About this Event
Join us for the Spartanburg County Housing Summit, a full-day, community-wide convening focused on deepening understanding and accelerating solutions to housing instability, homelessness, and affordable housing across Spartanburg County.This Summit brings together leaders, practitioners, policymakers, funders, advocates, and community partners to strengthen our local housing ecosystem and move from conversation to coordinated action. The day is organized around three core themes: Issue, Opportunity, and Action.
ISSUE
Understand the data, housing landscape, and full housing continuum in Spartanburg County.
OPPORTUNITY
Explore policy, advocacy, funding, and systems-level strategies that can move the needle.
ACTION
Participate in facilitated breakout conversations focused on prevention, services, and housing solutions.
Through shared learning, meaningful dialogue, and cross-sector collaboration, the Summit will identify practical next steps to strengthen our housing response and build a stronger Spartanburg County for everyone.
Agenda
🕑: 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Check-In and Networking
Info: Coffee, tea, and water provided
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Welcome & Leadership Remarks
Info: APTCH Leadership Organizations
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Housing Data Breakdown
Info: Presentation of the State of Housing Report and overview of Spartanburg's approach
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Break
🕑: 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Housing, Homelessness & the Continuum
Info: Prevention, crisis response, and housing pathways
🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Lunch Buffet & Networking
🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Keynote Speaker: Vijay Gupta
Info: Vijay Gupta is a nationally recognized speaker whose work sits at the intersection of performance, neuroscience, leadership, ethics, and social impact. A former youngest-ever member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, founder of the nonprofit Street Symphony, and author of the forthcoming memoir Restrung (Hachette), Gupta brings uncommon credibility to conversations about excellence, burnout, belonging, and purpose.
His keynotes draw from lived experience across elite performance environments, hospitals, prisons, shelters, universities, and global stages. Rather than offering motivational platitudes, Gupta speaks to how individuals and institutions sustain excellence without losing their humanity.
🕑: 12:50 PM - 01:00 PM
Break
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:15 PM
Policy, Advocacy & Funding
Info: Systems, funding mechanisms, and leverage points
🕑: 02:15 PM - 02:20 PM
Instructions & Room Transfers
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Facilitated Breakout Sessions
Info: Prevention (One Spartanburg) • Serve (City & County) • House (Spartanburg Housing)
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Spartanburg Marriott, 299 North Church Street, Spartanburg, United States
USD 39.19 to USD 55.20
