our own city to connect our green spaces in a very naturalistic way,” she adds. Travelers Rest is also looking at expanding its manufacturing sector, which currently makes up about 13% of the workforce. The hope is to bring in light industrial, smaller footprint operations, in keeping with the size and character of the community.“We do have a couple of industrial sites that currently exist, and we’re working with economic development arms that are within our community, to market them and to get out into the space,” Herman acknowledges. She describes an area at the northern side of the city.“We see a great opportunity to build out a small industrial park there that has public access as well, so that the grounds still retain that local feel and invite the citizens to utilize them, while we’re bringing commerce, jobs, and things of that nature.” 239 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 11 TRAVELERS REST, SC
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