BLYTHEWOOD – A medical office designed to be shared by two private medical practices in downtown Blythewood is expected to seek final approval from the Town’s Board of Architecture Review (BAR) Monday night. The project received partial approval from the BAR in June. Architect Matt Davis represents the project and is also the Town’s architectural […]
No Junk in this Trunk
August 6, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD – When folks in Blythewood are down on their luck and need a great looking outfit to wear for a job interview or nice clothes for their kids to start school in, they can find just what they need, at no cost, at Tricia’s Trunk, a unique, spacious shopping boutique located on the second […]
Council Slips FILOT Details into Agenda
July 31, 2015 By
WINNSBORO – County Council amended its agenda Monday night to allow Interim Administrator Milton Pope to present a resolution detailing elements of a potential fee-in-lieu-of-taxes (FILOT) agreement. Councilman Billy Smith (District 7) voted against the agenda change, citing a recent amendment by the State Legislature to the S.C. Freedom of Information Act making the addition […]
Funds Earmarked in Secret Meeting
July 30, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD – At the Monday night Town Council meeting it was revealed that the Town’s Accommodation Tax Committee met via phone sometime in July, without public notice and without notifying the media, to vote to recommend funding for two Bravo Blythewood events: a Butterfly Festival ($7,500) and the Beach Bash ($5,000). Councilman Bob Mangone expressed […]
Businesses on the Move –
July 24, 2015 By
Instead of a fruit basket turnover, Ridgeway is having a business turnover. Robbie Martin, standing in front of her home décor shop and art gallery, The Palmer Street Market, is purchasing the consignment business next door, The Cotton Yard Market, from Karen Sieling, who will be opening the Ridgeway Station Café on Dogwood Avenue. Martin, […]
Town Mulls New Plan for UTC Grants
July 2, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Town was awarded two separate Utility Tax Credit grants from Fairfield Electric Cooperative in 2013 ($240,714) and 2014 ($216,167) for a total of $456,881 to construct a restaurant building in Doko Meadows across from Town Hall. Immediately following the 2012 Town Council election, the three newly seated councilmen – Bob Massa, Bob […]
Wording May Impact Rimer Pond Road Zoning
July 2, 2015 By
COLUMBIA – Although the Rimer Pond Road commercial zoning request was withdrawn from the June 23 Richland County Council public hearing, a related issue that could prompt a new, similar rezoning request for the same property before the end of the year is still pending at the County and will go before the County Planning […]
Council OK’s First Reading on Industrial Zoning
July 2, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Rezoning of a 600-plus acre site nestled between Ashley Oaks subdivision, Locklear Road, Northpoint Industrial Park and I-77 passed first reading by Town Council Monday evening to allow a wide variety of industries to set up shop. Town Administrator Gary Parker introduced the rezoning request, which was recommended by the Town’s Planning Commission. […]
Council OK’s Transfer of Sycamore Water Deal
June 26, 2015 By
WINNSBORO – Town Council last week approved the transfer of a water agreement from the developer of a pair of Blythewood projects to a prospective buyer of one of those projects. Last March, Council gave the OK to up to 42,800 gallons a day for 107 residential lots on a 31.23-acre tract at 502 Rimer […]
Blythewood Welcomes New Businesses
June 25, 2015 By
Restaurants, Retail, Medical Office Opening Doors BLYTHEWOOD – Business is booming in Blythewood these days with the prospect of two new pizza restaurants, a new kind of dollar store and a new medical office that will accommodate a pediatrician and an ophthalmologist (see June 22 issue of The Voice). Pappa John’s will open a restaurant […]
