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Furman University student Dana Wagner works on a mural on a cargo trailer at the school that will be used on the Poinsett project. Ultimately, the trailer will serve as a pop-up studio and home base for community events, conversation circles, art demonstrations, service projects and design thinking workshops on the Poinsett corridor.
and residents could see activity in 2015, according to Greenville County spokesperson Bob Mihalic. The county has received a $500,000 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant and $250,000 in C-funds for streetscaping. In addition, Greenville County planners are preparing a comprehensive master plan for the entire stretch of highway to “develop a framework for
public and private development along the roadway and out into the surrounding communities,” Mihalic said. That process will also be driven by resident input, and will include three phases: Shaw Street to Cherrydale, Cherrydale to Furman University and Furman to Travelers Rest, he said. Along the corridor, after a cleanup blitz in 2012, Furman University students continue to volunteer as part
of the Heller Service Corps through cleanup days and assisting elementary and middle school students, said Mark Kelly, Furman’s vice president for marketing and public relations and partner representative for the Poinsett Corridor Revitalization Coalition. PIEDMONT SHIRT FACTORY The former Piedmont Shirt Factory, workplace of former Greenville Mayor Max Heller, was demolished in early
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POINSETT HIGHWAY Poinsett Highway is due for a sprucing up next year. A streetscape project is now in the design phase after a public input session last May. Greenville County is performing the work on this state road, but without state funding,
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Poinsett Highway – the gateway leading into Greenville from Travelers Rest by way of Furman University – rolls through multiple neighborhoods and businesses that have suffered from the demise of big textile employers in the area. Several years ago, the Poinsett Corridor Revitalization Coalition formed to help spur revitalization and renewal. Stakeholders like Furman University, Greenville County, the City of Greenville, Trees Greenville, Greenville County Recreation and local businesses have contributed their efforts to planning and projects. Multiple projects have resulted, including demolition of the abandoned Piedmont Shirt Factory to make way for development and an increase in community planning in nearby neighborhoods. The Greenville Journal spoke with several of those stakeholders about how their plans are coming along.
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Poe Mill site cleanup happening this month