COLUMBIA – When a room full of Crickentree neighborhood residents appeared Tuesday night at Richland County Council to speak out against Texas investment company ECapital’s request to rezone the neighborhood’s golf course from TROS to medium density residential, several Council members pushed back, saying it was not the practice of Council to allow residents to […]
Crickentree residents organize
February 28, 2019 By
‘Concerned Citizens’ hire an attorney BLYTHEWOOD – About 80 residents of Crickentree and several other area golf course communities attended a meeting at Doko Manor last week to come up with a plan for maintaining the Traditional Recreational Open Space (TROS) zoning for the 183 acres that was the former home of the Golf Club […]
Guest Editorial: E-Capital’s Crickentree plan is not legally binding
February 21, 2019 By
Following the Feb. 7 meeting at Doko Manor with Richland County Councilwoman Joyce Dickerson, Crickentree neighbors, residents of other golf courses and E-Capital representatives, I met with Geo Price, Richland County Zoning Administrator and Deputy Director of Planning. He informed me that the presentations by E-Capital which featured a reduced number of housing units (247) […]
ECapital plans 249 homes on Crickentree course
February 14, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Representatives of Texas investment firm ECapital unveiled a revised proposal for a residential development proposed on the former Golf Course of South Carolina property in the Crickentree neighborhood last week at a meeting held at Doko Manor. More than 200 residents of Crickentree and other area golf course communities attended. After proposing 480 […]
Crickentree neighbors to hear from developer Thursday night
February 6, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood-area neighbors and others will be attending meeting at the Manor in Blythewood on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 6 p.m. to hear an update from E-Capital about its plans for a 454 unit housing development on the former Golf Course of SC at Crickentree. This property has recently been purchased by its investor, […]
Letter to the Editor: 450 Homes on the Green?
July 19, 2018 By
I’m sad to inform you that the Golf Course of South Carolina at Crickentree has closed its doors. Golf courses are having a tough go of it lately so some might say this is just a sign of the times. The northeast Columbia area has an oversupply of golf courses and all are struggling. But […]
Blythewood Chamber Golf Tournament June 21
June 1, 2012 By
The Blythewood Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual golf tournament on Thursday, June 21, at the Golf Club of South Carolina at Crickentree in Blythewood. The tournament is a benefit for the Chamber’s scholarship program. Registration is at 11:30 am and the Shotgun Start is at 1 p.m. The golf course is located at […]
