Growth is going to happen: Plan outlines revitalization, potential development in Piedmont [Video]

PIEDMONT, S.C. (WSPA) — Piedmont is a community split by the Saluda River with roots in both Greenville and Anderson Counties.

Much like other parts of the Upstate, it’s growing!

“Piedmont, based on an analysis that we did, is currently outpacing Greenville County’s growth as well as Anderson County and South Carolina’s growth,” said Austin Lovelace, Greenville County Long Range Planner. “The average annual growth rate since 2020 has been 3.2% in Piedmont, which is double that of Greenville County and triple that of Anderson County and the state of South Carolina. We’ve seen, in that same time period, more than 3,000 housing units either approved or constructed or already have been constructed within the 36 square mile studied area.”

Austin Lovelace is part of Greenville County’s Long Range Development team that helped create the Piedmont Area Plan in collaboration with Anderson County.

“Everything that is proposed in the plan was identified in the community engagement phase. The biggest takeaways from that project was that people wanted …