Ordinance Passes First Reading BLYTHEWOOD – Town Council took the first step Monday evening in a newly energized effort to bring industry to Blythewood. It passed first reading on a Limited Industrial Two (LI-2) zoning district that will allow a wider variety and greater intensity of manufacturing uses than the Town’s current Limited Industrial District […]
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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 […]
Developer Agrees to Traffic Study
February 26, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After months of wrangling with developer D.R. Horton over a proposed amendment to the zoning of Cobblestone Park where a majority of the members of the Town Council live, Council won out. It was announced at the meeting on Monday evening that the developer has agreed to Council’s final demand – to conduct […]
Cobblestone Debate Heats Up
January 29, 2015 By
Attorney Questions ‘Due Process’ BLYTHEWOOD – The six- month verbal tussle between Town Council and Cobblestone Park developer D.R. Horton over the proposed rezoning of the neighborhood progressed to higher decibels at Monday evening’s Council meeting, D.R. Horton’s attorney, Kyle Dillard, told the Council, “I do have serious questions about due process and issues implicated […]
Hiring Policies Under Review
January 22, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Town Council took a look at its hiring policies and procedures during their Jan. 14 work session. While Councilman Bob Massa reported that the Town’s hiring policies adhered closely to those of the S.C. Municipal Associations’ handbook, he said he would like to change the Town’s policy to require the Town government to […]
Council Reviews Zoning Proposal
December 31, 2014 By
Councilmen Ask for Cobblestone Traffic Study BLYTHEWOOD – Although the proposed zoning amendment to Cobblestone Park’s Planned Development District (PDD) got the green light from the Planning Commission last October, Town Council at their Dec. 22 meeting told engineers working for developer DR Horton that traffic along Blythewood Road remains a concern. DR Horton’s plan, […]
Town Puts Attorney on the Payroll
December 25, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – With a 3-2 vote Monday night, Town Council created and filled the position of full-time town attorney, hiring Jim Meggs for $40,000 a year. Councilmen Bob Mangone and Bob Massa voted against the hire. Meggs, who has served as the town’s attorney through his law firm, Callison, Tighe & Robinson, since 2011, said […]
Future of Manor in Doubt
December 18, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A discussion at the Dec. 9 Town Council work session revealed that while the finances of The Manor, the two-year-old Town-owned conference center, have improved since last year, the facility is still hemorrhaging money, and with no end in sight. “A year ago we were losing about $8,000 each month. Now it looks […]
