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This year, celebrate the holidays with your loved ones at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown. Nestled at the center of Greenville’s dynamic Downtown District, you will be steps away from the charming United Community Bank Ice on Main, as well as the vibrant shops and restaurants along Main Street. As the streets come alive with the spirit of the season, join us and create memories that will last forever. Make your reservations today to add some magic to your holiday season.
This year, celebrate the holidays with your loved ones at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown.
Nestled at the center of Greenville’s dynamic Downtown District, you will be steps away
from the charming United Community Bank Ice on Main, as well as the vibrant shops
and restaurants along Main Street. As the streets come alive with the spirit of the season,
join us and create memories that will last forever.
Make your reservations today to add some magic to your holiday season.
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What’s the most exciting thing happening in Spartanburg? For Mitch<br />
Kennedy, Spartanburg’s Director of Community Services, it’s the<br />
revitalization of the city’s Northside. “There’s so much anticipation<br />
about the possibilities and what could happen,” says Kennedy.<br />
Two years ago, conversations started about<br />
transforming the area and now progress is<br />
well under way.<br />
This fall the city is starting construction on a “model block”—12<br />
townhomes complete with updated lighting and fresh streetscape design<br />
that puts the neighborhood’s potential on display. But the revamp of the<br />
Northside won’t stop at housing. “You have to make sure you are addressing<br />
all things that create sustainable communities,” says Kennedy, and that<br />
includes components like education, recreation and jobs.<br />
In 2011, the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine opened the<br />
doors of its Carolina Campus on Howard Street. In 2012, nearby Cleveland<br />
Elementary became the first elementary school in the state to try a yearround<br />
curriculum. There are plans that include building a new community<br />
center in the neighborhood—plans that leaders are hoping the momentum<br />
of development will also attract new businesses.<br />
In early 2014, the $1.6 million Healthy Food Hub will open its doors<br />
on Howard Street, housing the Hub City’s Farmer’s Market, an urban farm,<br />
community kitchen and more. The Healthy Food Hub will add 22 jobs,<br />
with 17 workers coming from within the Northside neighborhood.<br />
“I think it will be great for serving the residents,” says Liberty<br />
Canzater, President and Founder of the Butterfly Foundation, which<br />
initiated the project. “It will help the area from being a food desert by<br />
giving fresh produce to the community.”<br />
The city also hired Columbia Residential to create a master plan for<br />
the community, which is expected to be complete in 2014, and plans<br />
to pursue federal grants to fund much of the work. In the end,<br />
Mitch Kennedy hopes to be one of the residents who call<br />
the Northside home. “We envision a neighborhood<br />
where the people who live there choose to<br />
stay there,” he says, “and the people<br />
who can live anywhere choose<br />
to move there.”
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