MAY 9, 2024

TODAY'S HEADLINES:

Community Shows Overwhelming Support for Keep It Green Advocacy!

and

REMINDER: KIG COMMUNITY FORUM:

Proposed Land Use Plan for the

Waccamaw Neck

TONIGHT!!!

Thursday, May 9 at 6 pm

Waccamaw Library

41 St. Paul's Place

Pawleys Island

Thank you to our many supporters!!!!

Our second year participating in Palmetto Giving Day was a great success. We are thrilled to have finished in the top 20 and ranked 5th overall in number of donors! KIGA clearly has a broad base of support in this community. We are grateful to the Bunnelle Foundation for providing this wonderful opportunity.

We offer our sincere thanks to all who donated. Every dollar you gave will go directly to protecting and preserving our beautiful Waccamaw Neck community.

Your support is more important than ever as we stand firm and continue advocating for responsible development and local government transparency. As always, we will continue to provide you with the facts about upcoming issues.

TONIGHT: KIG COMMUNITY FORUM

PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN FOR THE

WACCAMAW NECK

This is an important informational event. If you want the FACTS about the Proposed Georgetown County Land Use Plan & Maps that will guide zoning and land use decisions in the Waccamaw Neck for the next TEN YEARS, please attend this forum and bring a neighbor or friend.

Keep It Green (KIG) will have a panel of experts available to educate, engage with residents, and answer questions on relevant topics.

ANALYSIS OF PROPOSED PLAN & MAPS

• Substantially Increased Density. The proposed plan drastically increases overall residential density with concentration of new high density, multi-family, mixed use development (up to 3 stories high) on the commercial corridor and adjacent neighborhoods from Prince George to the Horry County line.

• Existing Development Not a Factor. The vast majority of density increases on the proposed plan are on parcels of land that are presently undeveloped or where existing development conforms with the current FLU maps. In other words, most of the proposed density increases are not necessary to conform with existing development.

• Myrtle Beach & Mount Pleasant. The proposed plan follows in the footsteps of Myrtle Beach and Mount Pleasant. If this plan is approved and built out, Pawleys Island and Murrells Inlet will be unrecognizable in ten years.

• Parkersville & Fraserville. This plan sets up multi-generational residents of the historical Pawleys Island minority neighborhoods of Parkersville and Fraserville for displacement and gentrification.

• Invites New High Density Development. The proposed plan substantially increases the density baseline for the entire community and promotes the longstanding county agenda of land development in the Waccamaw Neck being the primary source of revenue for the entire county.

The GIS mapping data described above will be presented as part of the KIG Community Forum.

Thank you for helping us protect and preserve the Waccamaw Neck! We appreciate your support which resulted in a very successful Palmetto Giving Day.

Your Friends at

KEEP IT GREEN