City of Greenville, South Carolina

Breaking ground. Breaking barriers. Brooks Foster and her dad Paul drove a mini excavator during the ceremonial groundbreaking #GreenvilleSC's first fully inclusive playground. Brooks' Playground, located inside Cleveland Park on Lakehurst Drive, will include play elements designed for children of all abilities ages six months to 13+ years. The Foster family made a generous donation, and worked with the City of Greenville Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department to create a place of belonging. Brooks' siblings, friends from The Meyer Center for Special Children, advocates, supporters and City leaders joined the celebration. In addition to a playground, the project will include enhanced handicapped parking, pathways for wheelchairs and additional restrooms.

PAWS for an announcement that will revolutionize animal care in #GreenvilleSC. The Greenville Humane Society is expanding, adding space for 100 additional animals. The "Love is a Four-Legged Word" project will be built along the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail on Airport Road near the current Humane Society facility. It will include a state-of-the-art public Spay and Neuter Clinic to increase surgical capacity by 50%. A new multipurpose community space will offer public dog training classes, education programs, Birthday party venues, meeting spaces and a pet remembrance garden.

Preparation. Response. Recovery. On this #NationalFirstRespondersDay, our City Manager updated City Council members on the progress we've made in the four weeks since Hurricane Helene. The report details the extraordinary efforts of our Greenville City Fire Department, Greenville Police Department, Public Works, Engineering, City of Greenville Parks and Recreation, Building and Codes, Greenville Transit Authority, Greenville City Economic Development Corporation and more whose employees worked long hours to help our City rebound. We've linked the report here: https://lnkd.in/dK4yzvEA We're also looking for YOUR feedback. The Communications team that creates content for City channels is curious how we did. Take this short survey to help us better understand the types of posts you'd like to see in an emergency. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dcpBgtKW

Hoops for heroes! 🏀👏🏽 Thanks to the Furman University Men's Basketball Team for honoring City employees for their efforts during Hurricane Helene at a Charity Exhibition game against Auburn Men's Basketball at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. City employees and their families received free tickets to the game and were recognized on the court. Proceeds from the exhibition will benefit the Friends of Cleveland Park and City of Greenville Parks and Recreation restoration projects.

"I'm proud that MY CITY is stepping up to help the community." Hundreds of volunteers gathered at Cleveland Park, Gower, McPherson, in neighborhood parks and along the Sliding Rock Creek Trail for "Baby HOG Day." The partnership between City of Greenville Parks and Recreation and United Way of Greenville County brought a "special edition" of the annual Hands on Greenville Day to assist with storm debris cleanup. 💚 EVERY volunteer spot needed was FILLED. Thank you #GreenvilleSC

No tricks, just TREATS! 🍬 Downtown #GreenvilleSC turned into "Halloween-VILLE" for Trick-or-Treat on Main Street. 🎃 Over 35 local merchants participated in the festivities! 👏

🍂 We can't be-LEAF it's the last market of the season. The crisp air and vibrant colors made it the perfect day to shop with over 50 vendors at the TD Saturday Market Autumn Harvest. We also celebrated with a flash mob, a costume contest, a festive photo booth and tasty treats!

Topping off our TANKS at the new SPINX Market and Eatery. In high SPIRITS with a successful entrepreneur. Celebrating a spooky Hallo-Weekend. Save us a SPOT, more parking coming to the West End. Here's Loren with #GVLthisWeek

Some like it HOT. Some like a CHILL. This weekend's forecast gives you one of each with sunshine and temps in the eighties on Saturday, clouds and the sixties on Sunday. How will you spend it? We suggest a mile or two on the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail. Our favorite cycling photographer Scott puts rhythm to your ride,

🏚️ Meeting our affordable housing goals with the help of our partners! Two major developments from the Greenville Housing Fund are nearing completion. Both are in prime locations, one off Interstate 385 near downtown, the other near Haywood Mall. Both offer deep affordability thanks to state tax credits. "It takes all of these partners and relationships that we have to make these properties," says CEO Bryan Brown. 👏🏽 160 new units will be available by early 2025, with another 193 under construction next year.