South Carolina

The Detroit Of South Carolina

A new automotive research campus in Greenville could make the city a new hub for the car and motorsports industry.

November 18, 2003 - Ascribe

Charleston Considering Form Based Zoning

Charleston City Council considers new municipal zoning regulations — and quite possibly the future of city life in Charleston.

June 25, 2003 - Charleston City Paper

Charleston Reinvents The Gas Station

Charleston architects and developers are finding new uses for old gas station structures and producing innovative designs for a new generation of pedestrian-friendly stations.

May 16, 2003 - Charleston City Paper

Smart Growth Plan Promotes Leapfrog Development?

Does the 1999 'Town & Country Plan' for Columbia, South Carolina promote leapfrog development?

May 1, 2003 - The Thoreau Institute

Over-regulated Housing Markets Create Sprawl

Over-regulated housing markets are expensive and the limited availability of land creates sprawl.

April 1, 2003 - The State

Out With The New, In With The Old

Traditionalist developers to meet, discuss 'new urbanism' and livable communities.

August 29, 2002 - Inman News

South Carolia Supreme Court Upholds Land Use Plan

Opponents of the plan argued that the County Council didn't get approval from the county's planning commission.

July 18, 2002 - The State

Environmental Contractor Jailed

A South Carolina environmental contractor is jailed for falsifying storage tank tests.

January 27, 2002 - Brownfields.com

Charleston's Livability Court

Charleston, for years rated one of America's best-mannered cities, has a new court to ensure it.

January 21, 2002 - CNN

Citizens Take Charge In Declining Neighborhoods

Residents of declining neighborhoods in Greenvill, SC, are creating their master plan at a charrette.

August 20, 2001 - The Greenville News

Developed Underdevelopment

How to balance economic viability, environmental sensitivity,and community livability.

May 30, 2001 - Environmental News Network

Beautiful Billboards

Columbia, South Carolina is using unsold billboards to display public art.

April 12, 2001 - Governing

Sprawling South Carolina

The state is developing land at four times the rate of its population growth, mostly in cities and along interstate highways.

March 10, 2001 - The Public Purpose

New Urbanist Development Succeeds

After tough opposition, a South Carolina subdivision is gaining accolades for its neo-traditional neighborhood concept.

December 28, 2000 - The Charlotte Observer

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