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Charleston presenter outlines land-reuse programs, incentives and goals
Summary
John Butterworth of the City of Charleston described that city’s land-reuse agency structure, funding sources and programs—including demolition, lot grants, a revolving loan fund and a new-construction incentive program—saying the agency accepts operating losses to achieve neighborhood outcomes.
John Butterworth, a planner with the City of Charleston, told the Morgantown Land Reuse Agency on April 9 that Charleston’s land-reuse work prioritizes returning tax-delinquent or blighted parcels to productive use through demolition, property acquisition, targeted redevelopment and conservation.
Butterworth said Charleston created its land-reuse agency in 2019 and that the agency’s board includes the mayor or the mayor’s designee, the city manager, two city-council members and three citizen members, with several city staff serving ex officio. "We are not making money and I don't think you guys should have any expectations to do that either," Butterworth said of the agency’s projects, adding the office measures success in outcomes for neighborhoods rather than…
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