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Here are more pictures of fall color in Tega Cay SC.

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Fall in Tega Cay SC is full of color. I decided to walk around parts of Tega Cay with a camera and found many stunning colorful shots. It was amazing how the leave colors changed the landscape. Many of the fall photos were taken just walking the miles of Tega Cay’s walking trails and the main Tega Cay drive which is the main street on the Lake Wylie peninsula portion of Tega Cay. While I was walking I saw many Tega Cay residents walking around with cameras on the same mission to capture the beautiful fall colors. I posted more fall photos on the http://seetegacay.com website too. Enjoy!

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Here Comes Fall On Lake Wylie

Fall in the Tega Cay and Lake Wylie has come. Temperatures in our area are “falling”. (more…)

If you don’t know, the Tega Cay sign ordinance bans many types of directional signs in the city limits. Real estate signs are allowed on the seller’s property with limitations but directional signs like open houses or branded company signs pointing the way to homes for sale in a neighborhood are not allowed at any time. So why are some real estate companies or agents not following the ordinance or the city enforcing the sign ordinance?

The picture above was taken on Saturday September 27, 2008 is an example of a non-compliant real estate directional sign. The sign has been up every weekend at the corner of Beachwood Cove and Shoreline Parkway pointing traffic on Shoreline Parkway to a home for sale on Beachwood Cove. The sign is up as I write this post Sunday morning. By the way, this was not the only directional sign up this weekend.

So why am I writing this post? First of all this is a personal commentary from me and not solicited or approved commentary from Carmen or Century 21 First Choice. I am frustrated with the lack of compliance and cooperation from the city, real estate agents, and their brokerage firms. Here is a little background to my story.

At one point in the past Carmen called the city admin office and was told it was ok to put signs up on the weekends. Trying to perform her best for her clients, Carmen purchased and put out directional signs every weekend for marketing open houses and her listings in Tega Cay. Directional signs are a standard effective practice in the industry. She never thought it was not allowed because of what she was told and you can see several other directional signs in Tega Cay most weekends.

At some point a complaint must have been voiced and Pete with Century 21 First Choice asked Carmen and all his agents to comply with the sign ordinance. Carmen being good business citizen and resident is complying.

So why do we continue to see signs up every weekend from other companies? Are these agents or companies not being asked by the city to comply? Is there an unfair standard on who is allowed to put up directional signs or simply a lack of communication and ordinance knowledge? (more…)

I see many inquiries coming into Carmen’s blog asking for the distance between Charlotte North Carolina and Fort Mill South Carolina. As you may have read in Carmen’s market research posts (Fort Mill SC Rank 6 Out Of Ten Fastest Growing Metros), the Fort Mill and Tega Cay area is part of the Charlotte NC MSA (metropolitan statistical area) for census and other analysis basis. I guess you could say Fort Mill and Tega Cay are close enough to be considered suburbs of Charlotte. So here are the distance and drive time facts related to the distance between Charlotte and Fort Mill.

Fort Mill is located south of Charlotte of interstate 77. The North Carolina and South Carolina northern border on interstate 77 is 7.8 miles or 15 minutes drive time from downtown Fort Mill. The western NC/SC border on Highway 160 is 6 miles or 8 minutes drive time to downtown Fort Mill. The eastern NC/SC border to highway 521 is 6.6 miles or 11 minutes drive time to downtown Fort Mill.

Tega Cay is located 6.2 miles or 11 minutes drive time from downtown Fort Mill. Downtown Charlotte to Tega Cay or Fort Mill is approx 18.9 miles or 23 minutes drive time. If you live in Tega Cay or Fort Mill and work in south Charlotte near Westinghouse and Interstate 77 the distance is 8 miles and 11 minutes Drive time. (more…)

Fort Mill schools begin August 20, 2008. Many of you have been asking questions about an update to the elementary school enrollment freeze. Here is what is mentioned on the Fort Mill School District website:

The Fort Mill School District is now reviewing its elementary attendance areas to prepare for the opening of Sugar Creek Elementary and Pleasant Knoll Elementary in 2009. The process will take into account a number of considerations including enrollment, building capacity, demographics, transportation issues, transitions between schools, keeping neighborhoods together and creating an easily understood plan. A public meeting will be held in September to unveil reassignment options.

In the July school construction update both Sugar Creek and Pleasant Knoll elementary schools under construction are still on schedule to open August 2009.

If you are looking for specific information like the school calendar, bus routes. bus schedules, registration information, contact information and more, there is a parent information page on the Fort Mill school website.

Click to go to “parent Information page“.

You can download the 2008-2009 school calendar by clicking here.

For the bus route and information page click here.

The Bus or transportation dept phone number is (803)802-1998

If you need more information about a specific Fort Mill school like: (more…)

Tega Cay residents filled the Tega Cay council meeting room on July 24^th to participate in a special session. The topic was the proposed Hidden Harbor Marina to be located in the Lake Shore subdivision of Tega Cy.  The council voted no to the marina plan.  This would have been the second Tega Cay Marina.

So why did the council vote no? Most Lake Wylie marinas are full with waiting lists. You would think this was a good deal for Tega Cay.  As it turns out the proposed 32 slip marina must meet Duke Energy’s shoreline management rules. The marina must be a true public marina but there is a hitch. The rule further states that a bordering development can not use the marina. That means Lake Shore residents could not use the marina. Lake Shore is home for approx 40% of Tega Cay residents.

The shoreline management rule was put in place in 2006. It’s too bad Newland, the company who developed Lake Shore, or Tega Cay that took over Lake Shore after Newland left in 2005 did not apply for a marina at that time.

Most Lake Shore residents I spoke with about this issue were opposed to the rule and did not want the marina with the restrictions. Lake Shore residents would gain non-resident traffic without the marina benefit. I am not surprised that there was a large turn out for the special council meeting. Some Lake Shore residents questioned if the council would have voted no without the large Lake Shore resident turnout.   (more…)

Hot off the press! Carmen Miller has launched a new website dedciated to information about Tega Cay. The new website is www.seetegacay.com.

What’s different about seetegacay.com versus homesfortmill.com? Seetegacay.com is dedicated to just Tega Cay. It is not focused on real estate but about Tega Cay.

The website contains information about Tega Cay, history, news, videos, and photos. The site went live on Thursday July 31st. (more…)

The Tega Cay based Carolina Show Ski Team started their show season last night with their first summer ski show at Windjammer Park. This year’s ski show theme is a country hoe down.
The show features thrilling skiing acts, such as jumping, barefooting, ballet lines, and human pyramids.

The ski show even has a commercial break from the energizer bunny.

Info from their website:

Carolina Show Ski Team, Inc. was founded in 1988. We are a non-profit organization with a mission of promoting the sport of water skiing in a safe, fun-filled, family environment. Our team performs through-out the Carolina region and is based out of Charlotte with members from Lake Norman, Lake Wylie, Lake Hartwell and High Rock Lake.

The Carolina Show Ski Team has competed in several Regional Water Ski Tournaments, including the Southern Regional Tournament in Florida. This year the team will be competing in the Division II Show Ski Nationals in Indiana for the very first time. Every year our team hosts several skiing tournaments, including the “New Years Day Barefoot Challenge” on Lake Norman. In addition, we also offer several “Learn to Ski” clinics throughout the summer for those who are interested in learning how to ski, wanting to improve their skiing or perhaps learn a new trick.

The ski team is made up of skiing and non-skiing members who work together to raise money for team activities; work together to put on great performances; and who work together to have fun! The ski team is governed by a board that manages team activities and finances, and as needed, presents information to the whole team at monthly meetings (or special meetings called by the President) for decisions to be made. We have weekly practices and perform ski shows throughout the summer season, and contribute to the community in a variety of different ways. (more…)