Archive for year: 2026

The City of Florence operates about 700 miles of water lines and 500 miles of sewer and plans to invest $138 million in improving the system. But it’s hoping to do more work than that with the help of grants. The city’s first round of funding includes borrowing through bonds.

“The city has a bonding capacity up to $270 million there. We’ve used $138 million of that,” City Manager Scotty Davis said last month. “We’re asking the federal government for help. We need help from the federal government. We have about over $300 million in requests, funding requests and grants on the federal government side, almost $30 million at the state side there,” he said.

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The new Cheves Row Townhomes are location on West Cheves Street in Downtown Florence.

Teddy Dowling, a partner with the project’s developer, Florence Renaissance Co. said he hopes Cheves Street will have an “obvious front,” similar to Florence’s historical Cherokee Road, which features craftsmen, Tudor and revival-style homes.

The new development is an easy walk to downtown businesses. Many local individuals got to tour units at the townhome’s ribbon-cutting April 2.

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Dust Off Your Favorite Cape & Lace Up Your Running (or walking) Shoes & Become a Superhero for Abused Children!

CAPES for Kids is an annual 5K|10K & Kids Fun Run, held in honor of a 3-year old Carver Elementary School student, who lost her life due to physical abuse and neglect in 2011. Formerly known as the Carver C.A.P. Run, this event strives to honor her life, and the lives of children like her, while also raising awareness and support for victims of child abuse in our local community. All proceeds support quality services at the CARE House of the Pee Dee for children who have been abused and their families. This family-friendly event includes children’s activities such as face-painting and inflatables along with a superhero costume contest.

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Chinel Boateng, Senior Development Manager, with the American Cancer Society was the Florence Chamber’s guest this past weekend talking about cancer prevention and their upcoming programs such as the Relay for Life happening on April 18 at 3:00pm at the City of Florence Sports Complex.

We encourage you to tune-in every Sunday from 12:00-12:30pm on LIVE 95.3FM in Florence, SC.

This program is brought to you by the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce, MUSC Health Florence Medical Center and LIVE 95.3FM.

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Last week, Mindy Higgs Taylor, Director of Government & Community Relations at Duke Energy, presented a check from the Duke Energy Foundation to the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce helping to support the Chamber’s ongoing Building Bridges Diversity and Leadership program.

The mission of the Building Bridges project is to help enable the Greater Florence community to address diverse issues by the process of changing attitudes & hearts through education and situational awareness.