Saluda County Emergency Medical Services Director Jacob Starnes is thankful for a Community Development Block Grant which will fund life-saving equipment for a county which does not have an emergency medical facility. “There is no telling when a patient might need it,” he said. Saluda County will receive $65,872 to purchase equipment to store and […]
Life-saving equipment for Saluda County is among three Community Development Block Grants awarded to the Upper Savannah Region, the State announced this week. Grants were awarded to Saluda, Greenwood and Abbeville counties. Upper Savannah COG Community Development staff prepared and submitted the grant applications to the S.C. Department of Commerce in the fall CDBG round. […]
They ate ice cream, got tattoos, played games, enjoyed popcorn, won door prizes and danced to some really good music. No, these weren’t kids. But for a day, many of them were kids again. Well over 100 seniors aged 60 and older came to Harris Baptist Church in Greenwood last Thursday to celebrate Senior Day, […]
“Sir, in deliverance of the enclosed resolution I have the honor to transmit to your Excellency a copy of the amendments proposed to be added (to) the Constitution of the United States. I have the honor to be, with due consideration, Your Excellency’s most obedient servant,” signed President George Washington. What if George Washington’s letter […]
Two consultants from a far-away place are hoping to help create public transit systems for Abbeville, Laurens and Saluda counties, producing a feasibility study not intended to “sit on a shelf,” but to literally be put into motion. David Kack and Rebecca Gleason from the Western Transportation Institute (WTI) located at Montana State University in […]
One of several current Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) projects has been completed with a second phase of sewer line replacements in the Mathews Mill community in Greenwood County. The Upper Savannah COG’s Community Development staff applies for and submits the grant applications to the S.C. Department of Commerce on behalf of local governments and […]
A town hall public meeting will be held in Greenwood Thursday, June 12, where the South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR) will request public input on a Hurricane Helene disaster recovery action plan which includes more than $150 million in federal funding. Disaster case managers will also be available to meet with residents.The meeting will […]
The Upper Savannah Area Agency on Aging (AAA) has received Older Americans Act (OAA) federal funding through Sept. 30, 2026, AAA Director Peggy Merritt announced this week. “The mood is very hopeful because we know we have the funding,” Merritt said. A delay in federal funding had forced the AAA to reassess spending and not […]
Upper Savannah Land Trust (USLT) Secretary Rick Green can trace the beginnings of USLT back to October 7, 1999, as the organization celebrates its 25th anniversary having protected more than 58,000 acres of land in western South Carolina with conservation easements. “I brought my calendar (day planner) from 1999,” Green showed with a smile to […]
A total of 2,225 program completers received services from the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Program in the Upper Savannah Region in Program Year 2023, according to recently released data from the U.S. Department of Labor. Almost 72 percent of those served in Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry and Saluda counties received employment, […]