Come Live In A Hometown Of Character

The Character of Old Town Greenwood - Uptown is the old part of town, but it's the gemstone in our setting. The widest main street in the world is now evolving into an urban live oak park encircled by cafes, shops and pubs, the county realm of government, and our prospering professional establishments.

Greenwood, South Carolina is a town that has developed personality and character resulting from both its natural setting and its people. Rich in history and tradition, this town has preserved its natural beauty and treasured its values of courtesy, friendliness, and community spirit. Those whose families trace their roots to the earliest settlement as well as those who have recently moved here work to maintain this attitude of respect for the past and enthusiasm for the future.

Tradition holds that a summer home, aptly named Green Wood, became the basis for the settlement that eventually grew to be the ninth largest city in South Carolina. In spite of its growth, Greenwood has maintained the atmosphere of a close-knit small town. Within the area are Revolutionary battlefields, antebellum structures, a Museum with collections in natural history, technology, and the arts, and a college constructed in 1854.

Thoroughly grounded in the traditions of the past, Greenwood is also a community committed to progressive development for the future. Leaders in the past had the foresight to encourage economic diversification and growth. Home of international and multi-national Fortune 500 companies, Greenwood has also become a major health care center. Although Greenwood's citizens have worked together to solve common problems and to sustain this growth, they are also determined to maintain the values of their cultural heritage and the natural beauty of their environment. Greenwood's commitment to enhancing the quality of life for all its citizens is a key element of its complex and admirable character.

Even with a county population of 60,000, Greenwood blossoms with the atmosphere of a small southern town accustomed to greeting all with smiles, reaching out to help each other, and getting along. This social concern manifests itself in a variety of organizations and opportunities for religious, social, civic, athletic, cultural, and intellectual fulfillment, which encourage personal growth.

A special blend of past and future, community and individual, and economic growth and pristine natural beauty, Greenwood truly has unique character.

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