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Small-business leader announces 400 additional Google scholarships for Pickens County and a Hensley Plaza mural celebration
Summary
Dave Terry, president of the Pickens County Small Business Development Council, said the council received 400 more Google scholarships for digital-skills training (residents prioritized and eligible at ages 13+) and invited the public to a Hensley Plaza mural ribbon-cutting on Aug. 19 starting at 11 a.m.
Dave Terry, president of the Pickens County Small Business Development Council, told the board that his nonprofit recently received 400 additional scholarships from Google to support digital-skills training for county residents. "We just received 400 more scholarships for Pickens County," Terry said; he described courses on e-commerce, website building and digital marketing and noted 67 local participants have already completed digital-course certificates.
Terry also invited commissioners and the public to a Hensley Plaza mural ribbon-cutting and celebration on Aug. 19, beginning at 11 a.m. The event will include tours, artist appearances, a live radio broadcast and food trucks. Terry encouraged small-business owners, students and residents to take advantage of the scholarship opportunity and to attend the community celebration.
Provenance: Comment introduced at the public-comment period and concluded when the speaker finished the event and scholarship details.
