Homes Fort Mill SC

Republicans win most races in South Carolina and York County!

Straight Party Voters – 59% of the York County straight party voters, voted Republican ticket!

Over 60 thousand voted in York County SC, a 48% voter tun out!

South Carolina elects their first Women (Republican ) Governor!

Here are the unofficial election results for seats representing the York County South Carolina area. (as of 11pm Nov 2nd reported by the Registration and Elections Commission for York County, SC). Final results confirmed Nov 5th

York County Election Result Nov 2 2010 summary Raw report download from the Registration and Elections Commission for York County, SC

I am still laughing about Charlotte ranked 9th most miserable city to live by Forbes magazine. As you may know if you read my earlier post, I disagreed with Charlotte’s ranking. Of course my opinion has a lot to do with where I came from and I actually live south of Charlotte in small town called Tega Cay, SC.

I thought about the conversations Carmen and I have had with friends in the neighborhood over the last year and why they moved to our area. All of our neighborhood friends decided to relocate to the area. So I decided to put together a list of the top ten reasons on why our neighbors and of course Carmen and I live in the Fort Mill or more specifically Tega Cay, South Carolina.

The Top Ten Reasons We Live in Fort Mill/Tega Cay, SC (not ranked in any order):

1. Moderate weather year round.
2. You’ll find miles of walking trails.
3. Centrally located – the Appalachian mountains are approx a 3 hour drive to the west and the Atlantic beaches are approx 3 to 4 hour drive to the east
4. There are several quality golfing communities.
5. There are many city parks and sports complexes including baseball, soccer, tennis, fields, YMCA (more…)

WBT Radio based in Charollete, NC reported this week that US home values plunged 8.4%. But the Charlotte area maintained a plus 3% home value growth. The Charoltte Metro area includes Fort mill, tega cay and Lake Wylie SC.This information was based on data through November 2007 sales. Experts predict some softening of values in the coming months in our area. (more…)

Marketing a small local business takes a lot of work. There are many bumps in the road when trying to market your business that limits what you can do.

Michelle Shirley started a pet sitting business last year called the Petnanny. She has tried many things to get her name out. (more…)

See update Sept 2010 below

Carmen asked me Monday if anything new has come up about the new Fort Mill Hospital. I had not heard anything so I did some online research. It seems back in May 2006 Piedmont Medical Center was awarded a certificate by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) to build a 221,985-square-foot, 100 bed hospital called Fort Mill Medical Center on a 40-acre site at the corner of Hwy. 160 West and Hwy. 21. The process allows for an appeal process that was estimated to take 2 years to resolve. I have not been able to find on line any updates on the timing or status of the hospital. Here are a couple links to Fort Mill Times 2006 articles by Jonathan Allen about the Fort Mill hospital.

PMC will receive 10-year break on Fort Mill taxes

Appeals process could take years

Here is a link to a PMC article:

But I did find a related story that popped up in the Fort Mill Times yesterday by Jonathan Allen . (more…)

For me, I am leaning towards 2008 will be a good year. How about you?

I predict Carmen will have a good year. She has done very well this last year in real estate. Our area is still experiencing growth. Between her great social skills, decorating skills, knack of predicating sales trends/prices, and pure hard work I know she will continue to do well.

Tega Cay – it is so interesting the issues our city faces. For example; the dog park location, liquor sales on Sunday, or who is running the golf course to name a few. I predict new surprising issues will keep popping up as more new people relocate to our area.

I won’t get into my New Year resolutions but I heard on the radio this morning that the number one New Year resolution is spending more time with friends and family. That’s a good resolution although my pants are telling me to stop eating for a while.

Speaking of friends. (more…)

The Tega Cay city council tabled the discussion about the dog park relocation. (more…)

It seems the city of Tega Cay and local residents have been battling over the current location and potential new location of a dog park. It’s a tough call. Many residents have pets and like the idea of a special park for dogs. Of course this sounds great until you happen to  live next door to the special dog park. The home owners on Newberry Lane which is the current location of the dog park are complaining about noise, safety, traffic, and odors.

The Tega Cay Parks and Recreation Committee has been looking at 8 potential locations. (more…)