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  • Rural communities need to seize opportunities

    SC Promise Zone

    Andy Brack, Statehouse Report: “People in rural counties across South Carolina know the challenges they face. “They know about their high poverty, higher than normal unemployment, challenged schools and need for better health care facilities. They understand how their tax rates are higher than urban areas because of the lack of a broad industrial tax…

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  • Promise Zone is shot in the arm

    SC Promise Zone

    MAY 1, 2015 | Talk about a shot in the arm for the southern rural counties of South Carolina. Witness the just-announced federal Promise Zone designation for a six-county area centering on Allendale County that should pump in millions of dollars of aid over the next 10 years.

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