Greenville County has been awarded an ARPA-Funded Stormwater Infrastructure Program (ASIP) grant through the South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR) to establish a riparian forest and perform a restoration in the Reedy River watershed. One of the projects that will be funded by this grant is the Little Creek Stream Improvement and Riparian Area Reclamation.

Little Creek is a tributary in the upper Reedy River watershed. Near the confluence of Little Creek with the Reedy River, a group of multiple properties were acquired as part of Greenville County’s floodplain buyout program in 2010 to reduce flood risks near the intersection of Plano Drive and Vinson Drive.

The proposed project consists of a 6.5-acre reforestation effort, and a one-sided (1,000-ft) and two-sided (400-ft) stream restoration. The proposed improvements will stabilize the stream banks, reduce the transport of sediment/nutrients downstream, protect adjacent utilities, and improve environmental habitat with the stream corridor.