By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

PICKENS — The School District of Pickens County’s latest project aims to broaden the educational horizons of both children and adults.

Officials broke ground Friday morning on the Gateway to Innovation — G2i for short — at the Dr. Mendel H. Stewart campus, housed on the grounds of the former Pickens Middle School site.

“This is a significant event,” said school board chairman Randy Robinson, who recalled telling district superintendent Danny Merck to “kick out a wall at the career center” to enlarge the district facility for growth.

“He did one better,” Robinson said of Merck. “He had a thought, and that thought’s behind us.”

Robinson thanked district staff for “planning ahead, thinking ahead and having a vision

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