Rusty Brooks of the Institute of Community and Area Development (ICAD) at the University of Georgia spoke in the Founder's Room last week when Erskine hosted the Upper Savannah River Economic Coalition (USREC) meeting on its campus. USREC consists of community and development leaders from the South Carolina and Georgia lakelands who have come together to better promote activities in the area. Brooks talked to the group about developing a calendar of events, and plans were made also to construct a USREC web site, to be hosted on the Erskine server. The group toured the Erskine campus, including a visit to the Bowie Arts Center.