[CPEO-IRF] Myrtle Beach (SC) redevelopment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The Base Method
Ideas for the land at the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base have come 
and gone, but new projects are finally becoming a reality.
The developments could create a blueprint for future building.

By Emma Ritch
Myrtle Beach Sun News (SC)
April 23, 2006

Planned development on the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base could 
change Myrtle Beach more than any single effort in the city's 
50-year-history.

Live-and-work communities, together totaling 920 acres, are making 
headway for the first time on previously undeveloped land. Developers 
have collaborated to create a model for projects that will incorporate 
retail shopping, residences, parks and an urban-village concept that 
officials say promotes a healthful lifestyle.

The former base is the last major undeveloped parcel within city limits 
and gives the Grand Strand, sometimes dubbed the "Redneck Riviera," the 
chance to compete with the type of high-end restaurants and shops found 
in Charleston.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/14409455.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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