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Notice of Requests for Proposal Listing & Sale of NSP Homes

Catawba Regional Council of Governments (Catawba COG) is requesting proposals from qualified Real Estate Brokers for the listing, marketing and sale of Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) homes. Catawba COG has an ongoing program to purchase foreclosed residential properties through the NSP program in York County and Lancaster County, rehabilitate the properties and place them back […]

Notice of Requests for Qualifications Housing Rehabilitation Activities

Catawba Regional Council of Governments (Catawba COG) is requesting qualifications

CDBG Update – West Liberty Streetscape Complete

The City of York was awarded a $500,00 CDBG Community Enrichment Grant in December of 2009 for the construction of sidewalks

New SBA 504 “Cash Out” Refinance Available

The New SBA 504 “Cash Out” Refinance

The SBA 504 refinance program finally received a much needed boost this month when SBA decided to let

Catawba Regional Celebrates $50 Million in Economic Development Lending

 On the heels of the longest and most difficult economic period since the great

Reemployment Programs Collaborate to Provide Quality Service to the Unemployed

The DEW’s Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) staff and Rescare’s Workforce Investment Act

Loan Application

Loan Application

Catawba Regional Center gets “green” roof

There is a new roof atop the Catawba Regional Center in Rock Hill. The once flat, gravel-covered roof is now a tapered “green” roof. A white

CRDC Newsletter October 2011

Downtown Rock Hill commercial office space for lease

Want to have your business in the heart of downtown Rock Hill? This charming brick house

NSP Homes are Selling

Neighborhood Stabilization Program homes are selling in York County! Catawba Regional purchased 7 homes with original grant funds and 5 of these homes have either sold or are under contract. Proceeds from the sale of these homes will be used to purchase additional foreclosed homes in York County to further assist in stabilizing home values. […]

Building Permit Trends – 2nd Quarter 2010 – 2011

Building Permit Trends – 2nd Quarter 2010 – 2011

Building Permit Report for the Catawba Region – 2nd Quarter 2011

Catawba Regional tracks building permit activity as a means of monitoring growth.  We have now completed the report showing building permit activity throughout the Catawba Region for the second quarter (April – June) of 2011.  The report gives you quick access to permit totals by county and major municipalities along with an indication of the […]

Census Bureau Releases New Local-Level Demographic Information from 2010 Census for South Carolina

The U.S. Census Bureau today released new, detailed demographic information from the 2010 Census for the District of Columbia, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan and South Carolina.

These Summary File 1 tables provide the most detailed counts available so far from the 2010 Census, including cross-tabulations of age, sex, households, families, relationship to householder, housing units, detailed race […]

Martins Machine Company Obtains ISO Certification

Incumbent Worker Training Grant aids company to position itself for growth

Martins Machine Co Inc, a high quality precision machine shop

CDBG Update – Projects Funded from the April 2011 Grant Cycle

 1.      Project Name: Heath Springs Water Systems Improvement Project – Phase IV

Grantee:  Town of Heath Springs

CDBG Funds: $461,385

Rural Transportation Planning Work Program – Fiscal Year 2012

Rural Transportation Planning Work Program – Fiscal Year 2012

SBA 504 Loan News

SBA 504 loan rates continue to be low!   If your business is expanding and you are adding fixed assets like a building or equipment, call Cathy Rose Hicklin at Catawba Regional to discuss potential financing options.   Catawba Regional has been lending to small and expanding businesses throughout the region and state for 27 years.   We […]

Catawba Region Textile Mill Redevelopment Guide

In South Carolina, textile mill production and employment peaked in the 1970s and declined rapidly through the 1980s and 1990s. The impact of global economic forces has been widespread and particularly hard-felt in the Carolina Upstate. The smallest and mostly rural communities of the Catawba Region, in particular, have yet to recover from fully—even 20 […]

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Appendix

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Appendix

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 8 Implementation

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 8 Implementation

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 7 Focus Area Studies

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 7 Focus Area Studies

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 6 Economic Vitality

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 6 Economic Vitality

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 5 Place Making

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 5 Place Making

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 4 Transportation

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 4 Transportation

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 3 General Development

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 3 General Development

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 2 Market Trends & Forecasts

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 2 Market Trends & Forecasts

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 1 Introduction

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Chapter 1 Introduction

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Cover & Table of Contents

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Cover & Table of Contents

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Market and Economic Analysis

US 521-SC 9 Corridor Study – Market and Economic Analysis

CRDC Newsletter July 2011

Lancaster County Traffic Count Map – 2010

Lancaster County Traffic Count Map – 2010

Chester County Traffic Count Map – 2010

Chester County Traffic Count Map – 2010

Union County Traffic Count Map – 2010

Union County Traffic Count Map – 2010

York County Traffic Count Map – 2010

York County Traffic Count Map – 2010

SCDOT – Proposed 2012 Match Program Press Release

Lancaster County Westwood Water Project

Lancaster County received a Community Development Block Grant to upgrade the water system in the Westwood subdivision,

WIA 2009-2010 Annual Report

WIA 2009-2010 Annual Report

Our Upstate Vision

Ten at the Top was created to foster a spirit of cooperation and collaboration among public, private and nonprofit leaders from across the ten-county Upstate South Carolina Region which includes Union County.

For more than a year, Ten at the Top engaged over 10,000 Upstate residents, community leaders, elected officials and business leaders in a conversation […]

SBA 504 Refinancing Program Info Sheet

Catawba Regional Participates in Commercial Debt Refinancing Program

NEW LENDING OPPORTUNITIES

Section 1122 of the Small Business Jobs Act (SBJA) allows the

Neighborhood Stabilization Program Update

The NSP Program is well on its way!  We have completed the rehabilitation of 7 homes in York County

CRDC Newsletter April 2011

Additional Incumbent Worker Training Funds Received

Additional Incumbent Worker Training Funds Received

The Catawba Regional Workforce Investment Board has received and made

SCDOT is seeking comment from the public on projects receiving funding from the Federal Transit Administration.

You may review the projects receiving funding and provide comment until April 14, 2011 at: http://www.scdot.org/inside/public_comment.shtml.

Town of Heath Springs Water System Improvements Project – Phase III

TOWN OF HEATH SPRINGS

WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT – PHASE III

Laboratory designed to put nature’s fury in a box

Amid the fields and scattered pines of Chester County, a new six-story concrete building juts out of the landscape.  One of its walls is dotted with what looks like a grid of airplane engines, dozens of them.

This new facility is unique in South Carolina and the world, according to its builders.  […]

City of Tega Cay Comprehensive Plan: 2015–2025

City of Tega Cay Comprehensive Plan: 2015 – 2025

Lancaster County Capital Improvements Program: 2007–2011

Lancaster County Capital Improvements Program: 2007–2011

Town of Clover Capital Improvements Plan: 2008–2012

Town of Clover Capital Improvements Plan: 2008–2012