Mayor Asks for Financial Records BLYTHEWOOD – The Town of Blythewood is in “excellent” financial shape, but the Chamber of Commerce is not. At a special called meeting of the Blythewood Town Council on Tuesday, the future development of The Manor, the financial problems facing the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce and the future finances […]
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Parker: Tree Rules Unwieldy
May 28, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A year after the Planning Commission revised and combined the Town’s Landscaping, Buffer Yards and Tree Preservation Ordinances into one ordinance and sent it to Council for a vote, the proposed ordinance continues to be held in abeyance as the Town operates under a tree preservation ordinance that Town Administrator Gary Parker declared […]
Councilman Stepping Down
April 30, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Town Council opened with the announcement of several appointments and resignations, not the least of which was the resignation of Councilman Bob Massa, effective June 30. Massa told Council members that he and his wife, Theresa, will be moving to Seneca to be nearer his son’s family. Massa is in his second year […]
Town May Shrink Boards, Commissions
April 16, 2015 By
Council Urges Citizens to Take Traffic Survey BLYTHEWOOD – During its monthly marathon workshop Tuesday morning, Town Council discussed a number of topics, but took no votes. Councilman Tom Utroska managed to stir the pot even though he was absent due to travel. He left behind a letter to members of Council suggesting they consider […]
Rimer Pond Road Issue Heads to County Planning Commission
April 2, 2015 By
Property Owners Seek Commercial Zoning BLYTHEWOOD – The owners of two separate properties on Rimer Pond Road will come before the Richland County Planning Commission Monday at 1 p.m. to request the zoning on their properties be changed from Rural (RU) to Rural Commercial (RC). One is a 2.76 acre parcel (tax map number R15100-06-26) […]
Group Seeks Funds for Doko
March 26, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD – With no money left in the Town’s budget to complete the various features originally planned for the Doko Park, Jim McLean is heading up a foundation committee whose goal it is to raise funds for those features, including an amphitheater, farmers market, athletic fields and clock tower. In February, Town Council voted to […]
Planning Commission Chairman Takes Aim at Green Space
March 19, 2015 By
Gordge: The Manor Failed BLYTHEWOOD – With the unrelenting drain on the Town’s finances by the park and Manor, much of Town Council’s recent day-long annual retreat was spent looking at ways they might bring additional revenue to the town. Last week The Voice reported on Council members’ various proposals for and angst over levying […]
Manor’s Economic Drag Burdens Town Budget
March 12, 2015 By
Mangone: Fish or Cut Bait BLYTHEWOOD – Despite The Manor’s now successful weekend rentals, the facility’s continuing financial quagmire was still the hot topic at Town Council’s annual retreat, held at The Langford-Nord House in Blythewood on Saturday. The bottom line was the urgent need to “stop the bleeding” and generate revenue. After hearing a […]
Town Talks Tax
March 12, 2015 By
Fear of Shortfall Prompts Millage Discussion BLYTHEWOOD – During Town Council’s annual retreat on Saturday, an agenda item titled ‘Revenue Issue’ turned out to be a presentation by Town Administrator Gary Parker to prepare the citizens of Blythewood for a property tax in the not too distant future. Parker reviewed a laundry list of the […]
Rimer Pond Road Faces Zoning Threat
March 5, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD – About 10 residents of Rimer Pond Road appeared before the Planning Commission Monday night to express their concerns about a letter the Mayor received from a Chapin resident seeking his support for a potential commercial zoning request on property he owned on Rimer Pond Road. The request is to change the zoning on […]
