EDUCATION AND FESTIVALS, FAIRS, OUTDOOR AND ARTS POLITICS AND VOTING SERVICE CLUBS RESOURCES AND SERVICES ENRICHMENT AND MARKETS ENVIRONMENTAL EA IN R S E A OUNTY C ORTUNITI - BOOK RI PP T O E E TH ND A S E UID OMMUNITY ROUND A SOURC E C G ND R A WELCOME TO THE CLEMSON COMMUNITY GUIDEBOOK A PUBLICATION OF THE CITY OF CLEMSON ADMINISTRATION This Community Guidebook is intended to highlight a variety of groups, resources, and services for residents, students, and visitors in and around the Clemson area. For some, this may mean access to resources to help them through difficult times, while for others that may mean knowledge of local events and experiences to enhance their time in the area, whether for a short visit or an extended residency. Hopefully, this encourages involvement in all aspects of our community and maybe shed some light on some lesser known groups and organizations in the area. This guide includes resources and organizations in Oconee, Pickens, Anderson, and Greenville counties, which are shown in the map below. Clemson is marked by the City logo on the map, hiding in the bottom corner of Pickens County, right on the border of both Anderson and Oconee counties. (These three counties are collectively known as the Tri-County area.) Clemson is also just a short drive from Greenville, which is a larger, more metropolitan area. The City of Clemson is a university town that provides a strong sense of community and a high quality of life for its residents. University students add to its diversity and vitality. The City is dedicated to providing a quality living environment for all its residents by ensuring a balanced, compatible, and healthy mix of residential and commercial development, while preserving and improving its natural resources, and promotes its image as a desirable, visually attractive, safe, and economically stable residential community. The City actively seeks cooperation with its neighbors to ensure the fulfillment of its vision. To contact the City of Clemson, call City Hall at 864-653-2030. ARTS Performing Arts..............................................................................................................................................................4 Visual Arts........................................................................................................................................................................5 Musical Arts - Orchestral............................................................................................................................................6 Musical Arts - Vocal........................................................................................................................................................7 Dance and Gymnastics.................................................................................................................................................8 University Degree Programs.....................................................................................................................................10 EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT Libraries.........................................................................................................................................................................11 Museums........................................................................................................................................................................12 Historical Groups........................................................................................................................................................13 School and Learning Centers....................................................................................................................................14 Enrichment Groups.....................................................................................................................................................15 Chambers of Commerce...........................................................................................................................................16 FESTIVALS, FAIRS, AND MARKETS Festivals.........................................................................................................................................................................17 Fairs................................................................................................................................................................................21 Markets..........................................................................................................................................................................21 OUTDOOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL Outdoor and Environmental Organizations..........................................................................................................22 POLITICS AND VOTING Political Parties.............................................................................................................................................................24 Voting Information and Assistance............................................................................................................................25 SERVICE CLUBS Lions Club......................................................................................................................................................................26 Rotary Club...................................................................................................................................................................26 Sertoma Club................................................................................................................................................................26 RESOURCES AND SERVICES Animal Welfare.............................................................................................................................................................27 Child and Family Services...........................................................................................................................................28 Youth Organizations....................................................................................................................................................29 Community Resources and Services........................................................................................................................30 Healthcare.....................................................................................................................................................................32 Advocacy Groups........................................................................................................................................................33 Veterans Affairs.............................................................................................................................................................34 Women’s Organizations.............................................................................................................................................34 Retirement Services....................................................................................................................................................35 RTS ERFORMING RTS A P A Brooks Center for the Performing Arts 141 Jersey Lane Clemson, SC 29634 864.656.7787 https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/brooks/index.html This 87,000-square-foot facility on Clemson University’s campus serves as a professional roadhouse, hosting world-class professional dance, theatre, and musical performances throughout the academic year in its spacious, yet intimate, 979-seat auditorium. Its 100-seat blackbox theatre is home to exciting student theatre performances, and a small recital hall serves as a multi-purpose space for classes, gatherings, and smaller student performances. The Brooks Center is also home to the Department of Performing Arts. Clemson Little Theatre Foothills Playhouse 214 South Mechanic Street 201 South 5th Street Pendleton, SC 29670 Easley, SC 29640 864.855.1817 Mailing Address https://www.foothillsplayhouse.org/ PO Box 1625 Clemson, SC 29633 Foothills Playhouse is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing live theatre for the whole 864.646.8100 family. Their goal is to put the “Community” in [email protected] Community Theatre, and they strive to enhance http://www.clemsonlittletheatre.com/ theatre presence in the community as well as community presence in the theatre. They produce The Clemson Little Theatre began in 1931, making it one eight plays each season at their Easley based of the oldest community theatres in South Carolina. They playhouse. produce six plays each season at the Pendleton Playhouse. Oconee Community Theatre The Peace Center 8001 Utica Street 300 South Main Street Seneca, SC 29678 Greenville, SC 29601 864.467.3000 Mailing Address https://www.peacecenter.org/ PO Box 291 Seneca, SC 29679 With a 2,100-seat concert hall, a 400-seat theater, an amphitheater, a sophisticated patrons lounge, and 864.882.1910 a variety of indoor and outdoor meeting, rehearsal, [email protected] and event spaces, the Peace Center has become http://www.oconeetheatre.org/home.html the hub of cultural life in Upstate South Carolina. Several of Greenville’s excellent performing arts Oconee Community Theatre is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations are resident companies. These organization established in October 1971 with the include Carolina Ballet Theatre, Greenville