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1November 10, 2010
a public meeting that will affect the Angel Oak Village Development

On Wednesday, November 17, The City of Charleston Planning Commission will host a public meeting that will present an amendment to the City’s Zoning Ordinance that will affect the Angel Oak Village Development. The proposed ordinance would give developers a chance to move through the permit process faster by changing the role of the Commercial [...]
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0September 9, 2010
Cum jayn we at de Angel Oak tree dis Satdee

Cum jayn we at de Angel Oak tree dis Satdee with Queen Quet of the Gullah/Geechee Nation! Saturday at 10 am, we will have a libation ceremony at the base of the Angel Oak on John’s Island, SC here in the Gullah/Geechee Nation. Begin the morning here and then journey to the “Sea Island Cultural [...]
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2July 1, 2010
YOUR ACTION IS NEEDED! Developer wants to fill in wetlands!

*SAVE THE Angel Oak–URGENT—PUBLIC COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 12pm ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 14TH* UPDATE: The original Notice should have clarified the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control will receive comments until 12 O’clock Noon July 29, 2010. SAC-2009-1403-SIR_Charleston_Revised WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST A PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT THE DISTURBANCE OF THE WETLANDS ON THE ANGEL [...]
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0March 29, 2010
Angel Oak Exhibit: the tree of life

Donations needed for Angel Oak Exhibit: GIVE your old cloths and scrap fabrics a NEW EXPERIENCE Donate your cloths, textiles and fabrics for a new exhibit, the tree of life, at the Children’s Museum of Lowcountry. This new exhibit is part of the Museum’s new artist-in-residency program. About the exhibit The tree of life (working title), will be [...]
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0March 29, 2010
Voices from the past… hear them today.

From South Carolina Wildlife, March-April 1981 (written by Becky Roberts and Eugene M. McCarthy) “….the 1450 year-old Angel Oak on John’s Island was already a large tree by the time of the Crusades. According to legend, the twisted limbs of the enormous Angel Oak shaded a familiar meeting site for Indians living on John’s Island.” The Chicora Research [...]
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0March 27, 2010
Development Area and it’s impact

You can download a copy of the development plan as well as an illustrative overview of the impacted area we are talking about. (update: rejected plans) Download Development Area Plans (pdf) // Share|
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0March 26, 2010
DHEC Appeal

Despite the recent jurisdictional determination made by the US Army Corps of Engineers, asserting jurisdiction over the wetlands on the Angel Oak Village project site, the Angel Oak Village stormwater application has just been approved by the State Department of Health and Environmental Control/Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. (DHEC/OCRM). Savetheangeloak.org has responded with an appeal of this [...]
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0March 24, 2010
View the Timeline

You can drag the timeline to view the main events … Below are the headlines of the main events leading up to today… // Share|
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0March 19, 2010
ABC News 4 : Angel Oak Development Hits Roadblock

The Angel Oak on Johns Island has been the subject of several recent articles, each focusing on how the Sea Island Planned Unit Development (Sea Island) may affect the great live oak. // Share|
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0November 1, 2009
A brief history of the proposed Angel Oak Village/Sea Island PUD

The 42 acres of forest slated for development had been owned by a struggling non-profit organization, Sea Island Comprehensive Health Care. Sea Island owned a nursing home, 3 medical centers, and a low-income housing complex for the elderly. Unfortunately, Sea Island Comprehensive health care has come across hard times in the past few years, and was [...]
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