Community Corner
🌱 How Greenwood’s data center pause could shape future growth here
Be sure to catch Finding Nemo Jr on the Greenwood Patch calendar
Good morning Greenwood! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Greenwood's data center pause could shape future growth here
Also on today's calendar: Thomas Sumter Academy at Greenwood Christian and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 86 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Warm with clouds and sun, temps: high: 88, low: 67.
- Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 65 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Data centers: What are they, where are they and why should you care (upstatebusinessjournal.com) — Greenwood County Council has enacted a one‑year moratorium on new data center applications, putting local proposals on hold while officials weigh impacts on land, energy, water, and neighborhoods. A broader look across South Carolina explains what data centers are, why they're flocking to the Upstate, and how other counties and state leaders are responding to environmental and infrastructure concerns. 
📸 Around Greenwood
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Greenwood
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★ Featured events ★
- Finding Nemo Jr →
Greenwood Community Theatre, 110 Main St N, Greenwood
2:00 pm
Saturday October 24
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Other local events
- Thomas Sumter Academy at Greenwood Christian →
2026 Woodlawn Rd, Greenwood
7:30 pm - NBBQA Live Fire Experience: Greenwood Smoke & Sear →
Greenwood SC
5:00 pm - Gold City in Concert →
Rice Memorial Baptist Church, Greenwood
6:00 pm - Pretty in Pink 2026: Jolie en Rose →
The Arts Center of Greenwood, 120 Main Street, Greenwood
5:30 pm - Greenwood County Food Distribution →
Greenwood SC
9:00 am - Litter Pickup Series →
Greenwood City Hall, Monument Street, Greenwood
9:00 am - 2026 iMAGINE Lakelands STEAM Festival in Greenwood →
Greenwood
10:00 am - Corey Stevenson at Flynn's On Maxwell →
Flynn's On Maxwell, 120 Maxwell Avenue, Greenwood
6:30 pm - Flynn's On Maxwell-Acoustic →
Flynn's On Maxwell, 120 Maxwell Avenue, Greenwood
6:30 pm - BREAST CANCER AWARENESS ALL BLACK GALA →
Inn On The Square, an Ascend Collection Hotel, 104 Court Avenue East, Greenwood
6:00 pm
Friday October 2
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Sunday October 11
Tuesday October 13
Friday October 16
Saturday October 17
Friday October 23
Saturday October 24
📣 Greenwood Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Westside Girls JV Volleyball @ Greenwood →
Greenwood high school, 1816 Cokesbury Rd, Greenwood
7:00 pm
Thursday October 8
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Best offer.
He comes with bed, food, shampoo, gate, dog bowl, dewormed, order and itch spray. Best offer. I can't keep him either. (Nextdoor Waterfalls) - I am digging my purple irises for fall replanting.
Selling at $10 a dozen. Cash only. I am taking orders. I have sold 5 dozen already. See pictures. Some with green tops, some just the bulbs. Call or… (Nextdoor Hunters Creek)
- Wesley Commons Retirement Community posted a job opening for Housekeeper / Health and Rehab Center / 7am to 3:30pm Full Time in Greenwood. Apply here.
- Eaton Aerospace posted a job opening for Assembly Technician II (Lean Line) in Greenwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greenwood here.
🗞 Nearby News
Ninety Six
- Men's Golf wins team title at Wolves Fall Intercollegiate (lrbears.com)
Abbeville
- This Cash-Only South Carolina Bakery Has Fall Pastries Worth Driving Hours For (takingthekids.com)
- Courier Obituaries 9-30-26 (yourpickenscounty.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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