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About Greenville South Carolina

Greenville is the third largest city in the state of South Carolina. It is the county seat of Greenville CountyGR6 and the largest city in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson metropolitan area. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 56,002, an urbanized area population of 302,194, with a metro population of 962,441. Greenville is the main city of "The Upstate", an 8-county region of South Carolina located between Atlanta and Charlotte. Greenville is located approximately halfway between them along Interstate I-85, and its metropolitan area is further serviced by I-385 and I-185.

Economy

Since the Civil War, Greenville's economy has been based largely on textile manufacturing - Greenville was once known as "The Textile Capital of the World." Low wages and favorable tax benefits have lured foreign companies to invest heavily in the area: Greenville is the North American headquarters for Michelin and BMW (who also built a major manufacturing plant just east of Greenville in the fast-growing suburb of Greer, Spartanburg County). These companies, and others such as General Electric, have contributed to the area's sustained growth. Recently, Clemson University, BMW, Timken, IBM, Microsoft, Michelin, and the Society of Automotive Engineers International (SAE) have combined to create the International Center for Automotive Research (ICAR) along Interstate 85 in the City of Greenville. Also along Interstate 85, and surrounding ICAR, The Millennium Campus is a 500-plus-acre office park set to attract major corporations and headquarters. One large company currently building a new headquarters there is Hubbell Lighting, Inc., a global designer and manufacturer of residential and commercial lights. Across Interstate 85 from ICAR and The Millennium Campus, the new 1,100-acre mixed-use Verdae Development is beginning to show signs of progression on phase I. Lockheed Martin Aircraft & Logistics Center is a major aircraft maintenance facility located in Greenville at Donaldson Center Industrial Air Park, a former U.S. Air Force base, also the home of 3M, Honeywell, Stevens Aviation, and a host of other businesses and organizations.