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Striped Bass Challenge Trophy Series Championship Trail Returns to Green Pond Landing

Posted on January 5, 2023 by - News Releases

https://www.andersoncountysc.org/the-striped-bass-challenge-trophy-series-championship-trail-returns-to-green-pond-landing/After many very successful events, The Striped Bass Challenge (SBC) brings the 2023 Winter Classic, one of the four Open/Qualifier tournaments of the Trophy Series Championship Trail, to Green Pond Landing on Jan. 7, 2023.  Tournament organizers Thomas and David Richardson say the folks at Visit Anderson, Anderson County, Anderson Sports & Entertainment Center, and Second Harvest Read More...

County Receives a $500,000 CDBG Grant for New Iva Branch Library

Posted on December 20, 2022 by - News Releases

https://www.andersoncountysc.org/county-receives-a-500000-cdbg-grant-for-new-iva-branch-library/Anderson County, in partnership with the Town of Iva and the Anderson County Library System, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. The grant will be used to develop a new Iva branch library location. “This new facility will be a Read More...

Governor Appoints C. Reena Thomason Anderson County Clerk of Court

Posted on December 16, 2022 by - News Releases

https://www.andersoncountysc.org/governor-appoints-c-reena-thomason-anderson-county-clerk-of-court/Position Left Vacant Following Passing of The Honorable Richard A. Shirley Anderson County, S.C. (December 16, 2022) – This afternoon, Governor Henry McMaster appointed C. Reena Thomason to serve as Anderson County Clerk of Court. The position was left vacant following the passing of longtime Clerk of Court and former Mayor of Anderson Richard A. Read More...

Fun Facts to Know & Tell – December 2022 Edition

Posted on December 15, 2022 by - News Releases

https://www.andersoncountysc.org/fun-facts-to-know-tell-december-2022-edition/Happy Holidays from Santa’s Workshop (Governmental Affairs Section)! The U.S. Bureau of the Census recently released the results of the American Community Survey (ACS) for the five-year period covering 2017 through 2021. As described by the Census Bureau, the ACS “provides a wide range of important statistics about people and housing for every community in Read More...

2022 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Team Championship Set to Fish Lake Hartwell

Posted on November 30, 2022 by - News Releases

https://www.andersoncountysc.org/2022-bass-pro-shops-bassmaster-team-championship/The 2022 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Team Championship being held next week, Dec. 7-10, at Lake Hartwell and Green Pond Landing & Event Center. The last tournament of the 2022 Bassmaster tournament series and at the end of this event, one angler will be headed to the 2023 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic at Read More...

Legislative Delegation to Consider Boards & Commissions Appointments

Posted on November 10, 2022 by - News Releases

State of South Carolina Seal https://www.andersoncountysc.org/legislative-delegation-to-consider-boards-commissions-appointments/Representative Anne Thayer, Chairman of the Anderson County Legislative Delegation, has announced a Delegation Meeting to be held December 13, 2022, 4:00 P.M. at the Ronald Townsend Government Building, 2404 N. Main St., Anderson, SC. *If you previously applied in June 2022 for any seats listed below, you need not re-apply as your application is Read More...

New Military Exhibit | Andersonians In War Opens Veterans’ Day

Posted on November 7, 2022 by - News Releases

https://www.andersoncountysc.org/new-military-exhibit-andersonians-in-war-opens-veterans-day/NEW MILITARY EXHIBIT OPENS AT THE ANDERSON COUNTY MUSEUM  Andersonians In War Opens Veterans’ Day    After seven years in development, the Anderson County Museum’s new permanent exhibit, Andersonians In War, will open to the public on Veterans’ Day. This exhibit sheds a light on Anderson County and South Carolina veterans who, through their service, have etched their Read More...

Anderson County Receives Federal Grant to Establish Mental Health Court

Posted on November 1, 2022 by - Uncategorized

https://www.andersoncountysc.org/anderson-county-receives-federal-grant-to-establish-mental-health-court/Anderson County, the SC 10th Circuit Court, and their project partners have been awarded a $354,131 grant from the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, offered by the USDOJ through the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The funding will be used to establish the Anderson County Mental Health Court, which will be able to divert qualifying Read More...

Planning Framer to Saluda Basin Meetings

Posted on October 27, 2022 by - News Releases

https://www.andersoncountysc.org/south-carolina-state-water-planning-framework/The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) is pleased to announce the commencement of a stakeholder-led effort to develop a regional water plan for the Saluda River basin. In 2018, SCDNR convened a State Water Planning Process Advisory Committee (PPAC) to develop a multi-faceted framework for state-wide water planning. The work of the PPAC Read More...

SCRPT’s PARD Grant Hurricane Springs Park

Posted on October 26, 2022 by - Uncategorized

https://www.andersoncountysc.org/scrpts-pard-grant-hurricane-springs-park/Three Anderson County recreation projects were awarded funding by the Anderson County Legislative Delegation at its meeting held October 25th: $40,000 in funding from SCRPT’s PARD grant program for development of a pavilion/shelter area to be installed at the Hurricane Springs Park pickleball courts. The addition of the new shelter is a result of direct Read More...

Anderson County Awarded $500,000 Grant for a New Park and River Access in Piedmont

Posted on October 26, 2022 by - News Releases

https://www.andersoncountysc.org/anderson-county-awarded-500000-grant-for-a-new-park-and-river-access-in-piedmont/Anderson County has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the US Department of Interior Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). These funds will be used towards the development of a new recreation facility on the Saluda River in Piedmont. “This new facility will serve as a key anchor on the Saluda River Blue Trail and Read More...

Fun Facts to Know & Tell | Wayback Machine

Posted on October 12, 2022 by - News Releases

https://www.andersoncountysc.org/fun-facts-to-know-tell-wayback-machine/Hi friends! We appreciate the positive feedback we’ve received from you for our irregular amalgamation of “stuff” we find and find interesting.  Please find below the wording of a county interoffice memorandum from way back in 2010 that might be considered the Beta Version of FFTK&T.  The information was originally prepared as a result of Read More...