All About Hilton Head Island & Bluffton

School begins expansion process

BY DAN WILLIAMSON, The Island Packet

Published Thursday, December 21, 2006

St. Francis Catholic School has taken a first step toward expanding its campus, but many more steps remain before that long-awaited dream is realized.

The school has presented preliminary plans for two new buildings to the Town of Hilton Head Island to get feedback before going forward with a formal application. The plans include a 3,600-square-foot facility for art and music classrooms, as well as a 14,000-square-foot multi-purpose facility that would include a gymnasium. Parking and playground areas also would be restructured.

Click on photo to enlarge.  Click here to view entire article ~ http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/6292440p-5487891c.html

Academy plans for more growth

BY DAN WILLIAMSON, The Island Packet

Published Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Hilton Head Christian Academy has submitted preliminary plans for three new buildings to the Town of Hilton Head Island, the first step in planning for the future of a school that continues to grow.

Construction, however, is not likely to start anytime soon.

The plans, drawn up by Bluffton-based Key Engineering, call for the construction of a 7,000-square-foot middle school, a two-story 7,000-square-foot high school and a 14,000-square-foot gymnasium. Parking also would be restructured, and a new parking lot would be added just north of the campus.

Click here to view entire article ~ http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/6289358p-5485567c.html

Delta to offer local flights

Airline will serve from Hilton Head to Atlanta

BY TIM DONNELLY, The Island Packet

Published Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Delta Air Lines will begin offering seasonal flights to Atlanta from the Hilton Head Island Airport this spring, adding a second airline choice for passengers for the first time in more than a decade, the company announced Monday.

The airline will offer three flights a day between the Delta hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and the island from March 17 to Sept. 4. Tickets became available for purchase over the weekend.

Click here to view entire article ~ http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/6289352p-5485561c.html

Island hospital opens Bluffton satellite office

BY PETER FROST, The Island Packet

Published Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Hilton Head Regional Medical Center will open a new Bluffton satellite office in February, a move hospital officials hope will strengthen its foothold in the growing off-island health care market.

The 4,500-square-foot clinic at U.S. 278 and Burnt Church Road will fill the gap between the hospital's main campus on Hilton Head Island and its Bluffton-Okatie Outpatient Center near Sun City Hilton Head.

Initially, the clinic will be open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and have one full-time primary-care physician, Dr. Kamal Patel. He will handle both the urgent- and primary-care units. Within three months after opening, the hospital plans to add two more doctors and expand operating hours into evenings and weekends.

Click here to view entire article ~ http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/6278026p-5477039c.html

Planned development big enough to become town's hub, official says

BY GINNY SKALSKI, The Island Packet

Published Thursday, December 7, 2006

A planned development on Buckwalter Parkway is so large it could become the new hub of Bluffton, says Don Blair, chairman of the town's Planning Commission.

"It has the potential of becoming downtown Bluffton." Blair said, "In which case, the old town as we know it now could almost become a little destination or a little curiosity rather than downtown Bluffton."

The development, known as Buckwalter Place, could include 900,000 square feet of commercial space and 900 residential units, Blair said. The Planning Commission will begin discussing how the project should take shape today during a 5:30 p.m. workshop at Bluffton Town Hall.

The new complex has been billed as an upscale urban combination of shops, plazas, offices and multi-family dwellings.

Click here to view entire article ~ http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/6270011p-5470991c.html

Bluffton school sites OK'd

BY DAN WILLIAMSON, The Island Packet

Published Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Crowded Beaufort County classrooms may be a little less so following a decision by the school board to buy land for three new schools, two of them in Bluffton.

The land will be used for the construction of new elementary and middle schools in the Bluffton area that were approved by voters in a May referendum, as well as a new high school in the Seabrook area that voters originally approved in 2000.

The school board OK'd the purchases at its Tuesday night meeting.

The new Bluffton elementary school will be built on about 18.5 acres at the intersection of Bluffton Parkway and Red Cedar Lane.

The middle school will be built on about 40.5 acres at the intersection of Buck Island and Hyon roads.

Click here to read the entire article ~ http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/6268358p-5469722c.html

Hampton Hall ~ Covenants & Restrictions

I have the Hampton Hall Covenants and Restrictions scanned in my personal computer.  The file is too large to upload onto the blog.  Click here to email your request and I will send it right over to you...  Tracy@BlueChipHiltonHead.com. 

Sea Pines Plantation ~ Covenants

Download sea_pines_covenants.pdf

All information is deemed accurate but not guaranteed and should be independently verified.