Lady’s Island

A Park, And A Plan For Lady’s Island

Lady’s Islanders: We Want Your Comments! The Lady’s Island Area Plan, an initiative of Beaufort County and the City of Beaufort, has been posted in draft form, and is available for public review on a special website, Lady’s Island Area Plan. The planning process, overseen by a ten-member steering committee drawn from the community and supported by planning staff […]

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Slimmed-Down Whitehall Plan OK’d By MPC

In a 6-0 vote before a packed City Council chamber last night, the Metropolitan Planning Commission approved a new plan to develop the Whitehall property on Lady’s Island. The slimmed-down plan calls for 80-100 residential units, a 100-unit independent living facility, and some 20,000 s.f. of commercial/retails space along the Sea Island Parkway. An earlier

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60 Second Update: Jan 22, 2018

“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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Whitehall Development: When Is Beaufort Obligated To Listen?

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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60 Second Update: Whitehall Hearing, Crickets At City Hall, Message From Gordon Fritz

November 7, 2017 WHITEHALL HEARING NOW ON FOR MONDAY NOV. 13 City of Beaufort Planning Director Libby Anderson has confirmed a special Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) meeting is scheduled for Nov. 13 to consider the proposal for development at Whitehall Plantation. The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers. It

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Apartments, Restaurants & Independent Living: Whitehall Details Beginning To Emerge

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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July 18: 60 Second Update

METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION ENDORSES LADY’S ISLAND TRAFFIC STUDY In a unanimous 6-0 vote Monday evening, the Metropolitan Planning Commission advanced the Lady’s Island Corridor Plan, the long range traffic study of Sea Island Parkway on Lady’s Island and the surrounding area. The recommendation is an advisory opinion, and will now be sent on to Beaufort City Council

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Residents Point Path Forward For Lady’s Island

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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90 Turn Out To Hear Whitehall Issues; MidCity CEO Cancels Appearance

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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