to catalyze people wanting to take some of these frankly tough buildings and do the work needed to get them productive again.” Mixed-use development represents the future Taylor envisions. Newberry College sits just outside downtown, yet students rarely venture into the historic district. “When I first got here, I noticed all those college kids should be downtown at times too, and I see very few of them,” he observes.“We are looking at trying to create these corridors to connect all the pieces and parts. There’s a lot of pieces and parts here in the city that just don’t seem to come together to make a greater whole.” INTERSTATE ACCESS AND THE 900-ACRE OPPORTUNITY Two interstate exits within five miles of downtown represent Newberry’s most underutilized assets. While Samsung’s arrival demonstrated the power of highway access, much of the surrounding land remains undeveloped.“Interstate access is something City of Newberry Utilities Center 5 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 07 NEWBERRY, SC
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