WORK MOVES FORWARD ON LADY’S ISLAND AREA PLAN Work on the “Lady’s Island Area Plan” continues, with the consultant and the ten-member steering committee getting down to details re: growth management issues. The first several meetings, and the initial public meeting on Feb. 21, have largely been devoted to data gathering, in an effort to […]
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Next Monday, Feb. 19, the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) will meet to consider the latest application for development of the Whitehall property. A first proposal was denied 6-0 in November, and a new plan was filed by lead developer Sam Levin Feb. 1. The meeting will be held at Beaufort City Hall at 5:30 p.m.
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“Lady’s Island Area Plan” Underway At last Friday’s Northern Regional Plan Implementation Committee (NRPIC) meeting, county planner Rob Merchant detailed the approach and announced members of a steering committee for the “Lady’s Island Area Plan.” According to the County’s RFP, “The plan builds on existing plans, policies and studies including the Beaufort County Comprehensive Plan, the
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OPINION Island Packet/Beaufort Gazette November 9, 2017 Last spring, more than 400 people showed up at a meeting to help design a future for Lady’s Island. Out of this meeting and nine subsequent small group mapping sessions emerged “Five Principles for Future Growth on Lady’s Island: Inspired Development, Connected Transportation, Character Enhancement, Sunlight & Predictability,
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Plans for the Whitehall property are beginning to emerge. An “illustrative master plan” has been presented to City officials, and briefings on the plan provided to the Sea Island Coalition and Coastal Conservation League. The developers will be before the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) Monday night to review the plan, and are proposing a special
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Beaufort County is studying the use of a building moratorium on large-scale developments in the county to help it better prepare for the impacts. And Beaufort County is not alone – governments in many parts of the state are turning to moratoria to buy time, or in some cases, to deter developers. The Charleston Post-Courier
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WHITEHALL DEVELOPERS EDGING TOWARD PLAN Officials of MidCity Real Estate Partners told Coalition leaders last week it is edging toward an initial concept plan for the parcel and expects to have firmer plans within the next month. Kirk Demetrops, CEO of MidCity and Associate Chase Powell were in Beaufort to meet with city officials, various
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by Chuck Newton, Sea Island Corridor Coalition Last Wednesday, the Sea Island Corridor Coalition and SC Coastal Conservation League released their anxiously-awaited report, Designing A Future For Lady’s Island: A Community Guide To Growth Management. This 16-page report pulls together the thinking of more than 400 residents of Lady’s Island who participated in a community
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NEW REPORT OUTLINES COMMUNITY VISION FOR FUTURE OF LADY’S ISLAND * * * Sea Island Corridor Coalition, Coastal Conservation League release findings from Lady’s Island community development forum, citizen visioning sessions * * * FIVE PRINCIPLES FOR MANAGING GROWTH ON LADY’S ISLAND BEAUFORT SC, JUNE 28 – Lady’s Island residents are concerned that the
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More than 90 people – mostly residents of neighborhoods surrounding Whitehall Plantation – flooded the Fellowship Hall at Carteret Street Methodist Church Thursday night at an information meeting organized by the Sea Island Corridor Coalition. The goal of the meeting was to share what is known about plans for Whitehall, related development challenges and the city
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