Letters to the Editor - July 7, 2022

Fourth of July Celebration brings back memories

 

Butch and I are honored to be on Daniel Island celebrating July 4th with family and neighbors. 

 

We have done so every year since 2006. We had our grandson on the front page of The Daniel Island News in 2008 and featured in the news in subsequent years. To say we have created lots of great memories on this occasion is an understatement. 

 

We were so glad the property owner’s association was able to bring back official organized activities for the 4th of July this year. As we look forward to next year‘s festivities, we think it would be great to include a marching band in the parade and return to the small town feel of having a master of ceremonies and presentation of the colors by military detail. 

 

While we love all the golf carts, we have one ourselves and have participated in the parade, have we gotten away from families riding their bikes, walking, pushing strollers, and wagons?

 

Linda and Butch Howard

 

Daniel Island

 

Unsightly apartment complex 

 

The emergency Daniel Island Neighborhood Association meeting discussed the Davis Apartment complex by CubeSmart. The 40 residents came, many questions were voiced: increase in traffic that 242 apartments will create especially around Bishop England, water runoff, etc. All of these questions get reviewed by the Technical Review Committee in the city and are not open to public input. TRC approved the project and the company bought the land in December for $2 million.

 

The major concern of all the residents is the enormity of a monolithic 4-story complex right up against the Cochran Park neighborhood. 

 

As it stands now, it will dwarf the existing tree line and look right into the bedroom windows of the Cochran and Ladd Street neighbors. This will be the tallest structure this side of the island except for the steeple of the new church.

 

But this is why we have an Architectural Review Board, not to rubber stamp projects from the city engineer, but to protect the vision of our neighborhoods. Most developments of this size are in the town association near shopping and expressways for a good reason.

 

The next ARB board meeting is July 13, potentially the last chance to stop their approval. We need residents to email the Daniel Island Property Owners Association to voice their concerns for this potential unsightly add-on to our neighborhood. Your neighbors are asking for your voice to inform the ARB to please put a pause on this project until the developer can present a plan to the residents to address this major concern.

 

Greg Turner

 

Daniel Island