...business parks and a loan program for small businesses; established a visitor center; established the Greater Aiken Local Education Foundation; improved education programs; and established horse-drawn carriage tours of downtown. Mr. LeDuc...

...641-3288. The board of directors of the Greater Aiken Local Education Foundation will meet at 4:30 p.m. at Schofield...open to the public. For details, call Greater Aiken Local Education Foundation Executive Director Diane Mangiante at...

...Chukker Creek Elementary School has won a $5,000 National School of Excellence planning grant from the Greater Aiken Local Education Foundation. The grant allows the school's administration and faculty to visit model schools statewide and study...

...will benefit the programs of the Boys and Girls Club of Augusta. Education foundation gets grant The Greater Aiken Local Education Foundation has awarded an $8,000 grant to Aiken Elementary School to help initiate a new approach to reading...

...Education keyboard facility. The grant was written in response to a $5,000 Challenge Grant from the Greater Aiken Local Education Foundation last May. The site is scheduled for completion by the end of January. The facility will give each student...

...school may get a jump this fall on careers in math and science with the help of a local foundation. The Greater Aiken Local Education Foundation has issued a challenge grant of $25,000 to South Aiken High School to be used as matching funds to...

...Millbrook math and science specialist, Karey Santos, plans to develop with a $1,000 grant from the Greater Aiken Local Education Foundation. Two other grants to J.D. Lever Elementary School for $10,000 and $7,500, respectively, and...

AIKEN - Contributors to a public/private partnership launched in Aiken three years ago to offset projected layoffs at Savannah River Site got a glimpse Tuesday of how their money's being spent. Donors to Aiken 20/20 found out that $400,000 of their money is being used by the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce to build a new 6,000 square-foot office and visitor center. Construction is slated for "approximately July 1," said chamber chairman Doug Henderson.

...500 from its gift shop; and $1,000 from program fees. Schools to apply for grants AIKEN - The Greater Aiken Local Education Foundation has approved a new challenge grant program. Working in conjunction with Area 1 schools in their efforts...