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The 2019 mayoral race drew about 445 votes in a city of roughly 4,200, and one 2022 council race drew 20. Residents asked about 2023 priorities pointed to Main Street traffic, homelessness, the mix of businesses and infrastructure for growth.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)At its September 2023 meeting, council passed first readings to merge peddler license categories per new state rules, set the 2023-24 tax millage pending county reassessment, and certify the old Mill Street ballfield as former mill property for redevelopment tax benefits.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)BMW, City of Woodruff and Spartanburg County representatives signed the first steel beam on Oct. 5, 2023, as building construction began.
Read at BMW Group (opens the original story in a new tab)Ahead of the Nov 7, 2023 election, The Woodruff Times asked both mayoral candidates about their experience. Incumbent Kenneth Gist and former mayor Brad Burnett have each led the city before.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)At Police Chief Greg Ryan's request, council created a ministerial recorder post so warrants and subpoenas can be signed locally, appointed Clerk of Court Christy Snow to it, and approved two county-nominated residents to the Housing Authority board.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)Council gave final approval to a 2023-24 budget the paper put at $7M, with a 3% COLA for all city employees and no tax increase. OneSpartanburg presented PowerUp Spartanburg, including a $2M loan and grant fund for small and minority businesses.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)At the June 2023 groundbreaking, grandchildren of Woodruff peach grower S.J. Workman said selling the 315-acre family farm to BMW was bittersweet, but that their grandfather would be proud.
Read at The Post and Courier (opens the original story in a new tab)BMW broke ground on "Plant Woodruff," a $700 million battery assembly plant on 315 acres near the city, with more than 300 jobs planned.
Read at BMW Group (opens the original story in a new tab)At its May 30, 2023 meeting, council passed the first reading of a proposed $5.3M budget with a 3% raise for employees and no tax increase, and backed renewing Spartanburg County's penny sales tax for road work.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)In April 2023 the Post and Courier looked at how a town of about 4,500 was getting ready for thousands of new homes, a BMW battery plant, a new high school and a busier Main Street.
Read at The Post and Courier (opens the original story in a new tab)Council gave first reading to a budget amendment for a three-person in-house building department and to a wastewater pretreatment ordinance for new industry. It also started a ~36-acre Highway 101 industrial annexation and heard that site work for BMW had begun.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)The Planning Commission approved I-2 heavy industrial zoning for 36.28 acres on Highway 101 at Arnold Branch Road, a rezoning at 162 Wofford Street to allow duplexes, and the final development plan for a Snowmill Road housing project, and forwarded all three to City Council.
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