The Annual Housing and Job Fair is Saturday, June 24 from 10 AM-2 PM at the South Sumter Resource Center, located at 337 Manning Avenue. Family-friendly event with info on legal, medical and other resources too. Find out if and how to qualify for home ownership at this event! For more information on this event call 803-436-2419/2276. We want to extend a thank you to Duke Energy Foundation for...
Friday, May 19 th, from 6-8:30 PM is also the annual Downtown Sumter Microbrew HippieFest to benefit the Sumter Senior Services. Tickets can be purchased by phone at 803-773-5508 and in person at Sumter Senior Services 119 South Sumter Street. Early Bird ticketing pricing is now closed. Regular admission tickets are now $35 and seniors 60+ and military are $25. Join us this weekend for the 24 th...
The Marines and Sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit will be conducting training in our area April 19-26, 2023. You may see an increase in the presence of military vehicles and aircraft as well as an increase in noise from low-flying aircraft. Come see the best of the South Atlantic Conference Men's and Women's Division II collegiate tennis as they battle it out for a conference title...
Statement from David P. Merchant, City of Sumter Mayor: I, along with the Sumter community, am saddened and in shock over the tragic events of the last 24 hours. Today is a difficult day and the days to come will continue to be difficult. But I know the Sumter community, and we will pull together to support those affected as we get through this. I’m sending my prayers and condolences to the...
Our Tire Buy-Back event is past weekend was very successful. We rescued 995 old tires from becoming trash along our roads. We gave $2,000 back to residents of the City and County, as well as gave out 46 free tarps to residents in conjunction with the Palmetto Pride’s Cover Your Load Thank you to our sponsor Continental Tire. We will be announcing more of these events in the future, stay tuned. For...
At City Council's meeting last night and also during Black History Month, we presented two long-time influential Sumterites with Legacy of Excellence Awards for their lifetimes of achievement, dedication, and service. Mr. Willie Singleton, Jr. was a member of Leroy Green and the Kings of Rhythm R&B Band for a number of years, performing throughout South Carolina. Mr. Singleton actively...
Congratulations to our top three winners of the 2023 Love Where You Live Litter Poster contest. This is the first litter art poster we have hosted, with our partners, Palmetto Pride and the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce. Those winners are: Mason Miller, 2 nd Grade, Liberty STEAM Charter School Zeviah Bethea, 4 th Grade Manchester Elementary Danica Hatchell, 5 th Grade, Manchester Elementary...
Congratulations to the 2022 Mayor’s Christmas Card Contest Winners, Miss Olivia Smith, an 8 th-grader at Hillcrest Middle School and Miss Jalena Tillman, a 4 th-grader at Manchester Elementary School. These top two winners have their artwork featured on the 2022 City of Sumter Christmas Card, which is mailed all across the city and state of South Carolina and to some federal agencies across the...
Our SUATS MPO is hosting a public Open House on Wednesday, November 16 at 5:30 PM at the CCTC Health Sciences Center located at 133 S. Main Street. This is the first of its kind study for Sumter that will create a guide for expanding the bicycle and pedestrian network in the Sumter area and we want to know what and where Sumter residents want to see these areas improved around our community. For...
Thank you to everyone in Sumter County who took the time to vote in the 2022 election. We would like to thank our community, who put in countless hours over the past year to submit project ideas, and those who worked on the proposed projects to bring them to the referendum for vote. As with everything we strive to do, these projects seek to help build community infrastructure and public facilities...