The application deadline for the second round of the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grant (CFI) Program has been extended from August 28 to September 11, 2024. The CFI Program is a competitive grant program created by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to strategically deploy publicly accessible electric vehicle charging and alternative fueling infrastructure in the […]
Helping to recognize this Region’s role in Revolutionary War history has enabled the Upper Savannah COG to win a 2024 Aliceann Wohlbruck National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Impact Award. Upper Savannah won an award for its Revolutionary War Interpretive Marker Installation project. The 2024 class of awardees consists of 96 projects from 64 organizations […]
Upper Savannah Council of Governments provides a wide scope of services and performs many functions. This activities report highlights this information and offers us the chance to regularly communicate our general activities in your county with you. Download the June report here.
The Town of McCormick has received a $50,000 grant from the S.C. Energy Office to install two electric vehicle charging stations. Upper Savannah COG helped apply for the grant on behalf of the Town and will administer the project. McCormick Mayor Roy Smith Jr. is thankful for the funding. “I feel the electric vehicle charging […]
Upper Savannah Council of Governments provides a wide scope of services and performs many functions. This activities report highlights this information and offers us the chance to regularly communicate our general activities in your county with you. Download the July report here.
Upper Savannah COG Community Development staff prepared and submitted the grant application on behalf of Laurens County. The grant award will help Laurens County continue the project that was awarded in August 2022 but came in over budget. The latest grant award will be Phase II of the project. In June 2023, the project for […]
Upper Savannah Council of Governments provides a wide scope of services and performs many functions. This activities report highlights this information and offers us the chance to regularly communicate our general activities in your county with you. Download the May report here.
In honor of National Volunteer Week in May, the Upper Savannah Regional Long Term Care Ombudsman Program recently recognized Chasity Lewis and Natasha Duncan for their work as Volunteer Ombudsman. Volunteer Ombudsman are volunteers who conduct friendly routine visits at assisted living facilities and nursing homes providing information and education to residents, their families, and […]
City of Clinton Fire Chief Jeremy Marshall described his emotions as “a sigh of relief” when the department’s new fire truck arrived on May 29. The City was awarded a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant in November 2021 for purchase of a new truck. Upper Savannah COG Workforce Development staff applied for and submitted the […]
Upper Savannah Council of Governments provides a wide scope of services and performs many functions. This activities report highlights this information and offers us the chance to regularly communicate our general activities in your county with you. Download the April report here.