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of Clemson is evident year-round, especially during seven
weekends during the fall when tens of thousands of orange-
clad Clemson football fans descend upon the City to support
their Tigers.
The inhabitants of the University and the City benefit from
their cooperative relationship in many ways. In addition to
its array of athletic programs, Clemson University’s Brooks
Center for the Performing Arts offers cultural programs in
music, art exhibits, student theater productions, and film
screenings to enhance the community living experience. The
South Carolina Botanical Garden on campus attracts locals
and visitors to its acres of blooms and green space. Another
wonderful asset is the City’s fare-free transit system, CATbus,
that offers public transportation to students, faculty, staff,
residents, and visitors traveling in and around Clemson.

Lake Life
“Clemson is a smaller town with
the sophistication of a larger city.
CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITIES OF THE CLEMSON AREA The residents are active,
educated, and friendly.
W hile visitors love exploring the of waterfalls nearby, large lakes for outdoor enthusiasts, Our homes are as diverse

four hospitable seasons, the vitality of the University scene,
wonderful assets of this beautiful region
as our population. From
all year long, residents will tell you the
Clemson Area is also a great place to live. and four welcoming communities, the Clemson Area offers stately manors to modern
spirited culture, superior quality of life, scenic beauty,
With the Blue Ridge Mountains and an abundance and a population of folks who are genuinely happy to see you. efficient homes, there is
something here to suit all tastes.”
Clemson
Clemson is the largest of the four communities – Tookie Nemchak, The NorthGroup Real Estate
served by the Clemson Area Chamber of Commerce.
For ten months of the year, the more than 25,000
students attending Clemson University augment the Both the University and the City enhance the area’s sense of
city’s population of more than 18,000 permanent community through events and activities. The City supports
residents. However, the University is considered a such events as Downtown Trick or Treat and Halloween
municipality of its own and is therefore officially festival, the Holiday Parade each December, the Clemson
separate from the City of Clemson. The two entities Farmers Market, Camp Clemson, and other family friendly
cooperate to serve the Clemson community and are events throughout the year. Some of the University-sponsored
regarded as an exceptional example of town and events include the student-organized First Friday Parade in
gown relations. August, Military Appreciation Day during a Clemson football
The influence of Clemson University on the game, and the floats on Bowman Field and Tigerama to kick-
South Carolina Botanical Garden overall character and living experience of the City off Homecoming weekend.
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