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Many city and town officials across the state have met the Municipal Association’s field services managers, who travel to all 271 of the state’s municipalities to connect them with the Association’s resources. The three-member team includes Charlie Barrineau, Ashley Kellahan, and now...
The Municipal Association of South Carolina has awarded Hometown Economic Development Grants to 12 cities and towns for the 2023 grant cycle. Available in amounts of up to $25,000 each, the grants fund economic development projects that will have positive effects on a municipality’s...
When the General Assembly passed the South Carolina Business License Tax Standardization Act, or Act 176, in 2020, it put into motion an ongoing effort to standardize business licensing practices among municipalities and counties that levy a local business license tax. While the new law...
Over the past year and a half, the Municipal Association of SC and Main Street South Carolina have worked behind the scenes alongside local Main Street communities to test and pilot a statewide e-commerce marketplace. In August, WeShopSC was officially introduced in a virtual ribbon...
From July 27 to 29, officials from cities and towns across South Carolina gathered in Greenville at the Municipal Association’s 2023 Annual Meeting to address topics ranging from the civility in local government initiative to economic and community development, as well as legislative...