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A
Good
morning,
everyone
thank
you
for
joining
us.
I'm
bill
miles
with
the
hilton
head
island,
bluffton,
chamber
of
commerce
and
we're
delighted
to
have
you
with
us
again
this
morning.
I
hope
everyone
had
a
nice
fourth
of
july
holiday
weekend,
certainly
a
busy
weekend
here
in
the
low
country
cash
registers
were
ringing
and
their
home
and
villa
and
hotels
were
certainly
running
high
occupancy.
A
Curtis
also
leads
the
chambers
chief
economist
committee
made
up
of
economic
experts
from
a
wide
variety
of
u.s
industries.
His
insights
have
been
noted
in
media
and
outlets,
such
as
the
wall
street
journal
and
the
new
york
times.
Also,
I
want
to
point
out
that
curtis
is
a
fan
and
a
fan
of
the
low
country,
and
here
before
too
long
you
just
might
see
curtis
and
his
family
walking
on
the
beaches
of
hilton
head
island
curtis.
B
B
So
I
I
give
a
presentation
yesterday
and
I
spoke
for
an
hour
on
all
this
stuff,
so
there's
a
lot
going
on,
but
in
the
few
minutes
we
had
today,
let's
just
focus
on
the
key
thing
that
everyone
cares
about,
and
that's
inflation
right
now
and
by
the
way,
are
you
seeing
yeah,
you
should
be
seeing
the
screen
right.
Good,
the
inflation
is
what
everyone
cares
about,
because
it's
the
reason
why
people
we
here
can
continue
calls
for
a
recession,
so
they
picked
up
like
a
few
weeks
ago.
B
People
started
saying:
well,
there's
probably
a
recession
coming
there
could
be
recession
coming
and
it's
because
of
high
inflation,
we're
now
over
eight
and
a
half
percent.
What
happened
was
that
inflation
started
coming
down
a
bit
in
in
april.
It
came
down
from
a
high
in
march,
and
everyone
thought
oh
good.
This
is
this.
Is
the
peak
we're
probably
pass
the
highest
point
of
inflation?
B
We'll
start
coming
down
at
this
point,
and
then
it
picked
up
again
in
may
and
that's
when
you've
seen
the
market
disruptions,
so
the
big
drop
in
the
market
in
the
last
couple
weeks
increased
calls
for
recession
and
then
on
top
of
that
you've
had
some
unique
consumer
data,
so
there's
two
ways
that
inflation
can
cause
a
recession.
The
first
is
that
consumers
just
can't
keep
up
with
the
rate
of
inflation,
so
that
spending
falls
below
inflation,
adjusted
spending
falls
below,
12
becomes
negative
and
that's
spending
70
of
the
economy.
B
Excuse
me
so
that
could
lead
to
a
recession
kind
of
mathematically.
The
thing
was,
consumers
were
holding
up.
We
were
spending
at
really
high
rates.
We
had
huge
amount
of
savings
built
up
through
the
pandemic
wage
and
income
growth
was
good
and
people
were
starting
to
use
credit
cards
a
little
bit
more
and
spending
was
was
holding
up
above
rate
of
inflation
all
the
way
through
april.
C
B
I
don't
think
we're
quite
there.
Yet
we
did
have
a
negative
order
of
growth
in
the
first
quarter.
That
was
kind
of
a
statistical
issue
with
trade
flows
and
inventories
for
businesses.
Spending
and
business
investment
were
pretty
strong
in
the
first
quarter.
But
if
you
see
growth
being
negative
in
the
second
quarter,
because
of
that
weak
spending
data,
we
would
technically
be
in
a
recession
right
now,
so
it
is
possible,
although
I
don't
think
so.
Quite
yet.
B
That
said,
if
I
did
this
presentation
a
week
ago,
I
would
have
said
the
economy
would
likely
grow
at
close
to
three
percent
in
the
second
quarter,
and
now
some
people
are
predicting
negative
growth,
but
atlanta
fed
has
a
real-time
economic
forecast.
That's
now
significantly
negative
and
my
own
forecast
is
down
below
one
percent,
so
we're
pretty
we're
teetering
pretty
dawn
quotes.
B
The
other
thing
that
can
lead
cause
inflation
to
lead
to
a
recession
is
the
fed,
the
federal
reserve,
the
fed's
reaction
to
inflation,
so
the
inflation
came
largely
because
of
the
pandemic,
demand
being
very
strong
with
all
the
fiscal
support,
supply
chain
issues,
driving
up
prices,
workforce
issues,
driving
up
wages,
which
would
lead
to
higher
prices,
but
also
the
fed
really
increasing
the
money
supply.
I'm
a
firm
believer
in
the
old
milton
fried
road
freedrum
inflation
is
everywhere
and
always
a
monetary
phenomenon.
B
That
means
that
the
fed
through
money,
the
creation
of
money,
causes
inflation
and
reduces
inflation
and
what
they
did
was
they
pumped
a
tremendous
amount
of
liquidity
into
the
financial
markets
during
the
first
stages
of
program,
totally
the
right
thing
to
do
had
to
prevent
a
financial
crisis.
While
we
were
dealing
with
a
global
academic,
they
did
that.
So
they
did,
they
did
a
good
thing.
They
did
the
right
thing.
B
B
It
did
help
inflation
took
off
in
a
really
big
way
in
march
of
happen,
to
coincide
with
the
passage
of
the
american
rescue
plan.
The
two
trillion
dollar
spending
plan
that
president
biden
pushed
and
it's
been
taking
off
ever
since
the
thing
was,
though,
if
you
think
back,
this
is
only
a
little
over
a
year
ago.
B
Vaccines
were
not
fully
available,
yet
they
were
widely
widely
distributed.
We
were
still
very
much
in
the
throes
of
the
pandemic,
which
means
that
the
economy
was
still
beholden
to
swings
and
viral
levels
and
remember
delta,
came
late
out
shortly
after
that
and
we
had
the
omicron
wave.
So
it
wasn't
like
we
were
fully
past
the
pandemic.
The
fed
was
really
reluctant
to
fall
fiscal
support
or
I'm
sorry,
monetary
support.
They
didn't
want
to
do
that,
so
they
said
a
lot
of
things
like
inflationism.
B
B
You
can
see
that
in
the
chart,
the
huge
amount
of
liquidity
they
pushed
into
into
the
market,
and
that's
where
that's
helping,
that's
with
all
those
other
forces,
is
really
driving
up
prices.
The
way
that
they
will
now
try
to
get
inflation
under
control
is
to
raising
interest
rates.
So
they've
raised
interest
rates
three
times
since
march.
The
last
time
the
biggest
increase
in
a
really
really
long
time,
75
basis
points
and
they're
going
to
continue
to
do
that,
probably
to
the
rest
of
the
year.
B
That
will
drive
up
interest
rates
for
consumers
and
businesses.
The
easiest
way
to
look
at
it.
How,
in
past
consumers
is,
through
the
average
rate
on
a
30-year
fixed
mortgage,
started
the
year
at
around
three
percent.
It's
now
about
six
percent,
so
it
doubled
through
the
course
this
year
already,
which
is
a
really.
C
B
B
So
these
are
credit
cards
less,
because
interest
rates
will
go
up,
they're
going
to
buy
definitely
fewer
homes,
fewer
home
repairs,
fewer
home,
remodel,
remodeling,
fewer
cars,
fewer
power,
repairs,
boats,
rvs
appliances,
electronics,
things
like
that
furniture
home
furnishings
things
that
we
use
credit
to
buy
is
gonna,
be
more
expensive
and
therefore
there
there
will
be
less
less
purchasing
of
it.
That
will
take
demand
down
a
bit.
Businesses
will
face
the
same
thing,
but
this
will
face
higher
borrowing
costs.
You
can
see
that
same
same
story
here.
B
B
New
projects
become
less
profitable
and
few
of
them
will
be
done
and
businesses
will
invest
less.
That
will
bring
demand
down.
As
well,
it
takes
a
while
for
these
things
to
occur.
It
takes
a
couple
years
for
monetary
policy
to
have
an
impact.
There
are
lags
we're
having
inflation
now
for
things
they
did
in
february
of
2020..
B
B
B
The
good
news
so
well,
while
it
could
take
a
couple
years
for
inflation
to
be
fully
tamed.
The
good
news
is
that
we
could
get
inflation
coming
down
before
the
end
of
the
year.
The
fed
predicts,
so
they
use
a
different
measure
to
measure
inflation.
Everyone
wants
to
talk
about
the
consumer
price
index,
the
broad
the
broad
measure.
C
B
D
B
That
would
be
good
and
the
reason
why
that
that
could
happen
is
that
it's
expectations
play
an
enormous
role
when
it
comes
to
inflation.
So
when
businesses
and
consumers
expect
inflation,
they
can
cause
inflation
when
they
expect
prices
to
fall
or
efficiently
come
down.
They
can
back
in
ways
that
bring
it
down.
So
if
you're
expecting
inflation,
you
buy
now
to
get
ahead
of
higher
prices
that
drives
up
prices,
intervening
time
leading
to
inflation
and
telling
you
that
you
were
right
to
expect
it.
B
B
Come
down
substantially
in
the
last
weeks,
they
were
really
really
high
in
february
march
and
april
they
put
down
since
then,
since
the
fed
started
raising
interest
rates.
This
is
really
good
news.
This
was
not
the
case.
The
last
time
we
had
a
huge
belt
belt
of
inflation
about
inflation
in
the
early
80s
consumers,
businesses,
financial
markets
expected
really
high
inflation,
and
it
was
really
excruciatingly
painful
for
the
fed
to
get
inflationary
control.
B
B
But
the
reason
this
is
why
I
think
we're
in
good
shape.
Afterwards
we
had
a
period
of
robust
growth,
five
consecutive
quarters
of
over
seven
percent
growth.
After
that,
and
then
we
had
the
rapid
growth
of
the
80s
into
the
snl
crisis
and
so
things
I
think
we
could
be
in
for
a
similar
situation
here.
If
we,
if
the
fed
does
cause
a
recession
by
causing
demand
to
fall
too
much
because
of
higher
rates,
but
we'd
be
in
really
good
position.
Afterward
I've
taken.
B
A
Curtis,
thank
you.
I
wish
we
had
the
full
hour
that
we
could
have
heard
your
presentation
yesterday.
We
do
have
some
questions
and
thank
you
for
taking
those.
Our
first
question
is
coming
from
rodney
and
rodney
is
asking:
if
there's
talk
about
having
a
recession,
if
it
may
be
shallow
and
brief,
and
what
are
your
thoughts
on
that.
B
Yeah
good
question,
so
if
if
we
do
have
a
recession,
so
let
me
take
you
through
the
worst
case
scenario.
The
worst
case
scenario
is
to
recession,
so
we
could
be
in
a
recession
right
now
because
of
those
issues
with
consumer
spending.
That
would
be
probably
brief.
We'd
probably
already
be
through
it
at
this
point
and
then
return
to
low
levels
of
growth.
I
think
that
is
possible.
B
A
B
B
I
would
think
that
would
be
later
next
year
in
2024,
roughly
and
again,
the
chances
of
that
are
50
50..
So
if
you
have
a
50
50
chance
now
and
then
50
50
chance
a
year
or
two
from
now,
so
25
percent
chance
of
two
recessions
about
50
chance
of
at
least
one
and
just
one
thing
to
keep
in
mind
for
context
the
chances
of
the
us
us
economy
being
in
recession
one
year
any
point
in
time.
B
A
B
Yeah
another
really
good
question
and
something
I
would
certainly
get
into
more
in
a
longer
period.
In
a
couple
ways,
one
gas
prices
are
going
to
remain
high
because
in
part,
because
there's
a
lot
of
reasons
why
gas
prices
are
really
high,
but
part
of
it
is
the
supply
disruptions
because
of
russia,
oil
and
gas
and
in
issues
of
ukraine.
B
That's
it
that's
important,
but
the
just
geopolitical
instability
is
a
problem,
but
then
issues
with
commodities,
a
lot
of
basic
elements
and
things
that
we
need
just
for
industrial
purposes.
Russia
is
a
flyer.
You
can
use
a
supplier,
it
should
use
a
big
supplier
of
food.
This
would
be
some
major
issues
with
food
prices
and
shortages
and
that's
gonna,
and
then
your
issues
as
well.
It's
gonna
lead
to
other
more
issues
with
food
shortages
and
higher
prices.
So.
A
B
Well,
I
think,
for
economists,
the
things
that
keep
us
up
there
at
night
are
that
well
a
couple
things:
one
we're
always
wrong:
no
one's
ever
right.
The
only
people
who
are
ever
right
are
the
people
who
predict
15
of
the
last
morning,
recession.
They're,
always
saying
this
guy
is
following.
We
only
write
that
one
time,
but
that
it's
the
bit
and
that
comes
from
the
unknown
unknowns.
B
So
I
I
didn't
necessarily
think,
for
instance,
that
inflation
was
going
to
be
transported
last
year.
I
didn't
think
it
was
going
to
be
this
bad
and
then,
even
a
few
weeks
ago
I
didn't
think
inflation
would
cause
consumer
spending
to
fall
as
much
as
it
has,
and
then
it
did
so
it's
those
things
that
we
just
don't
foresee
that
that
keep
that
keep
us
up
at
night
and
that
yeah,
that's
probably
for
every
economist
but
kind
of
more
I'm
you
I'm
more
optimistic
than
most
like.
B
I
said
I
think,
we're
in
pretty
good
shape
for
the
next
say
after
2024,
but
the
other.
The
more
like
specific
thing
right
now
is
a
very
even
rockier
couple
years
than
I'm
predicting
like.
I
said
it's
gonna,
be
it's
gonna
be
bumpy:
let's
see
the
stock
market
as
a
gauge
we'll
get
back
to
that
high,
whatever
it
was
36
whatever
on
the
down
sometime
in
24
or
2025,
but
we
could
go
to
some
pretty
low
lows
between
between
then
and
now
because
of
the
volatility
and
then
again
back
to
the
unknown
unknowns.
B
We've
got
a
lot.
It's
just
something
strange
about
periods
like
this.
Where
like
well,
it's
not
strange
when
you
have
a
weakness
like
inflation.
That's
really
inflamed.
Inflation
causes
a
huge
amount
of
uncertainty.
It's
really
hard
for
businesses
to
plan.
So
you
end
up
with
shortages,
because
businesses
don't
want
to
sell
for
a
certain
price
because
the
prices
are
going
up,
especially
for
their
inputs,
and
they
can
end
up
in
a
loss
position.
B
Workers
don't
want
to
work
for
a
certain
wage.
All
these
issues
can
pound
on
each
other
when
you're
in
an
environment
like
this,
every
other
issue
becomes
that
much
more
damaging,
so
a
invasion.
Russian
invasion
of
crane.
Another
health
issue,
whatever
it
is
again
unknown
unknown
on
top
of
a
very
volatile
situation
right
now,
could
be
really
bad.
It's
just
that
again.
We
just
don't
know
what
that
would
be,
but
those
things
are
always
lingering
out
there.
Those
black
swan
events.
B
Well,
as
as
having
had
to
try
to
book
a
place
in
hilton
head
this
summer,
I
don't
think
it's
gonna
be
an
issue
for
right
now
and
we
actually
so
we're
doing
a
week
in
hilton
head
the
place
that
we
normally
rent
in
sea
pines
was
three
times
what
it
normally
is.
We
didn't
do
that
one
we
we
found
another
another
spot
in
sea.
B
B
I
think
domestic
tourism
she's
okay,
then
going
forward.
I
I
think
it's
gonna
be
a
little
different
next
summer
because
I
do
think
becomes
even
weaker.
All
those
savings
that
we
as
a
as
as
the
economy
have
built
up,
will
be
spent
down
because
of
higher
prices
over
the
next
couple
over
the
next
months
few
months,
and
so
there's
going
to
be
a
different
environment,
it'll
be
a
lot
weaker
than
it
is
right
now,
but
we're
at
historic
strength
when
it
comes
to
prices,
and
that
will
probably
reverse
itself.
B
A
A
All
right
we're
going
to
drill
things
down
a
little
closer
to
home
now
and
looking
at
beaufort
county,
specifically
that
of
our
school
district
and
we've
seen
recently
that
teachers
in
beaufort
county
will
see
bigger
paychecks
this
year,
thanks
to
efforts
at
the
state,
as
well
as
local
levels
and
starting
salaries
for
first-year
teachers
are
now
at
fifty
thousand
dollars.
When
you
include
the
cost
and
living
stipends
as
well
as
other
add-ons
to
teacher
pay
and
here
to
explain
it
all-
is
the
superintendent
of
beaufort
county
schools.
A
C
C
Austin
who's
been
an
assistant
principal
at
may
river
high
school,
since
2017
he'll
be
taking
the
helm
at
hilton,
head
island
middle
school
for
the
upcoming
school
year,
and
so
one
of
the
important
things
I
wanted
to
talk
with
you
about
today
is
about
the
the
budget
that
just
passed
and
the
increased
compensation
for
educators.
As
you
know,
we're
dealing
with
national
teacher
shortage.
This
is
this
is
a
an
issue
across
the
country
and
attracting
high
quality.
C
A
hundred
percent
of
the
the
the
four
mills
that
we
ask
for
will
go
to
teacher
and
teacher
and
employee
compensation,
and
so
it
should
move
us
from
53rd
to
number
one,
if
not
in
the
top
two
or
three,
and
that
is
a
significant
piece
in
attracting
and
retaining
quality
educators.
We
have
a
locality
supplement
that
we
provide,
and
then
we
have
a
2
000
recruitment
and
retention
bonus
that
that
we
will
be
providing
this
year.
C
And
so
so,
when
you
add
all
that
up,
it
will
move
the
salary
from
37
000
to
50
000
as
a
beginning
teacher
here
in
beaufort
county,
and
so
we're
excited
about
that.
We're
excited
about
the
impact
that
we
believe
that
can
have
on
recruiting
and
retaining
educators
and
the
increases
move
throughout
the
scale
of
the
of
the
system.
So
so,
if
you're,
a
veteran
educator
you're
benefiting
from
from.
C
C
C
So
that's
essentially
what
our
budget
was
focused
on
and
prioritizing
this
year,
because
we
know
that
that
when
we
put
high
quality
educators
in
front
of
students
that
that
ultimately,
our
students
win
so
brightest
teachers
in
the
state.
We
want
to
attract
them
and
we
want
to
keep
them
here
and
by
focusing
on
compensating
our
staff,
we're
really
focusing
on
students
directly
directly
benefiting
their
future
in
our
region.
A
C
Jasper,
county
and
allendale,
for
example,
had
higher
salaries
than
we
did
here
in
beaufort
county,
and
so
other
school
districts
are
going
to
be
moving
up
their
salaries,
because
that's
one
of
the
part
of
the
governor's
initiative
and
and
and
the
general
counsel's
initiative
as
well.
However,
we're
doing
more
than
that
initiative
in
order
to
move
ourselves
up
in
in
the
overall
pay
ranking
in
the
state.
So
so
so
as
it
stands,
we
should
be
number
one.
If
not,
I
believe,
we'll
end
in
the
top
three,
if
we're
not
number
one.
C
C
So
last
year
we
ended
with
the
highest
graduation
rates.
I
believe
that
the
county
had
had.
We
don't
have
the
final
numbers
yet
because
those
numbers
don't
get
tabulated
until
august,
because
there
are
still
students
that
are
graduating
in
the
summer
as
they
complete
some
credit
recovery
programs.
So
so
I
don't
have
a
number
for
you,
but
we're
anticipating
to
stay
along
the
same
lines
and
the
same
trend
that
that
we
have
and
it's
been.
It's
been
improving
and-
and
I
believe,
we'll
we'll
be
on
par
for
that.
So.
A
All
right
we're
going
to
move
ahead
now
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
what's
happening
in
bluffton
and,
as
we
know,
the
bluffton
is
currently
the
fastest
growing
area
in
the
state
of
south
carolina
according
to
the
census
data.
We
also
know
that
dirt
is
moving
in
the
washington
square
development,
which
is
in
bluffton
and
it'll,
be
a
multi-use
project
that
will
encompass
green
space,
retail
residential
offerings
on
the
buckwalter
parkway.
A
And
to
talk
about
that
today,
we
have
david
johnson
he's
the
partner
with
the
development
company
space
side
partners,
he's
hasn't,
he's
been
an
investor
and
an
entrepreneur
with
over
40
years
of
experience
in
asset
management.
David
welcome
and
tell
us
tell
us:
what's
going
on
at
washington
square.
E
Well,
thank
you
bill
and
before
I
get
started,
I
wanted
just
to
acknowledge
dr
rodriguez,
I
mean
for
any
of
us
for
all
of
us
that
are
involved
with
any
economic
development
here
in
in
beaufort
county.
I
mean
it's,
it's
very
we're
very
fortunate
to
have
him.
You
know,
lead
the
leader,
the
education
process,
which
is
so
key.
Thank
you
for
having
me
I'm
going
to
share
my
screen.
E
The
photo
of
of
the
the
wetlands
have
been
filled
in
and
the
stormwater
drainage
has
been
done
in
that
our
intent,
as
I
said,
was
to
to
create
a
walkable
village
centered
around
two
two
things
centered
around
a
a
a
well
landscaped
square,
where
we
could
have
music
and
food
trucks,
and
just
relaxation
I'll
show
you
a
photo
of
what
that
looks
like
at
this
point.
As
you
can
see,
these
bollards
here
can
come
down
and
we
can
put
food
trucks
and
music
in
in
the
square.
E
Second
thing:
that's
going
on
right
now
is
there
is
logan
homes
is
building
a
58
town
home
community
across
from
low
country
fresh
it
will.
These
are
some
some
early
renderings,
so
they'll
be
they'll
all
front
on
the
they'll
be
front
fronting
on
bleecker
street
with
driveways
behind
it
should
create
quite
a
an
interesting
living
experience
and
they
they
have
gone.
E
They
plan
to
go
vertical
and
that
by
the
fall
and
you'll
start
seeing
some
some
town
homes
going
up,
the
the
horizontal
is
being
done
at
the
streets
and
the
sewer
and
the
lights,
and
all
that
are
being
done
at
this.
At
this
point,
the
the
next
phase
for
us
will
be
we're
we're
clearing
and
and
doing
all
the
site
work
for
what
we
call
washington
square
east,
which
is
everything
east
of
the
square
between
buckwalter
and
the
square.
E
Our
first
building
that
will
be
built
and
should
be
started
in
this
summer
will
be
this
building.
Excuse
me
on
the
square
this
l-shaped
building
on
the
square
which
will
include
this
is
what
it
looks
like,
but
these
are
renderings
from
this
is
from
the
square,
and
this
is
down
bleecker
street,
with
retail,
below
on
the
first
floor
and
apartments
above
on
the
second
and
third
floors.
E
We're
pretty
excited
about
about
what's
happening.
Finally,
we've
got.
You
know
a
fair
amount
of
activity
on
that's
going
on
and
and
some
more
announcements,
probably
by
the
end
of
this
month,
about
some
retailers
that
will
be.
That
will
also
be
here
both
luke
local
and
some
national
retailers.
So
with
that
I'll
I'll
stop
and
ask
for
questions.
E
The
apartments
will
be
which
will
be
the
apartments
above,
the
retail
which
we're
doing
not
the
logan
homes.
Town
homes
will
be
in.
The
range
of
two
bedrooms
will
be
around
twenty
four
hundred
dollars
and
a
month
and
one
bedroom
is
around
eighteen
hundred
dollars
a
month.
There
will
be
twenty
apartments
on
on
the
first
phase
above
the
retail.
E
E
A
A
Bring
things
into
hilton
head
island
now,
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
that.
We
all
have
passed
by
it
on
william
hilton
parkway
and
on
the
north
end
of
the
island
commonly
referred
to
as
the
mid
island
track
and
here
to
talk
about
the
ambitious
plans
the
town
has
for
this
area
is
jennifer
ray
and
jennifer,
I
think,
has
just
celebrated
her
10th
anniversary
with
the
town
of
hilton
head
island
and
she
is
the
capital
program
manager
jennifer.
A
D
A
D
D
And
the
airport,
as
well
as
some
significant
cultural
resources
and
town-owned
property-
I
guess
you're
not
seeing
my
screen
anymore,
so
kelly.
If
you
have
the
control,
if
you'll
move
on
a
couple
slides
so
there
you
can
see
what
we
initially
started
with
and
then
the
district
as
outlined
with
working
with
our
consultant
team
and
even
further
refinement
through
our
workshop
with
town
council,
the
begal
area
to
the
north
plan
north
on
this
image
will
be
included
in
this
district
and
next
slide.
D
D
D
Next
is
walkable,
not
auto,
focused
and
next
is
artful
and
memorable,
not
generic
and
there's
some
good
examples
of
this
character
already
on
our
island,
including
shelter,
cove
town
center,
harbor
town
and
in
bluffton,
with
old
town,
bluffton
and
even
palmetto
bluff.
But
this
just
kind
of
gives
you
the
character,
feeling
that
our
consultants
were
looking
for
and
if
you'll
go,
the
next
click
through
to
the
next
one.
These
are
the
key
themes.
D
So
if
you
followed,
along
with
the
our
plan
process
with
our
strategic
plan,
any
of
the
things
that
the
town
has
been
working
on,
you
know
these
core
values
keep
coming
up
over
and
over
again
to
protect
and
enhance
both
our
people
in
our
neighborhoods,
as
well
as
our
natural
environment,
to
connect
to
connect
our
people
and
our
open
spaces
and
neighborhoods.
We
even
had
a
connection
was
one
of
the
work
groups
and
then
to
evolve.
D
We
can't
stay
just
like
we
are
all
the
time
just
like
we
heard
earlier
about
what's
happening
in
bluffton
and
what's
happening
with
the
economy
and
the
schools
we
have
to
evolve
also,
so
we
want
to
look
at
our
future
land
use
plan
and
potentially
some
new
redevelopment
standards
for
this
area.
So
next
slide.
D
So
here
you
can
see
they
start
with
identification
of
some
hubs
with
a
large
district
hub
right
in
the
middle
and
then
an
additional
hub
not
identified
here.
But
as
we've
worked
through
this
project,
an
additional
community
hub
up
in
the
mitchellville
area
next
slide
shows
the
importance
of
protecting
the
green
network.
D
There
are
a
lot
of
ways
to
connect
through
some
improved
intersections
through
various
types
of
roadways,
as
well
as
significant
pathways.
You
know
we
already
have
a
gold
friendly
bike
path,
bike
and
pedestrian
path
system
here
on
our
island,
and
this
plan
seeks
to
improve
that
even
further
and
maybe
find
some
missing
connections
to
add
to,
and
then
the
next
slide
is
the
initial
thoughts
on
what
that
future
land
use
might
include.
D
So
this
is
the
future
thoughts
for
what
that
redevelopment
strategy
might
look
like
next
slide.
Will
transition
from
the
district
into
the
town-owned
mid-island
tract
that
you
mentioned
built
next
slide?
It's
103
acres.
That
is
right
in
the
kind
of
the
middle
of
the
island,
it's
portion
of
the
former
planters
row
golf
course.
You
can
see
it
here
on
the
side
currently
being
used
for
walking
biking
bird
watching
photography
and
the
good
news
is
all
of
those
uses
will
continue
to
be
available
as
we
redevelop
the
site.
D
The
next
slide
shows
you
the
concept
plan,
the
goal
when
we
set
out
what
we
told
this
world-class
team
was
to
develop
plans
for
a
best-in-class
park.
They
looked
at
leading
design
principles,
emerging
trends,
analysis
of
the
site
and
also
significant
stakeholder
engagement.
We
met
with
over
100
different
stakeholder
groups.
We
had
thousands
of
people
respond
to
a
survey.
D
D
The
next
slide
shows
one
of
the
amazing
images
that
really
helps
you
see
this
park
in
a
little
bit
more
of
a
three-dimensional
dimension.
This
is
a
bird's
eye
perspective
that
shows
the
five
key
areas:
the
heart
of
the
tract,
cultivated
landscapes,
island
heritage
and
eco
park
and
active
play,
so
we're
going
to
quickly
go
through
each
of
those
sections.
Next
slide
shows
the
heart
of
the
tracks
includes
components
such
as
a
fountain.
A
great
lawn
community
facility
could
be
a
tower
and
maybe
even
an
event.
D
Growth
next
slide
just
shows
you
some
of
the
images.
None
of
these
are
saying
that
this
particular
fountain
will
be
there.
It's
just
trying
to
show
you
some
of
the
character
expect
this
part
to
be
built
with
the
same
level
of
attention
to
detail
and
high
quality
as
other
town
parks
such
as
low
country
celebration
park
and
shelter.
Cove
community
park
so
expect
nothing
less
here
and,
in
fact,
even
more
as
you
can
see
from
these
images
that
give
you
a
flavor
of
what
could
happen
in
the
heart
of
the
park.
D
D
I
know.
Probably
a
lot
of
the
listeners
know
how
many
historical
and
cultural
resources
on
are
on
the
island,
but
we're
blessed
in
this
area
to
be
adjacent
to
the
historic
union
cemetery
in
the
bottom
right
corner
of
this
slide
and
have
the
opportunity
to
relocate
saint
james
baptist
church
to
this
particular
site
as
they
move
away
from
the
airport.
D
So
the
consultants
looked
at
also
honoring
other
island
heritages.
Besides
just
the
gala
heritage
and
creating
this
area
with
cultural
gardens
and
an
open-air
market
and
an
island
gathering
space.
The
next
slide
shows
you
some
of
those
case
study
images
that
show
the
different
components
that
could
happen
within
this
part
of
the
site
and
then
the
next
slide
shows
shows
you
another
one
of
those
bird's-eye
perspectives.
D
The
next
slide
gets
into
the
cultivated
landscapes,
so
think
of
areas
to
learn
about
different
plant
material.
To
relax
and
enjoy
to
stroll
to
sit
next
slide
shows
you
some
of
those
it
includes
both
cultivated
gardens
and
monet
garden,
natural
plant
materials
of
the
low
country
and
also
accommodating
the
staging
that
currently
happens
with
concourse
to
elegance.
D
We
know
what
an
important
activity
event
that
is
for
our
island,
so
making
sure
that
we
continue
to
be
good
stewards
and
accommodate
that
within
this
area
of
the
park.
Next
slide
is
the
active
play,
and
I
mentioned
recreation
and
a
lot
of
people
were
hoping
that
there
wouldn't
be
recreation
on
this
site,
and
I
I
can
share
that.
D
The
planned
recreation
is
not
what
you
would
think
of
as
active,
not
balls
and
bats
and
lights,
but
more
of
community
activities
that
you
and
your
family,
your
kids,
your
grandkids,
can
enjoy
so
next
slide.
Think
of
things
like
interactive
water
features,
adventure,
playgrounds
and
natural
play
and
the
most
active
part
might
be
what
they're
calling
the
yard
kids
running
and
laughing
and
having
fun.
But
it's
not
organized
organized
park,
sporting
events.
If
you
will
also
opportunities
for
playing
chess
in
the
park,
that's
something
that's
come
up.
Lately.
D
We
added
that
at
shelter
cove
and
we're
looking
at
making
some
of
those
kind
of
board
games
that
could
be
outdoor
games.
Part
of
this
active
play
area.
The
next
slide
shows
the
eco
park
component,
which
is
around
50
acres.
So
about
half
of
the
half
of
the
park.
It
could
include
an
eco
center.
Some
observation
decks
boardwalks,
canopy
areas.
If
you
haven't
had
a
chance
to
be
on
the
site,
the
audubon
society
is
out
there
a
lot.
D
D
D
I'm
just
giving
you
kind
of
the
real
high
level
next
slide
shows
how
we're
also
incorporating
the
ashmore
tract
if
you're
not
familiar
with
that
it's
directly
across
william
hilton
parkway
backs
up
to
psd
and
there's
an
opportunity
for
an
18-hole
championship,
style,
disc
golf
as
well
as
a
pavilion
and
more
interpretive
trails.
Next
slide
shows
you
how
that
disc
golf
might
be
might
be
routed
through
the
significant
natural
resource.
D
D
They
will
be
preparing
that
final
redevelopment
strategy
and
come
to
town
council
for
consideration
of
approval
of
this
district
plan.
Following
that,
we'll
work
on
maps
such
as
a
future
land
use
map
will
revise
our
zoning
map
and
our
development
standards
specific
to
this
district
of
the
island.
Then,
even
farther
from
that
next
steps.
We
will
take
this
concept
and
move
around
our
island
and
look
to
look
at
other
districts
that
need
to
be
studied
in
this
way,
such
as
the
palmetto
bay
road
corridor.
D
That
might
be
another
district
plan
that
comes
after
this
mid
island
initiative
area
for
the
tract
itself
and
stay
tuned.
Hopefully
the
next
time
we
start
talking
about
this,
we'll
actually
have
a
name
for
the
tracks
instead
of
mid
island
track,
but
they're
working
on
an
estimate
of
probable
costs
for
this
100
acre
park
council
will
consider
approval
of
this
master
plan.
Later
this
late
summer,
early
fall,
they
will
develop
a
phase
one
development
and
then
we'll
move
into
the
detailed
design
and
get
ready
for
construction.
D
Hopefully
in
2023,
is
what
we
look
to
go
there.
So,
as
I
mentioned,
and
that's
the
end
of
my
presentation,
but
I
really
do
want
to
direct
you
to
our
website,
because
there
is
a
ton
more
information
on
there.
If
you
go
to
the
major
initiatives,
you
will
see
two
buttons
that
you
can
toggle
between
for
both
the
initiative
area
and
the
park
and
every
presentation
that
this
team
has
done
is
loaded
on
there
and
you
can
get
loads
and
loads
more
information,
but
bill
at
this
time.
A
All
right
jennifer,
thank
you
that
very,
very
impressive
presentation,
thanks
for
sharing
your
slides
as
well
as
your
images,
and
we
do
have
a
few
questions.
The
first
one
is
coming
from
scott
and
scott
is
one
saying
this
is
very
exciting
and
then
what
is
the
overall
timeline
and
funding
source
or
funding
sources?.
D
I
know
that
the
goal
would
be
to
not
have
constant
construction,
but
not
to
drag
it
out
too
far
either
and
always
have
a
part
of
the
park
that
is
open
to
the
community,
because
once
we
made
the
decision
to
open
the
golf,
what
was
the
golf
course
and
let
people
start
using
it?
They
really
latched
on
and
it's
become
a
routine
to
be
out
there
daily
walking
dogs
riding
bikes.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
they're
always
part
of
the
park
that
is
available
and
something
under
construction
as
well.
A
D
That's
a
great
question
donna
and
yes
in
the
heart
of
the
park
that
event
grove.
If
you
will
would
be
an
amphitheater
more
of
an
intimate
amphitheater
where
there
were
some
images
of
trees
growing
up
through,
so
that
you
get
that
shade.
But
that's
the
area
of
the
park
that
would
contain
that
component.