Here’s what we have in store for you for the last week of March in Greer:
Tuesday (3/25): Greer City Council Meeting – 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. – City Hall
Thursday (3/27): Greer Planning Advisory Committee – 10:00 a.m – 12:00 p.m. – City Hall
Friday (3/28): Greer Alive! (formerly Food Truck Rollout) – 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. – City Park
Soaring into South Carolina Aviation Week celebrating top honors for GSP Airport. For the third year in a row, GSP earned the distinction of Best Small Airport in North America.
In total, GSP racked up five Airport Service Quality awards including Most Dedicated Staff, Easiest Airport Journey, Most Enjoyable, and Cleanest Airport.
GSP is just minutes from downtown Greer. Check us out at: https://www.discovergreer.com/
Photo Credit (for first three photos): GSP
🎉 UPDATE: Great news! The work is complete at Kids Planet and the surface is dry. Therefore, the big kids playground is reopening at 3 p.m. today!
An outdoor amenity at one of Greer’s community centers is back open just in time for warm weather activities.
Contractors tore down the aging deck at Needmore Recreation Center on Canteen Avenue and put up a new structure. The deck is available for a variety of community uses, but it’s the site of a lot of activities for kids ages 6 through 12 during Camp Greer over the summer months.
Learn more about Camp Greer and other youth programs on the Youth Summer Camps page.
Recognizing the generational impact of a well-known family business: Greer Mayor Rick Danner presented a Key to the City to Terry and Debbie Dobson at Tuesday’s Council meeting.
Dobson’s Gifts and General Hardware has had a presence in the City of Greer since 1945. The Dobsons have decided to retire and close their store on Wade Hampton Boulevard.
In presenting the Key to the City, the mayor said the store’s closing marks the end of an era in Greer. The Dobsons thanked the community and said they couldn’t have done it without the support of their customers.
All City of Greer fields are closed tonight (3/10) due to the weather.
Trash collection delay: Meridian Waste experienced mechanical issues while running Tuesday's route. Crews will pick up in Chartwell, Bent Creek I, Freeman Farm, Manor at Abner Creek, and Donahue Hill on Wednesday (today).
The weather is going to be beautiful for the next couple of days which is a great pre-spring opportunity to spend some time outside at one of Greer’s 21 parks.
As you’re making your plans, please note: One of our popular playgrounds will be closed for repairs starting tomorrow morning.
The ground surface on the big kids’ playground (for ages 5-12) at Kids Planet is damaged. Crews will close the playground from Wednesday morning until lunchtime on Thursday to fix the damage. We’ll let you know if the repairs take longer than expected.
We’re wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays this Week in Greer! There are no events this week. We wish you a fun and safe holiday season!
The City of Greer Parks, Recreation & Tourism department just wrapped up a rocking partnership with Chandler Creek Elementary and Greer Middle School over the past few weeks.
Students at both schools took part in the Rock your School initiative and painted various rocks that are now on display at Tryon Park. The Rock your School program is designed to get kids involved in a fun and creative activity that helps to spread kindness and celebrating the little things.
We’ve just got our regularly scheduled City Council meeting for you this Thanksgiving week.
Tuesday (11/26)
Greer City Council Meeting - 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM – City Hall
Downtown Greer shoppers, we’ve got something fun for you this holiday season.
In partnership with @discovergreer, we’re introducing the Greer Station Holiday Passport! From November 29 – December 15 you can participate for a chance to win downtown gift cards. All you have to do is: pick up a passport from a business, collect stamps with each purchase (limit of one per business), and then turn in your passport to either Greer City Hall or Cartwright Food Hall at the Little Leaf Coffee counter!
You only need 5 stamps to be entered into the giveaway. Three winners will be notified the week of December 16. Passports can also be picked up at Greer City Hall Monday – Friday from 8AM – 5PM.
For more information, visit the Discover Greer website: https://bit.ly/dgholidaypassport
Debris clean up after Helene is still underway in Greer, and we have a few more updates for you this week.
SCDOT has collected 340,000 cubic yards of debris as of 11/14 across Greenville County. Collection will continue until at least January for our area. For the rest of the month in Greer, there will be a focus on Wade Hampton from US29/SC 291 all the way to the eastern county border with Spartanburg County.
We understand some people still haven’t had debris picked up or it may seem as if DOT is missing certain areas. Due to how FEMA structures its reimbursements, state road and city road debris cannot be mixed together. What this means is that the same trucks can’t pick up debris from state and city roads at the same time. DOT is using their own crews as well as contracted crews for work here in Greer. Lastly, any root balls or large logs will eventually be picked up with the use of larger equipment.
A heads up to anyone travelling on South Line St Extension: our storm water crews will have the road closed this week for crossline repairs. The closure started yesterday; November 18 ad will last at least until the end of the week (weather permitting.) Drivers should plan to find alternate routes until work is completed.
Coming at you at the start of the week with another episode of Greerview, the weekly Greer recap series where we recap what happened last week and look ahead to what’s coming up this week.
Last week we had: a Helene debris collection update, our recently released parking survey, and more.
This week we have: the scheduled Greer Planning Commission meeting for tonight, Tuesday’s Farmers Market, IGNITE Greer and more!
Head on over to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CityofGreerSC to see the latest episode!
Here’s what we have going on this week in Greer!
Monday (11/8)
Greer Planning Commission Meeting - 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM – City Hall
Tuesday (11/19)
Greer Farmers Market – 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM – City Park
Wednesday (11/20)
The Platform at Greer: IGNITE Greer – 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM – Cartwright Food Hall
Bailey the Fox may still be on vacation from City Park, however, there’s been a spotting near Jason Street Parking Garage! Earlier this week, a new wrap featuring Bailey was placed on one of the Sutera in-ground containers near the garage. The wrap was paid for by a grant from Palmetto Pride through partnership with Keep Greenville County Beautiful.
Bailey’s mission is to help bring litter awareness and ultimately encourage a litter-free community here in Greer. Did you know that the city offers free litter cleanup supplies, helps to organize local cleanups and provide other beautification resources? If you happen to walk by the Sutera, be sure to scan the QR code for more information!
We’ve got some small debris pick up updates in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
As of earlier this week, DOT contractors have collected 4,800 yards of vegetative material from the city. They’re running four total trucks and will continue to do so for the next month. The excess debris is currently being dumped on city property off of S Buncombe temporarily. We do not have a set schedule for where and when they will be in specific neighborhoods/areas.
As some friendly reminders: please don’t block sidewalks or fire hydrants with debris! We recently posted about loose leaf collection and encourage you to keep any leaf piles separate from debris.
When the leaves start falling, the Public Services department starts calling! Heads up to City of Greer residents with leaves already starting to pile up: the Public Services department has started its loose leaf collection cycle.
Collection will go from now until mid-February, so be sure to have your leaves curbside the morning of your area’s scheduled pickup. For more information, and to view the complete pickup schedule, head on over to the loose leaf collection page: https://www.cityofgreer.org/o/ps/page/loose-leaf-collection
We’d like to hear from you! In collaboration with Walker Consultants, the City of Greer has created a short survey on parking in the downtown area. As we continue to grow, our plan is to improve parking over the coming years. The survey will remain open from now until December 1.
Head on over to the City Parking page to take the survey: https://www.cityofgreer.org/page/city-parking
