The following are highlights from Richland County Government in August:

·         Richland County prepared for and welcomed thousands of national and international travelers to more than 100 events centered on the Great American Eclipse. Richland County was one of the best places in the country to view the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse, with more than two minutes and 30 seconds of totality.

·         Richland County officials unveiled the first of several banners to be displayed along the Broad River Road Corridor as part of an initiative to rebrand the area.

·         Richland County joined Columbia Relief, a partnership with several local agencies to combine efforts to provide assistance to Hurricane Harvey victims.

·         Richland County Council Chair Joyce Dickerson, District 2, was appointed chair of the S.C. Coalition of Black County Officials.

·         Richland County Councilman Norman Jackson, District 11, was unanimously elected chair of the Central Midlands Council of Governments Board of Directors.

·         Richland County’s Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center held a school supply drive and donated collected items to children with parents detained at the jail.

·         FEMA authorized federal funding for two of Richland County’s applications to allow the acquisition of 29 properties damaged in the October 2015 flood. The properties will be turned into greenspaces.