City of Greenville, South Carolina

🎃 TRICK or TREES 🌳 City of Greenville Parks and Recreation gave away 200 trees at neighborhood Halloween events. The FREE trees are the first of many targeted giveaways to help our community replant after Helene. The City is unable to work on private property, so our best approach is to TREAT our residents.

ONE WEEK! Be part of Bank of America Fall for Greenville. Join our BAND of volunteers. Perks? We got 'em. ⬇️ • TWO sheets of taste tickets per shift • Awesome volunteer t-shirt • Volunteer 4+ shifts and receive free parking. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eujrmeHn

It's time for the BIG reveal. ▶️ WATCH to see the Greenville Zoo's new animal Irina emerge from behind the door. 🐾 Did you guess correctly? ‼️ SPOILER ALERT ‼️ DON'T READ BEYOND THIS POINT UNTIL YOU WATCH THE VIDEO. ⬇️ Due to our history of success breeding Amur Leopards, the zoo received 2-year-old Irina from the St. Louis Zoo. Her mate, a 1-year-old male, will arrive from Colorado in a few months. After producing multiple healthy cubs to help repopulate her endangered species, Jade is retiring to North Dakota.

🧟 Get ready for a THRILLER NIGHT at the FINAL Moonlight Movies presented by Champion Comfort Experts. 🎃 JOIN US at sundown on Halloween night in Falls Park for the horror comedy Haunted Mansion. There will be food trucks, 🍿 popcorn, and 🍫🍬 candy, while supplies last.

A new "Startup Community" in #Greenville SC hopes to attract 20 new software or tech-enabled companies in the next 3 years and 80 over the next decade. Power players in our entrepreneurial ecosystem, including The Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Furman University, Flywheel, and Founderville.vc are partnering with CrescentOne Inc. to offer a deal that they hope founders can't refuse.

Breaking ground. Breaking barriers. Brooks Foster and her dad Paul drove a mini excavator during the ceremonial groundbreaking #GreenvilleSC's first fully inclusive playground. Brooks' Playground, located inside Cleveland Park on Lakehurst Drive, will include play elements designed for children of all abilities ages six months to 13+ years. The Foster family made a generous donation, and worked with the City of Greenville Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department to create a place of belonging. Brooks' siblings, friends from The Meyer Center for Special Children, advocates, supporters and City leaders joined the celebration. In addition to a playground, the project will include enhanced handicapped parking, pathways for wheelchairs and additional restrooms.

PAWS for an announcement that will revolutionize animal care in #GreenvilleSC. The Greenville Humane Society is expanding, adding space for 100 additional animals. The "Love is a Four-Legged Word" project will be built along the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail on Airport Road near the current Humane Society facility. It will include a state-of-the-art public Spay and Neuter Clinic to increase surgical capacity by 50%. A new multipurpose community space will offer public dog training classes, education programs, Birthday party venues, meeting spaces and a pet remembrance garden.

Preparation. Response. Recovery. On this #NationalFirstRespondersDay, our City Manager updated City Council members on the progress we've made in the four weeks since Hurricane Helene. The report details the extraordinary efforts of our Greenville City Fire Department, Greenville Police Department, Public Works, Engineering, City of Greenville Parks and Recreation, Building and Codes, Greenville Transit Authority, Greenville City Economic Development Corporation and more whose employees worked long hours to help our City rebound. We've linked the report here: https://lnkd.in/dK4yzvEA We're also looking for YOUR feedback. The Communications team that creates content for City channels is curious how we did. Take this short survey to help us better understand the types of posts you'd like to see in an emergency. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dcpBgtKW

Hoops for heroes! 🏀👏🏽 Thanks to the Furman University Men's Basketball Team for honoring City employees for their efforts during Hurricane Helene at a Charity Exhibition game against Auburn Men's Basketball at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. City employees and their families received free tickets to the game and were recognized on the court. Proceeds from the exhibition will benefit the Friends of Cleveland Park and City of Greenville Parks and Recreation restoration projects.

"I'm proud that MY CITY is stepping up to help the community." Hundreds of volunteers gathered at Cleveland Park, Gower, McPherson, in neighborhood parks and along the Sliding Rock Creek Trail for "Baby HOG Day." The partnership between City of Greenville Parks and Recreation and United Way of Greenville County brought a "special edition" of the annual Hands on Greenville Day to assist with storm debris cleanup. 💚 EVERY volunteer spot needed was FILLED. Thank you #GreenvilleSC