Vote shuts door for now on developer’s golf course plans
By Tony Kukulich
The Post and Courier
BEAUFORT — After months of public conversations, meetings, debate and votes on issues peripheral to the potential development of a golf resort on the 502-acre Pine Island Plantation property, County Council this week had its first opportunity to deal with the Pine Island matter head-on.
At issue was a request from developer Elvio Tropeano to remove Pine Island from the St. Helena Island Cultural Protection Overlay Zone.
On June 26, Beaufort County Council voted 8-2 to deny Tropeano’s request, shutting the door, at least for now, on the developer’s plans for constructing a golf resort on the property.
“This outcome affirms what the St. Helena community has made abundantly clear through many hours of public hearings over the past six months: golf courses, resorts and gated communities have no place on St. Helena Island,” Jessie White, south coast director for the Coastal Conservation League, wrote in a statement.
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