Greenville is a southern American city located in the northwestern corner of the state of South Carolina. It is the county seat of Greenville County, the most populated county in the state. http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=13173

In the 1980s, the city began a downtown revitalization project, working with outside consultants to create a master plan to bring in luxury and convention hotels, work on streetscape and light fixture improvements, and convert former industrial buildings into an art complex. http://www.exploregreenville.com/Downtown_Greenville.html Greenville was awarded a National Trust Main Street Center award for the project in 2003. http://www.exploregreenville.com/Downtown_Greenville.html They were also named one of Fortune Magazine’s “5 Great Places to Retire” and one of the “Top 100 Places to Live” by Relocate America.http://www.greenvillesc.gov/PublicInfo_Events/newsarticles/FortuneMagazine.pdf http://www.relocateamerica.com/south-carolina/cities/greenville

The city is home to multiple colleges and universities, including Campbell University, Clemson University, Furman University, Bob Jones University, North Greenville College and Southern Wesleyan University, among others. http://www.exploregreenville.com/Greenville_Schools.html BMW’s U.S. factory is located in Greenville, as well as the Zentrum BMW museum which offers tours through the Plant and Performance Center. http://www.bmwusfactory.com/zentrum/

The area which is now Greenville was once territory belonging to the Cherokee tribe of Native Americans. http://www.greenvillesc.gov/Culture/History/HistoryofGreenville.aspx Richard Pearis, who traded with the tribe, built a camp including a house, trading post, smokehouse, stables, dairy, grist mill, blacksmith shop, sawmill and slave quarters on the land, where he also planted an orchard and farm crops.http://www.greenvillesc.gov/Culture/History/HistoryofGreenville.aspx Following the defeat of the Cherokee Indians and the British during the American Revolution, Pearis lost all of his holdings. http://www.greenvillesc.gov/Culture/History/HistoryofGreenville.aspx The 11,023 acre parcel of land reverted to the state, and a village containing a courthouse and a jail was planned. http://www.greenvillesc.gov/Culture/History/HistoryofGreenville.aspx The village was initially named Pleasantburg, but the name was soon changed to Greenville to commemorate Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene.http://www.greenvillesc.gov/Culture/History/HistoryofGreenville.aspx http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=13172

In the early 1900s, Greenville had a population of 53,487. Cars and trolleys ran the streets, and some of the nation’s largest textile mills lay on the western edge of the city. http://www.exploregreenville.com/Greenville_History.html More than 40,000 of the residents worked in the mills.http://www.exploregreenville.com/Greenville_History.html Most of these factories closed during the Great Depression, and there was little growth in the city until Donaldson Air Force Base was built after World War II. http://www.greenvillesc.gov/Culture/History/HistoryofGreenville.aspx

Greenville is located at latitude 34° 51'N and longitude 82° 23'W.http://www.travelmath.com/city/Greenville,+SC It is 26 square miles in area, with a population density of 2,148 persons residing per square mile. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/45/4530850.html The city has an elevation of 1,007 feet above sea level, and sits on the banks of the Reedy River in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=13172 It is located on Interstates 385, 85, and 185, as well as US Highways 276, 29, and 25.http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=13172

• Greenville Zoo: 14-acre facility with more than 100 animals, including a giraffe, monkeys and elephantshttp://www.greenvillezoo.com/
• Falls Park: Large multi-use park with a 345-foot long arched, cantilevered suspension bridge for pedestrians over the Reedy River Waterfalls; the only bridge of its kind in the United Stateshttp://www.fallspark.com/LibertyBridge.aspx
• Greenville Museum: Art gallery with a southern collection, a contemporary collection and an Andrew Wyeth collectionhttp://www.greenvillemuseum.org/
• Lake Conestee Nature Park: 400-acre nature reserve for hiking, biking, geocaching and wildlife observation.http://conesteepark.com/
• Upcountry History Museum: Exhibitions focusing on the history of the upper South Carolina regionhttp://www.upcountryhistory.org/welcome/about/
• Children's Museum: 79,000 square feet of hands-on exhibits, including those focused on auto racing, medicine, climbing, construction and outer space.http://www.tcmupstate.org/

• Keith Robinson: Actor, musicianhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732803/
• Bo Hopkins: Actorhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005019/
• J. Smith-Cameron: Actresshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810397/
• Brooke Richards: Miss Hawaiian Tropic 1999, Playboy playmatehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723996/bio
• Michael-John Wolfe: Actorhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm1677527/
• Steven Griffith: Actorhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003026/
• Rev. Jesse Jackson: Civil rights activist, politician, founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalitionhttp://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-07-16/news/ct-edit-revjackson-20100716_1_library-woolworth-s-lunch-counter-arrest
• Glenn German: Screenwriterhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm2773757/
• Stephen Coleman: Composerhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm1309066/