Thank You PC

The Presbyterian College School of Pharmacology is coming home to Clinton.

For a while there we wondered. From an economic development standpoint, this was a plum project. It had it all……………higher than average salaries, a draw of dozens of students who most likely come from upper middle class and above families. In other words, a significant and positive economic impact with (and this is the good part) ZERO environmental impact.

Industrial recruitment is great but sometimes we don’t realize the environmental impact for a very long time. Recently I spoke with a gentleman who was working at the former Torrington/Temken site. He was drilling test wells so the toxic chemicals in groundwater could be monitored.

There won’t be anything like that with the School of Pharmacology. There will be, however, about 30 well paying jobs associated with the instructors. And then there’s the money students will spend during their stay.

In fact, the economic development impact was so great that Presbyterian College had several locations from which they could choose. Several other potential sites lined up to offer PC incentive packages.

In the end PC decided to locate the pharmacology college in Clinton. I’m glad for that but that’s not what this is about. What I’d like to point out is that the incentive package offered to PC in Laurens County was NOT the high bidder. Not even close.

Presbyterian College was willing to take a lower incentive package to continue to be our neighbors. For that, I think we owe PC a debt of gratitude.

Agreed?