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The South will rise (maybe) (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: March 29,2013

At the southern tip of a thriving metropolitan area, Rock Hill seems like a little neighbor, a quiet old mill town turned Charlotte suburb. But 22 of the upper South Carolina city’s public and private sector leaders are thinking big, new and loud.


Rock Hill wants developer for ‘Bleachery’ (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: October 4,2012

ROCK HILL, S.C. — The city of Rock Hill is seeking developers to propose projects on a site known as “the Bleachery,” according to a website city created to tout the 23-acre area. Formerly the home of The Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Co., which opened in 1929 and went out of business in 1998, [...]


Property owners in limbo over Rock Hill-Fort Mill connector route (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: February 16,2012

The Rock Hill-Fort Mill Area Transportation Study, an intergovernmental transportation planning organization for eastern York County, has suggested four possible routes for the connector, which would include a bridge over the Catawba River.


Rock Hill’s 
Riverwalk project gets recognition (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: October 21,2011

The city of Rock Hill, S.C., has been chosen as a National League of Cities Showcase City — and one of its mixed-use projects has been recognized in the economic development category. The Riverwalk project is a planned 1,008-acre pedestrian- and cycle-friendly development along the Catawba River. Charlotte-based Saussy Burbank and Evans Coghill are the preferred [...]


Rock Hill named among best cities for young people (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: October 17,2011

Rock Hill, S.C., is one of the 100 best communities in the U.S. for young people, according to America’s Promise Alliance. The Washington, D.C.-based organization released the list last week. Rock Hill has won the honor four times. The competition “identifies cities nationwide that have made the well-being of children and youth a priority,” APA [...]