Our Upstate - Sc

Our upstate-sc was formed for the purpose of implementing portions of the shared upstate growth vision (the statement). The statement was developed over a two-year period by an organization known as ten at the top, after extensive interviews and surveys of residents of the ten-county upstate or northwest region of south carolina. The statement envisions a process by which the ten upstate counties can collaborate and approach key issues such as education, business development, population growth, transportation and workforce development as a unit, rather than as separate independent, and sometimes competing jurisdictions. The governmental structure of the upstate counties does not lend itself to encouraging regional collaboration. Thus, the role of our upstate-sc is to foster and develop collaboration that serves a vital governmental purpose and lessens the burdens of the government.