Earl Meyers

Photo by Ken Ruinard

Downtown Honea Path, with a unique water tower can be from the ground and air.

HONEA PATH — Last year, for us, was a year of change and transition. We have moved to our new City Hall, located in the Watkins Community Center, and now have a council/courtroom facility. Our police department will now occupy our old Town Hall building on Main Street.

Main Street is being physically reshaped to match our citizen-driven town plan and vision. The downtown revitalization plan has been almost fully funded by grants obtained by Sen. Billy O’Dell, R-Ware Shoals, and Rep. Mike Gambrell, R-Honea Path.

We thank them for this effort and their magnificent effort securing state funding for a Tri-County Technical College facility in Honea Path at the Watkins Community Center. You will soon be able to attend classes at the “University of Honea Path.”

We also thank Anderson County Council member Cindy Wilson for her assistance in many areas of our town. We are truly blessed with caring, elected officials who take a real interest in our town and ask regularly “what do we need?”

We are also blessed with great organizations that serve our town. Partners for a Healthier Honea Path has done everything from helping fund our first girl’s only softball field to starting our Free Clinic to, well, you name it.

This organization is the result of an AnMed Health initiative and truly provides leadership in our area. We thank the Anderson Free Clinic folks for all that they do in running and staffing our clinic.

We thank the Dogwood Garden Club that beautifies our downtown area every season. We thank the Civitan Club and their help to those in need. We really thank the Watkins Community Center Committee for their work in turning our abandoned school into an area of growing pride.

We now have grants for an area Museum at Watkins as well as an art center, community room and other rooms under construction. We thank the Citizens for a Better Honea Path Group. They truly make a difference.

Our goals this year include recruiting new jobs and businesses. We also will strive to make our government more lean and efficient.

Earl Lollis Meyers is the mayor of Honea Path.