Introduce yourself

Hi!

I am from Charleston SC. My family lived in a "Friday Night Lights" small town which has been destroyed by overrun development. I was in the hospitality industry in downtown Charleston in food/beverage, group sales, and hotel sales. Overrun development and mass numbers of tourist have ruined Charleston. We could have moved back home when we moved here but will never do so. Crowed, extreme traffic, dirty, overpriced, tourists everywhere all the time, overpopulated schools, destroyed land and wetlands.

Citizens need to force a community/city plan for development which recognizes the value of the unique environment, storm issues, evacuation issues, property values, sizes of developments, offerings of the area, environmental factors, community values and uniqueness (parking on the beach, barrier island, beach access.)

Look at the condos built right on the marsh as you cross the bridge- how much to bet on those being blown away with the next big one? Look at the condos squeezed into the small parcel on the island by Aloha Bagel - squeezed in and right on the street. Look at the potential RV park right behind a neighborhood, a septic system and RV's squeezed in.

Greed at its best.

Do people have a right to sell their property? Of course they do but that should be within the rules and regulations of the community without any backroom deals being cut.

This place is going to be ruined if it does not manage development.