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BJU plans for-profit housing, retail development

Plans have been on the table for several years for the purpose of reinvigorating the Pleasantburg Drive area. These plans have involved the City of Greenville, Greenville Tech, University Center, Bob Jones University, and other players along Highway 291. The plans have been to beautify the area and hopefully turn it into an "education corridor." Some of the plans are rather ambitious.

The overall concern is to stop any decline in the quality of life along one of the busiest roads in the state of South Carolina. Bob Jones University sees a two-fold advantage in this project. First, it helps to show the school is committed to the larger plan involving the improvement committee. Second, it helps to improve the community around the University campus. Just as improvements to downtown have lifted the quality of life there, it is hoped that this project will have the same affect.