North Carolina information
GOVERNOR
Bev Perdue (D)
Office of the Governor
20301 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-0301
Phone: 919-733-4240
Fax: 919-733-2120
www.governor.state.nc.us
US SENATORS
Richard Burr (R )
Asheville
Federal Building
151 Patton Avenue, Ste 204
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-350-2437
Fax: 828-350-2439
Tom Apodaca (R)
1504 Fifth Avenue West
Hendersonville, NC 28739
828-696-0574
US HOUSE, DIST. 48
Trudi Walend (R )
US CONGRESSMAN, DIST. 11
Heath Shuler (D)
512 Cannon House Office Bldg
Washington , DC 20515
202-225-6401
828-252-1651
Polk County Board of Commissioners: Chairman, Ray Gasperson (D); Ted Owens (R); Tom Pack (R); Cindy Walker (D); Renee McDermott (D), meets 1st and 3rd Monday each month at 7 p.m. at the Courthouse, 828-894-3301.
Board is made up of five citizens elected at large. Every two years, three commission terms expire and new commissioners are elected. Duties include: setting policies and adopting ordinances for the county, representing the county citizens at higher levels of government, setting the property tax rate, and adopting a balanced budget using the tax money collected in the county.
Elected Officials: Polk County Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Register of Deeds, and Board of Education. For more information, call 828-894-3301.
South Carolina information
GOVERNOR
Nikki Haley (R)
1205 Pendleton Street
Columbia, SC 29201
803-734-2100
US SENATORS
Lindsay O. Graham (R)
130 South Main Street, 7th Floor
Greenville, SC 29601
864-250-1417
Jim DeMint (R)
40 W. Broad St., Suite 320
Greenville, SC 29601
864-233-5366
US CONGRESSMAN, DIST. 4
Trey Gowdy (R)
101 W. St. John St.
Spartanburg, SC 29306
864-583-3264
SC SENATE DIST. 12
Lee Bright (R)
502 Gressette Bldg.
Columbia, SC 29201
864-587-1800
SC STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DIST. 38
Norman D. “Doug” Brannon (R)
404D Platt Bldg.
Columbia, SC 29201
864-573-0048
Local Government Agency Telephone Numbers
| Â Agency | Polk County | Landrum |
| Agriculture Agent | 828- 894-8218 | 864-814-2471 |
| Farm Service Agency | 1-800-215-6791 | 864-814-2471 |
| Board of Commissioners | 828-894-3301 | |
| Board of Education | 828-894-3051 | 864-468-4542 |
| Board of Elections | 828-894-8181 | 864-596-2549 |
| Building Inspector | 828-894-3739 | 864-596-2727 |
| Chamber of Commerce | 828-859-6236 | 828-859-6236 |
| Clerk of Superior Court | 828-894-8231 | |
| Communications Center | 828-894-0187 | 864-596-2076 |
| County Commissioners | 828-894-3301 | 864-596-2526 |
| County Manager | 828-894-3301 | 864-596-2526 |
| County Maintenance Shop | 828-894-5350 | |
| Dept. of Social Services | 828-859-5825 | 864-596-3001 |
| Animal Control | 828-894-3001 | 864-596-3582 |
| Emergency Services | 828-894-3067 | 864-596-2800 |
| Health Department | 828-894-8271 | 864-596-3337 |
| Home Economics Agent | 828-894-8218 | |
| Home Health Service | 828-894-8271 | |
| Jail Administration | 828-894-3001 | 864-596-2607 |
| Jail Inmate | 828-894-3615 | 864-596-2607 |
| Magistrate Office | 828-894-8119 | 864-457-7245 |
| Mental Health Services | 828-859-6661 | 864-879-1088 |
| Crisis Line 24-Hr Emergency Psychiatric Service | 828-859-6661 | |
| Polk County Travel and Tourism | 828-859-8300 | |
| Public Library | 828-894-8721 | 864-457-2218 |
| Recreation Department | 828-894-8199 | 864-457-4244 |
| Register of Deeds | 828-894-8450 | 864-596-2514 |
| School Bus Garage | 828-894-8700 | |
| School Maintenance Shop | 828-894-3154 | |
| Sheriff Dept. Office | 911 | 911 |
| Non-Emergency | 828-894-3001 | 864-596-2075 |
| Soil & Water Conservation District | 828-894-8550 | 864-457-3712 |
| Tax Collector | 828-894-8500 | 864-596-2544 |
| Transportation Authority | 828-894-8203 | 864-562-4287 |
| Veterans Service Officer | 828-859-5121 | 864-596-2553 |
The Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce recently launched a new website that offers its members several new membership benefits. A new Members Only section of the website provides members with the ability to add events to the new Community Calendar and post to the Chamber Insider News page shared by members. Chamber members who are realtors or owners can add their short-term rental properties to the Rental Properties page available in the Visit the Carolina Foothills section of the website. Another new benefit is the ability to pay member dues online.
