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WPDE TV 15 News Interview
BY TONYA BROWN WEDNESDAY, JULY 6TH 2016
Pamplico, S.C. (WPDE) — The Pamplico Community Development Group is looking to renovate and restore the old Gibbs High School and Hannah-Pamplico Elementary Middle School on East Main Street in Pamplico.
The building closed nearly 16 years ago when Florence School District 2 built another facility to house its elementary and middle school students.
The group believes the property is still viable and could be restored into a community center for families and young people.
"We see potential. Basically what we want to see is something done in this community. Right now when you drive down Main Street here, you see kids hanging out on the side of the road with nothing to do. What we want to do is restore, renovate this whole facility. To create something for this community, " said Rev. Timothy Lucas.
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http://wpde.com/news/local/group-working-to-restore-old-schoolhouse-in-pamplico
WBTW TV 13 News Interview
By Jamarlo Phillips Published: July 10, 2016, 1:21 am Updated: July 10, 2016, 1:23 am
PAMPLICO, SC (WBTW) – It’s a building that is steeped in history. But these days, it’s an old school that’s really falling into a state of disrepair.
But now a group is looking to turn it into a resource for families.
Cynthia Parks attended the community awareness fun day at the old Hannah Pamplico Elementary School Saturday afternoon.
“I went to first grade through the twelfth grade here. It’s been a good feeling,” said Parks.
It was a good feeling of sentimental value for many who worked and attended school there.
“I use to be here many, many years ago in the fourth grade,” mentioned Dr. Gloria Clark.
Gloria Clark was in attendance Saturday afternoon too. She is
making sure that the structure’s rich history will not be forgotten.
“I’m just so grateful that today that I own this facility, where I went to school at in the fourth grade. We did it for the community of Pamplico and the surrounding areas,” Clark added.
Reverend Timothy Lucas is the president of the Pamplico Community Development Group. He says some of the initial estimates of what it will take to restore the building calls for three to five million dollars.
“We’re going to do that by soliciting state government for grants, federal government for grants as well as some individual donors, some Pamplico alumni, even folks who went to this school because it is a historic place,” said Lucas.
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