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BERKELEY, S.C. (WCSC) - Berkeley County unanimously voted not to lift the building moratorium along Jedburg Road. What would have been 465 new homes in this area will stay as rural land just like the residents say they wanted.

Dozens of people that live on Jedburg Road clapped after the Berkeley County committee on land use announced their vote. It’s evident that the once frustrated neighbors no longer feel like they have to fight against development.

Since the beginning of summer, people who live along Jedburg Road have been against Pulte Homes’ original plan of building 465 homes on 227 acres with a possible new school. Even after Pulte gave a new plan of reducing the number of homes, residents were still concerned about how it could cause an increase in traffic, flooding and overall security.

After Monday’s vote, their feelings changed.

“We are delighted,” Bill Shelton, who lives on Jedburg Road, said. “And we feel like Berkeley County is making progress to realize, yes, we need jobs. And we’re not against people developing their land, but not when they’re doing things to people and not for the community.”

Shelton presented a 21-page document to council prior to Monday’s meeting. This document included a Q&A showing 54 people who lived here unanimously voted they wanted to keep the moratorium, summaries of all the community meetings and dozens of signatures.

Phillip Obie II, Berkeley County councilmember District 3, says the council felt like Pulte Homes’ plan did not reflect the community’s needs.

“It’s a lot of larger lot sizes and that potential development would have a lot of smaller houses on smaller lots,” Obie said. “To protect the integrity of that community and keep those lot sizes larger. That’s one of the reasons, I think, why council voted to deny lifting the moratorium tonight.”

Obie says any developer, including Pulte Homes, can apply with a new design that is different from the one proposed tonight to try and lift this moratorium again. He says this can happen at any time moving forward.

Shelton says this process has strengthened his community.

“This has brought us together,” Shelton said. “We know our friends better now and we’re going to enjoy that and we’re going to be vigilant to make sure that we have to keep what we cherish.”

Throughout this process, Pulte Homes has declined to give a comment. For now, the building moratorium will remain in effect on Jedburg Road.

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Residents in the Jedburg area can nourish their families at Food Lion’s newest location at 2915 W. 5th North St., Summerville. The new store is open daily from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m.

“I’m extremely excited to open this new store in the community where I grew up,” said Mark Rocheleau, the store manager of the new Jedburg Food Lion and Summerville High School graduate, who has been a Food Lion associate for 33 years. “I’m proud to welcome my neighbors and family to shop with us and experience our expansive assortment and variety throughout our store. I look forward to seeing new faces, welcoming old friends and serving my community at our new location.”

Customers can choose from an extensive product assortment, including in-store fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, “grab-and-go” meal options to help make dinner easier, and a wide variety of catering selections. This new store also offers the Food Lion To-Go service, which enables customers to order their favorite items for convenient pickup at the same everyday low prices they can expect from Food Lion.

The store also offers a variety of Food Lion’s Nature’s Promise-brand beef, pork, poultry, milk, eggs, bottled water, cereal, coffee and other items. Nature’s Promise is Food Lion’s affordable brand of wholesome and organic products made with no artificial flavors, preservatives or synthetic colors.

Additionally, neighbors can find a wide variety of great local offerings, such as iconic sauces from Lillie’s of Charleston, great local beers from nearby Palmetto Brewing Company and delicious Italian sauces from Charleston’s-own Porzio’s, made from products grown by Lowcountry farmers and growers. A list of additional local vendors with products in the new store can be found here.

Furthering Food Lion’s commitment to sustainability, the new store features energy-efficient LED lighting overhead and in refrigerated and freezer cases; doors on all beer, dairy and lunch meat cases; and motion sensors on all frozen food cases that dim the lights to 20 percent output when not being shopped by a customer.

Earlier this week, Rocheleau and other local Food Lion associates delivered lunch bags, snacks and surprises to staff at EMS Headquarters & Medic 1, Fire Station 10, Dorchester Habitat For Humanity and New Bethel Sounds of Praise food pantry to show appreciation for the store’s neighbors.

In another commitment to the Jedburg community, Food Lion Feeds is donating $3,000 in gift cards to New Bethel Sounds of Praise food pantry to help neighbors in need fighting hunger. The food pantry will also pickup food from the store nearly every day to distribute to neighbors in need through Food Lion Feeds’ industry-leading food rescue program.

About Food Lion

Food Lion, based in Salisbury, N.C., since 1957, has more than 1,000 stores in 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states and employs more than 77,000 associates. By leveraging its longstanding heritage of low prices and convenient locations, Food Lion is working to own the easiest full shop grocery experience in the Southeast, anchored by a strong commitment to affordability, freshness, and the communities it serves. Through Food Lion Feeds, the company has donated more than 500 million meals to individuals and families since 2014, and has committed to donate 1 billion more meals by 2025. Food Lion is a company of Ahold Delhaize USA, the U.S. division of Zaandam-based Ahold Delhaize. For more information, visit www.foodlion.com or job applicants may visit www.foodlion.com/careers.

Clarius Partners and Stonemont Financial Group have announced that Buildings 3 and 4 are available for lease at the partnership’s Omni Industrial Campus in Summerville, S.C. The two speculative buildings total nearly 971,000 square feet of Class A industrial space.

Bridge Commercial is the exclusive leasing agent in charge of the 1.3 million-square-foot industrial park, expected to be delivered in June 2023.

Omni Industrial Campus is situated on nearly 100 acres, within the Jedburg Industrial Corridor, close to Interstate 26, 22 miles from North Charleston Port, 26 miles from Hugh Leatherman Terminal and within 32 miles of the Port Charleston, one of the fastest-growing ports in the U.S. over the last decade. The development is also situated close to the 4,500-acre, master-planned community Nexton, and other residential areas, allowing future tenants easy access to the market’s workforce.

Designed to serve a variety of users

Bridge Commercial’s team led by Executive Vice Presidents Hagood Morrison and Simons Johnson, President Peter Fennelly and Associate Vice President Will Crowell are the appointed leasing brokers in charge of the development.

The project’s initial building, Building 2, encompassing 360,320 square feet of space is fully preleased to a long-term, build-to-suit tenant. The remaining two buildings will feature 36-foot clear heights, LED lightning and ESFR sprinkler systems. The 364,700-square-foot Building 3, designed to accommodate multiple tenants, will have 305 vehicle parking spots, 79 trailer parking spots, four drive-in doors and 36 dock high doors, while the 606,880-square-foot Building 4, designed for large volume distribution, will have 350 vehicle parking spots, 157 trailer parking spots, four drive-in doors and 64 dock-high doors. Additionally, all three properties will also have a speculative office component, available for occupancy starting June of this year.

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The industrial project is the largest option near the Port of Charleston for companies looking for an intermodal distribution point in the Southeast region, noted Stonemont Financial Group’s Managing Principal & Chief Executive Officer, Zack Markwell, in a prepared statement.

Earlier this month, Avison Young was tapped as leasing agent in charge of another industrial property under development in the Charleston area. The firm will market for lease a 545,000-square-foot project in Ridgeville, S.C., that is part of Camp Hall Commerce Park, a 6,800-acre master-planned development.

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - Located at the corner of Berlin Myers Parkway and Highway 78, a 57-acre multi-use property will bring new development to the Summerville area by early 2025.

The property, named Sawmill, will include 474 multi-family apartment units, offices, restaurants, hotels, stores, banks, outdoor spaces and a 40,000-square-foot Roper St. Francis facility.

Summerville spokesperson Mary Edwards said the task to get the development started was a long process.

“It’s something that people have been wanting for a long time, and council has really supported the developers, too. It’s a big deal for us; I mean, it’s a new big development that’s coming to our area,” Edwards said. “It’s something that’s needed. It’s something that the public has really wanted.”

The developers, Lee & Associates, said in a news release that “a new walkable community designed to better connect residents with the fun they want and services they need will be anchored by a major healthcare system.”

Although not everyone in the area is excited about the new development. Some members of the Summerville community shared their concerns on a Facebook post with over 400 comments mentioning traffic problems, school enrollment and housing availability.

Located near the development, the Spinx gas station may see increased traffic with the upcoming construction. Employee Rona Emons, shared her concerns.

“I don’t think we can really handle it because this road is already always backed up; it’s already hard to get in and out of the store,” she said. “I think that’s going to make it a lot worse unless they try to widen the road somehow, which I don’t know how they can do that. But yeah, it’s going to cause a lot of congestion in this area.”

In response to the concerns, Edwards said the city and developers studied research before deciding if the project was appropriate for the area.

“The town is growing really fast,” Edwards said. “So, we know that people want to come here, and they want to experience the area. We want to be able to provide these types of options for people when they come.”

Construction on the health care facility and multi-family apartment units will begin in early 2023.

“I’m kind of excited,” Emons said. “I’d like to get out. You know, it’d be nice to see something new in this area. So yeah, I’m looking forward to it in some ways, and otherwise, I’m kind of a little leery of it.”

Overall, the project is expected to cost $200 million.

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BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — For months, Jedburg residents have fought to be heard by developers and Berkeley County.

They were against a proposed development in their neighborhood.

The proposed development came as Berkeley County Council passed a moratorium to control growth.

Residents wanted to see this moratorium in effect to keep developers from building homes near their property.

"Pulte is not going to be here. They're not going to live in this area. They're going to take their profits back to Atlanta. We're going to have to deal with this on a daily basis. I'm retired, I don't want to move. And so, we decided to fight," said Bill Shelton, a retired resident in the Jedburg community.

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Ongoing efforts made by the Jedburg and New Hope communities paid off Monday night as Berkeley County Council denied lifting the moratorium for Pulte Homes.

The homebuilder proposed the Sandy Run development, which would have been 465 homes, a school and commercial business on Jedburg Road.

"Jedburg Road has become a major corridor. The traffic is so heavy, it's become hazardous, and people are literally frightened to drive on that road making left turns into the driveway. That's how hazardous it is. They're talking about adding 1,000 cars onto that road. It was just not compatible," Shelton said.

Neighbors of the proposed development met several times this year. They shared concerns about increased traffic, flooding, privacy intrusions and more.

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"I think a lot of that stood out to be the traffic congestion that areas a lot of growth going on in that area. A lot of the area is also wetlands as well. So trying to preserve the green space in that area. The zoning of that area is flex 1, so it's a lot of a lot of larger lot sizes, and that potential development would have a lot of smaller houses on smaller lots. So to protect the integrity of that community and keep those lot sizes larger," said Phillip Obie II, councilman for District 3.

"I think they saw the passion and accounting. I think they saw the lengths we were willing to go to make our voices heard. And I think they realized that we were organized, we were going to be a force to be dealt with. And if we didn't get our voices heard, we were going to keep fighting," Shelton said.

Neighbors say they met with Pulte Homes to talk about their plans. Pulte modified them.

Then the community took a unanimous vote and submitted it to county council.

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"We had plenty of time to hear what the community's concern was and saw that the developer was not meeting those concerns of the citizens fully, which is ultimately why it was not lifted tonight," Obie said.

"We are delighted and we feel that Berkeley County is making progress to realize, yes, we need jobs and we're not against people developing their land, but not when they're doing things to people, not for the community. You know, we want it to be compatible. And we hope that's the direction we're going with this," Shelton said.