To make your visit to Greenville and the Southeast region more enjoyable, we are
prepared to offer TLG Conference participants and their families a number of enjoyable
and fun visits to Greenville-area attractions.
These visits will be held on the afternoon of June 6. There will be a nominal cost
to cover transportation and other expenses.
If you are interested in one or more
of these attractions, please indicate your interest when you
register online. If
we receive adequate interest in a given tour/event, we will contact you by email
to provide further details.
Greenville Zoo and Cleveland Park.
Details: Tour leaves from the Carolina First Center at 1:15 pm, on Friday, June
6, and returns to your hotels at 4:30 pm.
The Greenville Zoo is located on a 14-acre site
within Cleveland Park. Highlights of a Zoo visit include our orangutan family, including
two-year-old baby, Bob. The Zoo also recently opened the African Overlook, a new
exhibit featuring giraffes and lions. A typical visit would last from an hour to
an hour and 15 minutes. Cleveland Park was created in 1928 after the Cleveland family
donated to the city 126 acres of land along the Reedy River near downtown. The park
features tennis and volleyball courts, softball fields, playground areas, a fitness
trail, and both small-group and large-group picnic shelters. In addition, Cleveland
Park is the site of the Rock Quarry Garden, the Fernwood Nature Trail, and the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial. For more information, click on:
http://www.greenvillezoo.com.
MUSEUM TOUR: Upcountry History Museum and
the Greenville County Museum of Art
Details: We have decided that limiting your time in each museum is not offering
you the best experience possible. On that note, we've decided to offer a shuttle/trolley
for 6/6 every hour from 1:30 to 4:30 on Friday, June 6, which will run from downtown
to Heritage Green, the museum district, and back and will allow you to visit each
museum and stay as long as you like.
Upcountry History Museum. Opened in September 2007, the Upcountry
History Museum’s
promotes, presents and preserves the history of Upcountry, South Carolina through
education, research and service. Through permanent exhibits, collaborative outreach,
oral history presentations and student enrichment programs, the Museum invites visitors
to discover the rich texture of the Upcountry's past and present and to participate
in telling its story. For more information, click on:
http://www.upcountryhistory.org/index.php
The Greenville County Museum of Art. The Museum offers visitors a sample of the
very best in American art, through traveling exhibitions and exhibitions drawn from
its own collection. The Museum's respected Southern Collection is a survey of American
art from colonial times to the present, with an emphasis on examples with relationships
to the southern United States. Featured artists include Thomas Sully, Washington
Allston, Georgia O’Keeffe, Edward Hopper, Thomas Hart Benton, Andy Warhol, and Jasper
Johns. The Museum also houses one of the nation’s largest collections of work by
renowned artist Andrew Wyeth, including 32 paintings spanning every major period
of Wyeth's career. Since its inception, the Museum has also collected contemporary
art. The Museum’s Contemporary Collection includes examples from every major movement
in American art, featuring artists such as Josef Josef Albers, Jasper Johns, Andy
Warhol, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Eric Fischl, and Leon Golub. For more information,
click on:
http://www.greenvillemuseum.org/index.html.
Furman University’s Sustainable Design Focus.
Details: The tour leaves the Carolina First Center at 1:30 pm on Friday,
June 6, and returns you to your hotel by 5 pm. Areas of interest include the lake
restoration project, the new science building, the library and the Southern Living
Home.
Visitors to Furman University will
be treated to a review of Furman’s focus on sustainable design. The James B. Duke
Library was awarded the 2006 Sustainable Design Award from the Carolinas Chapter
of the International Interior Designers Association. The campus will also serve
as the location for a 2008 Southern Living Showcase Home that will be a model of
“green” design, renewable energy and operating efficiency. The 3,000 sf “Cliffs
Cottage” will be among the first residential homes in America to receive Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. It will also be the first
environmentally sustainable Southern Living Showcase Home. For more information,
click on:
http://www.furman.edu.
BMW Zentrum Visitors Center.
Details: Bus departs the Carolina First Center at 12:30 pm on Friday, June 6. You
will arrive at BMW at 12:45 pm for a factory tour. Pick up with be at Zentrum at
3:45 pm. The Zentrum is free and has no time limit, but hte factory tour is $5 and
has very strick shoe requirements (closed toe and heel shoes only).
Located next to the only BMW manufacturing plant in
the United States, this museum of motion showcases the past, present and future
of BMW in a one-of-a-kind building. Tours of the adjacent manufacturing plant may
also be offered, but this is uncertain at this time because the plant is retooling
for new model production. For more information on the Zentrum, click on:
http://www.bmwzentrum.com.
Clemson University.
Details: Bus departs the Carolina First Center at 1:30 pm. The tour begins at 2
pm at Fort Hill, with curator Will Hiott leading a walking tour of the historic
part of the campus. Randy Rice, Director of Facilities, will meet the group at Tillman
Hall and continue through campus to the Faternity Quadrangle, which has several
new LEED certified buildings. You will return to your hotels by 5 pm. Cost is $5.
Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Clemson
University campus is composed of 1,400 acres and is surrounded by 17,000 acres of
University farms and woodlands devoted to research, teaching and service. Established
in 1889 as Clemson Agricultural College, the University has grown into a competitive
research university with high national rankings. Within the campus, there are several
places of interest including: The South Carolina Botanical Garden, a 295-acre public
garden, features several thousand varieties of ornamental plants and a unique collection
of nature-based sculptures. The Robert Campbell Geology Museum at the Botanical
Garden displays a large collection of gems, minerals and other specimens donated
by collectors. Fort Hill, the home of John C. Calhoun and later of his son-in-law,
University founder Thomas Green Clemson, is a registered National Historic Landmark
located in the center of campus. Clemson Memorial Stadium, better known as Death
Valley, is one of the 10 largest on-campus stadiums in the United States. For more
information, click on:
http://www.clemson.edu.
Duke Energy Oconee Nuclear Station and World of Energy.
Details: The bus will leave the Carolina First Center at 1:30 pm on Friday, June
6 and return you to your hotel by 5:15 pm.
Oconee Nuclear Station
was the first of three nuclear stations designed, built and operated by Duke Energy.
Located on Lake Keowee in Oconee County, South Carolina, the facility is eight miles
north of Clemson. Oconee has safely and reliably generated more than 500 million
megawatt-hours of electricity—the first nuclear station in the United States to
achieve this milestone. The station’s World of Energy is an exciting way to learn
about energy, from conservation techniques to the principles of fission, in a fun,
interactive environment. For more information, click on:
http://www.duke-energy.com/visitor-centers/world-of-energy.asp
The Greater Greenville Scottish Games and Highland Festival. The
Greater Greenville
Scottish Games & Highland Festival attracts thousands of visitors to SC to celebrate
the unique culture and traditions of the Scottish people. The competitions, ranging
from piping and drumming to highland dancing to heavy athletics, enable spectators
to experience first-hand some of the colorful and exciting traditions of the Scottish
Highlanders. A special children’s village, with age-appropriate demonstrations and
activities, will allow young people to tour Wee Scotland and learn about the country’s
culture, landmarks, and legends. With additional features, including musical performances,
storytelling, historical re-enactments, craft demonstrations, cultural and educational
displays, dance demonstrations and lessons, and Celtic food and clothing vendors,
the festival promises fun for all ages. For more information, click on:
http://www.greenvillegames.org.