Lamar and Lucy Caldwell are the City of Hartsville’s Recyclers of the Month for May.
Lamar Caldwell said the family has been recycling for a very long time, and they generally fill their recycling bin every week with newspapers, magazines, cans and bottles.
“It’s definitely worthwhile. I am a firm believer in recycling,” he said.
By Natalie M. Zeigler
City Manager
Projects and programs of city government are at times eye-catching, headline-making affairs. The Piratesville Splash Pad opening this summer has caught the attention of many children and families. Our beautiful new City Hall in the refurbished Bank of Hartsville building has had many interested residents come through for tours.
Many of our operations come as ongoing services, however, taking place quietly in the background of our residents' lives. Consider, for example, the crews which collect trash and recyclables every day, or the water and sewer service provided to homes and businesses, and the streetlights which light up Hartsville every night.
From left: Hartsville City Manager Natalie Zeigler, John Byrd, Hartsville Mayor Mel Pennington, Claire Brown and Leadership Hartsville Class of 2013 members Casey Hancock and Sherri Diaz.
The Leadership Hartsville Class of 2013 and the City of Hartsville recognized the winners of the student art contest which decided the designs for the Tales on the Town project at Hartsville High School on Tuesday, May 28.
John Byrd’s contest submission was named Best Overall Design, and will serve as the basis for the red fox bronze sculptures to be installed in downtown Hartsville. Claire Brown’s entry was named Best Cartoon Design, and will be include in all promotional materials for the project.
Tales on the Town will be a pedestrian-friendly scavenger hunt activity featuring 13 small red fox sculptures as well as one large sculpture in Hartsville’s Burry Park. Leadership Hartsville has taken on fundraising for the project, and more information may be found at the City website, www.hartsvillesc.gov.
The City of Hartsville is collecting donated
toiletry items to provide for the victims of this week’s tornado in Moore,
Okla. through May 31.
Benjamin Chastain has been selected as the first director of the Duke Energy Center for Innovation in Hartsville, a business incubator which will provide resources, guidance and business space for technology-oriented startups. This program, an effort of the Community Foundation for a Better Hartsville and made possible by a grant from the Duke Energy Foundation, comes as one of several Technology Village Program sites created around South Carolina by the Clemson Institute for Economic & Community Development.
By Natalie M. Zeigler
City Manager
The Hartsville community is blessed with many truly excellent leaders. Some serve on our City Council or our boards, committees and commissions. Others lead the many businesses, civic organizations and nonprofit organizations which make this city an excellent place to work and live.
The Greater Hartsville Chamber of Commerce has helped to cultivate leaders with its Leadership Hartsville program, and already we are seeing great things from their Class of 2013 in the form of the Tales on the Town project.
The South Carolina Department of Transportation will host a public information meeting on the proposed roundabout project for the intersection of West Carolina Avenue and West Home Avenue Thursday, May 16, 2013, 5-7 p.m. at West Hartsville Baptist Church, 1003 W. Carolina Ave.
The SCDOT flyer below provides additional details.
