event at New Journey Church. Caregivers who participated in Upper Savannah’s Family Caregiver Support program during FY ’24 were invited. Other outreach events […]

USCOG August 2024 County-Specific Activities Report

Upper Savannah Council of Governments provides a wide scope of services and performs many functions. This activities report highlights this information and offers us the chance to regularly communicate our general activities in your county with you. Download the August report here.  

Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grant Program Application Deadline Extended to September 11th

The application deadline for the second round of the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grant (CFI) Program has been extended from August 28 to September 11, 2024. The CFI Program is a competitive grant program created by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to strategically deploy publicly accessible electric vehicle charging and alternative fueling infrastructure in the […]

USCOG Wins National Award for Assistance with Revolutionary War Signage Project – McCormick, Greenwood SC 250 Committees Awarded Funding for Signs Near Troy

Helping to recognize this Region’s role in Revolutionary War history has enabled the Upper Savannah COG to win a 2024 Aliceann Wohlbruck National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Impact Award. Upper Savannah won an award for its Revolutionary War Interpretive Marker Installation project. The 2024 class of awardees consists of 96 projects from 64 organizations […]