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Video: Spartanburg City Council, Monday, March 8, 2010

By Steve Shanafelt

Spartanburg City Council heard from several nonprofit groups that have applied for Community Development Block Grants and HOME funds. The groups have requested a combined $130,944 in CDBG funds and $75,000 in HOME Funding. The public hearing was purely for informational purposes, and council took no action on the requests. Council also voted unanimously... »

Sparkle City Headlines: City Council Weighs Bookstore-Cafe Grant

By Steve Shanafelt

Back in January, HubCulture (the parent organization of the Hub City Writers Project and the HUB-BUB) announced it would be opening a new downtown bookstore in the ground floor of the Masonic Temple on Morgan Square. Since that initial announcement, progress on the site has clipped along, and the current plan now includes an... »

FYI: ArtCycle Deadline Is Today

By Steve Shanafelt

If you’ve been dilly-dallying about sending in an application to be part of the 2010 ArtCycle sculpture program, you’d better get in gear. The deadline for the Spartanburg-based outdoor sculpture program that turns used bicycle parts into art is today. With a fairly forgiving set of rules — you have to send in an... »

Sparkle City Headlines: Kimbrell’s Furniture to re-open as downtown nightclub

By Steve Shanafelt

According to a story in the Feb. 17th edition of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, a new nightclub called Rome will soon be coming to downtown Spartanburg. Local businessman Josey Wells recently signed a lease on the 28,000-square-foot building, which formerly housed Kimbrell’s Furniture. According to journalist Trevor Anderson, plans for the “upscale” club include “extravagant... »

Spartanburg’s Almost-Certain Real Estate Explosion

By Steve Shanafelt

Yesterday, the Spartanburg Herald-Journal ran a story detailing the long-rumored plans of the addition of yet another college campus in downtown Spartanburg. The Blacksburg, Va.-based Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine is moving forward with a plan to bring a new four-year post-graduate medical school to the city, possibly as soon as fall... »

Let The Fun Begin: Google Street View Expands Spartanburg Coverage

By Steve Shanafelt

Over the last year, we’ve been covering the achingly slow addition of Spartanburg’s roadways to Google Street View. If you’re not familiar with the service, the basic idea is that a car with a special camera mounted on top drives around getting street-level, panoramic images which allow people to take a virtual tour of... »

Hub City Writers Project Announces Downtown Bookstore Plans

By Steve Shanafelt

If you’re one of those people who feels like the downtown experience is incomplete without a bookstore, I have some good news for you. Yesterday, the Hub City Writers Project announced plans to open a new, non-profit bookstore in the long-vacant street-level of the historic Masonic Temple building. “This landmark bookstore will be on... »

Crescent Gallery To Close

By Steve Shanafelt

Rogers Brandt, Director of The Crescent Gallery in downtown Spartanburg, recently announced via e-mail that the gallery will be closing for good at the end of December. Brandt citing the poor local economy as the reason, something that surely impacts a business selling mid-to-high end art pieces. The gallery has been a substantial force... »

What Would You Like To See Replace Justin’s Steakhouse?

By Steve Shanafelt

Roland Zimmer, the owner of the building that housed the now-closed Justin’s Steakhouse in downtown Spartanburg, recently posted on the GoUpstate forums asking for ideas about the kind of restaurant people would like to see take over the space. What could be cooler than asking for that kind of feedback? And who better to ask... »