ELGIN, S.C. — New places to live and eat are appearing in Elgin and business owners and town officials alike are seeing the signs of growth.
"We've been doing over 300 tickets a day," said the general manager of Gyromania Grill, Joseph Cornelius.
He said bringing the restaurant to the town was important as they needed more dining options, but what he didn't expect was how well business would be.
"We've actually sold a lot of desserts. We try not to run out - we've been prepping," Cornelius added. "I've got my family back there prepping still. We knew we were gonna do good but we didn't know we would be as popular."
Gyromania Grill is not the only restaurant that welcomed a big week as the owner of Tony's Pizza Palace had a rezoning request approved that will allow his business to move down the street while also adding a strip mall.
"We're approved for a re-zoning for commercial. We are planning to relocate Tony's to the south end of that lot and put a strip mall on the opposite end," owner Collin McDonald said. "We would like to bring three to four businesses in the strip mall."
"I'd like to see a diner café, and then an ice cream shop," he added.
Along with new dining options come new homes.
"The growth Elgin has seen has been explosive, just this week alone 57 homes were approved in the Elgin area," said Kershaw County Councilman for District 3, Derek Shoemake.
He said that outside of the homes approved this week, there are currently half a dozen active housing developments. And while he said that's great, Shoemake said he wants to make sure there is responsible growth countywide.
"I think what you're going to see from this council is the next big priority is going to be address zoning because of the growth," Shoemake said.
Kershaw County Council meets again at a rescheduled meeting on April 18.