Exercise Your Mind in Spartanburg
Monday, October 15, 2018
Sure, taking time off work is great for unplugging and resting your overstimulated brain, but not everyone is content to sit on the couch for hours on end watching TV. So while binge-watching all the episodes you’ve been waiting to see does sound pretty fantastic, we know that learning something, keeping your mind engaged, and exercising parts of your brain that you may not o
Continue Reading >Top Things to See at the 2018 World Equestrian Games
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
We're starting to get really excited for the the FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) coming to the Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) September 11-23, 2018. Much like the Olympics, this sporting event is held every four years and is beloved by people the world over. But while the event is well known within the global equestrian community, non-riders may not be
Continue Reading >Eight Things We Love About You, Spartanburg
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Can you feel it? That's love in the air. We love the idea of big romantic gestures. But we're not good at writing poems or strumming guitar or building romantic fires. Instead, in honor of Valentine's Day, we thought we'd create a list for all the world to see. A list of why we feel the way we do about our love. So here we go: Things We Love About You, Spartanburg. You
Continue Reading >A Brief History of Spartanburg
Saturday, June 25, 2016
A treaty with the Cherokee Indian Nation in 1753 opened up the area for settlers. The county formed in 1785 and got its name from the Spartan Regiment, a local militia unit that fought in the Revolutionary War. The county has grown from a frontier trading post and later a major textile center to an important and diversified manufacturing center with more than 500 manufacturing
Continue Reading >Spartanburg’s German Connection
Monday, February 08, 2016
Raise your hand if, when you think of Germans in Spartanburg, you think BMW? Me too—so I was surprised to learn that there are 27 German manufacturing companies in Spartanburg County and that the German community here predates BMW by decades, going back to the days when textiles were king of the manufacturing landscape. In the 1960s, part of Spartanburg’s strategy for keep
Continue Reading >Railroads in Spartanburg – Creating the Hub City
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
By Sharon Purvis, produced in cooperation with the HubCity Writers Project. Hub City Farmers Market, Hub City Writers Project, Hub-bub, Hub Diggity, the Culinary Hub—it’s impossible not to notice that an awful lot of businesses around Spartanburg have “hub” or “hub city” in the name. To find out why, I paid a visit to the Hub City Railroad Museum on Magnolia Stree
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