One neighborhood preserving small-town charm is The Village of Baxter, a 1,000-acre community developed by a company owned by the Close textile family of Springs Industries fame. The community has tried to create a neighborhood modeled after small Southern towns. Homes are set close to the street and include porches to encourage interaction among neighbors. New, valuable additions to the community include a $1.5-million community center that includes a pool, aerobics room and meeting rooms as well as a public elementary school, a branch of the York County Library and a YMCA.
Another new development is Springfield, a Crescent Resources community off I-77 near the state line. Half of the development is dedicated to open space, with 123 acres specifically for trails and parks. The community of single-family homes and townhomes features classic architecture of neighborhoods of the past. Ready-to-customize homes start in the high $600s. Single family homes begin in the low $300s.
More than half of the homes in Springfield will be located on Springfield Golf Course, which offers 18 holes of play. The Family Swim and Tennis Center provides swimming pools, tennis courts, and family activities and events for the neighborhood.
With just 7,200 residents, the historic city of York has seen recent change through the downtown revitalization program, which put an emphasis back toward the center of the city with renovations like the reopening of the historic Sylvia Theater and the annual Summerfest, which brings more than 50,000 people downtown every August.
West of I-77 is Rock Hill, the fifth-largest city in South Carolina with 60,000 residents. Rock Hill boasts new business parks, low unemployment and an abundance of new neighborhoods with something for everyone.
Rock Hill’s downtown is a model for surrounding communities to redevelop their older Main Street districts and bring new business and residential development back to downtown.
The Textile Corridor, which is a series of old mills marked for development, is still in the planning stage, but luxury townhomes, loft apartments and new restaurants and shops are recent additions to this area. Manchester Village is one such area that boasts retail shops and townhomes, which will only become more prosperous with the increased traffic on Dave Lyle Boulevard.
While new developments are thriving, Winthrop University has been a Rock Hill landmark since 1895. Long known for its teacher preparation programs, Winthrop has also gained widespread recognition for its other courses of study. The university offers 37 undergraduate degrees, 25 graduate degrees and more than 100 programs of study. It is hailed in U.S. News and World Report as one of the 10 best public universities in the South.
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