The Williamsburg Enterprise Community Commission, Inc. (WECC) finished a year of administration with out the services of a salaried Executive Director. The agency made progress in the following areas: education, housing, leadership, Individual Development Accounts (IDA), community relations, credit counseling, homebuyer’s initiatives, small business development and tourism.

In education, the WECC presented the synopsis of its operations to the “Education in Industry” class of twenty- five local educators and emphasized the importance of having teachers give students an overview of how credit and the use or the misuse of it affects future lives in employment and quality of life. The organization also provided training for a student as a carpenter’s assistant and three students as office assistants. The WECC also provided educational up-grades for seven of its Transitional Housing participants allowing five to become state certified nursing assistants and two received GED’s. In the area of housing, one family moved into the subdivision while 109 others attended classes to become potential homeowners by repairing credit or becoming a part of the IDA savings program that may be used to assist with down payments and closing cost. We currently have a total of 15 persons participating in the IDA savings program. The organization partnered with the American Red Cross to do minor repairs or build ramps to homes for ten disabled or elderly citizens. We also partnered with SC State Housing Finance and Development Authority to do Emergency Repairs for four homes for very low income elderly families. The Williamsburg Leadership Partnership had a class of sixteen persons that met monthly to explore local, state and national views and issues on leadership. The class adopted three projects to work on that will improve the future quality of life in the areas of health, transportation and employment for residents in our community. These are long-term projects that will require the members of this class to continue to work and implement them after the classes have ended. The WECC partnered with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), SC State University, The Department of Energy and local elected officials to sponsor the Williamsburg County Community Leaders Institute. The WECC hosted the Community Relation Council meetings until the council elected its own officers and the council is proceeding with training in mediation and problem solving provided by the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission. The Small Business Center continued to encourage our residents to prepare for business ownership and assist them in preparing business plans for loans and servicing current loans.

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