Sites To Benefit Fairfield Businesses WINNSBORO – The County and Town governments are looking to fund e-commerce sites for the county’s businesses as a way to help them survive the restrictions ordered during the Time of Corona. In a presentation Monday night during the County Council meeting, County Administrator Jason Taylor said the two governments […]
Town offering grants to improve storefronts
September 17, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – For the third year in a row, the Town of Winnsboro is offering façade grants to businesses to improve store fronts in the town. Town Council approved $3,000.00 for six $500 Façade Grants to merchants located on Congress Street in downtown Winnsboro. “The idea behind the grants is to improve the street-facing fronts […]
PC votes for council to rezone Red Gate
September 10, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – As was expected, the Blythewood planning commission voted 5-0 Tuesday evening to recommend that Town Council rezone the Red Gate property and a smaller adjoining property from Planned Development (PD) zoning designation to Development (D-1) zoning. But the properties’ owners, who sat in the audience during the commission’s proceedings, say they are not […]
Farr, Mackey in runoff for County Council Dist. 9
September 10, 2020 By
RICHLAND COUNTY – After a special election held Tuesday for the District 9 seat on Richland County Council, the winner will not be determined until a runoff is held later this month. Unofficial results of Tuesday’s special election show that Jonnieka Farr and Jessica Mackey will face each other in the runoff. Neither woman received […]
Council to decide fate of Red Gate zoning
September 3, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After almost 13 years of not being developed in accordance with its Planned Development (PD) zoning designation, the 143-acre property on Blythewood Road, known as Red Gate, is on the brink of being rezoned by Town Council. The Town of Blythewood code of ordinances places a time-specific condition upon the established PD zoning […]
Council fills four seats on BAR
August 27, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood Town Council went with experience when voting unanimously to fill two vacancies on the Board of Architectural Review Monday evening. Former town mayor Keith Bailey was appointed to fill seat 1 on the board and former town councilman and president of the Doko Park Foundation Paul Moscati to seat 6. Council also […]
Council reverses vote to fund chamber
August 27, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Under pressure from former mayor Mike Ross, the Blythewood Town Council voted in a contentious 3-2 decision to approve funding to help pay for the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce’s rent and utilities for the current fiscal year. Voting Monday night to award the Chamber $4,000 from the Town’s accommodation tax (A-Tax) fund […]
Two of nine council candidates off the ballot
August 20, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Nine candidates have filed for three seats on Fairfield County Council for the Nov. 3 election, but only seven made the cut. Quincy Pringle, who filed for District 4, and Tony Armstrong, who filed for District 6, did not turn in a sufficient number of valid signatures of registered voters in their districts […]
PC begins process to rezone Red Gate
August 6, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Planning Commission has begun the process to rezone a 143-acre undeveloped site across the interstate from downtown after developers failed to initiate construction of a planned mixed-use development. The large wooded site, which is known as Red Gate Farms, sits on Blythewood Road between Syrup Mill and Muller Roads. It lies […]
New Penny Tax priorities for Blythewood
July 30, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Two years ago Richland County Council approved a priority list of road improvement projects in Blythewood to be paid for with the Penny Tax funds. Leading the list was improvements to McNulty Road followed by improvements to the Creech Road extension. Third and fourth priorities were widening Blythewood Road from I-77 to Main […]
