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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.
If there any questions, please call 864.984.2613
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

** Our department relies on **
** community volunteers **
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