Chester County, South Carolina

9 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 7 Attracting even more attention to the area is a new Whitewater Park along the Catawba River, run by Duke Energy in the town of Great Falls. The project will revive the town’s namesake falls, which were dried up a century ago with the installation of hydro dams. “What makes it exciting for kayakers is you will have a short run and a long run on a natural riverbed controlled by a diversion dam where they can control the water,” Long says. “In essence you will have a shorter, more strenuous run or a longer, less strenuous one, but in controlled water.” The Whitewater Park comes in tandem with the plans for a new state park on Dearborn Island, located in the middle of the Catawba River. The addition of the park will make Chester County one of only two counties in South Carolina to have three state parks. “We are expecting Whitewater Park to bring in thousands of spectators and kayakers every weekend from March till October,” Long boasts. “We are really excited for the Great Falls Community and how we can leverage that. We already have two developers interested in redeveloping old textile mills in the town. They wouldn’t even be talking to us if it weren’t for our Whitewater project. We are excited for what’s to come across the Chester County.” PREFERRED VENDORS/PARTNERS n TruVista www.TruVista.net Headquartered in Chester, SC, TruVista is a 125+ year old leading provider of Broadband services and associated applications in the Midlands Region of South Carolina, Northeastern Georgia and South Georgia. TruVista offers residential customers Broadband services up to a Gig symmetrical and Multi Gig services for business customers. n York Technical College www.yorktech.edu