[CPEO-BIF] Promenade, Charleston, South Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Ginn Co. seeking input on 200 acres

Public to weigh in on what should be built on Promenade

By David Slade
Charleston Post and Courier (SC)
July 26, 2008

Driving into Charleston across the Ravenel Bridge, it's easy to spot the 
huge piece of property known as Promenade, a nearly 200-acre chunk of 
waterfront green space between Morrison Drive and Town Creek.

It is by far the largest undeveloped property on the peninsula below 
Mount Pleasant Street, and starting Monday the public is invited to 
participate in workshops aimed at helping the Ginn Co. decide what 
should be built there.

"They have looked at maybe 60 different scenarios on the site," said 
Christopher Morgan, director of Charleston's Planning Division. "That's 
why they want to have the workshop."

Promenade is the name given to the site by the Ginn Co., which spent 
more than $35 million acquiring the properties included in the 
development, and initially proposed a golf course, hotel and a marina.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/jul/26/ginn_co_seeking_input_on_acres48847/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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