Rural, diverse and hardworking, the people of Orangeburg County represent the best our nation has to offer — but it can be difficult to ignore the tough hand they’ve been dealt.
Our region along Interstate 95 has some of the lowest property values, investment income and per capita income in the state, all of which translate into unemployment, underfunded schools and a host of other challenges.
Orangeburg County has been scarred for many years for being known as one of several counties in the “Corridor of Shame.”
The term was coined 20 years ago in a television documentary. The “shame” was not directed at the people who live here, but the decision-makers in Columbia and elsewhere who neglected to do anything about it for generations.
