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Middleton returns to planning commission

BLYTHEWOOD – Former Planning Commission member Ernestine Middleton has been re-appointed to the Commission by Town Council after a three-year absence. Middleton has also run for a Town Council seat and the Richland District Two School Board. Middleton is a talent acquisition manager for the S.C. Department of Mental Health in Columbia and previously served […]

Middleton Named to Blythewood Planning Commission

At its regular monthly meeting Monday, Blythewood Town Council appointed Ernestine Middleton to the Planning Commission seat vacated on Aug. 6 by Neil McLean who resigned with 2-1/2 years left on his term. The appointment was made with no public solicitation by Town Hall for applicants for the seat. According to the town’s statute, Title […]

PC votes against commercial zoning on Wilson Boulevard

BLYTHEWOOD – After the Blythewood Town Council voted 5-0 on June 22 to deny the rezoning of a property at 10715 Wilson Boulevard from Rural (R) zoning to Multi-Neighborhood (MO) commercial zoning, property owner Terika Taylor started the rezoning process anew. She appeared before the Blythewood Planning Commission on Monday night asking for a more […]

PC approves apartment site plan

Engineer: Traffic Impact at Creech & Blythewood Rd. will not be Significant BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Planning Commission gave its approval Monday night to a site plan for the proposed 48-unit senior living apartment complex planned for Creech Road. “I don’t see any reason that I can’t vote to approve this project based on zoning […]

Apartments tabled for traffic study

BLYTHEWOOD – The site plan of a 48-unit apartment complex proposed next to the IGA in downtown Blythewood was tabled Monday night by the Planning Commission over concerns about the amount of traffic the complex would foist upon Blythewood Road near the I-77 on/off ramps. If the site plan for the complex, called The Park, […]

Planning Commission Closes Doors on Pointe Talks

Executive Session May Have Violated FOIA BLYTHEWOOD (Jan. 7, 2016) – Conducting his first meeting Monday evening as Chairman of the Planning Commission, Buddy Price called for and received approval from his fellow commissioners to move an executive session with the Town’s attorney Jim Meggs from the end of the agenda to the front of the […]

Low-Income Homes Stall at Planning Commission

BLYTHEWOOD – An $8 million low-income apartment complex proposed in downtown Blythewood hit a snag at the Planning Commission meeting Monday evening when Commissioners expressed concern about increased traffic from the project and the developer’s lack of a fleshed-out plan to manage storm-water runoff. The proposed project, named The Pointe at Blythewood, is planned for […]

Absences Delay Comp Plan

BLYTHEWOOD – Without a quorum, the Planning Commission on Aug. 3 was restricted to discussing items on the agenda without taking any votes. Four of the seven members of the Commission, Robert Cappadona, Marcus Taylor, Mike Switzer and Ernestine Middleton, did not attend the meeting. With the final draft of the Town’s Comprehensive Plan on […]

Planning Commission Split on Model Homes

BLYTHEWOOD – Two members of the Planning Commission who live in Cobblestone Park voiced strong objection to 10 or so single-family model home lots proposed by builder DR Horton for the tennis court area of Cobblestone Park. According to a drawing presented by DR Horton, the lots will be located on a short cul-de-sac street […]

Precincts 1 & 3 Swing Election

BLYTHEWOOD – It only took about 320 voters to seat a new majority to the Blythewood Town Council last week. With 1,551 registered voters in the Town, that’s approximately a 21 percent voter turnout. While the exact number of votes cast for candidates in the election was certified, only an approximate number of total ballots […]

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