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Upstate Forever News Thank you Diane! It was the spring of 1999, and I had just moved into our first office in the West End Building in Greenville. Upstate Forever was not even a year old, and I was the only employee. We did not have a web site and had not published our first newsletter.
But fortunately we had a phone. Diane Eldridge called and told me that she was pursuing a master’s degree in urban and regional planning at Clemson and was seeking an internship. “How soon can you start?” was my response. Diane did a great job for us and I quickly realized that we had found a star. She accepted my offer of a full time position and then figured out a way to finish her master’s degree in her “spare time”. For the next six years, Diane gave Upstate Forever her heart, soul, time, talents and money. She truly did it all – from stuffing envelopes to completing research on projects of mind-numbing complexity. She deserves the credit for making our Education and Advocacy program one of the best in the country. I can’t imagine where Upstate Forever would be right now without her. Even though she is no longer on our staff, Diane will remain actively involved with Upstate Forever as our Special Consultant and Advisor. That is wonderful news for us, our members, and the entire Upstate!
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