Seneca Rail Park Undergoes Tree Clearing Over the next few months over 90 acres of trees will be removed from the Seneca Rail Park to aid its marketability and make way for the installation of a new entrance road for the newest phase of the industrial park. While clearing of trees may not sound like […]
Site Certification: What does it mean? By Emily Hodge At the Oconee Economic Alliance, we are pretty proud of the fact that we have not one, but THREE certified industrial parks: the Oconee Industry and Technology Park, the Golden Corner Commerce Park, and the Seneca Rail Park. Now, the average person may think, “That’s great… […]
Happy Sesquicentennial, Oconee County By Richard K. Blackwell In 1868, The South Carolina Constitutional Convention decided to split the Pickens District in two. One part became Pickens County, and the other — the land west of the Keowee and Seneca rivers – became our home, Oconee County. Since then, Oconee has been a community of […]
Blackwell Named Top Industry Leader By Daja Dial When you think of the word leader, what do you think? When you think of economic development leadership, who do you think of? While the definition of a leader varies and while we definitely have standout leadership on the state and local level, a name that is […]
Oconee County, A Top Micropolitan By Daja Dial After a knockout year last year, Oconee County once again proves it is the “Geography of Opportunity”. In the 2018 POLICOM Strength Ranking, it was ranked the number one micropolitan in the state of South Carolina. A micropolitan is described as a quasi-rural area with an urbanized […]