economic Spartanburg
The Smoke-free View from Austin
Submitted by John Lane on Sun, 12/13/2009 - 2:15pm. austin tx | economic Spartanburg | kudzu telegraph | spartanburg | spartanburg downtown | travelOur city has some unfinished business. Spartanburg City Council needs to pass a long overdue non-smoking ordinance for our bars and restaurants.
It's not an economic issue. Other communities have banned smoking in bars and restaurants without gutting their downtown economies. Starting Jan. 2 the entire state of North Carolina, the former epicenter of cigarette manufacturing, will ban smoking in its bars and restaurants.
The New Elite
Submitted by John Lane on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 1:16am. economic Spartanburg | kudzu telegraph | land use | planningRecently I read a new book from UGA Press, GUTEN TAG, Y'ALL: GLOBALIZATION AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT 1950-2000 by Marko Maunula. Maunula's coming to speak this fall at the Spartanburg County Library, and his visit should prompt a lively discussion.
