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Special Interest Items: June LIBPA Meeting: Guest Speaker for June 12th Meeting:Senator George ‘Chip’ Campsen, District 43, South Carolina State Senator. With the political redistricting as a result of the 2010 Census District 43 Senator Campsen replaced Senator Tom Davis as Lady’s Island representative in the State Senate. Senator Campsen resides on the Isle of Palms and has served as a member of the State House of Representatives from 1996 to 2002 at which time he became the co-chair and spokesperson for Governor Mark Sanford’s transition team. 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 15 May. May Newsletter: The May newsletter, among other things, provides articles by each of the candidates for Clerk of the Court (Ms. Roseneau and Mr. Garza), takes a look at the preferences of Generation Y (ages 16 to 34), Everett Ballenger compares the local real estate picture for the first quarter of CY2011 with the first quarter of CY 2012, provides an analysis of the 2012 business licenses report for Lady’s Island and Ms. Peggy Allard, President of the newly formed Friends of Crystal Lake, reports on the status of development for a Crystal Lake Park. 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. New 2012 Members: Robbie Ferguson, Attorney, AAG Associates - Christopher Caudle Crystal Lake Development Plan: Beaufort County Council recently approved a community sponsored plan for the development of the 26 acre Lady's Island Crystal Lake property. The Friends of Crystal Lake Committee served as the community voice in the development of the plan and will now serve as the community representative for the actual development of the lake and surrounding property into a passive park. See approved plan here |
