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Conservation advocates urge Charleston County to fully fund Greenbelt program in sales tax referendum
Summary
Conservation groups and local officials urged council to allocate the full 20% conservation share of the transportation sales tax to the Charleston County Greenbelt program, advocating restoration of a 70% rural/30% urban funding split to protect Cape Romain, Francis Marion and rural buffers.
Multiple speakers during the public-comment period urged Charleston County Council to prioritize land conservation in the upcoming transportation sales tax referendum.
Grace Gasper, representing Friends of Coastal South Carolina and also identifying herself as an elected official in Awendaw, asked the council to allocate the full 20% conservation share to the Charleston County Greenbelt program. She…
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