Visiting Greenville's a whole new ballgame
By RUSS HEAPS
Greenville is an eclectic mix of today and yesterday. Shoeless Joe Jackson called it home; portions of the George Clooney movie Leatherheads was filmed in and around downtown; and BMW builds crossovers and teaches performance driving just outside its city limits.
A cross between Mayberry and Coconut Grove, downtown Greenville bustles with foot traffic seven days a week. Joggers pad by diners seated at sidewalk tables outside downtown's numerous eateries and bars. Parents wrangle laughing children who are focused on finding the bronze mice hidden along Main Street. The air rings with the clanging bell of the free trolley picking up and disgorging passengers.
Main Street's small-town ambience is the result of an ongoing revitalization effort that began 25 years ago and transformed a stark, abandoned cityscape into the warm, inviting tree-lined boulevard it is today.
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