Participant Organizations
Our vision for rural prosperity involves many organizations, state agencies and community groups. Together, coalition members participate in ongoing dialogue, shape and advance sustainable policies, and promote the value of the state’s vast natural resources and rural workforces. Each organization works collectively toward a shared goal: a better South Carolina for all.
Steering Committee Organizations
Allendale County Alive
ACE Basin Task Force
Brookgreen Gardens
Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation
Clemson University
The Nature Conservancy
Pee Dee Land Trust
SC Association for Community Economic Development
SC Clean Energy Business Alliance
SC Community Loan Fund
SC Department of Agriculture
SC Dept. of Natural Resources
SC Forestry Association
SC Forestry Commission
SC Lowcountry Tourism Commission
The Nature Conservancy
Participating Organizations
Affordable Housing Coalition of SC
Agri-Tech Producers
AgSouth Farm Credit
AllCaregivers, Inc.
Allen Temple AME Church
Allendale County Arts Council
Allendale County Building and Zoning
Allendale Hardware
American Rivers
American Waste Systems
Anderson Interfaith Ministries
ArborOne
AT&T, SC
Audubon
Bamberg County
BC Telephone Coalition
Berean Community Development Corporation
Bishop Bros. Forestry Consultants
Blackville Community Development Corporation
BuyCertifiedSC.com
Calyx Farm
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
Carolina Land Realty
Center for Carolina Living
City of Greenville
Clemson Area Food Exchange
Clemson Extension
Clemson University and Extension
Coastal Conservation League
Collum Lumber
CommunityWorks Carolina (formerly Greenville Housing Fund)
Community Open Land Trust
Conservation Credit Exchange
Conservation Voters of SC
Dillon County
East Coast Millwright LLC
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
First Baptist Church, Allendale
Florence Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
Francis Marion University
Furman University
Gallery Chuma
G & K Interprises, LLC
Gramling Brothers Real Estate & Development
Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce
Greenville County Redevelopment Authority
Greenville County Soil and Water Conservation District
GrowFood Carolina
Healthy Greenwood Neighborhoods, Inc.
JCO Farms
Kapstone Paper
Lawton Maner Co.
Local Happiness
Lone Palmetto Farms
Lowcountry Local First
Lowcountry Outdoors
Marion County
Marlboro County CDC
Marlow Sustainable Landscapes
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
McCormick County Chamber of Commerce
Midlands Authority on Sports
Minority Economic Development Institute, Inc.
Mullins Chamber of Commerce
National Park Service
Olde English District Tourism Commission
Palmetto AgriBusiness Council
Palmetto Consulting Solutions, LLC
Pee Dee Indian Nation
Pee Dee Land Trust
Pee Dee Tourism Commission
Richardson, Bell, McLeod & Wetzel, Inc.
Richland Co. Soil and Water Conservation District
Robert Davis Engineering andConsulting
RSCT Architecture and Design
Rural Schools
Santee Cooper Country
Savannah Riverkeeper
SC Appleseed Legal Justice Center
SC Artisans
SC Clean Energy Business Alliance
SC Coastal Conservation League
SC Dept. of Agriculture
SC Dept. of Archives and History
SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control—Bureau of Water
SC Dept. of Natural Resources
SC Dept. of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
SC Farm Bureau
SC Forestry Association
SC National Heritage Corridor
SC Office of Rural Health
SC Tree Farmers Committee
SC Wildlife Federation
Sigmon and Associates
Silva Tech, Inc.
Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project, Inc.
Southern Carolina Regional Development Corporation
Southern Forests Network
Spartanburg County Planning
Ten at the Top
The Crawford Group, Inc.
Tri-County Regional Chamber of Commerce
Upstate Forever
US Dept. of Agriculture – NRCS
USC Salkehatchie Leadership Institute
Waccamaw Riverkeeper
Wildwater Adventure Centers