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Former Bluffton mayor praises growth, recounts origins of Palmetto Bluff barn project
Summary
Lisa Salka, former mayor of Bluffton, described how the town acquired and transformed a locally known barn site into a community asset, credited staff and partners for negotiations, and placed local growth in the context of statewide population gains.
Lisa Salka, the former mayor of Bluffton, reflected on the town's recent growth and the history behind a prominent Palmetto Bluff barn during an interview on the Beaufort County reports program.
Salka said she was mayor when the project first took shape in what she described as the "1718" period and that the parcel was long known in the community for its barn and its location near the riverside area of Palmetto Bluff. "Everyone knew this land because of the barn," she said, and she told the host there had…
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