Officials from many of South Carolina’s smaller cities and towns will gather in Columbia on Thursday, August 22, to discuss the issues pertinent to communities of their size, as the Municipal Association of SC brings its 2024 Small Cities Summit to the Hilton Columbia Center.
As with the conference’s first year in 2023, the Association will give registration preference to those municipalities whose population is fewer than 3,000 residents. The one-day meeting will feature conference sessions and a lunch.
There will also be an “Agency Hall,” where local officials can learn about the services of various state agencies, including the SC Department of Agriculture; SC Department of Commerce; SC Department of Environmental Services, SC Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism; the SC Office of Rural Health; the SC Rural Infrastructure Authority; and SC State Guard.
In June, the Municipal Association sought input from officials in South Carolina’s small cities and towns on the conference topics that would best serve them. The final agenda will be available on the Association’s website. In its first year, the Small Cities Summit addressed the critical legal requirements of every municipality, law enforcement policy requirements, outsourcing of municipal services, city planning for small cities and business license standardization.
The hotel registration deadline will be Monday, July 22. The registration deadline for the Small Cities Summit itself will be Wednesday, August 14.
Find all details online.