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Tropical Storm Ian Announcements (newest updates listed first, by date and time): Friday, September 30, 2022, 5:30PM Staff continues to work throughout the city to clear streets of down trees and other debris. As the storm passes, please use extreme caution, more outages, trees and powerlines down...
The City of Sumter is conducting a smoke test of its sanitary sewer system in the following Subdivisions, starting today, September 20, 2022: Stafford Meadows Patriot Parkway Loringwood Landmark Point A “SMOKE TEST” survey will assist our inspection crews in locating breaks and defects in our sewer...
Mayor Merchant, along with City Litter Officer and Clemson Extension met with Sumter School District today to deliver the first of 30 STEM Litter Lesson Kits to help teach our youth about the effects of litter. Kits will be delivered to all K-5 Schools in Sumter, including private schools over the...
To help improve the conditions of our sidewalks, the City of Sumter is partnering with StreetScan, a Massachusetts-based company that has assessed over 100 communities across North America. Crews will be out in the city starting this week and assessing through August 5. StreetScan employs scooter...
The City of Sumter hosted Valerie Linley from Destined to Succeed Mobile Basketball Camp in Sumter this summer at the North HOPE Center. This camp is an annual event and free to all City youth, grades 3-12 each summer. This summer we hosted over 60 youth as part of the week-long program. The camp...
The City of Sumter's Summer Youth Employment Program has successfully served the Sumter community since 1994, reaching well over 2,000 families in its lifetime. Utilizing Rescue Act and Community Development Block Grant Funding, we have been able to add a training component alongside the employment...
Outstanding Partnership: Butterfly Project, Downtown Sumter Aiming to add new public art projects —an element that was lacking in the growing downtown district — Downtown Sumter partnered with the Main Street Society, a City of Sumter committee, to beautify and promote downtown. They created the...
All students, parents, teachers, counselors and mentors, you are invited to attend a special leadership session with us tomorrow at Sumter High School, located at 2580 McCrays Mill Road. All sessions are FREE for attendees. Featuring speaker Mark Brown (@MarkBrownSpeaks) -- an expert in helping...
SUMTER, SC (6 APRIL 2022) - The City of Sumter and SCDOT are scheduled to activate High-intensity Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) signals on Broad Street in the coming days. A HAWK signal is a traffic control device used to stop road traffic and allow pedestrians to safely cross busy roads. “These...
SUMTER, SC (6 APRIL 2022) - The City of Sumter and SCDOT are scheduled to activate High-intensity Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) signals on Broad Street in the coming days. A HAWK signal is a traffic control device used to stop road traffic and allow pedestrians to safely cross busy roads. “These...