June Real Estate Report for Pawley's Island

In June, the number of single family home sales declined while prices were up from last year; condo sales were down and prices were flat;

Read the full report at:
June Real Estate Report for Pawley's Island

Georgetown & Pawleys Island Benefit Golf Tournament

The Georgetown/Pawleys Island Elks Lodge #900 is sponsoring a Benefit Golf Tournament for the Smith Clinic of Pawleys Island organized by the Heritage Plantation Golf Club on July 20th.  Start time 8:30AM, $60 per person.  Call 843-235-9435 or 843-455-8496 to reserve your place.

The Smith Medical Clinic, Pawleys Island at Baskerville is an outreach of Holy Cross Faith Memorial Episcopal Church and exists to meet the medical needs, free of charge, of indigent individuals and families in Georgetown County.

Don't Strip the Neck!

This sums up the highway proposal....

A citizens' coalition has formed to force public dialogue on the proposals to modify the median of Highway 17 in the Pawley's Island business district.  In short, the plan calls for 1.8 miles of a raised median with 17 breaks for U turns--this is going to make traffic better?  You got to be kidding me!

Details:

• The current revised plan is NOT a highway beautification project and will have NO landscaping.
• An unattractive 4-5 foot wide concrete median will appear in much of the 1.8 mile project.
• Seventeen (17) U-Turns will replace ALL left turns – requiring vehicles to cross over two lanes of oncoming traffic to get to the U-Turn lane on the opposite side of the highway and then vehicles must merge back into traffic with NO acceleration lanes.
• Access to major connector streets will be limited – streets such as Professional Land, Tiller Drive, Parkersville Road and Archer Road.
• Emergency vehicles and large trucks WILL NOT be able to make most U-Turns. Many heavy trucks will be forced to go through Petigu & Martin Luther King Road residential areas.
• The project will have MAJOR ECONOMIC IMPACT on landowners and businesses.
• Most businesses cannot be accessed from the opposite side of Highway 17.
• This project will lead to more strip development.

Two upcoming meetings: 

County Council -- June 11 at  5:30PM at the Old Courthouse, Georgetown,

HWY 17 Project Information Meeting -- June 20 at 7PM at Waccamaw High School Auditorium, Pawley's Island

For more information:  www.dontstriptheneck.org

Wine Tasting at Brookreen Gardens

The Friends of Brookgreen Gardens will host a wine tasting in the Live Oak Allee, Saturday, June 15, from 5:30 to 8 PM.  An annual fundraiser, the wine tasting and silent auction, promises a casual evening's enjoyment.  Tickets are $65 (Members $50) and reservations are required--call 843-235-6016. 

Flay Day, Georgetown

There will be a Retirement of Flag Service at Morgan Park in Georgetown on Flay Day, June 14, sponsored by the DAR, Daughters of the American Revolution.  Used Flags, no longer suitable of use, can be dropped off at the Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce on Front Street.  The Ceremony is at 10 AM.