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June
2004
Amusement park developer withdraws zoning
application
Please don't fish carp from ponds
Picnic a success
Preschool camps and programs offered
AMUSEMENT PARK DEVELOPER WITHDRAWS ZONING
APPLICATION
Developers of a proposed
amusement park near Charleston National subdivision have withdrawn their
zoning application in the wake of mounting opposition.
Mount Pleasant Town Council
was scheduled to vote on the application at its June 8th meeting. A crowd
of park critics cheered when the withdraw announcement was made.
The developers now say they
will try to build the park elsewhere in the town.
The developer's application
for a zoning change that would allow the park was greeted favorably by
the town's Planning Commission in late May. But at a Planning Committee
in early June, the application was shot down amid increasing public
opposition. Facing almost certain defeat before Town Council, the
developers decided to withdraw.
Proposed on a 2.8-acre tract
near the Food Lion shopping center on South Morgan's Point Road, the
Family Amusement Center would have included miniature golf, electric bumper
boats, a kiddie train, a carousel, an arcade, games, a snack bar and
concessions, and a parking lot for cars and buses.
Charleston National Community
Association's Board of Directors felt the park would have adversely affected
their neighborhood. They cited the following reasons:
- Increased traffic.
- Increased noise.
- Increased light
pollution.
- Potential for harming
home values.
- Concern that allowing
this park would open the floodgates for more such amusement facilities
along this stretch of U.S. Highway 17, turning the strip into a mini
Myrtle Beach.
For more information, contact
the town's planning and zoning department at 884-1229.
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PLEASE DON'T FISH CARP FROM PONDS
Our neighborhood's pond
maintenance technician reports that the number of grass-eating carp in
our ponds is dwindling, a situation he blames on fishing.
The large, golden fish are
introduced into ponds as needed to eat vegetation that could clog storm
drainages. Our technician strongly requests that any carp fished from a
pond be immediately released alive back into the same pond.
Thank you for your
cooperation on this matter.
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IVY HALL PICNIC A SUCCESS
The Property Owners
Association thanks all who helped make our May 22nd picnic at "The Field"
a success.
About 100 people attended the
covered-dish event, which featured a jump castle and plenty of delicious
home-cooked food. Many residents took advantage of the opportunity to
mingle with fellow homeowners whom they might not have met before.
Just-married couples, young couples with children and retirees all seemed
to enjoy the afternoon under the trees.
Special thanks go to Robin
Richardson and her husband, along with Mimi Jaster and Tracy Bourne.
Without their help, the picnic never would have gotten off the ground.
Some residents asked for information about the jump castle rental
company. It's Airtime Jump Castles, owned by Thomas Therrell (514-0302).
We'll have more of these
picnics in the future. Thanks again!
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PRESCHOOL CAMPS AND PROGRAMS OFFERED
Ivy Hall mothers in search of
a break can get one by enrolling their preschool children in programs
offered at nearby King's Lighthouse Church, where one of our resident
moms, Diana Hirshman, is a youth coordinator.
Summer camps for children
between the ages of 2-5 are scheduled weekly through July 14. Each camp
consists of Monday and Wednesday sessions from 9 a.m.-noon. Activities
include stories, crafts, games, music and more.
Registration is still open
for the church's 2004-05 school year preschool program, which runs
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m.-noon.
For more information about
either program, call Diana at 881-3629 or Heather at 849-8848. King's
Lighthouse Church is located across form Chadbury Village subdivision on
Six Mile Road.
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