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Exciting news Tega Cay and Fort Mill!  George and Jan Wallace from Tega Cay are opening a new garden center in Fort Mill in Spring 2010. It took vision and nerves of steel, but Jan and George purchased property on Highway 160 at the border of North and South Carolina and are building a premier garden center. (more…)

The York County SC uncertified election results for November 3rd 2009 results are posted on theYork County SC Registrations and Elections website. The election calendar states the certified results will be completed by November 5th at 10am.

Here are tonight’s results:

The District 49 State House of Representatives seat goes to Republican Ralph Norman.

The new Tega Cay Mayor is George Sheppard. (more…)

It’s election day in York County SC. There are some heated seat races this year especially in Tega Cay SC.

Incumbent Bob Runde is running for Tega Cay mayor again. George Sheppard the current Mayor Pro Tempore is running against Bob Runde. Seetegacay.com has a Tega Cay Mayor’s election poll. As of this morning the poll indicated George Sheppard has 71% of the votes. See the latest Tega Cay Mayors race poll results at Seetegacay.com.

Other seats up for election in York County SC are: (more…)

Are you a high school football fan? Fort Mill High School and Nation Ford High School in Fort Mill start their 2009 football season in August 2009.  Carmen Miller Realtor® is a proud supporter of the Fort Mill School athletic program. Here are the 2009 high school football schedules for both Fort Mill HS varsity football teams: (more…)

People are still relocating but where are they relocating too? The Charlotte metro which includes the Fort Mill area is ranked 17th in the Top 100 cheapest places to live according to Forbes Magazine Lucy Maher.

Maher says;

Americans are swapping their expensive lives on the urban coasts and reaching for greener pastures elsewhere. North Carolina and Colorado are a magnet for newcomers.

The Charlotte metro area, although slower than the past years, is still gaining in population.

The Carolinas in general fared well (more…)

It’s hard to believe that Tega Cay, Fort Mill, Baxter Village, Lake Wylie, and other areas of York County have been under water restriction since mid Summer 2007.  Tega Cay has been following Stage 3 water restrictions since October 2007. The Tega Cay Council voted Monday to ease restrictions to Stage 1 voluntary restrictions. You now can water lawns, wash cars, pressure wash, etc with no limitations but are advised to voluntarily conserve water. The goal is to conserve 3 to 5% in overall water consumption.

I took a look at the Catawba-Wateree Drought Management Advisory Group’s Low Inflow Protocol advisory history list. Here is a drought stage timeline of our area: (more…)

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There is a new blog in Fort Mill worth mentioning. It’s called ScoopMill.com

tagged as “All the Scoop That’s Fit to Blog”.

The blog is owned by Jane of Fort Mill. Based on the dates of Jane’s blog posts the blog started around the end of January this year. Why did Jane start the Fort Mill based ScoopMill.com? In her words from her website: (more…)

The Fort Mill in York County SC may get a economic boost next fall with the addition of a new Fed Express distribution facility.

Fed Ex Ground, York County officials , and The South Carolina Department of Commerce all announced Fed Ex Ground will open a $14 million regional distribution center in northern York County, S.C., in October.  The distribution center could generate about 22 full time jobs and up to 200 combined part-time positions and independent contractors. (more…)