In yet another interesting downtown development, Spartanburg Community College announced yesterday that that they’ll be opening a downtown campus in the Evans Building on South Dean Street. This is a big deal for both SCC and for downtown in general, and the $5 to $6 million dollar renovations will, according to the Spartanburg Herald-Journal’s... »
Today’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal adds more fuel to the fire for discussion of downtown revitalization, noting that the Rock Water Tavern will be reopening as a sports bar. Mark Stewart has purchased Rock Water Tavern, across the street from the Chapman Cultural Center at 100 Wood Row in the former Spice of Life building. Although the restaurant... »
I have always thought of my self as a fairly intelligent person. I can carry on conversations on a wide variety of topics. I can multi-task, I am creative in a couple different mediums. I possess a decent sense of humor and seem to be good with people. But every once in awhile my... »
When is history worth preserving? My gut reaction is to say “alwaysâ€, but that’s not realistic. The decision of what old thing to save versus what old thing not to save is most often a decision based on—among other things—historical significance. Historical significance though, is in the eye of the beholder.... »
It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on our favorite local bloggers, so this week, that’s the focus. Although she’s technically not local, Forest City-based vlogger ViciiWantsRevenge is a local favorite, so we start with her. Here, the recent high-school grad is at the beach with her cousin Jessi. Local geek-culture vlogger David, aka Kratos87Fan19... »
From the Spartanburg Herald-Journal’s ongoing coverage of this ridiculous situation … Spartanburg County Council voted unanimously on Friday to amend the county’s land-use regulations the day after a temporary measure to halt commercial and industrial development that abuts residential areas was stymied by one vote. The amendment, which will remain in effect until the council takes... »
It’s been a few months since we’ve had a Sparkle City Blogs blogger meet-up, and I thought I’d use today’s Blog Report to float the idea and get ideas for when and where it could happen. In case you haven’t heard of the idea, the concept is pretty simple: It’s an open invite to dinner... »
One of the strange things I’ve noticed about Spartanburg’s music scene is how fractured it seems to be. Not only fractured, but really self-defeating in some ways. There are, per capita, an astonishing number of bands and musicians here, and a massive amount of people who appear to care a great deal about both local... »
Well, here I go…writing a blog about trash when everyone is totally inundated with juicy high-profile scandals. Sigh. I’ve really got my work cut out of me, but here goes … Over the past few years I’ve become rather obsessed with trash. I know … I’m weird. It all began a few years ago when a... »
Each week, I ask you wonderful readers to tell me a little about your plans for the weekend. It doesn’t have to be complex or anything, the goal is simply to give other Spark readers an idea of some of the cool things are going on in town. I’ll start: This weekend, I’m planning on... »
A Spark reader sent me a story published in today’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal, relating to the de facto zoning that’s happening to the new Dollar General site on Country Club Road. But while the story focused on County’s hamfisted method of addressing the need for zoning (via a ridiculous “moratorium” proposal), the reader wanted to... »
If you attended the first-ever Upstate Pride march in Spartanburg, chances are you saw local meme-maker Slobot doing his thing. The resulting photo essay has been online for a few days, but I didn’t notice until just today. Interestingly, it’s one of the best photographic depictions of the event I’ve seen yet, and the... »
You’ll be hearing all about this soon enough, as it’s a breaking story, but S.C. Governor Mark Sanford just admitted that he’s been cheating on his wife with an Argentine woman. Normally, I wouldn’t run something like this, but given that we’re in South Carolina and the Spartanburg GOP will no doubt be weighing... »
Another great story by Jason Spencer at the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, and on a delicate attempt by the County to address a silly issue that could have been avoided years ago if the local government would have just bitten the bullet on zoning. The head of Spartanburg County Council’s Economic Recruitment and Development Committee said Tuesday... »
Around two weeks ago, a Spark reader named angelinaS posted a short, almost cryptic, message on our user forum. It read simply: A friend and I are in the planning stages of forming a cooperative grocery store downtown. Anyone who is interested, take a look! If you aren’t on facebook, you can email us at... »
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