The smell of hot dogs and peanuts filled the air as Greenville’s minor league baseball team started its season at West End Field, the name of the brand new multi-million dollar state of the art Greenville Drive stadium.

Homes look like they used now, but on December 15, 2005 an ice storm knocked out power, destroyed property and left residents with a yard full of mess.

Strong winds from the storm uprooted trees, snapped tree limbs, tangled and dangled power and cable lines.

Three weeks after the storm, City Departments of Parks and Recreation and Public works were getting help from municipalities in other cities to help cleanup the widespread damage. When it was all over, crews collected more than 20,000 tons of debris.

The City received money from the federal government to cover 75 percent of eligible costs incurred, including overtime, rented equipment and fuel. Hundreds of people took advantage of free pre-cut firewood made available by the City at two sites.

The City of Greenville will kick off its anniversary celebration in July with an interactive exhibit at City Hall that will focus on downtown development, transportation, parks and recreation, public works, neighborhood services, arts and culture, fire, police and more.

Greenville was a small mill town that eventually earned the title of Textile Center of the World. The city started out with about 500 citizens and grew to become the metropolitan city of South Carolina with nearly 60,000 residents.

An exhibit in City Hall will help mark the celebrations. It will include:

To find out more about the City of Greenville’s history and its anniversary celebrations, log on to www.greatergreenville.com.

Anticipation is building for construction of Mulberry at Pinckney.

Developers tout it as being the kind of place your grandparents might remember from their childhood.

Mulberry at Pinckney will feature 18 town homes and 16 single family homes along tree-lined sidewalks. The homes are only a 10 minute stroll to Downtown restaurants, shops and entertainment.

The development is a stimulus for increased investment in the Southernside and Hampton-Pinckney neighborhoods as well as the Pete Hollis Corridor.

For more information, please contact Chrissy Cross with The Randolph Group, at 239-6683.

More and more singles, young professionals and first-time homebuyers are finding themselves drawn to the City’s West End.

Many are looking to call the West End home and they have their eyes set on Pendleton West near some of the City’s signature attractions, including the landmark Liberty Bridge at Falls Park on the Reedy and the new baseball stadium for the Greenville Drive.

Buyers can choose from several floor plans and the homes are affordably priced from the $100,000 range. Pendleton West includes 18 single family homes, 50 town homes and 15 condominium residential units.

For more information, please contact Chrissy Cross with The Randolph Group, at 239-6683.

Four Greenville neighborhood associations applied for grants through Palmetto Pride, a state-wide organization committed to reducing litter and encouraging beautification efforts in the state, and each came out recipients.

Nearly $8,000 in grant money went to the following neighborhood associations.

This is the second year in a row that the West End Neighborhood Association received a Palmetto Pride grant for its Back Yard Clean-up Initiative.

Officers Charlie Greene and Joanne Smythe are in the business of catching two, four and no-legged suspects. Greene and Smythe are Animal Control Officers.

The Greenville Police Department reacquired animal control services last year when the Greenville Humane Society discontinued its contract with the City.

The City has an intergovernmental agreement with the County. Animals picked up in the city are still accepted at the Humane Society. The City reimburses the County for actual fees.

Hundreds of people from Greenville, the Upstate, both Carolinas and other states sang “oh, oh, oh (singing oh, oh, oh) it’s the Tom Joyner Morning Show,” at the Peace Center for Performing Arts Friday, February 3.

The self-proclaimed “hardest working man in radio,” and “sky jock,” brought his world famous Sky Show to Greenville. Joyner was joined by his popular “crew,” Myra Jay, Ms. Dupree, Sybil Wilkes, and Jay Anthony, a native of South Carolina.

The Sky Show mixes music with live entertainment as well as a message on voter registration, and higher education.

After the show, Joyner and company gathered for a packed house luncheon at the Hyatt Hotel where Mayor Knox White presented him with a key to the city.