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Mayor Burgess outlines housing, transit and economic growth in State of the City
Summary
Mayor Burgess delivered a State of the City address highlighting housing initiatives, zoning reform, major development projects and public-safety gains while noting grants and infrastructure investments planned for 2025.
Mayor Billy Burgess delivered the annual State of the City address, laying out priorities and accomplishments in housing, zoning, economic development, public safety and infrastructure and previewing grant-driven projects for 2025.
The mayor told the City Council that in 2024 North Charleston emphasized people-first governance, citing expanded community engagement, a renewed housing focus and plans to rewrite the zoning code with a $1,000,000 federal grant application to support a unified development ordinance.
Burgess said the city advanced affordable and workforce housing initiatives, including redevelopment at the former Exit 218 site aided by an $11,000,000 grant (the mayor said $7,000,000 will be used for the site) and the completion of workforce townhomes off Azalea Drive through the Bridge North Charleston initiative. He said the city is working with the North Charleston Housing Authority on repairs at Horizon Village and planning a workforce housing project along Eagle Landing Boulevard near the…
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