DI News History - February 4, 2016

TEN YEARS AGO

In the February 2, 2006 issue the POA was holding their first election for citizen members of the Board of Directors. Three island residents were nominated as candidates to serve on the Daniel Island Community Association Board of Directors. They were David Cobb, David Pa¬gliarini and Stephen Smith. An election was in the future.

In other news, Daniel Island resident Ronda Schilling was appointed to the City of Charleston Recreation Commission. Schilling, who now works for the paper but did not in at the time of her appointment, was instrumental in bringing the Kids Triathlon to Daniel Island as well as promoting other recreational opportunities on the island.

In business news, island law firm Clawson & Staubes celebrated their one year anniversary on Daniel Island.

In sports news, Daniel Island School student-athletes wanting to attend Bishop England and their parents voiced concern about athletic participation because of a South Carolina High School League (SCHSL) executive committee rule change, children admitted to Bishop England after their 8th-grade graduation from Daniel Island School were not allowed to participate in interscholastic sports for one year. That rule has since been changed and Daniel Island residents can now participate in sports their freshman year.

FIVE YEARS AGO

In the February 3, 2011 issue of the Daniel Island News, the top news story was the uncertainty surrounding the disposition of the SPA owned land on Daniel Island. The SPA was under legislative direction to have 495 acres of its Daniel Island tract under contract by 2012 and sold by 2013, or the land will revert to the State Budget and Control Board.

Other business news, Pilates V Studio on Daniel Island doubled its space and changed its name to Island Fitness Studio.

In island development news, Daniel Island Company president Matt Sloan, in a broad-ranging address to the Daniel Island Business Association, reported that the Daniel Island community is healthy and faring well compared with its “planned community” counterparts. And Sloan added that while real estate volume was up in 2010 (reaching $90 million), compared with the year earlier, it was far off its peak of $240 million.

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