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SUMTER, SC (March 12, 2021) – The state of South Carolina announced this week that the City of Sumter has been awarded a South Carolina Office of Resilience’s (SCOR) Disaster Recovery Office grant for stormwater infrastructure and drainage improvements. The federal funding received by the state...
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...
The City will temporarily disrupt water service to make a necessary water main repair on Broad Street, between Hastings Drive and just south of Wesmark Boulevard. Date: January 25, 2024 Time: 12:00 AM (Midnight) The attached map illustrates the areas that will be impacted. The City of Sumter...
Downtown promotion that encourages consumers and stakeholders to live, work, shop and invest in the Main Street area is one of the core principals of the National Main Street approach. Downtown Sumter's Pokémon GO Lure-A-Thon event illustrates an effective and creative approach to complement more...
Sumter, SC was named a 2015 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of its commitment to effective urban forest management. Started in 1976, the Tree City USA program, sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation, in partnerships with the U.S. Forest Service and the National Association of State...
Sumter, S.C. October 5, 2015, 7:45 pm - The City of Sumter garbage service will resume by midday on Tuesday, October 6. Customers should expect delays and we will do the best we can to collect your trash considering road conditions.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On May 5, 2011, the Sumter community will gather to hear motivational speaker Ruth Graham, daughter of the Reverend Billy Graham and founder of Ruth Graham and Friends. Third daughter of the Reverend and Mrs. Graham, she “seeks to minister God’s grace and restoration to those...
SUMTER, SC (October 31, 2018)– In support of the ongoing Sumter 2040 Comprehensive Planning Process, the Sumter City-County Planning Department has published the Community Survey Report. The Community Survey, which asked Sumter residents about neighborhoods and development issues in the City and the...
*** ATTENTION RESIDENTS WITH WEDNESDAY GARBAGE AND RECYCLING SERVICE *** In observance of Christmas, The City of Sumter will not collect household garbage or recyclables on Christmas Day. Instead, your garbage and recyclables will be collected on Saturday, December 28, 2019. Residents are asked to...
Sumter, SC - Thursday, March 18, 2021, 11:30AM Due to the expected threat of inclement weather all City of Sumter Administrative Offices will be closing early today at 1 PM, Thursday, March 18, 2021. According to the National Weather Service, a line of thunderstorms will move east across the Sumter...