April 2003
Contents

Message From the Executive Director:
* The Upstate as the next regional city

Conservation:
* Couple preserves land along highway 11
* Northern Greenville county tract preserved
* UF members donate land adjoining
Jocassee Gorges to State
* Conservation Bank Act signed into law!

Articles:
* The Upstate is being developed at the rate of a new Haywood Mall every three days!!
* Downtown Schools: a key step toward sensible growth
* Downtown schools in the Upstate
good news and bad news
* Can Stories Save a River?
Bringing Lawson's Fork back to life
* Main Street: Heart and soul of the Upstate
* Victory for streams in the Upstate!

Upstate Forever News:
* Events
* Awards
* Volunteers
* Staff

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT

Upstate Forever is blessed to have a wonderful and dedicated group of volunteers who help us on a wide variety of tasks, such as Bing Somers, who keeps our news clippings file organized, Jean Graves, who handles the acknowledgements for contributions, and Barbara Saplin, who updates our membership roster. Our volunteers are the best!