The Greenville County Recreation Department recently announced that water parks in Greenville will reopen on June 15, 2020. More details will be announced soon. There are three water parks in Greenville County, these include: Discovery Island Otter Creek 7th Inning SplashRead More
The city of Greenville officials proposed a scaled-down version of the TD Saturday Market. The popular farmers market in downtown Greenville usually opens on Saturdays of May but due to the COVID-19 crisis, the TD Saturday Market will open its season on June 6, 2020, as the TD Essential Market. TheRead More
The COVID-19 pandemic shut down the Upstate’s nonessential businesses—including dine-in restaurants, bars, and cafés—in mid-March. As the cities in the state reopen, outdoor dining may provide a lifeline for restaurant owners who want to expand beyond takeout especially after Gov.McMaster issued an order allowing restaurants in the state to offerRead More
Restaurants in South Carolina may resume limited dine-in service on Monday, May 11, Gov. McMaster announced at his press briefing today. Based on advice and recommendations from the “Response” component of accelerateSC, which includes input from the South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental Control and the South Carolina RestaurantRead More
Clemson University will be distributing emergency funding allocated by the federal government to eligible students in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Clemson University is distributing more than $6.5 million in emergency financial aid received from the federal CARES Act stimulus package last month. This fund is going to the hands ofRead More
Artisphere, a popular Fine Arts festival in Greenville, SC was supposed to be this weekend, May 8-10 but since the city of Greenville canceled all events through May 10 due to CDC regulations regarding COVID-19, the festival was rescheduled for August 21-23. This year marks the 16th anniversary of the country’s topRead More
There are certainly some benefits of eating local meat and produce. In addition to stimulating the local economy and supporting local farmers, sustainably raised local meats and produce are far superior in taste than their industrial farm counterparts. So where to go to get good meat locally? Not from aRead More
Three malls across the Upstate, SC have re-opened on Friday after closing their doors for more than a month. Haywood Mall, Westgate Mall, and Gaffney Outlets have reopened to shoppers at 11 am Friday, but with some modifications to hours and security precautions. Simon Malls, owner of the Gaffney OutletsRead More
After being off-limits to the public for more than a month during the COVID-19 pandemic, 47 parks in the state are now back open but with some restrictions. South Carolina state parks reopened Friday but only on a limited basis. Day-use areas of the parks, including picnic areas, rivers, lakes,Read More
Greater Greenville Sanitation District will be temporarily discontinuing recycling pickup due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Residents’ recycling containers and regular garbage containers will still be picked up but all those materials will be disposed of until services can be resumed. The Sanitation District collects and recycling old, stained and tatteredRead More