AFTER YEARS OF WRANGLING OVER ITS WATERFRONT, RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL CAN NOW FINALLY SEE RENDERINGS OF WHAT THAT WATERFRONT AREA MIGHT LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD. SAFE HARBOR MARINAS PUT ITS YEARS OF BACK-AND-FORTH WITH THE TOWN INTO SOMETHING YOU CAN ACTUALLY VISUALIZE. THE TOWN AND THE DEVELOPER OFFICIALLY SIGNED A DEAL BACK IN FEBRUARY THAT SWAPPED SOME PROPERTY AND PUT INTO WORDS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLANS. THE WATERFRONT AREA WILL BE CALLED ‘MARINA VILLAGE’ AND WILL TRANSFORM VACANT WATERFRONT PROPERTY INTO A PROMENADE, BUSINESSES, HOUSING AND YES, A MARINA CONTAINING SEVERAL DOCKS. THERE’S NO OFFICIAL GROUNDBREAKING SET YET, OR AN EXPECTED FINISH DATE, BUT SAFE HARBOR DOES PROMISE TO MEET WITH THE TOWN EVERY THREE MONTHS ALONG THE WAY.
THE WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA PROJECT TO COMMEMORATE OUR FALLEN VETERANS AT THE BEAUFORT NATIONAL CEMETERY WILL GO ON S SCHEDULED AT NOON SATURDAY DESPITE A SHORTAGE OF 17-HUNDRED WREATHS. THE DEFICIT WAS 5 THOUSAND JUST A WEEK AGO. 25-THOUSAND WREATHS ARE LAID ON HEADSTONES EVERY DECEMBER, BUT THIS THE FIRST TIME IN ITS 19 YEARS THAT THE GATHERING OF GREENS HAS COME UP SHORT. YOU CAN STILL SPONSOR A WREATH AT THEIR WEBSITE FOR 17 DOLLARS, JUST MAKE SURE THAT WREATH IS HEADED TO BEAUFORT. EVERYONE IS INVITED TO THE CEREMONY THAT BEGINS AT NOON. FAMILIES WITH LOVED ONES BURIED IN THE CEMETERY WILL LAY THE FIRST WREATHS, AND THEN THE PUBLIC IS ALLOWED TO HELP LAY THE OTHER WREATHS.
AS IF THE BEAUFORT DOWNTOWN STORMWATER UPGRADE HASN’T CAUSED ENOUGH CONTROVERSY, OR MAYBE BECAUSE OF IT, BEAUFORT’S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM DIRECTOR HAS NOW RESIGNED AFTER JUST OVER A YEAR ON THE JOB. ITS NOT KNOWN WHETHER ALL THE CRITICISM RAUL DOMINGUEZ HAS RECEIVED DURING THE PROJECT, WHICH BEGAN JUST BEFORE THE HOLIDAY SEASON, HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS GIVING NOTICE. CITY MANAGER SCOTT MARSHALL SAYS THE WORK ON THE NEARLY-10-MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT WILL CONTINUE ON SCHEDULE.
ITS NOT JUST ABOUT THE GOLF AT THE RBC HERITAGE EVERY SPRING. THE PGA TOUR HAS JUST HONORED HILTON HEAD ISLAND’S DEEP WELL PROJECT AS ITS CHARITY OF THE YEAR FOR 2025 AND WILL GIVE DEEP WELL A 30-THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT. JUST SO FAR THIS YEAR DEEP WELL HAS PAID OUT OVER 500-THOSUAND DOLLARS IN RENT AND MORTGAGE PAYMENTS TO KEEP 16-HUNDRED RESIDENTS STABLE THROUGH UNEXPECTED HARDSHIPS. IT HAS ALSO REPAIRED OVER 100 HOMES ON THE ISLAND. TOURNAMENTS ON THE TOUR HELP ABOUT 3-THOUSAND CHARITIES EVERY YEAR AND HAVE GENERATED OVER 4-BILLION DOLLARS IN CHARITABLE GIVING. SECOND HELPINGS WAS THE TOUR’S CHARITY OF THE YEAR IN 2018 AND MEMORY MATTERS WON IN 2013.