Daily Archives: 05/13/2026
County denies phase five of speedway development plan
By Mike Pulley
Special to the Courier
news@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The Pickens County Planning Commission denied a proposed Phase 5 of a huge business park in Easley Monday, citing several ways the development did not 
comply with the county’s Comprehensive Plan and other ordinances.
This was the second time the Commission has denied approval for Phase 5, and this one has a finality to it the earlier decision in March did not.
It also appears to block Greenville developer RealtyLink’s plan to demolish the historic Greenville-Pickens Speedway and replace it with more industrial facilities in Phases 3 and 4, part of its mammoth Speedway Business & Industrial Park at the intersection of Highways 123 and
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SDPC earns 35 state awards
EASLEY — The School District of Pickens County earned 35 state awards for communication excellence this year, the most of any school district in South Carolina.
The awards were presented May 1 during the South Carolina chapter of the National
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Pickens supports SCDOT Main Street proposal
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Pickens city leaders have been asked to formally endorse the South 
Carolina Department of Transportation’s proposed plans for a “road diet” on Main Street.
Officials discussed the matter during Pickens City Council’s special called work session on May 6.
“They’re going to reduce it from four lanes to two travel lanes with a center median and
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Historic display headed to Pickens
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A display of some of the nation’s founding documents will be installed at the amphitheater property in Pickens.
During their special called meeting May 6, Pickens City Council members discussed a request from State Sen. Rex Rice about a Charters of Freedom display.
In a memo to council included in the meeting packet, city administrator Tim O’Briant wrote that Charters of Freedom is a national effort “aimed at installing monument displays of the nation’s founding documents … in public spaces to promote civic education and historical awareness.”
“Senator Rice has approached the City with a proposal to locate such a display within
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Demolitions to expand county courthouse parking
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Building demolitions in Pickens will allow more parking space to be created for the Pickens County Courthouse.
Last year, the county purchased the former Carolina Investors building on Garvin
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