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    Posted June 4, 2009 by
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    West Pelzer, South Carolina
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    Main Street West Pelzer, South Carolina

    By rsanders  |  Posted June 4, 2009  |  West Pelzer, South Carolina
     

    Main  Street West Pelzer, South Carolina, a bedroom community of Greenville, South  Carolina, two hours from Charlotte, NC and Atlanta, GA.  Formerly Frankville  (1913), the Town of West Pelzer has a rich history from a former vibrant textile  community.  Photos from Town Hall have images of the first mayor watching the  first electricity being converted from AC power to DC power.

     

    Historic  homes line Main Street with the former business district anchoring the town.   The business district began loosing power at the mills closing in the early  1990's.

     

    In  early 2009, the Town of West Pelzer announced they had received a $200,000 SCDOT  Enhancement Grant to revitalize 100% of the business district.  West Pelzer was  seeking to update the core district and attract new businesses without loosing  its historic character.

     

    The  pictures show a dead town but a proactive community determined to make West  Pelzer a great place to live and shop, as vibrant and exciting as it was at its  conception in 1913.

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