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You may have notice many public rezoning signs around Fort Mill lately. Fort Mill SC could double in size if 5,000 acres are annexed by the city of Fort Mill by the end of this summer.

The 5,000 acres is the combined land of many Clear Springs Development areas including Kingsley and Springfield to name just a few and Leroy Springs acres. The City and developers have been working on Fort Mill’s annexation of the land for approx 2 years.

The First reading of the planned annexation is schedule for July 14th City Council meeting. The second reading is scheduled for the July 28th Fort Mill council meeting.

There has been several meetings between the developers and the city putting the annexation plans together. The city hopes to gain the tax revenue base of proposed mixed use commercial development areas. If the annexation plan is approved the city would have to provide the usual city services to these new development areas.

Close Springs Development is the development company that built the well known Baxter Village outside of Fort Mill. Baxter Village is not in the this proposed annexation plan. Close Springs Development is the development company the Close Family, the founders of Springs Industries, formed to manage their 7,000 acres of land around Fort Mill.

Some of the areas to be annexed are: (more…)

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York County Council approved on May 19 to re-zone 32 acres in Fort Mill on highway 160 west across from Baxter Village to mixed use.

ELA, a Rock Hill based developer, original planned to build apartments but sought to add retail and office developmemt to the project. The development after last months county approval will now consist of 288 apartments and 110,605 square foot of retail and office space.

The buildings in the front of the development facing highway 160 will be 4 to 5 story buildings with retail and restaurants on the first floor and offices in the upper floors. The apartments will be located in the rear of the development.

The county has tried to restricted further commercial development on this part of highway 160 to minimize the traffic impact on the highway. (more…)

Fort Mill School District Superintendent Keith Callicut wrote an update recently in the Fort Mill Times. Here is a summary of his school growth update.

Besides the two new Fort Mill School District elementary schools planned to open in the fall of 2009, the district is busy working on a plan to spend the money raised by the March 4th bond referendum that was passed. The Fort Mill School District is looking at the following areas for 3 new schools (2 elementary, 1 middle);

Possible Elementary School Locations:

• Massey home development area which is south west of Fort Mill.
• Tega Cay
• Sutton and I-77 near the planned York County Museum

Possible Middle School Location:

• An area near the southern part of the Springfield Parkway.

The district plans to finalize the sites and acquire the land for the 3 new schools by this June. By November 2008 a new “attendance plan”, I assume they mean redistricting, will be completed. (more…)

I wrote a post recently about a rumor all Fort Mill Schools are in an enrollment freeze. Here is a link to the posts  Fort Mill Schools Freeze Enrollment? 

As I stated that was simply not true. In the post I mentioned therewill be 2 new elementray schools. Well the Fort Mill School District Board has approved names for the district’s newest elementary schools. The elementary located adjacent to Nation Ford High will be known as Sugar Creek Elementary.

Sugar Creek Elementary
Capacity - 900
Location - off Farm House Rd.
Adjacent to Nation Ford High

A second elementary now under
construction on Pleasant Road will be known as Pleasant Knoll
Elementary. (more…)

Are you surprised voters said yes to the school bonds Tuesday? I am not.

The Fort Mill Times reported: (more…)

While I was looking for good news to share with you, I found this article in the Fort Mill Times by Jenney Overman. The article is about an engineering and construction firm planning to open an office in our area.
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