R. D. Anderson ATC Finances Improvements With $30 Million in JEDA Bonds
Moore, SC — Spartanburg County
The South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority (JEDA) has issued $30 million in revenue bonds for improvements at R.D. Anderson (RDA) Applied Technology Center in Spartanburg County.
The Educational Facilities Lease Revenue Bonds will finance renovations and expansions at the existing career and technology center at 1151 Center Point Drive in Moore. RDA is one of 49 such career centers across the state and serves Byrnes, Dorman and Woodruff high schools.
“Since opening in 1969, RDA has been training our students for a wide and growing array of career opportunities in multiple trades. JEDA financing will help us build on that distinguished record.”
Omar Daniels, Assistant Superintendent for Finance for Spartanburg County School District 6
“Innovative, flexible financing options are critical to school districts seeking to efficiently empower their ability to improve and expand. We were delighted to help RDA with this current project,” said Emily Zackon, Bond Counsel at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP in Columbia.
“RDA serves a particularly dynamic center of economic growth in the Upstate and tax-exempt JEDA financing will help the school respond to the ever-changing needs of both their students and the local industries that employ them,” said Jesse A. Smith, Executive Director of JEDA in Columbia.
