Florence, South Carolina

Riley Economic Development Awards, hosted through the State Municipal Association. We have won two of those, and we have won some type of municipal achievement award the last six years in a row.” As the downtown continues to thrive, the city is also working to revitalize several adjacent neighborhoods. “You certainly want to look at your neighborhoods that have been moving in the wrong direction and have not been seeing the development that some of your other sub- divisions have,” says Griffin. “So, about three- and-a-half years ago, the city began an incen- tive-based, public/private residential project in three core neighborhoods. That redevelop- ment effort is resulting in new housing and market stability where there was none.” Griffin FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA