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Several elements come to mind when people think of Beaufort, and trees are an important part of the "Beaufort look." Property owners are stewards of these trees, not actual owners, and for that reason an effort by an advisory board to the City Council to protect trees is encouraging.
Published by
The Beaufort Gazette
10-03-07
In this corner: Property owners eager to protect their right to do what they want with their land.
Posted with permission from
The Augusta Chronicle
9-12-07
Georgia gave a coastal land trust group $3.5 million in loan and grant money Tuesday to hold onto St. Simons Island property next to Fort Frederica and keep it from being developed.
Posted with permission from
The Augusta Chronicle
05-12-07
Under a rarely used provision of Georgia's Greenspace Act, a developer has asked that 6.5 acres of Columbia County land purchased with state funds as permanent greenspace be released for development.
In exchange, Blanchard & Calhoun, which would be able to add 17 lots to a planned subdivision near Harlem, is willing to trade adjoining land along Euchee Creek's headwaters.
Posted with permission from
The Augusta Chronicle
04-08-07
As tens of thousands of people drive along U.S. Highway 278 to the Verizon Heritage Golf Tournament on Hilton Head Island this week, they may notice a backdrop of scenery that is changing dramatically: fewer trees, more "for sale" signs on wooded plots of land and the stale smell of exhaust from dozens of construction vehicles.
Posted with permission from
The Charleston Post and Courier
04-01-07
Developers in the past year or so have flooded Augusta with grand plans for open-air "lifestyle" centers, but changes to some of those projects - from putting them on hold to scaling back - suggest saturation.
Posted with permission from
The Augusta Chronicle
03-23-07
One of Augusta's oldest surviving textile mills has a new owner, a new look
- and a new mission.
Posted with permission from
The Augusta Chronicle
03-07-07
A battle over billboard height and tree-cutting restrictions for the outdoor signs is once again brewing at the state Capitol.
Posted with permission from
The Augusta Chronicle
11-22-06
Developers are eyeing more than 80 acres near the intersection of Interstate 20 and Wheeler Road for a new "big box" retail center that would require major road construction.
Posted with permission from
The Augusta Chronicle
11-08-06
Results of Eminent Domain Amendment
09-13-06
Fee spike may hike cost of building
The cost to build a new home in southern Beaufort County would increase by thousands of dollars under revised impact fees being considered by the County Council.
first published by
The Island Packet
08-22-06
South Carolina's identity is defined by its rich history and diverse natural resources. Yet both are increasingly at risk as developers discover what we have always known: South Carolina is a treasure.
Posted with permission from
The State
07-25-06
The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed Summerville's plan to spend
millions of dollars in impact fees collected from builders.
The ruling Monday was closely watched by builders and by other
municipalities considering using impact fees to help pay for infrastructure
required by growth.
Published in the
Charleston Post and Courier
07-10-06
The Legislature's approval of an incentive package for a national retailer usurps executive authority over economic development and can be expected to diminish its success if more broadly pursued. South Carolina doesn't need "170 secretaries of commerce."
Published in the
Charleston Post and Courier
06-27-06
With last fall's defeat of a controversial tax increment financing plan in Aiken County fresh in his mind, Gov. Mark Sanford signed a bill Monday that he says will limit when and how local governments may seize private property.
Posted by
The Aiken Standard
05-19-06
COLUMBIA - A bill that takes away counties' ability to restrict the location of poultry farms cleared the House on Thursday.
Posted by
The Aiken Standard
This bill exempts all agricultural operations from regulation by county government. It would remove siting restrictions from county ordinances, including setback requirements from local residences. The bill would allow some protection from new hog operations , but no local protection from poultry, cattle or other CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations).
Monitor at
South Carolina Sierra Club
05-08-06
It's been a long, hard fight for neighbors in West Augusta's Foxhall subdivision. A fight filled with emails, meetings, and petitions.
First posted by
WJBF, newCHANNEL 6
05-03-06
The new neighborhoods being built in those areas are obvious signs that the county is experiencing a building boom.
First posted by
ABC News 4, Charleston, WCIV
02-28-06
The South Carolina House is taking a much broader approach to limiting government power to take land than the Senate.
Posted by
The Aiken Standard
02-27-06
Laws meant to give tax breaks to farmers and timber companies also unintentionally benefit developers, who pass on the tax burden to other property owners.
Posted by
The Aiken Standard
02-20-06
It didn't get slammed by a hurricane, devoured by termites or crumbled by a quake, but Charleston's historic district is being considered for a spot on the nation's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list.
Published in the
Charleston Post and Courier
01-27-06
Almost 100 Lowcountry residents, builders, politicians and planners heard the good news about Jasper's development future at the annual State of the County breakfast on Thursday, but some remained hesitant.
Posted with permission from
The Beaufort Gazette
01-16-06
Trees surrounded the campus of Grovetown Middle School when it opened in January 2003. Now, the school is circled by new homes and more are coming.
Published in the
August Chronicle
01-15-06
RALEIGH, N.C. - With guaranteed federal loans and insurance protection promised to the first power companies to build a new wave of nuclear plants, the race is on for construction of up to 10 stations between Maryland and Mississippi.
From the
Associated Press
01-13-06
It would take an act of Congress - literally - but a plan to develop resort homes on 550 acres of Thurmond Lake shoreline could also bring dollars to one of South Carolina's poorest counties.
Published in the
August Chronicle
01-05-06
After one month on the job, the new executive director of the Downtown Development Authority/Main Street Augusta said she is working with both boards on a strategy to accelerate the central business district's revitalization.
Published in the
August Chronicle
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