The South Carolina Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) is the State’s six-year transportation improvement program for all projects or program areas receiving federal funding, including bridge replacements, safety, roadway resurfacing, interstate maintenance and upgrades, primary and secondary road system upgrades, federal lands projects, transportation enhancements, congestion mitigation and air quality, and public transportation. The STIP [...]

The application has been sent. And now Kershaw officials have to wait to find out if they’re selected.

Since last year, the town of Kershaw has been eyeing a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). If awarded, that federal money will pay for the replacement of old water lines in the Springs cotton mill village neighborhood, [...]

Work continues on the multi-phase effort to revitalize Lancaster’s Brooklyn Avenue area.

At its Tuesday meeting, City Council unanimously accepted a bid to place a soil cap over a portion of the city’s property on 15th Street. The cap will “cover some environmental concerns” identified during an assessment of the property, said City Administrator Helen Sowell.

LCI [...]

For the second time in as many Chester County Council meetings, Economic Development Director Karlisa Parker had good news in the form of an industrial announcement.

Parker announced that Rolled Alloys, based in Ohio, would be locating in an existing building in the county.

“Rolled Alloy has committed to come to Chester County,” Parker told Chester County [...]

The need for space to accommodate the growth of its online business and the availability of a building and a workforce that could meet its needs led the nation’s largest privately-owned department store to locate its newest distribution facility in Union County.

In February, Union County Council voted unanimously to approve an incentive package for a [...]

Union County High School teachers and administrators visited local industries in order to better prepare their students for life after high school.

As part of the Union County School District’s ongoing efforts to promote career awareness and strengthen business and educational partnerships, UCHS teachers and administrators toured three local industries — Timken, Gestamp and Haemonetics—on Friday, [...]

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is seeking comment from the public based on Office of Public Transit’s South Carolina State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2012 – 2013 Transit Programs Funding Recommendations.  You may review this information and provide comment until March 8, 2012. 

Click here to view the information and provide comment.

The purpose of this open house is to receive feedback on the challenge, the process, the goals, and identify issues to be addressed in the scope for the development of a coordinated Regional Freight Mobility Plan.

Click here to view schedule.

Chester County Council got a brief sneak preview Monday, but Ring Container Technologies, a maker of plastic containers, is officially announcing plans today that it will expand its current operations in Chester County. The more than $7.89 million investment has generated 18 new jobs.

“Ring Container Technologies is proud to be growing in Chester, S.C. We [...]

Council voted unanimously to award the bid for Monarch Mill Village Phase I sewer improvements to C & W Utilities, Inc. in the amount of $474,465.50, pending approval of funding through the South Carolina Department of Commerce’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.

Eight bids were received on Jan. 10 at City Hall, and C&W Utilities, [...]

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is seeking comment from the public on the Draft Final Report for the South Carolina Statewide Intercity and Regional Bus Network Plan (January 2012).

Title 49 U.S.C. 5311(f) requires each state to spend 15 percent of its annual Section 5311 apportionment to carry out a program to develop and [...]

Thanks to a platoon of volunteers, a path to a planned 500-mile network of trails through both Carolinas gained ground on Saturday.
Fifty people gave up their morning to clear brush and build a section of the Carolina Thread Trail in Fort Mill. The chunk they cleared spans two-tenths of a mile along Sugar Creek near [...]

The City of Chester, along with the Catawba Regional Council of Governments (COG), has crafted a list of prioritized needs for the coming year.

The list is compiled by COG each year, with input from the city. Some of the eight items listed appear on the list nearly every year.

The first item includes revitalization of East [...]

The vision includes 500 college students living in the city of Lancaster – each one representing a $21,000 surge to the local economy.

They will live in housing units on Brook Drive, within walking distance of the University of South Carolina Lancaster campus.

The setting gives the area a “true campus feel,” while attracting young adults who [...]

Money for water and sewer line upgrades, police and fire service enhancements and economic development investments are among those that top the city of York’s wish list.

Members of the York City Council and the public were asked to list their top community priorities last week during a public hearing to gather input in the ongoing [...]

Public Comment Sought for 2012 Transportation Enhancement Program Allocation

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is seeking comment from the public on proposed allocations of the 2012 Transportation Enhancement Program funding. The Transportation Enhancement Program is a federally funded program that SCDOT administers and provides local governments the opportunity to pursue non-traditional transportation related activities [...]

The newly created SC Works Upstate — formerly Upstate CareerSource and Employment Security Commission — hosted an open house to give members of the community a look at the many services it now offers.

The integration of offices took place in early August, but Roy Lowe, SC Works Upstate’s Union center manager, says many people still [...]

For two decades, cities, towns and counties in the Charlotte region have worked to blur boundaries to tackle issues and challenges they all increasingly share.

Now that will be done in a bigger way after the federal Housing and Urban Development department on Monday awarded a $4.9 million grant to the Centralina Council of Governments to [...]

The town of Kershaw wants to tap into a federal funding source that has assisted other governmental entities in Lancaster County before.

On Monday, Kershaw Town Council discussed how the town can quality for a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant. The money would pay for sewer line replacements along the old mill area, just north of [...]

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is providing notification to the public that Federal Pavement and Reconstruction Funds are proposed for drainage improvements along a section of US 176, located 0.70 miles southeast of Secondary Road 12 in Union County. The project is estimated to cost between $1.3 and $1.4 million.

The existing underground reinforced [...]

The good times are still rolling for Continental Tire.

The national tire manufacturer announced plans Thursday to increase its presence in South Carolina, both with the expansion of its headquarters in Indian Land and construction of a new tire manufacturing plant in Sumter County.

Over the next 10 years, Continental Tire the Americas plans to invest $500 [...]

Lancaster County is one step closer to changing the lines of its seven districts.

As part of the county’s redistricting process, which involved incorporating data collected during last year’s national Census, Lancaster County Council unanimously approved first reading of a map of new council districts at its recent meeting.

Generated by suggestions and recommendations from council members, [...]

Transit planners in Rock Hill and Fort Mill are eyeing plans to build another bridge across the Catawba River.

The bridge would span from the vicinity of Twin Lakes, Mount Gallant and India Hook roads in Rock Hill to Sutton Road in Fort Mill, providing a more direct route between the regions and a third river [...]

The city of Lancaster is still looking to launch the last phase of its Main Street beautification project. However, work will depend on what type of funding officials receive. 

City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to allow City Administrator Helen Sowell to submit a $500,000 grant application for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding, which has been [...]

The Carolina Thread Trail was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from REI! These funds will be used to enhance our volunteer program by allowing us to purchase trail building tools intended for volunteer use. Many of these tools will be put to good use during our upcoming Fall Trail Work Day on September 24th!

Also, over [...]