Welcome to
Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments

David M. Essex, Executive Director
1230 Highmarket Street    Georgetown, SC 29440
Phone: (843) 546-8502     Fax: (843) 527-2302

Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments, a regional agency serving county governments, municipalities, and citizens of Georgetown, Horry and Williamsburg Counties, offers a wide variety of planning, economic development and social services to aid in the orderly growth and development of the area.

Created in 1969, Waccamaw Regional is one of ten such regional agencies in the State, together making up the SC Association of Regional Councils. The Council provides in-depth assistance to local government serving as the technical planning staff for numerous planning and zoning commissions, assisting in securing and administering grant funds for local projects and services, coordinating varied social services for the economically deprived.

Waccamaw Regional operates under the guidance of a twenty-four member Board of Directors comprised of elected officials and citizens-at-large from the tri-county area. Waccamaw Regional’s professional staff is engaged in four basic areas of activity: planning; economic development; human resources; and finance. The agency is organized into four separate departments according to those activities.