The Municipal Technology Association of SC elected its 2023 board of directors. They are President Jason Thomton, Town of Fort Mill; Vice President Jason Nixon, City of Anderson; Secretary/Treasurer Jim Ridgill, City of Greer; Members at Large Travis Simpson, Laurens CPW; Tom Bishop, Greenwood County; and Leo Larkin, Town of Summerville; as well as Past President Tommy Sunday, Town of Hilton Head Island.
Downtown Florence became one of eight Main Street programs nationwide to be named as a semifinalist for the 2023 Great American Main Street Award. The award program recognizes exceptional Main Street communities whose success serve as a model for comprehensive, preservation-based commercial district revitalization.
North Charleston Police Chief Reggie Burgess received the First Responders Award from the National Chaplains Association of the United States.