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Looking to meet your New Year’s resolution in Greenville? From feeling fit to finding more family time, check out our local resolution recommendations below.
Cook more meals at home
- The Cook’s Station, 515 Buncombe St. | Learn to cook more meals at home with a class or two to beef up your recipe repertoire.
- Truist Culinary & Hospitality Innovation Center, 556 Perry Ave., Ste. B114 | Take a hands-on class (and become an official Greenville Tech student) to bring professional-grade cooking skills into your own kitchen.
- Swamp Rabbit Cafe & Grocery, 205 Cedar Lane Rd. | Grab a basket and peruse the refrigerated and frozen sections, complete with ready-to-eat salads and sides + ready-to-heat frozen dishes like pasta, soup, quiche, and more.
- Hester General Store, 1135 Hester Store Rd., Easley | Stock up on locally-sourced ingredients for your next feast, like meat, produce, and of course, pie.
Start a new workout routine
- The Junkyard of Greenville, 556 Perry Ave., Ste. B120 | Start a new workout routine with HIIT workouts featuring treadmills, cycles, rowers and functional training.
- C.O.R.E Grow Strong, 1501 E. North St., Ste. A | Strengthen your core by taking a pilates or aerial yoga class.
- YMCA of Greenville, multiple locations | Become a Y member and choose from hundreds of classes or create your own workout routine.
- Shine Om Yoga, 556 Perry Ave. Ste. B101 | Find your zen in a yoga class, including Vinyasa Relaxation and Warrior Sculpting.
Read more books
- M.Judson Booksellers, 130 S. Main St. | Pick a locally authored read while you sip on a coffee or glass of wine from Camilla Kitchen, join a book club, focused on genres like classics and Southern lit, or attend an event.
- Fiction Addiction, 1175 Woods Crossing Rd. #2 | This Eastside independent book shop offers a variety of national best-sellers and novels written by Upstate and regional authors.
- As The Page Turns, 32 S. Main St., Travelers Rest | Browse books in a variety of categories, including cozy, historical romance, and paranormal.
- Hughes Main Library, 25 Heritage Green Pl. | Bring your own or sign up for a library card to get lost among the multiple floors and stacks of books or read up on SC’s history in the South Carolina Room.
Spend more quality time with family
- Unity Park, 320 S. Hudson St. | Let the kiddos slide into the new year on Unity Park’s playgrounds, throw the ball on the Michelin Green, or play a round of family basketball on the courts.
- Flying Rabbits, 821 Laurens Rd. | Strap into a harness and climb your way to Greenville’s treetops + practice teamwork with the family on the multiple obstacle courses.
- The Children’s Museum of the Upstate, 300 College St. | Let your kids’ minds roam free in this three-level museum featuring hands-on exhibits on everything from the human body to water.
- Conestee Nature Preserve, 840 Mauldin Rd. | Download the “Biodiversity of Conestee Nature Preserve” iNaturalist project explore the preserve with the fam to find and photograph its species.
Learn a new hobby
- Greenville Center for Creative Arts, 101 Abney St. | Try your hand at an art class with GCCA in a medium of your choice, from drawing to screen printing to jewelry making.
- Hollowed Earth Pottery, 1320 Hampton Ave. Ext., Bay 7 | Get behind the wheel to throw a new vase or hand pinch a new mug in this studio’s pottery intro, basics, and handbuilding classes.
- Carolina Ballroom Dance Studio, 134 Halton Bridge Rd. | Work up a sweat in this dance studio’s new space by learning ballroom, Latin, or swing dances.
- Upstate International, 9 S. Memminger St. | Learn the five skills of understanding a new language — spoken interaction, spoken production, listening, reading, and writing — to maximize your next trip experience or enhance your resume.
