Georgetown & Pawleys Island Benefit Golf Tournament

The Georgetown/Pawleys Island Elks Lodge #900 is sponsoring a Benefit Golf Tournament for the Smith Clinic of Pawleys Island organized by the Heritage Plantation Golf Club on July 20th.  Start time 8:30AM, $60 per person.  Call 843-235-9435 or 843-455-8496 to reserve your place.

The Smith Medical Clinic, Pawleys Island at Baskerville is an outreach of Holy Cross Faith Memorial Episcopal Church and exists to meet the medical needs, free of charge, of indigent individuals and families in Georgetown County.

Current Mortgage Rates for Grand Strand Borrowers

Here's what one local lender is offering, but always shop around:

30yr fixed 4.125% purchase; 4.375% refinance

20 yr fixed 3.875% purchase; 4.125% refinance

15 yr fixed 3.25% purchase; 3.50% refinance

10 yr fixed 3.00% purchase; 3.25% refinance

Mortgage Interest Rates Move Higher

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, for the week ended May 31st, the average contract interest rate for a 30 year fixed rate mortgage was 4.07% the highest since April 2012.  

Don't Strip the Neck!

This sums up the highway proposal....

A citizens' coalition has formed to force public dialogue on the proposals to modify the median of Highway 17 in the Pawley's Island business district.  In short, the plan calls for 1.8 miles of a raised median with 17 breaks for U turns--this is going to make traffic better?  You got to be kidding me!

Details:

• The current revised plan is NOT a highway beautification project and will have NO landscaping.
• An unattractive 4-5 foot wide concrete median will appear in much of the 1.8 mile project.
• Seventeen (17) U-Turns will replace ALL left turns – requiring vehicles to cross over two lanes of oncoming traffic to get to the U-Turn lane on the opposite side of the highway and then vehicles must merge back into traffic with NO acceleration lanes.
• Access to major connector streets will be limited – streets such as Professional Land, Tiller Drive, Parkersville Road and Archer Road.
• Emergency vehicles and large trucks WILL NOT be able to make most U-Turns. Many heavy trucks will be forced to go through Petigu & Martin Luther King Road residential areas.
• The project will have MAJOR ECONOMIC IMPACT on landowners and businesses.
• Most businesses cannot be accessed from the opposite side of Highway 17.
• This project will lead to more strip development.

Two upcoming meetings: 

County Council -- June 11 at  5:30PM at the Old Courthouse, Georgetown,

HWY 17 Project Information Meeting -- June 20 at 7PM at Waccamaw High School Auditorium, Pawley's Island

For more information:  www.dontstriptheneck.org

Wine Tasting at Brookreen Gardens

The Friends of Brookgreen Gardens will host a wine tasting in the Live Oak Allee, Saturday, June 15, from 5:30 to 8 PM.  An annual fundraiser, the wine tasting and silent auction, promises a casual evening's enjoyment.  Tickets are $65 (Members $50) and reservations are required--call 843-235-6016. 

Farmers' Markets in the Grand Strand

Think the produce at your local supermarket looks a little tired?  Try some of these farmers'  markets:

Surfside Beach -- Tuesdays -- 10AM to 3PM at the corner of Surfside Drive and Poplar Street

Deville Street -- Saturdays -- 10AM to 2PM  at the Market Common

Conway -- Saturday -- 8AM to 1PM  at 217 Laurel Street

Pawley's Island -- Wednesdays -- 9AM to 1PM at Parkersville Park

North Myrtle Beach -- Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 9AM to 6PM at corner of Oak and Joe White

Brookgreen Gardens History Project

Former residents, descendants and workers of the plantations that now make up Brookgreen Gardens are invited to share their Gullah Geechee experiences and memories with interns of the B. N. Duke Scholars Program of Duke University at Durham, NC. The plantations are Brookgreen, Laurel Hill, Springfield and The Oaks. The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission has partnered with Duke in a two year community outreach; information gathered will help understand the Gullah Geechee culture of Georgetown County.  The interviews will be on June 22 and 27 and July 11 and 13; to sign up call 843-235-6049.