Bamberg, South Carolina (February 2023) – On February 6, 2023, Bamberg County Council met, and CPA Gary Bailey of Love, Bailey, and Associates and Controller Gina Smith presented the FYE June 30, 2022 County Audit Highlights. Bamberg County earned an unmodified (clean) audit opinion for the eighth consecutive year, which demonstrates good fiscal stewardship and is the most important measure of...
SCA Regional Development Alliance releases it's 2023 Bamberg County Priorities Click Here for more information
Please see enclosed the draft of the HOME-American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) Allocation Plan for the Orangeburg County HOME Consortium "aka" Lower Savannah Regional Housing Consortium (LSRHC). Click Here for more info
Bamberg, South Carolina (January 2023) – On January 9, 2023, Bamberg County Council conducted its first meeting of 2023, and Dr. Jonathan Goodman of District 5 was elected Chair while Evert Comer of District 6 was elected Vice Chair. Councilwoman Sharon Hammond of District 2 and Vice Chair Evert Comer of District 6 were sworn in by Probate Judge Donna B. Brown for another four year term...
Bamberg, South Carolina (December 2022) – On September13, 2022, Bamberg County was awarded $4 million from the Savannah River Site Settlement funds. The funds will be used to construct an industrial speculative building in the CrossRhodes Industrial Park located at 61 Innovation Drive off of Highway 301 in Bamberg County. After years of litigation, on August 31, 2020, the state of South Carolina...
Bamberg, South Carolina (December 2022) – On November 22, 2022, Bamberg County was awarded a grant in the amount of $19,330.34 from the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Development Fund for Bamberg Veterans Park. County Council Chairman Spencer Donaldson expressed much pride in the fact that Veterans Park is the new home for the annual tree lighting and said, “Bamberg...
Bamberg, South Carolina (November 2022) – On Nov. 11, 2022, Bamberg County Council joined Bamberg City Council and Mayor Nancy Foster at the Bamberg Civic Center for a Veterans Day celebration. County Administrator Joey Preston, Chairman Spencer Donaldson, Vice Chairman Dr. Jonathan Goodman, and Council members Evert Comer, Sharon Hammond, Phil Myers, and Larry Haynes were in attendance. Former...
Bamberg, South Carolina (November 2022) – On Nov. 4, 2022, Bamberg County Council and the Fire Advisory Board held their second annual Bamberg County Fire Service Banquet at Ghents Branch Baptist Church. The program was dedicated in memory of Janie Sue Jones (mother of Jamie “Peanut” Jones, Denmark Fire Dpt.), Rachel Ann Still (mother of Kim Fail, Olar Fire Dpt.), and Annie “Polly” Myers (mother...