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The independent audit gave Woodruff a clean, unmodified opinion, the best possible result, and reported a fund balance of about $12.5 million.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)In November 2024 Woodruff City Council gave final approval to annexing and zoning about 175 acres near Hwy 221 and Fortenberry Road, and heard an update on Hurricane Helene recovery.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)Woodruff City Council approved first readings to annex and zone nearly 175 acres just north of town: about 144 acres off Fortenberry Road for housing, and about 30.5 acres on Highway 221 near Peanut Road for a mixed commercial and residential planned development.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)A local committee chaired by Police Chief Greg Ryan presented plans to City Council for a Woodruff Veterans Memorial in McKinney Park. The design has a yardarm flagpole, a memorial wall and an oculus honoring the service branches. It is estimated at just over $400,000, raised privately.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)Council approved annexing more than 88 acres on East Georgia Road, the former junkyard site, and zoning it R-2 single family at the owners' request. City Manager Lee Bailey said there is no current development plan; the owners sought it for a possible future sale or development.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)Woodruff City Council unanimously gave final approval to a roughly $6.1 million general fund budget for 2024-25. It adds a police officer, buys new McKinney Park playground equipment and raises the trash fee by $3, with no tax increase.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)The Woodruff Times reviews a school year that included a two-point-conversion football win, state wrestling and bass fishing titles, back-to-back region championships and a deep softball playoff run.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)With Waste Connections leaving residential service, Council approved a four-year trash contract with Kirby Sanitation. Service and cans stay the same, but the $10 monthly fee, unchanged since 2003, will rise toward $13. A $6.1M budget with no tax increase passed first reading.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)Council gave final approval to annex and zone just under 35 acres at Highway 101 and Hart Road for single-family homes, and rezoned a former dentist office on S.J. Workman Highway back to commercial. Staff said the first St. Patrick's Day event drew more than 600 people.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)In March 2024 the Post and Courier reported that Maverick Biscuit (breakfast and brunch) and Travinia Italian Kitchen and Wine Bar would share a renovated early-1900s building at 135 S. Main St., next to Conner Flynn's.
Read at The Post and Courier (opens the original story in a new tab)Council gave first-reading approval to annex and zone just over 280 acres on Allendale Road near the new high school for future housing. It also approved a Woodruff Police detective unit staffed by reassigning a current officer, with no new hires.
Read at The Woodruff Times (opens the original story in a new tab)Background from the Upstate Business Journal: Woodruff's roots as a farm and textile town, its schools, and the housing and BMW investment driving its growth.
Read at Upstate Business Journal (opens the original story in a new tab)The Woodruff Times reported that the city received an unmodified audit opinion with a fund balance above $4.4 million, and council unanimously approved a nearly $150,000 contract to pave a vacant lot behind Arthur State Bank on Main Street for public parking.
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