BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Town Hall has been named one of several hubs to host hiring events for almost 6,000 people from across Richland, Lexington and Kershaw Counties. The first phase of hiring, according to the Census Bureau, started on June 10, and training will begin in late July. These 6,000 positions will be for […]
Bravo! Blythewood Music Fest
May 9, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The annual Relay for Life added to the festivities during Bravo! Blythewood’s music fest last weekend. The event, a fundraiser for Bravo! Blythewood, was sponsored by the Town of Blythewood through Accommodation Tax funding. The relay walkers circled through the park as the band played on. Students from Blythewood and Westwood High Schools […]
Chamber finances still in question
March 21, 2019 By
Parler: There Was No Audit, Just a Review of Financial Statements BLYTHEWOOD – Former Blythewood Town Councilman Tom Utroska picked a scab at the Council retreat on Saturday when he suggested Council has never resolved its questionable financial relationship with the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce. “I continue to harp on the Town’s fiduciary responsibility […]
Blythewood Celebrates 3rd Annual Black History Event
February 28, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Community celebrated Black History Month with music, dance and refreshments on Saturday at The Manor. The afternoon of entertainment and remembrance included performances by members of the Blythewood Churches Community Choir, the Pine Grove Church Youth Choir and a dance team from Westwood High School. Jason Lloyd opened the program singing […]
Council retreat set for Mar. 16
February 21, 2019 By
Mayor Invites Community for Lunch and Input BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Town Council is throwing its annual retreat on March 16 and inviting the community for lunch. “We always invite the community to all of our meetings, but I especially like them to come to our annual retreat. That’s when we plan for the next […]
600 homes proposed in Blythewood
August 30, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – “Lord, what will this do to the traffic on Langford Road,” Mayor J. Michael Ross said after Town Administrator Brian Cook explained Tuesday evening during council meeting that a new residential subdivision with a total of 601 lots is being proposed on approximately 249 acres across Langford Road from Town Hall. Even though […]
Commision endorses vendor ordinance
June 7, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After more than a year of handwringing over whether to allow temporary vendors in the Town Center District, the Planning Commissioners voted Monday night to recommend that Council adopt the City of Columbia’s vending ordinance, presented by Town Administrator Brian Cook, with a few tweaks. That modified ordinance, basically, allows temporary vendors and […]
Council pulls plug on clear cutting
June 7, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After months of discussion and angst over what the town attorney said is a loophole in the Town’s landscape and tree preservation ordinance, council voted 5-0 last week to amend the ordinance by repealing Section 155.390 (H). That section exempted certain projects from landscaping yard requirements that allowed developer D.R. Horton to clear […]
Planning Commission sides with developers against tree law amendment
April 5, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – During its February meeting, Town Council voted to adopt an amendment to the town’s tree preservation ordinance that would remove an exemption that Town Attorney Jim Meggs suggested is being interpreted by developers as permission to clear cut lots without a tree removal permit from town hall. On Monday night, the Planning Commission […]
