Category Archives: Charleston

Say NO to I-526 Extension

“The environmentally destructive 526 extension plan still looms over Charleston County and our beloved sea islands at a projected cost of close to $800 million and likely much more. The latest cost estimate is $772 million using 2019 dollars, which is more than $50 million higher than the last cost estimate completed four years earlier in 2015 (CCL). The project […]
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Orrin Pilkey’s Op Ed

Rain Over Charleston, 60″ x 36″ oil on canvas by Mary Edna Fraser 2020 With eighty nine flooding events in our city in 2019, sea level rise affects all of us. My boss, Orrin Pilkey, weighs in with the Post & Courier on what taking action to protect Charleston for future generations will look like. “For Charleston, […]
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UPDATE: Folly Road Development

{Artwork: “Full Moon Tide” 48″ x 36″ oil on wood by Mary Edna Fraser 2020} UPDATE 5/22/20: WE WON! All but the Mayor voted against hotels and motels on the Folly Road Corridor. Thank You to SCELP and every citizen who cared… UPDATE 4/18/20: The ordinance prohibiting Hotels & Motels on Folly Road passed and […]
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