Greenwood, South Carolina Greenwood, South Carolina Location of Greenwood, South Carolina Location of Greenwood, South Carolina State South Carolina County Greenwood Greenwood is a small town/city in and the governmental center of county of Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States. The populace was 23,222 at the 2010 census. The town/city is home to Lander University.

4.1 South Carolina Festival of Flowers Greenwood is positioned slightly northwest of the center of Greenwood County at 34 11 N 82 10 W (34.1885, -82.1605). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 16.3 square miles (42.3 km2), of which 16.2 square miles (42.0 km2) are territory and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km2), or 0.72%, are water. US 25 leads north 51 miles (82 km) to Greenville and south 63 miles (101 km) to Augusta, Georgia, US 178 leads northwest 42 miles (68 km) to Anderson and southeast 29 miles (47 km) to Saluda, and US 221 leads northeast 26 miles (42 km) to Laurens and southwest 23 miles (37 km) to Mc - Cormick.

Lake Greenwood, a reservoir on the Saluda River, is 8 miles (13 km) northeast of the town/city at its nearest point.

Lake Greenwood State Park, assembled in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, is 14 miles (23 km) east of the town/city on the south shore of Lake Greenwood and includes two boat ramps, a campground, trail and playgrounds, and many picnic areas. The region around Greenwood is locally billed as the "Lakelands", due to a several lakes for recreational fishing and diverse terrain for hiking trails. The town/city council consists of six nonpartisan members who are each propel from one of six single-member precinct wards. The current mayor of Greenwood is Welborn Adams. Greenwood City Council Leath Correctional Institution, a South Carolina Department of Corrections prison for women, is positioned in unincorporated Greenwood County 5 miles (8 km) north of the center of Greenwood. South Carolina Festival of Flowers Greenwood's first South Carolina Festival of Flowers was held in the summer of 1968 to coincide with the 100th anniversary celebration of George W.

The festival was the brainchild of what was known then as the Tourist and Conventions Committee of the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce.

Chamber Director Al Parker and committee members recognized that Park Seed Company hosted "grower days" each year and that hundreds of experienced flower growers would come to Greenwood to meander through Park Seed's famous trial plant nurseries.

Since that year, the festival has been assembled around Park Seed Company's annual Flower Day.

During the festival's early years, admission was no-charge to most affairs, including the Park Seed plant nurseries and open home, arts and craft show, photo exhibit, military band concerts and other prominent attractions.

In 2008, the South Carolina Festival of Flowers introduced a new logo celebrating its Carolina roots.

The logo features yellow jessamine (the state flower) encircling the words "Festival of Flowers" with two Carolina wrens (the state bird) perched below.

Presently, there are 42 topiaries on the square in Greenwood.

The awards were for "Best Merchandise", "Best Website", and "Overall Event of the Year" for South and North Carolina, and Executive Director Kay Self was recognized as "South Carolina Director of the Year".

Under Holder's leadership, the festival received the SC Festival & Event Association's Excellence Award, 2013 Event of the Year.

She also garnered two Silver Awards for the festival's 2013 TV ad and mobile application/website at the International Festival and Events Association Conference.

The South Carolina Festival of Flowers continues to be titled one of the Southeast Tourism Society's "Top Twenty Events".

The South Carolina Festival of Flowers is a division of the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce and shares the same board of directors. The South Carolina Festival of Discovery is the premier event of the year sponsored by the Uptown Greenwood Development Corporation.

The event started in 2000, celebrating the history, culture, food, arts, crafts, music and citizens of South Carolina and Greenwood County.

The Festival of Discovery's "Blues Cruise" jubilates the sound of the blues, with various musical artists performing at Uptown Greenwood restaurants and venues, while the Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) BBQ and Hash Cook-Off focuses on the rich tradition of Carolina barbecue.

Greenwood County experienced the sharpest economic diminish in 2007, as stated to the poverty rates, of any county in the United States.

According to the Greenwood School District, the workforce in the town/city was reduced 47%, which impacted programs and supports.

Greenwood contains Self Regional Hospital, one of the biggest in the area.

Another notable medical establishment in Greenwood is the Greenwood Genetic Center, a nonprofit institute, organized to furnish clinical genetic services and laboratory testing, to precarious educational programs and materials, and to conduct research in the field of medical genetics.

Designed solely for the provision of specialized rehabilitative care, Greenwood Regional Rehabilitation Hospital is the only freestanding acute rehabilitation hospital in Greenwood.

The town/city of Greenwood is home to the chief branch of the Greenwood County Library.

The town/city of Greenwood is a part of Greenwood County School District 50, and offers enhance schooling up to the secondary level, including longterm position and technology education.

Greenwood District 50 consists of the following schools: Greenwood High School (1,700) Greenwood Early Childhood Center (formally East End Elementary) Greenwood Christian School Church, Old Greenwood Cemetery, Old Greenwood High School, James C.

Greenwood Civic Center Greenwood County Airport Pinky Babb, coached Greenwood High School for 39 years, is among the top 20 nationally in high school football victories Josh Norman, drafted by Carolina Panthers in 2012 as a cornerback out of Coastal Carolina University a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Greenwood city, South Carolina".

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