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Special Interest Items: February LIBPA Meeting: Guest Speaker is Billy Keyserling, Mayor, City of Beaufort.Mayor Keyserling was elected Mayor of the City of Beaufort in November 2008. Prior to assuming his present office as Mayor he served one term as a member of the Beaufort City Council and two terms as District 124 Representative in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He has served as a staff member at the U. S. Senate and the House of Representatives and has directed numerous political campaigns for elected officials ranging from local to national levels and directed a bipartisan international human rights initiative. more info! New Beaufort County Redistricting Map: As a result of the 2010 Census the Beaufort County electoral districts for county council and school board representatives have been redrawn and given new numbers. Visit here to view the new districts and determine who is your school board and county council representative are with the new boundaries. The term VAP on the demographic portion of the map stands for "voting age population". (view here). Local Real Estate Market Trends: To get at a glance how this year's local residential real estate market is faring in comparison to the past two years (visit here). Updated 16 January. January Newsletter: This month’s newsletter, among other things, provides the results of the December Lady’s Island charette on implementation of a form based zoning code, announces the winner of the 2011 Lady’s Island Community Spirit Award, provides a report on the first year of development for the Somerset Point community, gives an update on efforts to develop a plan for a Crystal Lake Park and shares the thoughts of various local leaders of our community as to the challenges to be faced in 2012. Read here. Membership: If you live on Lady’s Island, work on Lady’s Island or have an interest in the future of Lady’s Island, please consider becoming a member of LIBPA. Your new members fee of $45 covers all membership dues for 2012. For more details visit here. Welcome New Members: Robert Pollard, resident, John Hughs, with Low Country Outlet, William Spies, Resident; Ann Peters, Lady's Island Garden Club; Mary Boyle, resident; Tracy Bolster, Lisa Graham & Tina Ormanian with Barbara Jean's Restaurant, Walter Dagley with Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Kathy Dilsaver with The Velveteen Rabbit Consignment & Thrift, Jeff Scott with Escape Massage Center, Linda Stroud with Palmetto Eye Specialist Friends of Crystal Lake: The Friends of Crystal Lake Committee is organized to develop a community sponsored plan for the development of Crystal Lake Park. Future committee meetings will be held at 10 AM in the Lady’s Island Airport conference room on January 16, January 30, February 13 and February 27. These meetings are open to the public. PLEASE TAKE THE CRYSTAL LAKE SURVEY HERE AS TO HOW THE PARK SHOULD BE DEVELOPED. |
