WINNSBORO – Although a proposed deal with a North Carolina hedge fund to build a “Teacher Village” appears dead, Fairfield County Council hopes the proposed subdivision catering to teachers can still be built. At Monday night’s council meeting, several council members said the project might find success with another developer. Gorelick Brothers Capital had planned […]
Council defers final industrial park vote
September 26, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Richland County’s request for Blythewood Town Council to rezone 162 acres between Fulmer Road and I-77 from Development (D-1) to Limited Industrial 2 (LI2) hung by a thread Monday night. Things weren’t looking good for approval when Councilman Bryan Franklin made a motion to defer the issue until Monday, Sept. 30. That motion […]
Council votes to grandfather town’s 35-foot interstate signs
September 26, 2019 By
Non-conforming Landscape Ordinance Also Amended BLYTHEWOOD – Addressing a proposal by Town Council to dismantle two more key ordinances that were put in place by previous councils aimed at creating a more attractive Town Center District, former Councilman Tom Utroska told Council Monday evening that it would be inappropriate to amend the ordinances at this […]
Council cuts comments, raises ire
September 26, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – It’s not against the law, but the decision to delete a public comments period from the agenda didn’t sit well with several Fairfield County residents attending Monday night’s County Council meeting. Moving forward, the council is restricting public commentary to items on the agenda. Residents are not allowed to discuss non-agenda topics as […]
Welcome new magistrate
September 26, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Town Council members and residents gathered at the Manor prior to Monday night’s town council meeting to meet and greet the town’s new magistrate, Diedra Hightower, center. From left: Town Councilmen Larry Griffin and Bryan Franklin, Sen. Mia McLeod, Hightower, Mayor J. Michael Ross and Town Councilmen Eddie Baughman and Malcolm Gordge.
Millage stays the same, but Fairfield bills rise
September 19, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County’s millage rate will remain unchanged for the 2019-2020 budget year, though payers will likely still see a slight increase as the county’s millage rate remains among the highest in the state. At the Sept. 9 meeting, County Council passed a resolution setting the millage rate at 181.8 mills, the same as […]
RCPC OKs industrial zoning in 29016
September 12, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – Richland County Planning Commissioners voted unanimously Monday afternoon to recommend that Richland County Council approve the rezoning of 483.55 acres of property adjacent to the Town of Blythewood – 456.01 of those acres would be zoned Light Industrial (LI) and 27.54 acres would be zoned General Commercial (GC). The two parcels lie in […]
County industrial property to go to RCPC
September 5, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Of the 1,300 acres that Richland County hopes to purchase and have rezoned for a Blythewood Industrial Park, almost 500 acres (two parcels) are in the county, not the Town of Blythewood, and the county will have jurisdiction over their re-zoning. The two parcels, located along Blythewood Road, west of Fairfield Electric Cooperative’s […]
Eight candidates file for council, mayor seat
September 5, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Eight town residents have filed for elective office in the upcoming Nov. 5 municipal elections – three candidates for mayor and five candidates for two at-large town council seats. The filing period ended Tuesday at 5 p.m. Filing to run for the four-year term of mayor are: former Blythewood Mayor Keith Bailey and […]
The deed is done – Doko Depot is sold!
September 5, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Approximately seven years after council voted in August, 2012, to pursue an economic development project that was characterized as the site where a replica of the town’s original train depot would be built, it appears that the disposition of that replica, the Doko Depot spec building, which sits across from Town Hall, has […]
