Greenville, South Carolina is unique. It combines big city cultural and entertainment attractions with small-town charm and accessibility. It has remained friendly, intimate, and relaxed, in spite of its steady growth and economic diversity. The reason for this is the city’s commitment to careful, deliberate planning with an ever-watchful eye on what makes Greenville so attractive in the first place. Greenville’s Main Street and historic downtown is a huge draw for anyone visiting the area—in fact, it has garnered numerous national awards. The National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded Greenville with the Great American Main Street Award in 2003 and 2009. It has also been featured in numerous magazines and publications, including Southern Living Magazine and the U.S. Airways Magazine (March 2010).
Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Greenville presents residents and visitors with countless opportunities for leisure and recreation. Greenville offers up notable world-class venues, like the BI-LO Center and Peace Center for the Performing Arts, that regularly host concerts and big-time entertainers. The city also has a thriving arts community, and has been recognized among the "Top 100 Arts Small Towns in the U.S.”
In terms of shopping and dining, Greenville is seemingly inexhaustible, with countless restaurants, curio shops, and boutiques in the downtown area alone; plus the nearby Haywood Mall is home to a number of major retailers that you typically associate with a much larger city. Greenville’s Falls Park, also downtown, is connected by a state-of-the-art suspension bridge overlooking the Reedy River. It provides a perfect backdrop for the town’s major festivals—
Fall For Greenville, Artisphere, Euphoria Greenville, and The Upstate Shakespeare Festival. On the south end of Main Street is Fluor Field, home to Greenville Drive, the A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.
As you might suspect by now, Greenville is also blessed with an enviable primary and secondary school system: the city has a total of 21 public high schools and more than a dozen private schools. Public and private secondary education can be found in or around Greenville, as well, at institutions such Furman University, Clemson University, Lander University, Bob Jones University, University of South Carolina, Medical University of South Carolina, Limestone College, and more. Add to that Greenville’s streamlined transportation network and two excellent hospital systems (Bon Secours St. Francis Health System and Greenville Hospital System) and you have a city that is at once big enough to thrill, entertain and delight—and small enough to make you feel right at home.