Community Corner
🌱 How Lander’s $40M housing plan could reshape student life in Greenwood
Spotted on the Greenwood calendar: Submissions Open for Oct. 10 & 11 Film Festival
Hello Greenwood! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Lander's $40M housing plan could reshape student life in Greenwood
- How truck data helped Greenwood investigators crack a deadly hit-and-run
Also on today's calendar: Submissions Open for Oct. 10 & 11 Film Festival and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 91 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, temps: high: 87, low: 68.
- Thursday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, with a high of 86 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Lander University plans $40M housing project (wyff4.com) — Lander University in Greenwood plans a roughly $40 million, four-story residence hall that would add about 300 beds and help relieve its packed on-campus housing. With more than 1,700 students already living on campus, officials say the project aims to bring students back from leased off-campus apartments and could be finished in about three years. 
• Ford F-250 Helps Solve a Hit and Run Murder (ford-trucks.com) — A 2023 hit-and-run killing in Greenwood was ultimately solved using detailed driving data pulled from a suspect's Ford F-250. Investigators traced the truck's route, speed, and movements to secure a murder conviction and long prison sentence, highlighting how modern vehicle data can make or break serious criminal cases.
📸 Around Greenwood
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Greenwood
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★ Featured events ★
- Submissions Open for Oct. 10 & 11 Film Festival →
South Carolina Black Film Festival,
Monday August 31
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Other local events
- Girls Varsity Volleyball vs. Saluda (5:30 PM/Home-New Gym)
Emerald High School Greenwood, SC 29649
5:30 pm - Boys Varsity Volleyball vs. Legacy (6:00 PM/Home-Old Gym)
Emerald High School Greenwood, SC 29649
6:00 pm - JV Football @ Newberry (6:00 PM)
Emerald High School Greenwood, SC 29649
6:00 pm - Live Music @ Fish Bonz →
Fish Bonz General Store & Tackle, 210 Lake Greenwood Blvd, Greenwood
6:00 pm - Varsity Football vs. Newberry (7:30 PM/Home) - Here 4 A Reason Mental Healt
Emerald High School Greenwood, SC 29649
7:30 pm - Open House/Gandparent's Night/ Book Fair Open
Merrywood Elementary School Greenwood, SC 29649
5:30 pm - Morning Carline: CFA Biscuit Sale
Merrywood Elementary School Greenwood, SC 29649
7:00 am - Live Music @ Fish Bonz →
Fish Bonz General Store & Tackle, 210 Lake Greenwood Blvd, Greenwood
6:00 pm
Thursday August 27
Friday August 28
Tuesday September 1
Friday September 4
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Dixie Hornets vs Mccormick Chiefs →
Dixie High School, 1 Haynes St, Due West
5:30 pm - Girls Varsity Volleyball vs. Saluda (5:30 PM/Home-New Gym)
Emerald High School Greenwood, SC 29649
5:30 pm - JV Football @ Newberry (6:00 PM)
Emerald High School Greenwood, SC 29649
6:00 pm - Boys Varsity Volleyball vs. Legacy (6:00 PM/Home-Old Gym)
Emerald High School Greenwood, SC 29649
6:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
Thursday August 27
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Who wants a runt?
He comes with food, milk and bottle. He is very friendly and quite. I already have 2 kitties and dont have time to nourish a runt. He had prior flea… (Nextdoor Waterfalls) - Anyone in need of a wheelchair?
It is the Drive brand and in good shape. Let me know! Only asking $35. (Nextdoor Ferncliff)
- TJX posted a job opening for Cleaning Associate in Greenwood. Apply here.
- SouthState Bank posted a job opening for Floating Universal Banker- Greenwood, SC in Greenwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greenwood here.
🗞 Nearby News
McCormick
- Rally in McCormick County demands answers in death of Daryl Lowry (wrdw.com)
Laurens
- Voters head to the polls Tuesday in Republican Senate runoff (whosonthemove.com)
- School district warns of scammers soliciting Laurens community for donations (foxcarolina.com)
- Get To Know The Newcomers On The Clemson Tigers' 2027 Baseball Roster (bcsnn.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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