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Residents urge council to pursue a ‘Just Ecological Corridor’ project; online comments show support
Summary
Public commenters at the April 22 meeting asked the City Council to work with community members to create a 'Just Ecological Corridor' in Charleston; speakers said the project would advance environmental goals and neighborhood benefits and 9 online comments supported the initiative.
Speakers during citizens’ participation and the public hearing urged council to pursue a Just Ecological Corridor project that would create an urban ecological corridor in Charleston.
Blake Scott (public commenter) asked council to work with community members to create the corridor, which he said was presented to the Public Works Committee the night before by Mika Gaston, the city’s director of sustainability. Scott described the project as “the first urban ecological corridor in the Southeast” and urged the council to include it in the city’s planning work.
Joel Caldwell, who spoke after Scott, backed the proposal and said the corridor would be good for the environment, make the city more pedestrian-friendly and could deliver strong return on investment through increased property values and improved access to shops and restaurants.
The clerk reported nine online comments in support of the Just Ecological Corridor and one comment noting a lack of programming and opportunities for children near Martin Park and urging the council to provide more youth programming in the area. The clerk also noted one comment from Anthony G. Bryant was submitted and sent to council in full.
No formal council action on the corridor was recorded in the transcript excerpt; the remarks were part of public comment and the public hearing. Councilmembers did not record a directive or motion on the corridor during the excerpted portion of the meeting.
