More News About the Charleston Area
Revitalization experts from Main Street South Carolina and the National Trust Main Street Center will be assessing the downtown Summerville area at the beginning of the month. They will present a plan to enhance the historic downtown area with the accent on historic.
Speaking of revitalizing an area, Jafza International’s plans for a logistics, distribution and manufacturing center east of I 95 near 301 will be bringing about 10,000 jobs to the area. Already the area is beginning to see a construction boom. A gated community on the shores of Lake Marion in Clarendon County has begun selling home sites in anticipation. Across the lake, Orangeburg County is bracing for an explosion of construction with land acquisition already underway.
With new development comes the need for roads. Charleston County’s Roadwise Program has hired seven interns to work with engineering companies that have county road projects. It’s your half cent sales tax at work.
Clemson has been recognized as a Center for Excellence for Watershed Management by the EPA. It’s the third center to be designated in the southeast.
The Medical University has been named by the US News and World Report as one of the country’s best hospitals in the treatment of digestive and respiratory disorders. MUSC has also announced it will be the site of a new center for stem cell research. This could position our state as a bioengineering and biomedical leader.
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