Welcome to the 2nd Month of 2024
Entering February, we as a community have a lot happening, we will also see change in the surrounding areas of Kiawah Island, Seabrook Island and Kiawah River Estates.
As for our community, just about a week ago, (last week of January) Big Bear Roofing began our new roofing project. As of this blog writing, building three is just about finished, and the roofers will be moving onto building two, then building one. I also believe the clubhouse will be getting a new roof too.
How do you feel about this project?
I truly believe this was an extremely wise and needed aspect for our community.
Several reasons below for why I think (my opinions only) this could be beneficial.
1. Building three had several areas that have developed roofing leaks. As a condo community, we all need to make sure our top floor neighbors are just as safe from the weather and damage as we on the first and second floors tend to be.
2. With the elevating insurance costs hitting us, coastal region, condo communities are under severe financial assault. We need to find every spare penny to keep us afloat. New roofs help in these costs. The near future will tell us how much we can save if any.
3. If anyone in our community is looking to relocate to other areas and are thinking of selling, a new roof is quite a wonderful addition to your home.
7400, 7600 Construction - At a recent community invited meeting, details were discussed pertaining to the development and construction of condos on the vacant lots 7400 and 7600. Those attending in person and by telephone call-in had many good questions about the development of these lots, the pricing, HOA involvement, construction hours, parking, community access to construction vehicles, insurance information, and so on. A recent email from our new management company rep Cheryl Bailey has an attached pdf with the important questions and answers, along with a reference site map showing the planned areas of buildings, the previously built condos, and the Indigo Hall boundaries. At this writing (2/1/24), the development company CK Development has NOT settled on the purchase of either building lot. If I hear any information that is not stepping on toes, I'll let you know.
On Betsy Kerrison Parkway
From Last Months Blog - The proposed development known as the Health and Wellness Village had a public hearing before the county council on December 12, 2023. The council was inundated with overwhelming objections to this project, and the developer has agreed to meet with the community prior to returning to the county council. A small informal poll was sent out by the Johns Island Advocate, and a 75% opposition to the rezoning was recorded. (The Johns Island Advocate)
UPDATE... On January 25, the Charleston County Council Public Works Committee voted to defer the rezoning for the new Health and Wellness Village until their next meeting, on February 8, 2024
Charleston County
From Last Months Blog - A new proposed 1/2 cent sales tax referendum meeting will be held in late January/early February. This new tax proposed would be a transportation sales tax. (The Johns Island Advocate)
UPDATE... Charleston County Council is considering placing a sales tax and user referendum question on the November 5, 2024 ballot "to finance the extension of the Mark Clark Expressway, as well as the costs of highways, roads, streets, bridges bicycle and pedestrian accommodations, mass transit systems and preservation of green spaces." (roads.charlestoncounty.org)
Kiawah Island
Madeleine Kaye is the projected winner of 1/30/24 special election for a seat on Kiawah Island’s town council. Unofficial results from the Charleston County Board of Elections show Kaye earned 489 votes over her opponent, Alex Fernandez, who received 273 votes.
Kaye served as a member of the Planning Commission for three years, where she was involved in key decisions related to the island’s future like the development of the Comprehensive Marsh Management Plan, rezoning key island parcels, and work on the Town’s Comprehensive Plan.
Congratulations on your victory.
Kiawah River Estates has taken on a big project to clean out the major overgrowth next to their tennis/pickleball courts and swimming pool area.
Talking with one of the supervising workers on the location, he said he was amazed at all the hidden plants and trees they found. "You should see all the boxwoods and crepe myrtles we found mixed in with all this junk".
This area is now cleaned out and they will be moving along the KRE borders. I have noticed there are border lines strung, perhaps to prevent work on the golf course grounds.
The recorded oldest tree in South Carolina is the Angel Oak, a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) that’s an estimated 400-500 years old.
This old tree stands 66.5 feet tall with a 28 feet circumference trunk. Its longest branch is 187 feet, and it casts shade for 17,000 square feet.
If the Angel Oak is 500 years old, it was a young sapling when Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas in 1492. No doubt this tree has seen a lot of change. It’s certainly survived earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes, including Hurricane Hugo in 1989, which damaged its branches but not enough to topple the trunk.
However, there is debate surrounding Angel Oak and its oldest tree in South Carolina title. There are claims that bald cypress trees among South Carolina’s forests are much older with some estimates suggesting they are 1,000 years old.
These claims are not proven, but sometime in the future, the Angel Oak may lose its crown.
Where is South Carolina’s Oldest Tree?
The City of Charleston owns Angel Oak. It’s located on John’s Island (right down Bohicket, if you didn't know), and it’s the main attraction of the city park. 400,000 people discover the oldest tree in South Carolina each year. The park is open seven days a week, and although you are discouraged from touching it, you can stand beneath its canopy and soak up its history.
Why is it called the Angel Oak?
The Angel Oak is named after plantation owners Justus Angel and his wife Martha Waight Tucker Angel, who owned the land it stood on in the early 1800s.
Emily Nelson’s The Heart of a Child novel features the Angel Oak. It’s enjoyed by many people attending social events, and it’s the backdrop of many wedding photographs too.
South Carolina is home to many live oaks, and they are an iconic species of the deep South. They survive drought through their long taproot, which also serves as an anchor against strong winds and is the reason why so many remain standing after hurricanes pass through.
Native Americans would bend live oak tree branches and sapling trees to grow at sharp angles. This created trail markers to help find pathways, but it didn’t give the secret trail away because live oaks tend to naturally grow at angles. The Angel Oak has branches that swerve down, enter the soil, and grow back out again.
The oldest and largest live oak in the deep south is the Seven Sisters Oak in Mandeville, Louisiana. It’s 500-1000 years old and only 57 feet tall, but it has a limb spread of 153 feet. (Discover the Oldest Tree in South Carolina - A-Z Animals (a-z-animals.com)
The Final Image
I am sad to report that Kathryn and I had to put our great dog Chloe down in January. You met Chloe back as our first Pet of the Month. Chloe was our 17 year old English Pointer, who along with her brother Ray were adopted by us when they were about 8-12 months old. Ray passed away when he was 12, and Chloe survived him by 5 years. She was always a fantastic dog, although very sporty, and very much a hunter, she soon found out snapping turtles in South Carolina will take crap off of no one. Always trying to grab the closest squirrel, rabbit or mole, she was getting frustrated as she knew her legs were not cooperating like they used too. We will miss her very much.
The blog will be short this month. I will be attempting to gathering important, new article information and checking into some specific aspects of our community, such as the final aspect of the 7400, 7600 construction details, some info pertaining to the surrounding communities of Kiawah Island, Seabrook Island and Kiawah River Estates. Keep checking. If I find out anything new during this month pertaining to the next phase construction, roofing, etc, Ill cut in with an update, so keep a watch.
RT
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