Four municipal officials earned their Accreditation in Business Licensing designation from the Business Licensing Officials Training Institute in August. They are Tiffany Mailand, business license specialist, City of Goose Creek; Lynda Williamson, director of finance, City of North Augusta; Shana Carothers, business services manager, City of Tega Cay; and Jo Anne C. Crosby, customer service specialist, City of Walterboro.
Members of the Municipal Court Administration Association of SC recently elected their 2024 – 2025 board of directors. They are President Patricia McTeer, Town of Hampton; Vice Brenda Armstrong, City of Charleston; Second Vice President Sarah Farrow, City of Beaufort; Members-at-Large Courtney Boughton, Town of Monck Corner; Katherine Jackson, City of Columbia; Rudi Summers, City of Greenville; and Past President Brittany Burns, City of West Columbia.
The Southeast Crescent Regional Commission announced the first grant recipients for the inaugural State Economic and Infrastructure Development grant program. These include the City of Abbeville for its Harry’s Plaza redevelopment project, the City of Myrtle Beach for its zoning rewrite, Main Street SC for its WeShopSC online marketplace, the Lowcountry Council of Governments for the Varnville Gin revitalization feasibility study and for the Town of Brunson transit shelter, the City of Orangeburg for its gateway revitalization project, the City of Dillon for the Dillon Festival Market project, the City of Johnsonville for fire hydrant improvements, and the Santee Lynches Regional Council of Governments for the Town of Lynchburg water system extension.