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Since early spring, the PSC has closely monitored and kept our membership informed on the 2020 rewrite of the City of Charleston Comprehensive Plan, our city’s most important long-range planning document. This year is residents’ opportunity to frame a better vision for Charleston’s next decade of growth, and with the state-mandated February, 2021 deadline for completion of the plan update fast-approaching, […]

Originally scheduled to come before the Planning Commission in March, the Planned Unit Development (PUD) rezoning request for Laurel Island was postponed when public meetings were canceled in response to COVID-19. Now that public meetings are back underway virtually, this major request is up for “information only” review at this week’s July 15 Planning Commission meeting via Zoom. […]

* The following content was emailed to PSC members and newsletter subscribers ahead of the June 19, 2020 public comment deadline. In April, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released their draft report on the Charleston Peninsula Coastal Flood Risk Management Study for public review. Since 2018, the Army Corps has been evaluating a range of flood protections, […]

In the wake of the recent killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, our national focus has rightly turned to the deep-seated racism that continues to plague our nation. As institutions and organizations take stock of the past and the present and begin to focus on creating a better future, our work in […]

Rendering of the proposed hotel at 194 Cannon Street, from Spring Street looking west. As in-person public meetings remain on hold, this week marks the first major new construction project to come forward for virtual review. This Wednesday, the Board of Architectural Review-Large (BAR-L) is set to hear a request for conceptual approval of a […]

While you’re stuck at home, we would like to share with you some of our favorite places in Charleston. Join the Preservation Society every week, as we share a virtual hard hat tour through some of Charleston’s most fascinating buildings. Many have noticed the interruption in the sidewalk at 288 King Street, where a concrete container and bracing […]