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Housing Action Committee outlines workforce‑housing roadmap, highlights Northpointe groundbreaking and Bryant Road RFQ
Summary
The committee heard a staff progress report tying workforce‑housing work to the town’s strategic plan, including a housing index/dashboard, a Northpointe on Jarvis Creek groundbreaking and a Bryant Road public–private partnership RFQ for a 7‑acre town site.
Michelle Miller, the Housing Action Committee staff lead, opened the meeting and presented a progress update on workforce housing tied to the town council’s strategic plan (Goal 8). She told members the committee will review the Finding Home plan, help align committee work with council direction and assist in developing a housing index and public dashboard to track affordability, commuting patterns and other metrics.
Miller identified four pillars for the committee’s work—community planning, management, revenue and partnerships—and named local nonprofit partners helping on projects, including the Coastal Community Development Corporation, Habitat for Humanity and the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry. "We want to identify the organizations and groups that come to the table," Miller said, urging committee involvement in both planning and implementation.
She provided updates on two major projects. Northpointe on Jarvis Creek is in phase 4 and has a groundbreaking scheduled "later this month," which Miller listed as a February 12 ceremony at 1 p.m.; she invited members to attend. On Bryant Road, Miller said the town has issued a national request for qualifications for a public–private partnership to develop roughly 7 acres of town‑owned land adjacent to the Muddy Creek neighborhood, and that the RFQ is due in early April.
Miller also cited a town slide estimating roughly 800 total workforce housing units if currently proposed projects are delivered, and noted that the Novant Health/Hilton Head Hospital housing proposal has moved through planning and received unanimous town council support at first reading. "We're around 800 total units if the currently proposed workforce housing units are delivered," Miller said.
Orlando, the town manager, told the committee that advancing workforce housing remains a council priority and encouraged the group to review the Finding Home plan (adopted in 2022) and help shape the housing index. He described staff support for grants (home repair, lateral sewer) and asked the committee to participate in interim technical work, not just attend quarterly meetings.
Miller closed by outlining near‑term committee opportunities—the housing dashboard work and potential advisory roles on Bryant Road—and by providing a QR code linking to the town’s workforce housing program page. The committee agreed to focus work between meetings so May’s agenda can be action oriented.
