“The goal is that everyone gets home safely every day,” says highway safety engineer Scott Himes, who is assisting the Upper Savannah COG in a pilot project to help make rural roads safer. The Upper Savannah Council of Governments Roadway Departure Safety Implementation Plan (RwDSIP) is currently in the development stage. It is one of […]
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 July 2023 report here.
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 June 2023 report here.
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 May 2023 report here.
Upper Savannah Region counties and municipalities are eligible to apply for funding through a grant program announced by the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission. This cycle of the State Economic and Infrastructure Development (SEID) Grant Program will fund projects that revitalize and transform communities, spurring economic development in parts of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South […]
The City of Greenwood has acquired a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to rehabilitate sewer lines in the Booker T. Washington neighborhood, the S.C. Department of Commerce announced Wednesday. The CDBG grant award is $840,000. Greenwood Metro is providing a $400,190 grant match for a total project cost of $1,240,190. Upper Savannah COG Community Development […]
A group of seven mayors met for an informal lunch at Upper Savannah COG Thursday to discuss common issues and learn about funding programs that can help their communities. USCOG has hosted town and county clerks and also city, town and county administrators for informal lunches over the years. This was the first such meeting […]
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 April 2023 report here.
High school seniors in the Upper Savannah Workforce Area can learn career planning tips and who might hire them as they take the “next step” after graduation. Upper Savannah COG workforce development staff has updated its “Your Next Step After Graduation” directory of employers who hire recent high school graduates. Staff are distributing them to […]
The Upper Savannah region is receiving almost $80 million in grant funding to assist with improvements for clean drinking water, sanitary sewer and stormwater resilience. Sixteen projects totaling $79,891,066 were awarded throughout the region, with projects in all six counties. The announcement was made Tuesday. The grant awards are funded by the S.C. Infrastructure Investment […]