After announcing his run for re-election, Greenville Mayor Knox White recently sat down with the Journal for a wide-ranging interview on where the city currently stands and what plans are in store.
White has led Greenville during some of the city’s most substantive transformations — from the revitalization of downtown and the opening of Falls Park in 2004, to the ongoing progress of Unity Park today.
The affordable housing bond, the green bond and the neighborhood improvement bond will work together to help manage growth.
Greenville nonprofits experience increased demand after COVID-19 era SNAP benefits eliminated
This past February marked the first month that benefits from the federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program returned to pre-COVID-19 allowances.
Since March 2020, emergency food assistance through SNAP, colloquially known as food stamps, allowed authorized households to use the maximum benefit, calculated through household size.
As of 2020, Feeding America reports 44,670 people in Greenville County are food insecure.
Area nonprofits are battling growing costs and more cash-strapped donors while trying to serve those in need.
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Riley acknowledges much has been accomplished over the course of his career, he is equally certain much work remains and the way to accomplish that work is through bringing together a network of willing partners.
Greenville County Council Notes: Council approves changes to Scuffletown district regulations
Council unanimously approved a pair of measures amending land use regulations governing the Scuffletown Rural Conservation District in the unincorporated area of the county east of Simpsonville.
Upstate Beat: BoDeans bring 40 years of passionate rock to the Peace Center’s Gunter Theatre
Regardless of the vintage of the material, Kurt Neumann and the BoDeans have one mission when they go onstage — to provide their audience with a good time.
Tri-County Technical College and North Greenville University sign articulation agreement
The partnership allows all course credits with Tri-County’s Associate of Applied Science in Early Care and Education degree program to transfer to NGU’s Early Childhood Education bachelor’s program.
Quanisha Manago, 28, of Kershaw, South Carolina, got a special delivery on Feb. 13, but it wasn’t from Amazon. WHNS-TV reported that Lancaster County Sheriff’s officers were tipped off about a package coming Manago’s way with valuable contents: two large bricks of cocaine, weighing over 6 pounds.
