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  • Don’t bypass Design Board

    Don’t bypass Design Board

    Don’t bypass Design Board Tuesday, November 16, 2010 When other cities were tearing down aging inner-city buildings and erecting towering new ones, Charleston resisted. It often was more difficult to adapt old buildings for new uses, but Charleston continues to prosper because of those extra efforts. Similarly, since 1999, Charleston has benefited from the work of the [...]

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  • Speak out onbid to changezoning rules

    Speak out onbid to changezoning rules

    Speak out onbid to changezoning rules BY SAMANTHA J. SIEGEL Tuesday, November 16, 2010 On Wednesday, the city of Charleston Planning Commission will host a public meeting on a proposed amendment to the city’s Zoning Ordinance that will affect development in Charleston forever. The ordinance would give developers a chance to move through the permit process [...]

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  • a public meeting that will affect the Angel Oak Village Development

    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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  • Encounter with Angel Oak leads to conservation path

    Encounter with Angel Oak leads to conservation path

    Having lived in several states and held numerous jobs and with a college degree at least several years away, Samantha Siegel was confused about her future in the mid-1990s. But one meeting with Johns Island’s ancient Angel Oak changed everything. “I came to the Angel Oak and I was reborn,” said Siegel, now 28, who after seeing [...]

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  • A Queen’s Prayer for the Angel Oak : Gullah/Geechee TV Nayshun Nyews with Queen Quet Ep 35 Parts 1-3

    A Queen’s Prayer for the Angel Oak : Gullah/Geechee TV Nayshun Nyews with Queen Quet Ep 35 Parts 1-3

    Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation interviews Lorna Young Hattler, founder of “Save the Angel Oak” (www.savetheangeloak.org) on this episode. The Angel Oak is hundreds of years old and stands as the home tree of Gullah/Geechees. It is located on John’s Island, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation and is being threatened by destructionment. Part 1: Part [...]

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  • Cum jayn we at de Angel Oak tree dis Satdee

    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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  • YOUR ACTION IS NEEDED! Developer wants to fill in wetlands!

    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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  • Friday May 21st : Public debate with Samantha Siegel and Developer Robert Demoura

    Friday May 21st : Public debate with Samantha Siegel and Developer Robert Demoura

    http://johnskiawahseabrook.live5news.com/content/haut-gap-host-environmental-summit On May 21st, students from Haut Gap Advanced Science Magnet School on Johns Island will be “Chillin’ on the Green” as they host an environmental summit at the brand new school building.  The event will bring together developers and environmental groups from around the Lowcountry to debate development close to the Angel Oak site. From 9 [...]

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  • Interview with Lorna Hattler

    Interview with Lorna Hattler

    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 [...]

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  • Angel Oak Exhibit: the tree of life

    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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