This week, both the City of Greenville as well as Spartanburg extended their mask mandates another two months. This means they will expire mid-December just in time for the final 10 days or so of Christmas shopping. Don’t hold your breath that they are going to drop their mask demands.
The City of Greenville took the mask mandate a step further. Whereas the previous mandate required masking in grocery stores and pharmacies, the new dictate is for ALL retail establishments across the city. The mask mandate carries with it a $25 fine if charged. This is for retail establishments just within the city limits. This does not pertain to the rest of Greenville County. The citizens seem to have mixed feelings about the latest mask ordinance based upon comments on the City of Greenville’s Official Facebook Page.
Greenville continues to get recognition as one of the best small cities in America. Coming in at #6 this year, that’s an improvement by 3 positions from last year. Number one of course was once again, Charleston, SC.
The rankings of the cities by Conde Naste Traveler’s readers are:
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Sante Fe, New Mexico
- Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
- Laguna Beach, California
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Greenville, South Carolina
- Aspen, Colorado
- Savannah, Georgia
- Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Key West, Florida
Feel free to reach out if you have real estate questions. You might be looking to relocate to the area and need an agent. I’d be happy to talk – John Murphy, eXp Realty.
Check out GVLHomesAndLand.com to search for homes in the greater Greenville area.
The City of Greenville has a new Economic Director – Merle Johnson. Mr. Johnson comes to Greenville most recently from being the Economic Director for Charleston County, SC. He is replacing Nancy Whitworth who has been doing the work for the past 40 years. The Upstate Business Journal has an excellent story on our new Economic Director. Welcome Mr. Johnson!
The City of Greenville has been working on plans for a number of years to revitalize a 60+ acre park on the west side of town that has been allowed to deteriorate. The revitalization project is just part of a number of efforts by the City of Greenville to continue to make this city such a great place to live.
The Greenville City Council just approved the Unity Park contract with Harper General Contractors to build the 262 unit apartment building. The contract is for just over $38,000,000.
Check out a Google Image Search for Unity Park Greenville, SC. There are many terrific renderings of what the city envisions the park and surrounding area will become in the near future.
For more information on this amazing redevelopment effort, the City of Greenville has a dedicated site for Unity Park Greenville.