“Blossom One” represents a textiles possibility
Textile work has virtually disappeared from the Oconee County landscape. But there’s potential for a new textile employer to find a home in the county. Richard Blackwell announced during Friday’s meeting of the board of the county Economic Alliance that a “textiles related project, generated by the South Carolina Department of Commerce, from Europe visited Oconee and seven other areas of the Upstate. Oconee was his top choice. A second visit is expected this fall.” For now, the project has been code-named “Blossom One.”