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Mayor Erica Romo Woods proclaims World Pancreatic Cancer Day and highlights local business growth, Tractor Supply plans and fiber expansion
Summary
At a Liberty City Council meeting, Mayor Erica Romo Woods proclaimed Nov. 20 as World Pancreatic Cancer Day citing national and state statistics, and outlined recent economic development including four ribbon cuttings, 19 new businesses, a planned Tractor Supply site and Spectrum fiber expansion.
Mayor Erica Romo Woods proclaimed November 20 as World Pancreatic Cancer Day for the City of Liberty and used her council remarks to spotlight recent local economic and infrastructure developments.
“Therefore, be it resolved that I, Erica Romo Woods, mayor of the City Of Liberty, proclaim November 20 as World Pancreatic Cancer Day in the City Of Liberty,” Woods read as part of a proclamation that cited national 2025 estimates in the proclamation of about 67,440 pancreatic cancer diagnoses and 51,980 deaths in the United States and an estimated 820 deaths in South Carolina in 2025. The proclamation noted pancreatic cancer’s five-year relative survival rate at roughly 13 percent and highlighted the value of awareness and research.
Woods also outlined local developments: she congratulated the Pride of Liberty marching band on regional honors and their selection to march in the 2027 National Memorial Parade in Washington, D.C.; noted Liberty Middle School earned an “excellent” rating from the South Carolina Department of Education; and listed four recent ribbon cuttings downtown and elsewhere — Moose on Main Coffee Bar, The Grateful Head Barber Shop, Cloud Tobacco and Bake, and Pendleton Candy Company — saying 19 new businesses had opened under the current administration, about eight of them downtown.
On economic development, Woods said Tractor Supply has been working with city staff and plans to break ground “sometime in the second week of December” at the corner of Highway 93 and Summit Drive, with a hoped-for grand opening in June or July, while cautioning timelines can change. She also said Spectrum Fiber is laying fiber across parts of the city and that some areas have a tentative completion date of Nov. 21.
The mayor listed recent city infrastructure and facility investments, including replacing “over 12,000 feet of old water lines,” upgrades to the Mills Avenue gym and Rosewood Center, a new procurement policy and transition to professional financial management, and a quote received to address council-chamber acoustics of about $17,000. She noted the city renewed a 25-year lease with the Pippecan County Humane Society and has housed the Liberty History Museum in municipal space.
Woods closed by saying she will continue serving as mayor until the newly elected mayor is sworn in on the evening of Dec. 1 and encouraged the community to participate in upcoming centennial celebrations planned for March and throughout the next year.
The meeting then moved to adjourn after a motion and second.
