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Heritage Green first phase improvements unveiled
GREG BECKNER / STAFF
This week, officials from the City of Greenville and Greenville County announced completion of the first phase of improvements to the Heritage Green urban arts and cultural campus located in downtown Greenville. The changes included new signage, a digital display, a raised terrace, landscape improvements and hardscapes. Covering two blocks, Heritage Green includes the Hughes Main Library, the Children’s Museum of the Upstate, Greenville Little Theatre, the Greenville County Museum of New signage and improved walkways and stairs at Heritage Green. Art, the Museum and Gallery at Heritage Green and the Upcountry History Museum-Furman University. In addition, the improvements worked to create a distinct, unified and inviting campus through making new internal connections, improving safety and providing “dynamic outdoor spaces,” county officials say. The $1.5 million project was funded through local accommodation tax funds. Future improvements have not been formally announced, but include pedestrian connection improvements from nearby streets and neighborhoods expected to be complete in 2015. “The Heritage Green campus is a tremendous community asset, and this most recently completed phase of revitalization improves upon what is already a unique and dynamic cultural centerpiece that is one of the best in the Southeast,” says Greenville County Council Chairman Bob Taylor.
City unveils proposed West Side brands JOE TOPPE | STAFF
jtoppe@communityjournals.com To strengthen community identity, the City of Greenville’s Connection for Sustainability team is branding the West Side and each of its three neighborhoods. The community brand was unveiled at a presentation held last week at the Kroc Center by Arnett Muldrow and Associates after conducting a three-day development workshop. Community Planner Wayne Leftwich said the Arnett Muldrow branding team met with the West Side residents and stakeholders to create a strategic
brand. “A brand can distinguish a community and make it more marketable for outside business,” he said. While connecting them all together, it’s still important to distinguish between the three West Side neighborhoods of Southernside, West End and West Greenville, said Ben Muldrow, partner at Muldrow and Associates. “We want the West Side to be the home place and the family place, and by offering this, it will give the city more to market the community,” he said.
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