I know developers replant trees, but many years must pass before a tree provides the benefits of “air quality, stormwater management, wind buffers, increased property values, and cooling effects to our homes and communities …” as the Port Royal Tree Ordinance states. To paraphrase the poet, Joyce Kilmer, “Essays are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.”
Elegy for the trees Read More »
The Town of Port Royal didn’t learn about a $1.3 million tax loss from a report. It found out on social media.
Port Royal blindsided: $1.3M tax loss tied to state tax law loophole Read More »
It is Thursday, Sept. 18, and I’m sitting in a wood-paneled room in Ridgeland, S.C. It is 8 p.m., and most of the 35 other people in this small, jammed-packed room are jubilant; happy because the Ridgeland Town Council has just voted, 4-1, to reject the proposed annexation, proposed rezoning and proposed development agreement presented by Tickton Hall Investments, LLC; Euhaw Holdings, LLC; Tickton Hall Holdings LLC; and Pepper Hall LLC.
Ridgeland rejects Tickton Hall annexation Read More »
On Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, the Town of Port Royal announced that it had reached a settlement with SHM Port Royal a/k/a Safe Harbor.
Port Royal, Safe Harbor reach agreement Read More »
