Anderson County to Promote Equine Activities-Topic of Landrum Meeting

The Anderson County council at its January meeting passed an initiative to engage the Economic Development Division to recruit horse-related industries for the county.  The long range goals of this program are to bolster the local economy and make Anderson County an attractive county in the region for horse enthusiasts to relocate.  The Anderson County Economic Development Director Heather Simmons Jones will be the speaker at the SCTOBA summer meeting in Landrum on June 21st.  The meeting will be held at FENC with lunch at 1 PM and the program to follow.

Several planning initiatives are on the drawing board.  These range from both public and private land for trails, hunt clubs, and new facilities.  Anderson County is home to Garrison Arena, a Clemson University facility as well as sharing the Clemson Equestrian Trail system with its neighboring counties.  Since in the most recent equine census, Anderson County was ranked second in numbers of horses, the county has the local support to make this program a huge success and serve as a guideline for other counties in the region looking for industry that builds jobs as well as green space.