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Name: Jennie Davis, Charleston County Public Information Officer

Phone: 843.958.4012

Email:   jdavis@charlestoncounty.org

 

Release Number: 2752

Date: October 31, 2006

 

 

Charleston County Greenbelt Bank Board Holds First Meeting on Nov. 3

             Meeting on Friday, Nov. 3 at 9 a.m. in Charleston County Council Committee Room

 

Newly appointed members of Charleston County's Greenbelt Bank Board will hold their initial meeting on Friday, Nov. 3 at 9 a.m. The Greenbelt Bank was established by County Council to protect land and promote balanced growth in the county.

 

The County's Comprehensive Greenbelt Plan, which provides guidance on spending the greenbelt portion of the Transportation "Half-Cent" Sales Tax, also assigns the Greenbelt Bank Board with the responsibility of administering the Greenbelt Project's Rural Grants Program.

 

The Greenbelt Bank Board meeting is open to the public, and will be held in County Council's Committee room (B225) on the second floor of the Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Services Building (4045 Bridge View Drive, off Leeds Avenue in North Charleston).

 

The members of the Greenbelt Bank Board, as selected by Charleston County Council, are:

 

Board Member

Seat

Term of Office

 

Margaret Blackmer

 

 

Board member of charitable corporation or trust authorized to do business in this State that is actively engaged in the acquisition of interests in land for the purposes of natural resource or land conservation

 

4 years

 

George John Bullwinkel

 

 

Licensed attorney with an emphasis in real estate and or land use law

 

2 years

 

Thomas D. Bulwinkle

 

At-large

 

2 years


 

T. Heyward Carter

 

 

Board member of an organization that represents hunting, fishing or outdoor recreation interests

 

4 years

 

Edwin Cooper

 

 

Owner of rural real land property actively engaged in the management and operation of forestlands, farmlands or wildlife habitat

 

4 years

 

Wilbur Johnson

 

 

Board member of a charitable corporation or trust authorized to do business in this State which is organized for historic preservation purpose

 

3 years

 

Hugh C. Lane, Jr.

 

In business of banking, finance or accounting

 

2 years

 

Charles Salmonsen

 

In business of appraising forestland, farmland, or conservation management

 

3 years

 

John Templeton

 

 

Owner of real property who is actively engaged in the real estate business

 

3 years

 

 

Call Cathy L. Ruff at (843) 202-7204 for more information about the upcoming Greenbelt Bank Board meeting.

 

 

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