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Hartsville manager outlines downtown projects, brownfields work and housing plans
Summary
City Manager Daniel Moore reviewed upcoming deadlines and a slate of projects including a DOT-funded multi-use path and sidewalks, a donated passive park, a brownfields grant program, a ground-penetrating radar survey at Marian Avenue Cemetery, and a pre-development housing project (Orchard Commons/Lincoln Village) that will require sewer-line work and a public hearing.
City Manager Daniel Moore updated the council on multiple planning and capital projects intended to improve connectivity, downtown amenities and development capacity.
He reminded councilors that annual SC Ethics statements are due March 30 (noon) and announced a strategic-planning session on Jan. 15 and a legislative-action day in Columbia on Jan. 20 with a follow-up elected-officials institute on Jan. 21. Moore also said staff secured an AARP grant to pilot an indoor farmers market at TB Thomas with four dates scheduled in 2026 and about 10 vendors committed so far.
On infrastructure, Moore described master-plan connectivity projects: a Washington Street multi-use path and a DOT-funded sidewalk project that will connect the governor's school to Walmart. Engineering and DOT coordination are under way, and staff cautioned the full build-out could take several years because of regulatory and railroad coordination.
Moore said Pedigree Industrial Properties donated removal of trees for a passive family-friendly park at Washington and Fourth to be integrated with walking paths. He also announced the city signed a contract for ground-penetrating sonar at Marian Avenue Cemetery to locate unmarked graves and estimated the survey could identify "upwards of 500–800" unmarked graves; volunteers will assist with identification.
On housing, Moore said a pre-development meeting occurred for Orchard Commons (Lincoln Village), a roughly 58-home single-family project; the city will televise a 12-inch sewer line beneath the site to assess needed work and anticipates a public hearing on road-closure requests as the project advances.
Moore described Firefly Games as a successful downtown reuse and summarized ongoing brownfields work (two Phase I studies complete; grant spending approaching $500,000 and staff will seek additional funding). He also said bids are out to add a valve on Richardson Circle to enable hydrant replacement and expected that work to take a few weeks to complete once scheduled.
Council acknowledged the reports and no action was taken at the meeting beyond the updates.
