Spartanburg City News

About Spartanburg City News

Official podcast of the City of Spartanburg

Publisher

City of Spartanburg

Category

government · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Nov 2012

Latest episode

30 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

5 of 341 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   30 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   A Conversation on the City's Response to Homelessness

   Deputy City Manager Mitch Kennedy, A Place to Call Home Director Hannah Jarrett, and Maj. Art Littlejohn discuss the city's comprehensive decade-long strategy for addressing homelessness and supporting unsheltered residents.

2. 

   18 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The 'Why' Behind the City Budget

   City Manager Chris Story explains the strategic reasoning and impact of Spartanburg's city budget decisions in this insightful interview.

3. 

   24 Apr 2026

   How Downtown Manager Jamie Smith Creates Connections in a Changing Downtown Spartanburg

   While City Staff from across a wide swath of departments have always worked to keep Downtown Spartanburg humming, our recently added Downtown Manager, Jamie Smith, has brought a new level of coordination to those efforts. Coming to the role from his previous experience working with the Highland community, coordinating efforts between neighborhood leaders, partnering organizations, and the City team, Jamie is well-versed in what it takes to bring people together across sectors to create the shared focus needed to enable positive change. Today on the podcast, we're talking Jamie to get his first impressions of the Downtown Manager role, his work with downtown business owners and stakeholders, and his coordination with our City team.

Inside a recent episode

A Conversation on the City's Response to Homelessness

Published 30 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] That's huge. So when the system works the way it's supposed to, when you've got someone really engaging, what does that path look like for a person? So even when the path is easiest, it's still hard, I would say. There's no magic wand solution to navigating homelessness. We operate on a full continuum of prevent, serve, and house, so preventing homelessness from happening in the first place. serving those who are experiencing homelessness with the goal of that being brief, rare, and non-recurring, and then making sure that we have housing for everyone in our community, particularly those of lower incomes. […]

Who has been a guest on Spartanburg City News

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Mitch Kennedy
• Hannah Jarrett
• Art Littlejohn
• Chris Story

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

15 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

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