Class Day #5

We started bright and early at 8am by boarding a bus at the Chamber that would take us on our journey for the day.

The first stop was to the Solid Waste Authority in Conway. What an amazing operation… I don’t think any of us realized how much work goes into maintaining a place like this and believe or not, we learned that they do it all while staying 100% debt free! We got a personal tour of the landfills (which surprisingly didn’t smell as bad as we thought it would), the power stations where Green Power is generated through Santee Cooper, and the recycling center where tons of material are sorted and compacted daily. All of us left there with a better understanding of the importance of recycling and green energy.

Next, we got back on the bus and headed over to Horry-Georgetown Technical College for lunch and a tour of the Conway campus. Being an HGTC alum myself, I felt proud to see all of the new additions and their student’s achievements. A new engineering building was just completed and is fully equipped with state of the art technology to keep its students ahead of the curve.

Our last stop was back on the other side of town at the L.W.Paul Living History Farm. Talk about a hidden gem, this place was so unique! We got a personal tour from the Farm’s owner who walked us through all of the well-preserved pieces that made the farm work from 1900-1955. We explored the Blacksmith’s station, a true tobacco barn, livestock, a real smokehouse where they cured meat and much more. We were also able to walk through an old farmhouse and church and could easily feel what it would’ve been like to live there in the early days.

Brad and Daniel at the Farm