Seeding Spartanburg

Tired of being down and out? Yeah…so are a lot of us. Next Wednesday there will be a community pep rally for Spartanburg. Let's set aside our differences, come out and support our community! Hope some of you will make an effort to SHOW UP FOR SPARTANBURG! It can't hurt! And share with your friends! Hope everyone [...]

On June 20th Spartanburg’s first gay pride parade will be held. That’s right. Pick yourself up off the floor. Learn more HERE (I think you have to be a Facebook member to view that). You can read an article with info HERE as well. Over the past week, I’ve watched the hate unfold on a variety of [...]

FYI…Spring is here and it's time to get up and get involved. Here's a starting place.   HUB-BUB and Chapman Cultural Center invite you to support the arts of Spartanburg through a “Friendly Facebook Fundraising Face-off.”  The two organizations are competing to see who can use Facebook to raise the most money.  The competition begins at [...]

I attended a Spartanburg Community Indicators meeting today. Are y’all familiar with this project? If not, you should be and I hope you’ll go read all about it. I’ll try to give you a brief synopsis. The project is a collaboration of the Spartanburg County Foundation, USC Upstate, United Way of the Piedmont and Spartanburg [...]

Lots of love thrown Spartanburg's way today: Both, that's right…all TWO of SC's presidential scholars were from Spartanburg High School. AND, the NuWay's Redneck Cheeseburger was recognized in the Food Network Magazine's piece, 50 States, 50 Burgers, as a must get on your road to eating some red meat. (Now, only eat that in moderation [...]

Another great edition of ROOT Magazine: Spartanburg's Journal of Uncommon Kindness. Paper copies should be out and around town by week's end. Lucas Patterson (Editor) does a fabulous job putting together some fine Spartanburg talent for an interesting, educational read. It's a lot of hard work and very much appreciated. Thanks Lucas! t