An Army Aviation Support Facility will is slated to come to Donaldson Center and will bring $4 million of investment to the industrial park.  It will house three South Carolina National Guard aviation units, 10 Army National Guard rotary wing aircraft, 70 full time personnel, and 145 part-time National Guard soldiers.  The central location in the southeast and the inland protection from hurricanes and extreme weather were key considerations in locating in the Upstate.

Greenville's central business district and surrounding neighborhoods have a new grocery store centrally located at the new McBee Station. The 28,800 square foot Publix fills the need for a larger style store downtown.  Staples joins Staples in the development.

Greenville County's average SAT scores climbed 13 points while scores for the state and nation dipped.  Top schools were Riverside, J.L. Mann, and Eastside.  Anderson district 1 came in fifth in the state and Wren High, one of the two schools in the district came in 10th in the state.  Wren High is in Powdersville, just over the Greenville line into Anderson County.  Wren High in Powdersville ranked tenth in the state while Anderson 1 came in sixth.

Source: Greenville News, GSA Business