Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park

Beaufort approves $70.2 million budget after TIF discovery forces funding changes

Beaufort City Council approved a $70.17 million budget Tuesday night, June 9, adopting a spending plan that keeps the city’s tax rate unchanged while advancing major infrastructure projects after officials discovered a tax increment financing district should have been dissolved nearly a decade ago.

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Waterfront Park emerges as Beaufort’s top budget priority

The Beaufort City Council voted Tuesday night, May 12, to redirect more than $1.2 million in proposed Tax Increment Financing expenditures toward redevelopment of Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park, underscoring the growing urgency city leaders and residents placed on restoring one of Beaufort’s most recognizable public spaces.

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Waterfront committee backs rebuilding existing promenade design at Waterfront Park

Members of Beaufort’s Waterfront Advisory Committee are moving toward a recommendation to rebuild Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park’s failed relieving platform largely in its current form after engineers said public feedback overwhelmingly favored restoring the existing promenade design while elevating it to better address flooding and long-term resilience concerns.

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