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Railfest is returning to Greer on Saturday, Sept. 30, for its seventh year focusing on the upstate’s railroad history.

The event will take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Greer City Park.

On Monday night, Greer Planning Commission staff recommended approval to council to rezone the Victor Park area from R-7.5 Single-Family Residential District to C-1 Central Business District. In addition, staff members recommended approval of the applicant’s request for the zoning map amendment to remove the Highway 101 Overlay District.

The City of Greer held five Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) meetings over the span of two days last week, on September 13 and 14. City Planner Ashley Kaade said that the meetings had quite the turnout with the public having little to no concerns about the adoption of the city’s new Zoning Map and UDO.

The future of Blue Ridge will be full of books, as the area is expected to gain a library after, what Tommy Hughes calls, 47 years in the making.

Angelica Celeste Aquino, 33, of Greer, and Jonathan M. Sherrill, 33, of Greer, were both found dead in their residence at 115 Windy Oak Way in Greer on Friday morning.

On Monday, September 25, Greer First Baptist is opening a little piece of history.

Local residents filled Greer Heritage Museum on Saturday afternoon for the debut of the new exhibit, Dean Stuart Campbell Memorial Dark Corner. The exhibit can be viewed during museum hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday from noon-4 p.m. Greer Heritage Museum is located at 106 S. Main Street.

Arts and Eats vendor
application available
Vendor applications are now open for Greer’s popular Arts and Eats festival for this coming October.
The event is scheduled for Saturday, October 7, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The event is put on by Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Pelham Medical Center.