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Charleston council backs rapid-housing concept, accepts housing-impact analysis and updates waterfront plan
Summary
Council voted to endorse a concept that would combine the planned Tecklenburg/Hope Center programming with a rapid-housing component, accepted an accommodation-tax housing impact analysis, and approved a comprehensive-plan amendment to include the Union Pier site.
Charleston City Council on March 11 approved a package of community-development actions that combine a rapid-housing concept with the previously planned Tecklenburg/Hope Center programming, accepted a housing impact analysis for use of accommodation-tax revenue on affordable housing, and authorized an update to the comprehensive plan to include Union Pier.
Council members approved a motion to support combining the rapid-housing component with the Hope/Tech Center program relocated from Connington (Covington) Avenue to a city-owned site next to the City Operations building, with the caveat that the project team seek buy-in and financial participation from neighboring municipalities and counties. Mayor William S. Cogswell told council he will meet with neighboring jurisdictions to seek that buy-in,…
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