Special Projects

The Special Projects Department serves the city by providing safe and pleasant outdoor recreational facilities, by maintaining the city office and shop buildings and by creating a colorful, welcoming and fun atmosphere for the City of Laurens.

Our Mission: To provide the City of Laurens with a colorful and pleasant ambiance as well as safe and aesthetically pleasing city buildings, recreational facilities and parks. Not only are we responsible for the maintenance of city-owned grounds and buildings, but we are also responsible for new construction of city facilities such as city buildings, public parks and sports facilities.

The Special Projects Department excels at:
Maintenance and grounds keeping of public parks, the amphitheater
and playgrounds
Maintenance and grounds keeping of city ball parks and tennis courts
Colorful landscaping and grounds keeping of all city-owned property
Maintaining the “Welcome to Laurens” signs and the landscaping
around them, keeping the entryways to our city friendly, colorful and
welcoming
Maintenance of 14 reservoir ponds located in and around the city
Established under a grant with the U.S. Soil and Water Conservation
Service in 1986, our work with Little River and the 14 city-maintained
reservoirs provides flood control for the City Of Laurens.
Maintenance of Little River and the river walkways that run through the
city
Construction of ball parks, tennis courts, picnic shelters and
playgrounds
Construction of any new buildings for the public parks and sports
facilities (restrooms, press box, concession stands)
Custodial maintenance of public buildings located at the parks, sports
facilities and amphitheater
Overseeing any other city new building construction or remodeling
jobs on existing city-owned buildings

Department Personnel:
Tommy W. Burns, Department Head