Though the company has entered the real estate development business, its textile operations are declining. Two plants closed last year. To fill that void and help solve a range of other problems reduce the high school dropout rate, for example, and get children on grade level by Grade 4 the GCEA and the Greenwood Area Chamber have formed the public-private Partnership for a Greater Greenwood County. They plan to do this by developing their economy and work force in four years. Attainable is Chamber director Len Bornemann s description of their goal.
Textiles are up and down.
That brings home why we have to diversify. Our economy is strong, but one thing this leadership is not going to allow is to have that strength lull us to sleep, Arnoti promises. We are always poised to be aggressive. He feels scared but positive. It doesn t take long to realize Greenwood is big on health.