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February, 2013 Volume XXV Number 6 THE GREETER Newsleer of the Florence Welcoming Club A Message from the President: This Month’s Speaker: Ray Reich (pronounced “rich”) is the Downtown Development Man- ager for the City of Florence. In July of 2011,Ray started in this position. Previously Ray was the downtown development manager and the di- rector of growth and development in Sumter for 10 years where he pre- sided over a dramatic turnaround in Sumter’s downtown. Reich is a West Virginia native who came to Sumter some 30+ years ago when he purchased a radio station there. He eventually owned three radio sta- tions in the state, as well as some other businesses. He sold the stations to Florence based Miller Communications in 1998. He retired for a few years and then decided that retirement wasn’t for him. He then became Sumter’s downtown manager in 2001. The goal in Florence is to take the downtown area from eyesore to eye-popping by restoring the local economy and reinvigorating what Reich calls the community’s “sense of place,” or giving the local resident a reason to visit downtown. Reich has said “The pedestrian feel that a downtown has that you don’t have in other commercial corridors, that’s when you start getting that sense of place and that sense of community. I think that people in Florence are going to first see...through an enhanced streetscape, through the buildings being improved, the facades, bringing them back to the way they looked in the late 1800’s early 1900’s. And creating those public spaces where people will want to come and gather.” Ray has planned a presentation that will give us an over- view and update on the current developments in down- town Florence. It certainly will be interesting and informa- tive. Greetings Everyone! Again, I struggle to get this newsletter out to the membership before the end of the month. March’s newsletter will be an equal challenge since Febru- ary is a short month. At this month’s meeting we will hear from Ray Reich, the Florence Downtown Development Man- ager, about the many exciting things happening in downtown Florence. Those of you who go the Flor- ence Little Theater, Performing Arts Center or the Art Trail Gallery have surely noticed all the activity downtown. Don’t miss a chance to hear about the strides that have been made to improve our com- munity. Our newsletter used to feature Operation Write Home in which member Karen Herbert participated and promoted. We are going to drop that out for now and have inserted the new Prayer & Meditation Group that Jane Graffeo has started. If you are in- terested in Operation Write Home, you can reach them at: http://operationwritehome.org/ Several of our members, myself included, have tried line dancing lessons at the Carolina Ranch House 4732 W. Palmetto St. on Tuesday evenings from 7-9pm. For the modest price of $5 you get not only a work out but have a fun time trying to stay in step. Next month our featured speaker will be Joan Bill- heimer the Community Development Officer with First Reliance Bank in Florence. Through Joan, First Reliance and Hilliard Lyons have sponsored our brochure for many years. It will be great to meet her and give her an opportunity to speak to our membership on March 5th. Now in its 26th year, the Florence Welcoming Club introduces newcomers to one another and helps them become involved in the community. If you are new or mostly new to Florence, we welcome you and hope to get to know you. The next meeting is on Tuesday, February 5 h at 7 pm at the Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, 1900 Second Loop Rd. For more information, con- tact one of our officers listed on page 2. Greetings continued… Lastly, February is Heart Month. We ask that you wear Red on February 1st and again on February 5th to our monthly meeting. We had a great turn- out at January’s meeting. Let’s see if we can do it again! Kathleen
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February, 2013 Volume XXV Number 6
THE GREETER
Newsletter of the Florence Welcoming Club
A Message from the President:
This Month’s Speaker:
Ray Reich (pronounced “rich”) is the Downtown Development Man-ager for the City of Florence. In July of 2011,Ray started in this position. Previously Ray was the downtown development manager and the di-rector of growth and development in Sumter for 10 years where he pre-sided over a dramatic turnaround in Sumter’s downtown.
Reich is a West Virginia native who came to Sumter some 30+ years ago when he purchased a radio station there. He eventually owned three radio sta-tions in the state, as well as some other businesses. He sold the stations to Florence based Miller Communications in 1998. He retired for a few years and then decided that retirement wasn’t for him. He then became Sumter’s downtown manager in 2001.
The goal in Florence is to take the downtown area from eyesore to eye-popping by restoring the local economy and reinvigorating what Reich calls the community’s “sense of place,” or giving the local resident a reason to visit downtown.
Reich has said “The pedestrian feel that a downtown has that you don’t have in other commercial corridors, that’s when you start getting that sense of place and that sense of community. I think that people in Florence are going to first see...through an enhanced streetscape, through the buildings being improved, the facades, bringing them back to the way they looked in the late 1800’s early 1900’s. And creating those public spaces where people will want to come and gather.”
Ray has planned a presentation that will give us an over-view and update on the current developments in down-town Florence. It certainly will be interesting and informa-tive.
Greetings Everyone!
Again, I struggle to get this newsletter out to the
membership before the end of the month. March’s
newsletter will be an equal challenge since Febru-
ary is a short month.
At this month’s meeting we will hear from Ray
Reich, the Florence Downtown Development Man-
ager, about the many exciting things happening in
downtown Florence. Those of you who go the Flor-
ence Little Theater, Performing Arts Center or the
Art Trail Gallery have surely noticed all the activity
downtown. Don’t miss a chance to hear about the
strides that have been made to improve our com-
munity.
Our newsletter used to feature Operation Write
Home in which member Karen Herbert participated
and promoted. We are going to drop that out for
now and have inserted the new Prayer & Meditation
Group that Jane Graffeo has started. If you are in-
terested in Operation Write Home, you can reach
them at: http://operationwritehome.org/
Several of our members, myself included, have
tried line dancing lessons at the Carolina Ranch
House 4732 W. Palmetto St. on Tuesday evenings
from 7-9pm. For the modest price of $5 you get
not only a work out but have a fun time trying to
stay in step.
Next month our featured speaker will be Joan Bill-
heimer the Community Development Officer with
First Reliance Bank in Florence. Through Joan, First
Reliance and Hilliard Lyons have sponsored our
brochure for many years. It will be great to meet
her and give her an opportunity to speak to our
membership on March 5th.
Now in its 26th year, the Florence Welcoming Club introduces newcomers to one another and helps them become involved in the community. If you are new or mostly new to Florence, we welcome you and hope to get to know you. The next meeting is on Tuesday, February 5
h at 7 pm at the Lutheran Church of the Incarnate
Word, 1900 Second Loop Rd. For more information, con-tact one of our officers listed on page 2.
Greetings continued…
Lastly, February is Heart Month. We ask that you
wear Red on February 1st and again on February
5th to our monthly meeting. We had a great turn-
out at January’s meeting. Let’s see if we can do it
again! Kathleen
2 February, 2013 Newsletter of the Florence Welcoming Club
Executive Board - 2012-13
President…. Kathleen Snook 610-9826
Vice-President... Becky Fenimore 413-0202
Secretary… Lois MacIver 453-0850
Treasurer… Nancy Mikolon 803-437-2325
Committees - 2012-13
50/50…………... Grazyna Witkowski 676-0315
Greeters………. Jane Graffeo 664-9326
Hospitality……. Karen Bellos 679-9256
Faith Senft 413-1716
Membership….. Kathleen Snook 610-9826
Newsletter…….. Kathleen Snook 610-9826
Prize Patrol….... Volunteers needed
Publicity……….. Cindy Stafford 665-9017
Special Events.. Karen Herbert 673-0819
Tommie Everett 662-7976
Sunshine …….. Elizabeth Caldwell 669-2825
The Florence Downtown Development Corporation (FDDC) is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization established by the City of Florence, South Carolina to foster revitalization in Downtown Florence. FDDC is a partnership with the City
and is led by a 21-member Board of Directors elected to manage the corporation’s activities, affairs, property and
associated assets. FDDC staff is comprised of two City employees, an Executive Director and a Downtown Devel-opment Coordinator, enlisted to provide day-to-day oper-ations of the organization.
At the start of the revitalization process, FDDC and the City identified many issues that would serve to strengthen
the state of Downtown.
Some of these items included:
Completing an intense study of and a plan for Down-
town
Forming zoning overlay districts and adopting them as
amendments to the Consolidated Zoning Ordinance
Preparing design guidelines and principles to apply
within the overlay districts
Creating a National Register Historic District
Acquiring underused property for redevelopment
To date, a majority of the initial action items have suc-cessfully been completed. As with any revitalization effort,
the process is lengthy; however small steps are made everyday that translate into great strides for a Downtown Florence renaissance.
www.facebook.com/florencewelcomingclub
Get all the latest details and post any
suggestion or comments! Are you a
fan yet?
Florence Little Theater— 417 S. Dargan St.
To find out what’s going on in Florence check out
these websites:
www.scnow.com
www.myflorence.com
www.florenceSCcalendar.com
www.peedeearts.org
www.fmupac.org
www.florencelittletheater.org
www.art-trail-gallery.com
www.florencelibrary.org
www.florencedowntown.com
www.florenceciviccenter.com
www.florenceSCchamber.com
www.theflorencecalendar.com
www.theflossip.com
www.florencesymphony.com
Can you add others to this list??
3 February, 2013 Newsletter of the Florence Welcoming Club
February 1, 2013, marks the 10th Year of the .
American Heart Association's Go Red For Women® move-
ment — 10 years of fighting to save women's lives from
heart disease. While the progress has been significant,
there's a long way to go. Here's why:
Heart disease is still the No. 1 killer of women,
causing 1 in 3 deaths each yearn than men, at an
average rate of one death per minute.
Heart disease kills more women than all kinds of can-
cer combined.
National Wear Red Day® urges you to play your part.
Wear red on Friday, February 1.
Help raise funds through donations and fundraisers for
lifesaving educational programs and the development
of new treatments to fight heart disease.
Make your workplace, school or organization aware of
heart disease, its deadly impact on women and how we
can fight back.
Walk the talk by being physically active, eating a heart
-healthy diet and learning about heart disease and its
risk factors.
Invite others to get involved so we can advance fur-
ther, faster.
Congratulations to our
January Prize Winners
Karen Bellos— Gift certificate to Krispy Kreme donated by Sara Warren. Marian Wagner—Autographed South Carolina
book donated by LynnEllen Lang. Linda Damiano-Mulling Spices donated by FWC.
Ganene Houlahan-Candle donated by Goosie Gander. Rita Balutis-Hand made scarf donated by Nancy Mikolon. Linda Glinski-Antique doily donated by Eirlys Wilkes. 50/50—Linda Morella $30.
Francie Dunlap our January speaker from the Friends of the Florence County Library shares the many activi-ties at the library and the role of the Friends.
Guests Methany and Elaine introduce themselves at the January meeting. We hope to see them again at Club activities in the future.
Door prize winners Marian and Ganene show their winnings at the January meeting.
Lunch Bunch Juliette Glassburner 679-9843
Date: Friday, February 22nd
Time: 11:45am
Place: Starfire Grill
Catch up with old friends and make new ones over lunch.
Book Club Kathleen Snook 610-9826
February: Book: Code of the Forest By Jon Buchan Date: February 20, 2013 Place: Meet the author—Florence Library @3pm
March: Book: The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman Date: March 20th @ 7pm Place: Andrea VanSant’s
The books are discussed in an informal atmosphere. Discussion questions are usually provided at the meeting.
Coffee Club Juliette Glassburner 679-9843
Date: Friday, February 15th Time: 10:00 am Place: Krispy Kreme
Start your weekend off with old and new friends
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Bunco Cindy Coldiron 407-4226
Date: Thursday, February 14th Time: 7:00 PM Place: Marian Wagner’s
Bunco is an easy-to-learn dice game! Please bring $5.00 .for prizes.
Recipe Club Becky Fenimore 413-0202
[email protected] Date: Thursday, February 28th Time: 12:00 PM Place & Theme: Ganene Houlahan’ s— Theme TBD
Bring a dish and copies of the recipe. The hostess provides dessert.
Nimble Fingers Linda Damiano 662-6072
[email protected] Date: Tuesday, February 12th Place: Lula’s Coffee Company, 600 Pamplico Hwy Date: Wednesday, February 27th Place: Starbucks Café @ Barnes & Noble
Time: 9:00 — 11:00 AM (for both dates)
Join us as we each work on our handcraft projects (knitting, crocheting, sewing, etc.) and talk.
Theater & Dinner Kathleen Snook 610-9826
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2013 @ 8pm
Show: An Evening with Bill Maher
Location: Koger Center Columbia, SC
Cost: $74, $59, $49
Date: Sunday, April 21, 2013 @ 7:30pm
Show: David Sedaris
Location: Koger Center Columbia, SC
Cost: $45, $40, $35
APRIL SHOWS at the Koger Center in Columbia.
Let Kathleen know if there is any interest in attending.
Chick Flicks Marian Wagner 676-0641
Date: Tuesday, February 26th Time: 7:00 PM and we will decide which movie to see. Place: Swamp Fox Cinema, Radio Drive
Prayer & Meditation Jane Graffeo 664-9326
Date: Wednesday, February 6th Time: 1—2:30 pm Place: Grazyna Witkowski’s
The first half of meeting will be for prayer intentions, the sec-ond half for relaxation and meditation to center and rejuvenate our spirits through stillness. Some guided meditation may be used. This is a non-food event but you are welcome to bring something to drink during the meeting.
Girls’ Day (or Night) Out Linda Damiano 662-6072
Date: March ?? TBD
Place: Lutheran Church of Incarnate Word Time: 6—8 pm
The Swap—This popular event will be back again in March. Bring ten items of gently used clothing or accessories to swap.
Coming in April: Artfields in Lake City, a 10 day (4/19-28) Epic Southern Artfest www.artfieldsssc.org Date to be determined.
Box Tops for Education
Bring labels to our meetings and Rita Balutis will donate them to Florence Public Schools.
Humane Society
Old linens, buckets, newspapers and cleaning supplies can be donated by bringing to a meeting or contacting Karen Bellos at
679-9256. THANK YOU to all of our Activity Chairpeople who organize our events throughout the year! Each of you makes the Welcoming Club interesting and provide ways for us to get to know each other.
Happy 25th
Anniversary
FWC!
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Book Club
Florence County
Library
@ 3pm
Nimble Fingers
Starbuck’s Café
Barnes & Noble
@ 9am
Nimble Fingers
Lula’s
@ 9 am Coffee Club
Krispy Kreme
@10 am
Lunch Bunch Starfire Grill
@ 11:45 am
2013
Chick Flicks
Swamp Fox @
7 pm
Bunco
Marian
Wagner’s
@7pm
Recipe Club
@ Noon
Ganene
Houlahan’s
Prayer
&
Meditation
1pm
@ Grazyna
Witkowski’ s
General
Meeting
@ 7 pm Lutheran
Church of the Incarnate Word
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Florence Welcoming Club P.O. Box 5391 Florence, SC 29502
Next Meeting
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
7:00pm
Guest Speaker:
Ray Reich Downtown Development Manager
Meeting Location:
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word
1900 Second Loop Road
Florence SC
E-Mail [email protected]
Refreshments
February refreshments will be provided by: Sara Warren, Judean Stone, Grazyna Witkowski and Audy Brink.
Refreshment contact: Karen Bellos 679-9256
Greeters
Thank you to Sara Warren for being our Greeter in Janu-ary. Greeters are needed for February, March, April and May. Greeters stand by the door and help newcomers feel at-home by giving them a newsletter and member-ship form and introduce them to others. Call Jane
Graffeo at 664-9326 or email [email protected] to
volunteer for February (or any other month).
Treasurer’s Report
Our treasury balance as of 01/14/13 was $ 1,985.17.
Board Meeting
The next Board Meeting will be Monday, February 11th 7pm at Kathleen Snook’s home. Email Kathleen or any board member if you have any business for the board to consider or suggestions for this year:
[email protected] or [email protected]
Sunshine Condolences to the family and friends of FWC member Evelyn King who lost her battle with breast cancer in January.
We would like to send cheer to any member who has a need for some “sunshine.” . Please submit all occasions to Elizabeth Caldwell at 669-2825
February
08 Media Blankenship
15 Mona Atkins
16 Georgann O’Quinn
17 Jane Man
18 LynnEllen Lang
19 Eunice Wagner
22 Rita Balutis
