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GAB approves Lowcountry Land Trust’s Coakley Chapel Park purchase; board agrees to forward spending amid funding concerns
Summary
The Greenbelt Advisory Board approved $1.5 million to Lowcountry Land Trust for Coakley Chapel Park in the Hamlin Beach community and allowed forward spending from FY '26; the decision followed extended discussion about funding, site shape and long-term maintenance commitments from the land trust and community association.
After extended discussion and public testimony, the Greenbelt Advisory Board approved Greenbelt funding for Lowcountry Land Trust’s proposed Coakley Chapel Park in the historic Hamlin Beach community.
Lowcountry Land Trust’s Sam Sewell presented the project, describing a 6.5-acre parcel that the trust would initially own and place under a conservation easement before transferring ownership to the Hamlin Beach Community Association to operate the site as a passive park and community center. Sam described existing features including a historic chapel at the front of the parcel, a pond that the community dug in the 1970s and drainage connections that flow to…
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