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GAB approves Botany Bay expansion reimbursement and purchase request; members remove special condition on small parcel

2936904 · April 9, 2025
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The board approved $570,000 in rural funds for the Botany Bay Expansion (Ocella Creek Point) — a part-reimbursement, part fee-simple purchase of 18.2 acres — and declined to impose a special-condition requirement for the smaller reimbursable parcel after discussion of title and access issues.

The Greenbelt Advisory Board approved staff funding for Edisto Island Open Land Trust’s Botany Bay Expansion (Ocella Creek Point), a request that combines reimbursement for a recently purchased parcel and purchase of an adjoining peninsula under contract.

Chris described the project as an 18.2-acre expansion to Botany Bay Heritage Preserve; staff said the smaller lot had been purchased by the land trust and the larger…

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