Wednesday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 96 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
Thursday: Very hot, temps: high: 96, low: 72.
Friday: Very hot, with a high of 96 and low of 72 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Secretive Texas housing agency builds an apartment empire 1,500 miles away (houstonchronicle.com) — A Texas public housing nonprofit has quietly bought an apartment complex in Greer as part of a $400 million multistate portfolio, converting properties to tax-advantaged "affordable" housing. Local officials in the Carolinas worry these opaque deals can displace current tenants, remove Greer-area properties from tax rolls, and reshape communities without meaningful local input or clear rent reductions.
• McMaster signs supplemental spending bill directing $9.2 million to Golden Strip projects (whosonthemove.com) — Greer is set to receive $4 million from a new state supplemental spending bill for a fire and police training facility and a public safety training center, part of a wider Greenville County package. The law, signed Sept. 1 by Gov. Henry McMaster, redirects leftover state funds to hundreds of local projects, while sparking debate over lawmakers' use of a separate bill for earmarks.
Volleyball vs League Academy Northwood Middle School, 710 Ikes Rd, Taylors, SC 29687, USA 5:30 pm
Thursday September 3
Gardening Class- Planting a Fall Vegetable Garden → Greenville County Parks, Recreation, & Tourism Administrative Office Pavilion Athletic Fields @ 400 Scottswood Rd, Taylors, SC 29687, USA, United States 9:00 am
Friday September 4
Northwood Mentor Training Northwood Middle Taylors, SC 29687 8:30 am
Northwood Medtor Training Northwood Middle Taylors, SC 29687 8:30 am
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
Hey everyone,i want to say that Nikko is going to be ok. Last nite i thought he wouldnt be here today and i realized more than i knew that that boy is everything to me,a true best friend.Also want to thank… (Nextdoor Ledsham Court)
Please keep a look out for this handsome orange boy that got out of my apartment earlier this morning during a maintenance repair! He unfortunately does not have a collar on right now, but he is chipped! I live on the first floor and the parking lot is directly across about 13… (Nextdoor Victor Avenue)
Compass Group posted a job opening for Sous Chef (Night Shift) - Greer, SC in Greer. Apply here.
Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for KFC Shift Supervisor in Greer. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greer here.
🗞 Nearby News
Taylors
The Academy of Arts (Taylors, SC) - Nonprofit Profile, Grants, 990 (grantwatch.com)
Miracle Hill Ministries cuts ribbon on workforce development program (greenvillejournal.com)
Who moved up in our SCHSL girls volleyball ranking entering Week 3 in Upstate? (greenvilleonline.com)
Greenville
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville to Host Lifestyle Medicine Research Symposium (greenvillebusinessmag.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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