Biweekly E-News

Fall Back to Kiawah

Thursday, October 4, 2018

4:00-7:00 p.m.

Municipal Center Back Lawn

With the end of summer upon us, it's time for cooler weather and residents returning from summer travel. The Town would like to welcome residents back at the first Fall Back to Kiawah event held on Thursday, October 4 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on the Municipal Center Back Lawn. Fall Back to Kiawah will be a casual afternoon for reconnecting with friends with a live band, food trucks, wine and beer for purchase, and a free ice cream station.

Come enjoy the five-piece Robbie Madison Band, with vocalist Robbie Madison, guitarist Sean Monahan, pianist Jonathan Lovett, bassist Tim Khayat, and Brandon Brooks on drums. This multi-genre band plays funk to jazz to popular music and everything in between. Read more

Lowcountry Mayors' Disaster Relief Fund

Join Mayor Weaver in supporting the Lowcountry Mayors' Disaster Relief Fund, which will raise money for Florence-related disaster assistance.

Mayor Weaver joins other area mayors in this effort including Isle of Palms Mayor Jimmy Carroll, Folly Beach Mayor Tim Goodwin, Goose Creek Mayor Gregory Habib, Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Haynie, Summerville Mayor Wiley Johnson, North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey, and Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg. This fund has been established through the Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina.

R esidents who would like to contribute can do so here . Please designate the Lowcountry Mayors' Disaster Relief Fund i n the comments section.

Municipal Election Filing Now Open

The Kiawah Island municipal election will be held on Tuesday, December 4, 2018. This election will be for Mayor and four Council members. Candidate filing began September 3 and closes at noon on October 5. Interested c andidates must file in person at the Municipal Center and pay their filing fee to the Town Clerk. The fee for Mayor is $50.00 and the fee for Council is $25.00. For more information contact Town Clerk Petra Reynolds by phone at 843-768-9166 or by email at [email protected]

Conservation Matters
Monday, October 15 | 3:00 p.m.
The Sandcastle
Join us as we kick off South Carolina Native Plant Week with guest speaker Doug Tallamy! Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home and Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, will explain why relationships between animals and native plants are the norm in nature rather than the exception. Tallamy will explain why native plants that evolved in concert with local animals provide for their needs better than plants that evolved elsewhere. He will also elaborate on why specialized food relationships determine the stability and complexity of the local food webs that support animal diversity, why our yards and gardens are essential parts of the ecosystems that sustain us, and how we can use our residential landscapes to connect the isolated habitat fragments around us. Come learn how to create a landscape that enhances Kiawah's ecology!
Register your attendance today for this FREE program online at www.kiawahconservancy.org or by contacting the Kiawah Conservancy at 843-768-2029 or [email protected]

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Sea Turtle Part 2 Hatching

Flood Mitigation & Sea Level Rise Adaptation Report

In the spring of 2017, the Town of Kiawah Island's Environmental Committee formed a subcommittee to proactively identify steps the Kiawah community could take to address increased flooding frequency and adapt to future water level changes.

T he report was presented to Town Council at the September 4 meeting. The report and recommendations made have not been considered and adopted by the Kiawah Town Council. In the coming months, the Town Council, with the involvement of other community entities, will review the recommendations in the full report and develop a strategy to meet the challenges.

The summary website and full report is now available via

www.kiawahisland.org/floodandsealevelrise