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Bluffton Park land preservation: 10 acres to become outdoor nature classroom

By DANIEL BROWNSTEIN
dbrownstein@islandpacket.com
843-706-8125

Published Wednesday, July 11, 2007About 10 acres inside Bluffton Park is poised to become an outdoor nature classroom instead of condos, and the development will have more than 20 percent fewer homes than initially approved.

Bluffton Town Council on Tuesday voted to partner with the county to buy the property, which sits next to a future elementary school and a 100-acre swath of wetlands.

The vote was the last major hurdle in two months of negotiations with county officials and the landowner, Quinnco-D'Amico, Shultz LLC.

Bluffton will pay $250,000 while Beaufort County will contribute $1.75 million for the 9.65 acres that had been slated to become 87 townhomes. As part of the deal, the town will build a boardwalk with educational displays at a cost of about $158,000.

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South Carolina Property Owner's Insurance Requirements

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Opening of Red Cedar Elementary School delayed

By GINNY SKALSKI
gskalski@islandpacket.com
843-706-8144

Published Thursday, July 19, 2007

The size of a new Bluffton-area elementary school is being boosted to accommodate an additional 150 students as part of a design change that will push back the school's opening date to 2009.

Architects are redesigning Red Cedar Elementary School to fit 800 students, an upgrade Beaufort County School District officials hope will ease some of the area's growing pains. The school will be built on 18.5 acres on Red Cedar Lane near its intersection with Bluffton Parkway.

District officials had hoped the school would open in August 2008, allowing students to begin the academic year in the new building.

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MLS (Multiple Listing Service) State/Nationwide Statistics

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Hilton Head/Bluffton Referred to in PARADE Magazine article...

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Look for “Hidden Gems”
The best deals may be found in lesser-known places on the periphery of the so-called hot spots.

“A lot of places are brand names, but just because they’re more expensive doesn’t mean they’re the best investment,” says Andrew Schiller, president of Location Inc., which runs the search site NeighborhoodScout.com. “People have heard of Hilton Head—it’s very famous and expensive—but just a town away is Bluffton, S.C., where home prices are 20% to 25% less. You want to find places that are in the best position to run up in value and, of course, that you love.”