Beaufort County is hosting a stakeholder workshop to obtain input from stakeholders on the passive recreation improvements for the County-owned New Riverside and Garvey Hall properties towards the formation of a regional park in the Bluffton area. The public, local officials and adjacent property owners are encouraged to attend, as well as environmental organizations and […]
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Wish you had more of a say in how Beaufort County creates public parks? Here’s how you can
By Alec Snyder – Island Packet If picnics and walking trails are your thing, a new Beaufort County parks plan may provide the space and place to do both. What’s more, the county wants to you to help plan the parks. It’s set two public hearings on the draft plan for the parks. The sessions will be […]
Wild Lands
VOTERS TO DETERMINE FATE OF RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PROGRAM FUNDING Carol Weir – Hilton Head Monthly – Photo by Guido Flueck The pace of development in the Lowcountry can be measured in days, as wild wooded areas become construction sites practically overnight. The Beaufort County Rural and Critical Land Preservation Program protects Lowcountry land — […]
Heritage Trail
Hilton Head Monthly – Mike Sampogna – Photo by Lexi LaPoint TAKE A STROLL THROUGH BLUFFTON’S HISTORY Bluffton is the last remaining example of a Lowcountry antebellum planters summer colony. And since cultural tourism is a growing trend and studies show those who are interested in history spend more money on their vacations than traditional […]