Business View Civil Municipal - July 2023

148 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 7 “Yes, we did,” said Corrales, “just because we have a lot of great, new businesses that are coming into town. We have a great social-media following, and so there’s a lot of people just wanting to join the chamber. We do a lot of events in the city, so we’re event-driven, and they see that a lot: the pictures and the people participating.” Corrales and Ransom both shared much enthusiasm over Greenville’s many new neighborhoods now under construction. And Spurlock revealed that five new subdivisions–– each featuring 150 to 200 homes––have begun construction within the last two years. “They’re coming up all over town,” she said, “north, south, east, west––wherever there’s green space. And that’s just the subdivisions.” Spurlock also spoke of Greenville’s growing numbers for in-fill housing construction. That’s when a new home is added to a pre- existing neighborhood. Spurlock cited “Project Restore,” a local effort that has resulted in new homes being built upon empty lots the