workforce housing

City Council work session (June 23, 2026) included: new employee recognitions; interview of an applicant for the Downtown Advisory Board; a detailed Army Corps of Engineers briefing on a proposed coastal storm risk management federal interest determination and potential 3-year feasibility study; an update on the city housing repair program and Trust activities; one public commenter; and a motion to enter executive session.

Town Council met January 13, 2026. Council approved the agenda, tabled approval of prior minutes, heard reports and presentations (including a clean FY2025 ACFR), and unanimously approved on first reading two related workforce-housing zoning actions: an LMO text amendment to allow new workforce housing in the MED district (with program requirements) and a PD-2 Master Plan / zoning map amendment to permit commercial or residential use on three parcels along Bethea Drive (three parcel tax-map IDs listed). Council entered and exited Executive Session and appointed Chuck Lobaugh and Margaret Hewitt as Planning Commission representatives to the Gullah Geechee Land & Cultural Preservation Task Force. The meeting adjourned at 6:28 p.m.