Code Wright has worked with multiple counties and towns in North and South Carolina - including Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, Mills River, Weldon in North Carolina - to overhaul and clarify development standards. Their customization of unified development ordinances and zoning codes includes simplifying the language, more graphically driven design, an intuitive document structure that is easy to understand and continuous improvement.

At their current transition house in Anderson, Love Well programs include individual counseling, group therapy, life skills workshops, and recreational activities and integrate the principles of the 12-Step program

These will be expanded as they prepare to kick off a new residential treatment facility at 313 South Towers Street in Anderson in partnership with Anderson County.

“I’m sick and tired of this crap, coming up here and making a farce of what the state of South Carolina deserves and needs,” said House Majority Leader Davey Hiott.

As part of the annual Youth Art Month activities, the Anderson Arts Center hosted the student art exhibit show on Sunday. More than 400 entries from Anderson County schools and home school students were on display.

“I have watched people’s entire lives change,” said long-time Judge Cordell Maddox who presides over the mental health court. “It’s one of the best things I have been involved in.”

The cost of child care now exceeds the price of college tuition in 38 states and the District of Columbia, according to a new analysis conducted by the Economic Policy Institute.

The Anderson County Library System continues to grow, with the number of people visiting one of the library’s nine branches up almost 40 percent in 2024.

The new Community Report lists total visits to the library last year topped 400,000 and 114,499 residents of the county now have library cards (more than half the population).

The full House Education and Public Works Committee took no vote after nearly five hours of testimony Tuesday from college students, professors, and K-12 teachers, as well as advocacy organizations representing women, LGBTQ+ people, racial minorities and South Carolinians with disabilities.

Every person who testified opposed the legislation. None of the speakers were in favor.

After a lengthy discussion and early comments from citizens, Anderson County Council on Tuesday tabled a second vote on an ordinance which would have allowed individual council districts to place a six-month moratorium on new housing developments of more than 25 units.

Some council members expressed concerns the current ordinance might not stand up to legal challenges, but vowed to work together for a solution they can agree on before the next meeting.

The 126-year-old structure is suffering from lack of regular structural maintenance, with rotten timbers, crumbling and loose bricks, water leaks, a damaged and aging roof and poor gutters. The interior has also been in need of work for years.

This exhibit explores how places, people, and circumstances spark innovation and invention in rural communities and include photographs, videos, interactive areas, and digital stories aimed to display the experience of the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town.

More than 70 volunteers gathered in the AnMed parking lot near North Street on Friday morning to build the walls for a new house for Habitat for Humanity of Anderson.

Army Sergeant First Class Daniel Metzdorf could have chosen any town in America to call home. Metzdorf chose Honea Path.

The funds have been distributed to AIM, Hope Missions of the Upstate, Rebuild Upstate and others find permanent housing or provide repairs to allow them to stay in their homes.

After a very challenging year, that included the first hurricane to reach the county in history, the S.C. Emergency Management Association has chosen Anderson County’s division as the top agency in the state for 2024.

It’s the first time Anderson Emergency Management has received the award.

The plan, which has been in the works for more than two years, has included bringing in a consultant to help gather community consensus and public input to craft a vision for the future of the city, said Maurice McKenzie, planning and development director for the City of Anderson.

Land use, roads and upgrades to facilities top the news in Anderson County this week, and Administrator Rusty Burns expects even more activity in the months ahead.

Council also approved:

Annexation of .57 acres at 1212 Reed Road, which is owned by Concord Baptist Church. The land will be used for a new childhood education center.

The purchase of a new generator for the Rocky River Station. The current there was damaged during Hurricane Helene and more than 35 years old, so council approved a $148,200 bid from Blanchard Energy, Greenville to replace pump. Funding will come from the city’s sewer fund and council is applying to FEMA to pay for 75 percent of the cost of the new pump.

The move, which seeks to bring all starting teacher salaries in the state to a minimum of $48,500, would affect only one of the five school districts in Anderson County. School Dist. 1 currently pays starting teachers $47,900, but officials there say that will increase beyond the new minimum state proposed salaries in the coming school year. Dist. 2 currently pays teachers right out of college $50,002, Dist. 3 $49,320, Dist. 4 $49,313 and Dist. 4 $50,000.

Anderson City Council will vote on Monday to apply for state tax credits tax under the South Carolina Textiles Communities Revitalization Act to restore and rehabilitate the 4.5-acre site that was home to the Townsend Mill Cotton Mill property.

The site, which borders Bleckley Street, Lee Street, West Mauldin and First Avenue is owned by Fairway Development Partners, LLC, seeks to develop the site for residential use.