Clemson’s Patrick Square is a model of ULI sustainable living solutions
It’s a design that, builders say, reduces the reliance on cars, decreases automotive emissions, and leads to healthier residents.
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Conservation Easements Protect Farmland From Development
Ed Kulesa has made sure that the 101-acre farm on which he’s lived for 50 years will never be developed. He’s had offers from people who wanted to build a housing development and put in a gravel pit.
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COVID-19 Has Changed The Housing Market Forever. Here’s Where Americans Are Moving (And Why)
October 11, 2020 – Source: Forbes/Peter Taylor – Amid all the uncertainty brought on by COVID-19 over the past six months, one thing is assured: the pandemic has re-ordered real estate markets across the board on an unprecedented scale. Some of this may be irreversible. Real estate’s re-sorting this time isn’t just based on markets…
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Despite historic successes, conservation efforts remain critical to protecting Upstate’s natural beauty
Source: Greenville News (September 1, 2022) – The mountains and foothills of northwestern South Carolina are a place of singular beauty and abundant natural resources, causing people to flock here for centuries. That growth has exploded exponentially in recent decades and, if left unchecked, it has the potential to destroy the very things that drew…
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Georgia Leads in Innovative Land Conservation
Considered by many as a founding father of wildlife ecology and land preservation, Aldo Leopold believed “conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves in the public interest.” The conservation movement he helped inspire is now debating the appropriateness of those rewards when the land is owned by a real-estate partnership. I labor on the front lines of this debate as the head…
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Greenville Named Fourth Fastest-Growing U.S. City
Source: Greenville News (May 25, 2017) – A new report released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau probably won’t shock many who’ve watched the fast-paced development and influx of jobs in Greenville within the past decade. The city of Greenville, according to the bureau’s latest population figures, is the fourth-fastest-growing city in the nation —…
DetailsGreenville, SC Might Just be the Hottest City in America Right Now. Here’s Proof.
Think you know the South — BBQ, country music, pickup trucks? Nope. Put your assumptions on hold when you visit Greenville, South Carolina, because here you’ll find far more fun, food, and straight-up personality than those typical Southern staples imply. Once you visit, you’ll realize that, out of the dozens of “Greenvilles” around the country,…
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How Greenville’s red-hot housing market is starting to find balance
Contributor: Dameon Kennedy (February 11, 2024) The headlines are right—Greenville continues to grow quickly. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Greenville County grew from 451,000 people in 2010 to nearly 548,000 by 2022—an increase of 21%. The influx of new residents isn’t slowing down, either, with the Greenville Chamber of Commerce estimating that the county’s…
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Letter: Conservation easements benefit public
Tax write-offs and cash payments normally reimburse owners with only a fraction of the value given up and the costs incurred by landowners who choose to protect their lands by placing conservation easements on them.
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Private conservation efforts need congressional support
Our environment plays an essential role in providing a high quality of life for our country, our communities and our children. That’s why protecting it is so important. There are countless ways everyone can contribute to this mission but in recent years, land conservation has been a distinctly valuable tool for preserving the health of…
DetailsSC Real Estate Simmering on All Fronts
November 23, 2020 (Source: Greenville Magaine/David Dykes/L. C. Leach III) Be it large or small commercial, industrial, office, retail, residential, or space devoted to tourism and greenery, the current real estate market in South Carolina is a boom looking for a place to erupt. And during the inaugural SC Leadership Exchange webinar in November, real…
DetailsThe Breakout Cities on the Forefront of America’s Economic Recovery
May 9, 2021 (Source: Wall Street Journal) -Rising stars such as Greenville, S.C., Des Moines, Iowa, and Provo, Utah, built out vibrant economies even before the pandemic; now, they are drawing new workers and businesses The pandemic is accelerating growth in midsize cities, positioning them to lead the charge in the nation’s economic rebound. Even…
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