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Recycle your Christmas tree! City residents can place their live tree curbside through January 13 and we will pick it up. Then any resident can pick up free mulch, while supplies last, on Saturday, January 15 at Dillon Park. Questions? Call 803-436-2558.
Sumter was named a 2022 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor its commitment to effective urban forest management. Sumter achieved Tree City USA recognition by meeting the program's four requirements: maintaining a tree board or department, having a tree care ordinance, dedicating an...
ATLANTA, Ga. (August 16, 2024) – Southeast Tourism Society (STS) has named the annual Sumter Iris Festival one of the Signature Events of the Southeast for 2024. The award, selected by travel industry experts, selects top events throughout the entire Southeast region of the U.S. These celebrations...
SC DOT Media Advisory: The South Carolina Department of Transportation and C. R. Jackson will begin construction on Alice Drive in Sumter on August 6, 2018. This project is part of SCDOTâs strategic ten-year plan. This project will consist of roadway widening, sidewalk repair, and roadway patching...
Due to excessive debris in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the City of Sumter is working with a private contractor to remove storm debris through October 30. Please make sure that your yard debris is left on the right-of-way along the edge of your property so crews can access it easily. For...
Sumter, SC â October 16, 2015 - In the days following the Sumter communityâs extensive flooding during the weekend of October 3, the City of Sumter immediately began to assess and repair water damage to the cityâs most visited park. Today, City leaders are pleased to announce that Swan Lake...
SUMTER, S.C. – Heritage Blues Orchestra, a Grammy-nominated group that mingles several genres of music, will swing into the Sumter Opera House on Saturday (April 18) to close out the 2014-2015 concert series, ending the first such yearlong series for the storied venue in nearly 25 years. This will...
SUMTER, S.C. (30 August 2018) – Mayor Joseph T. McElveen, Jr. announced today that he has awarded two Sumter residents the Gamecock City Society Award, the highest honor available for a citizen of Sumter. The Gamecock City Society Award is the most prestigious award the City of Sumter can bestow...
The U.S. Constitution mandates that everyone in the country be counted every 10 years. The first census was conducted in 1790 and one has been conducted every 10 years since then. The next census occurs in 2020 with April 1st being the official Census Day. The Census Bureau’s goal for Census 2020 is...
Main Street South Carolina recognized Sumter’s eSTEAM Festival with the Excellence on Main Street Award. This award recognizes the top project from among the winners in the five categories of the annual Main Street Inspiration Awards. The eSTEAM Sumter Festival in downtown Sumter celebrated a...