Walk-in traffic accounts for most of Dixon Furniture Co.’s business. But the company also draws customers from Darlington, Florence, Pamplico and Timmonsville.

The City of Florence and Florence Downtown Development Corporation are presenting a new concert series.

Parking problems may be significantly alleviated at the Florence City-County Complex after a series of construction efforts at the downtown building.

A Norman Rockwell picture that appeared on the front of the “Saturday Evening Post” on March 18, 1939, says it all about Dixon Drug Co. at 160 S. Dargan St.

Restaurant owner Palam Syprasert’s dream of expansion into other areas of South Carolina also is fulfilling the hopes of many citizens for downtown Florence.

Florence County Council has voted to accept nearly $8 million in grants and spend nearly $4 million in county funds to build a new Florence Museum of Art, Science and History.

The matter of streetscaping must be addressed before progress can be made on building a new Florence Museum of Art, Science and History, Florence City Councilman Steve Powers said.

Heavy machinery is moving dirt on the site of the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center in preparation for the center’s Jan. 30 groundbreaking.

The former Kimbrell’s building at 135 S. Dargan St. will see light once again, as the Art in the Windows Committee announced Tuesday there will be a second art gallery opening in the building Monday.

Francis Marion University announced its intent to award a building contract for the Performing Arts Center to MB Kahn of Coastal Division on Tuesday afternoon.

The owner of a longtime television, appliance and furniture store in Florence plans to go back into business in a new downtown building next door to his original location.

The Florence Downtown Development Corp. on Monday recognized outgoing Mayor Frank Willis and councilmen Bobby Holland and Rick Woodard for their support of downtown revitalization.

Members of the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center governing board are considering the bids given by five potential contractors for the construction of the FMU Performing Arts Center.

BB&T Bank has given $325,000 to build the amphitheatre of the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center.

The former site of the Chinese restaurant House of Louie carries a great deal of history as the homeplace of Florence’s second mayor, or intendant, in that day’s terminology.