Study urges officials to reconsider land use plans as Upstate grows
"The study is an effort to provide leaders in the Upstate with information they can use to discuss issues related to growth and development."
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Greenville Women Giving awards grants to local nonprofits
The philanthropic organization has awarded $613,000 in grants to 11 nonprofit organizations.
B-Cycle opens new location downtown
The NEXT Innovation Center is the newest location for Greenville B-Cycle, the bicycle-sharing program that provides a bike rental network across downtown.
After 12 years, environmentalist and community educator Nancy Fitzer leaves Greenville’s Upstate Forever
For more than a decade, Nancy Fitzer has been the voice of Greenville’s Upstate Forever, one of South Carolina’s most influential environmental groups.
Upstate Forever highlights environmental projects with annual awards
Greenville’s Upstate Forever recently honored the area’s most impressive environmental projects with its annual “ForeverGreen Awards” luncheon.
Trump’s EPA freeze raises questions about the future of S.C. environmental efforts
President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze the Environmental Protection Agency’s grants and contracts has Upstate environmental groups concerned about their future efforts.
Upstate Forever, other environmental groups sue Kinder Morgan over Belton pipeline spill
The lawsuit calls for Kinder Morgan to pay about $30 million in civil penalties for violating the Clean Water Act.
Duke gives proposed substation property to enviro group
The Campobello land that Duke Energy once proposed building a substation is now permanently protected.
Upstate Forever highlights scenic Hwy. 11 in annual Preservation Ride
The bicycle ride fundraiser seeks to provide cyclists of all levels an opportunity to enjoy scenic routes in Spartanburg County while raising money and awareness for the conservation organization.
Duke uproar puts spotlight on land use
Upstate Forever founder and senior advisor Brad Wyche called Duke Energy’s decision this month to scrap plans for a new substation and high-voltage transmission line through the Upstate a tremendous victory.
Upstate Forever event to feature arctic explorer
Overcoming the things that dwarf human strength and ingenuity are the biggest part of what keeps drawing Eric Larsen back to places like both poles and the top of the…
To save and protect
One by one, many of Greenville’s great estates have been subdivided and developed. A couple of wooded tracts in the North Main area. The Williams-Earle property on Grove Road. “Year…