[New Statues downtown...?]

Looks like 9 different sculptures.  Pretty cool

[New Greenville developments]

Here's the project.  That's 253/W, Blue Ridge Dr on the right handside and the swamp rabbit trail running on the left hand side.

 

 

[Pendleton Street [between West End and West Greenville]]

Informal review of this project next week

https://www.greenvillesc.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02022021-2547 

[Rails to Trails]

1 hour ago, vicupstate said:

^^ Where did you find this?  Is this going before a public board soon? 

It is coming before the Greenville County Zoning Board in December.  A lot about to happen along the Swamp Rabbit in this area.  Another piece of property next to this over 253 is under contract as well.  Also the Poe Mill redevelopment and the mill next to it.

[Rails to Trails]

This proposed development is huge.  That's 253/W Blue Ridge Dr along the right and the Swamp Rabbit Trail on the left.  So it starts at the trail crossing at 253.  Looks like it is called On The Trail.

[Cherrydale & Travelers Rest]

Anyone know what is going on here on North Pleasantburg.  A new road is already cut in and heavy equipment working on the site

[West Washington Street]

On 11/16/2020 at 2:34 PM, gman430 said:

Lots of brand new survey stakes up at the site bounded by West Washington Street, Forest Street, and Shirley Street directly across from Amtrak/Norfolk Southern.

Same story for junk yard site next to Greater Greenville Sanitation across West Washington Street from Legacy Charter Elementary School. 

That junkyard getting cleared out at the moment.

[Rails to Trails]

This piece of property along the Swamp Rabbit under Contract.  This is along the section between 183 and 253.  9 acres

[Camperdown (Greenville News Building Site)]

I've heard the biggest issue for all restaurants right now is good staff.  A whole chunk has just left the restaurant workforce pool based on the pandemic and won't becoming back.  I know one downtown restaurant can't increase seating capacity because of staff shortages. 

[Pete Hollis Gateway]

They are clearing the section of the trail in front of the Poe Mill right now that will link to this.  Great to see the trail extending and it being a spur to development

[Greater Greenville Economic Developments]

If this was to be downtown would it not by on the City of Greenville meeting rather than Greenville County?

 

[Greater Greenville Economic Developments]

Are they not just enlarging the Anderson/Greenville Industrial Business Park for a new project within there.  Maybe Wyche is representing the client.

[Greenville Highrise Index]

Why build empty office buildings?  The world of the office has completely changed.  Why would a company now pay premium for Class A downtown office space when employees can be more productive working form home, and these companies can save money for bricks and mortar rent.  The next focus is now going to be how can these offices spaces be repurposed so they can be leased out.

[Rails to Trails]

They've already started getting the repairs ready to get going on the trail.  Walked the section from Washington St (Where the orange line goes to Hampton Station) in towards downtown.  They have the sections of trail marked for replacing the asphalt, adding shoulders, I think retaining walls as well where some banks were slipping.  It's definitely major improvements, not just sealing cracks in the asphalt. 

 

[The Greenville coronavirus thread]

I just drove up through North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky for a project meeting.  Anywhere  I stopped in Tennessee or Kentucky had a sign outside the door saying you must wear a face mask to enter.  Everybody was.  This included any big gas stations off the interstate.  Then I pulled into a QT in Greenville off 385 and noticed no sign out front and inside majority of people weren't wearing masks.

This mask ordinances work.

[Canvas (BB&T building/lot redevelopment)]

That's incredible

[The Greenville coronavirus thread]

scdhec.gov

for daily new infections and deaths in South Carolina.  Broken out by county

amount of people tested

percent infected of those tested

doesn't have the hospitalization rate anymore as that reporting was removed form CDC

 

[The Greenville coronavirus thread]

Patients on Ventilators in South Carolina went from 214 yesterday to 567 people today.  

[The Greenville coronavirus thread]

SC the 3rd ranked in the WORLD for most new cases of Covid-19 per million people in the last 7 days.  SCDHEC reported 21% infection rate of those tested yesterday.  1 in 5.

[The Greenville coronavirus thread]

The most worrying statistic is the percent infected.  We hit 20.1% infected of those tested yesterday.  1 in 5 people.  WEAR A MASK IF YOU HEAD OUT!!!

[Poinsett Highway]

17 hours ago, vistatiger said:

Darn just what Cherrydale needs is another bank. Already has a  First Citizens and Wells Fargo with BOA across the street.  Was hoping for something like a Chipotle or Tropical Grille at CD.

Would be nice to get some more offerings like that over this side of town.  Another bank is very underwhelming.

[The Greenville coronavirus thread]

I drove down main st Greenville yesterday from the Hyatt through the Westend.  Was curious to see how many were wearing masks.  I'd probably guess 5% of the people I saw were were wearing them.  No wonder Greenville is also the hotspot in SC.  SC average new cases a day two weeks ago was 402 per day.  This week we are averaging 940 new cases per day.  "Well we are testing more"  Sure but the infected rate of those being tested is 16%.  That is 1 in 6 of those tested has it.  Wear a mask, it stops the spread.

[Scott Towers highrise to be demolished?]

Why even bother with those hip roofs?

[Carroll A. Campbell Jr. U.S. Courthouse]

This has been definitely a case where the building in the flesh is much better than the rendering.   It's very impressive.

 

[The Greenville coronavirus thread]

SCDHEC.org has all the daily figures.  Number of tests, number of infected.  The worrying number is the percent infected.  Its 14% and rising.  And Greenville County is the hotspot in SC.

NZ is back to no restrictions.  They had rugby back on this weekend with full stadiums.  NZ enacted stay at home very quickly and are seeing the success of that now.  Next phase will be opening up travel between NZ and Australia.  At this rate in the US other areas of the world will open back up and they will not allow travel to anyone from the US.