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[Danmire]

I just hope the trees in the rendering grow to big enough to hide the elevations.  Not very exciting.

[vicupstate]

From the Greenville News.  Sounds VERY cutting edge;

A startup company that makes a system for wirelessly charging electric vehicles has picked the International Center for Automotive Research in Greenville as a test site.

ICAR will be one of the first five participants in a program to test the Plugless Power technology by Evatran, the Clemson University research park said in a news release.

The technology enables hands-free recharging and eliminates the need to plug in an electric vehicle. Evatran was formed by MTC Transformers of Wytheville, Va.

Joachim Taiber, a Clemson professor who conducts electric vehicle technology at ICAR, said faculty and employees will test the Evatran system using a Nissan Leaf electric vehicle. ICAR students will be allowed to drive the vehicle with special permission, he said.

In a separate project, Taiber is working to develop a test bed at the South Carolina Technology & Aviation Center in southern Greenville County to study ways of re-charging electric vehicles while they are being driven.

[GvilleSC]

Oh boy... The School Board is balking over the new middle school planned at CU-ICAR. Their issue: the building looks too good. Dead serious! They're afraid of a political backlash if they approve the new facility as it was presented this week. The building is suppose to be three stories and have a "gleaming glass facade"- according to the Greenville News. The facility and curriculum will be one-of-a-kind in South Carolina.

I can understand hesitation if they were to make Riverside High a posh campus and neglected Carolina High, or something similar to expressing favoritism based on money or performance. However, it is my understanding that this will be akin to AJ Whittenberg and have no attendance zone. Thus, if someone is frustrated that their middle school is 5 years old and not newly built with a very innovative curriculum, they have the right to pull their child out of that school and send them to this yet-to-be-named facility.

The board members' arguments would also seem to suggest that we would never see progress towards a more radical facility, because someone would always feel left out. I don't want to see them over-spend on this facility, but if they're keeping costs roughly in-line with many of their other middle schools, then I don't see an issue. They're afraid of perceptions and their jobs. Grow a pair, school board.

Grow a pair GCS Board.

[gsupstate]

GvilleSC, on 15 February 2012 - 07:06 AM, said:

Grow a pair GCS Board.

I believe many pair in Greenville have been lost, stolen, shrunk in the wash, sold to the highest bidder or maybe the mistress just won't unlock them.
The info you posted about the school is beyond belief.  Let's average everything out to make everyone feel OK.....don't worry about being the best.  Where did this mentality come from?

[citylife]

Now complete:

[scgubers]

johnpro318, on 10 January 2012 - 01:33 PM, said:

These complexes are helping to create density but I also hope they take this opportunity to improve infrastructure to this area. Sidewalks are missing in much of this part of town and people in multifamily buildings seem to be more willing to walk if they could get anywhere without huffing it through grass and trash alongside the road.

I just reviewed the application for the Vinings @ ICAR and I hope to goodness it does not get passed. They are horrendous looking, and in my opinion do little to create density. The amount of blacktop space is ridiculous. Density is created when something like McBee Station and the adjacent apartments are built. The Vinings @ ICAR have a terrible amount of black top space. Condense all the parking and redesign the exterior of the apartments and I'll be content.

[vicupstate]

The CU-ICAR multi-tenant building has some new tenants.

http://www.gsabusine...gy-center?rss=0