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While Charleston's population is booming with new transplants, the Summerville and Goose Creek areas are developing just as quickly to accommodate the area's growth.

Summerville is located roughly 45 minutes from Downtown Charleston, serving as the ideal location for folks who want to move close to the city without being directly in the middle of the excitement.

Goose Creek is only 35 minutes from Downtown Charleston and is seeing a demographic of young families who hope to live near the city while finding affordable housing and nearby employment.

In recent years, both Summerville and Goose Creek have expanded with the development of several master-planned communities that offer housing, lifestyle, retail, dining, outdoor recreation and so much more. These areas have also developed several new businesses, restaurants, workspaces and corporate offices.

As Goose Creek's economy grows and thrives, many new projects and ventures are on the horizon in this Charleston community, specifically in Carnes Crossroads.

According to Post & Courier writer Barry Waldman's piece about new development in Carnes Crossroads, Carnes is now co-owned by Lennar Builders and Boston-based Freehold Communities, with approval to build about 4,500 homes.

This community is technically only a quarter built, with new projects on the way, such as the concept of "agrihood," a working farm and community gardens. Professional farmers will grow and supply produce, herbs and flowers to the community.

In September 2022, the city of Goose Creek announced a plan for growth in the community, including a walkable space for restaurants, offices and a green lawn for town events. Soon, this multi-planned community that is currently primarily residential with some outdoor amenities will expand to be more similar to larger communities like Cane Bay and Nexton.

While there are currently a few dining options available, like East Bay Deli, Steel City Pizza Co., and Mi Fiesta, plenty more options will be coming soon as well.

As for business development in Summerville's large Nexton community, according to Warren L. Wise for the Post & Courier, Atelier Downtown Nexton is a new project coming soon to Nexton, planned by an affiliate of New Jersey-based Sharbell Development on 7.5 acres on Brighton Park Boulevard off of U.S. Highway 17A.

Located in the Nexton community, the project will include multiple two-story buildings up to 18,000 square feet. Office, service and commercial space will be for sale or lease.

In addition, The Hub in Nexton is expanding. This project is a collection of office and commercial buildings under development on Nexton Parkway and Brighton Park Boulevard, and new expansions will include commercial tenants Lombardi's Pizza Kitchen, The Co-op Frosé & Eatery, The Backyard Biergarten, Lowcountry Yoga and children's gym KidStrong.

Big things are also happening over at Cane Bay Plantation in Summerville. Buck Investments, led by Eddie Buck, recently paid $13 million for nearly 45 acres on the northwest corner of the future Fair Winds Boulevard intersection at U.S. Highway 176. The buildout of this section will happen over the next four years.

Cane Bay has also been selling multiple large parcels of land for new housing developments as it expands, and the community is now roughly the size of Spartanburg, South Carolina.

More growth and business developments are coming quickly for these three large, multi-planned communities that are shaping up to be more like cities in their own right.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Week 4 in the Lowcountry kicks off Thursday while our Game of the Week features Cane Bay at James Island. Check back here for scores, highlights and more throughout the weekend

9/14

Colleton County 30, North Charleston 7 - Colleton improves to 1-3 while North Charleston drops to 2-3

9/15

Cane Bay 7, James Island 28 - The Trojans improve to 5-0 while the Cobras drop to 2-2

Berkeley 0, Ft. Dorchester 52 - The Patriots improve to 2-1 while the Stags fall to 3-2. Charles Watson had 200 yards of total offense and 2 TD’s for the Fort.

Wando 14, West Ashley 38 - The Wildcats move to 3-2 after Kevin Brown had 118 yards and 2 TD’s while the Warriors drop to 1-3

Sumter 10, Summerville 47 - The Green Wave move to 4-0 on the season as Jaden Cummings threw for 287 yards and 3 TD’s

Ashley Ridge 63, St. James 34 - The Swamp Foxes go to 3-0

Carolina Forest 38, Stratford 21 - The Knights drop to 0-4

Goose Creek 31, Blythewood 28 - The Gators get their first win to move to 1-3

Stall 0, Beckham 57 - The Bengals improve to 4-0 while the Warriors drop to 2-3

Philip Simmons 55, Aynor 30 - The Iron Horses stay undefeated at 5-0 as KJ Asbury rushed for 210 yards and 4 TD’s

Palmetto Christian 23, Academic Magnet 62 - The Raptors improve to 3-0

Bishop England 3, Woodland 20 - The Wolves go to 3-0 while the Bishops drop to 0-3

Timberland 28, Hanahan 24 - The Wolves get their first win to go to 1-4 thanks to Montez Addison’s 2 TD’s while the Hawks drop to 1-3

First Baptist 42, Hilton Head Prep 31 - The Hurricanes get their first win of the year to go to 1-3

Lake Marion 8, Cross 54 - The Trojans move to 4-1

Bethune Bowman 36, Military Magnet 12 - The Eagles fall to 1-4

Allendale Fairfax 42, Baptist Hill 0 - The Bobcats drop to 1-3

Burke 0, Whale Branch 62 - Bulldogs fall to 0-4

Lee Academy 20, St. John’s Christian 13 - The Cavaliers fall to 2-3

Hilton Head Christian 31, Northwood Academy 14 - The Chargers suffer their first loss of the season and fall to 3-1

Memorial Day 0, Colleton Prep 3 - The War Hawks improve to 3-2

Pinewood Prep 48, John Paul 28 - The Panthers improve to 2-3

Porter-Gaud 42, Ben Lippen 9 - JJ Fludd rushed for 235 yards and 5 TD’s as the Cyclones improve to 5-0

Dorchester Academy 8, Thomas Heyward 34 - The Raiders fall to 3-2 with the loss despite John Whetsell’s 121 yards rushing

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Restaurant Brings Approximately 120 Full- and Part-Time Jobs to Community, Honors 100 Local Heroes with Free Chick-fil-A Meals for a Year

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (Oct. 17, 2022) – A new Chick-fil-A^® restaurant will begin serving the Summerville community on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Chick-fil-A, Inc. has selected Nadia Matson as the independent franchised Owner-Operator of Chick-fil-A Cane Bay. Located at 1726 State Road, in the Cane Bay Shopping Center, Chick-fil-A Cane Bay will be open for dine-in, drive-thru and carry-out from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Guests of Chick-fil-A Cane Bay can place an order for pickup, dine-in or delivery on the Chick-fil-A^® App or online. When joining the Chick-fil-A One^® tiered membership program, guests receive points on every qualifying purchase, which can be used to redeem available rewards. Visit chick-fil-a.com/delivery to view delivery options in your area. Chick-fil-A Cane Bay joins 20 other Chick-fil-A restaurants serving the wider Charleston market. Locally Owned and Operated As full-time, hands-on leaders in their restaurants and communities, Chick-fil-A Owner-Operators proudly reside in the communities in which they serve. In Summerville, Matson will be responsible for all day-to-day activities of the business, including employing approximately 120 full- and part-time Team Members, serving guests and cultivating relationships with local organizations and businesses. A Ukraine native, Matson immigrated to the United States with her family when she was one year old. Growing up, she worked as a cashier at her parents’ food store, learning the ins and outs of a small business and the importance of servant leadership and hospitality. When her parents sold the store during her high school years, Matson applied to be a Team Member at her local Chick-fil-A restaurant and began her 16-year journey with the company. After serving as a Team Member, she transitioned into a number of leadership positions within the company. She received a college scholarship from Chick-fil-A to attend Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., where she studied human resource management. Following graduation in 2011, Matson was selected for Chick-fil-A’s Leadership Development Program, where she would spend the next 27 months living and working in a total of 17 states before being chosen as the Operator of Chick-fil-A Northwoods Mall in North Charleston. Matson, with the support of her husband Jonathan, is thrilled for the new opportunity to open Chick-fil-A Cane Bay in Summerville, the place she has called home for the past four years. “I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to grow as a leader during my years at Chick-fil-A. I am passionate about creating professional development opportunities for my Team Members to thrive,” said Matson. “I look forward to empowering my team to reach their full potential and to be a bright light in the community.” Caring for the Summerville Community In honor of the opening, Chick-fil-A, Inc. will donate $25,000 to Feeding America on behalf of the new restaurant. These funds will be distributed to partners in the greater Charleston area to aid in the fight against hunger. In addition, Chick-fil-A Cane Bay is recognizing 100 local heroes making an impact in the Summerville area by providing them with free Chick-fil-A meals for a year. Matson’s restaurant will be participating in the Chick-fil-A Shared Table™ Program, an initiative that redirects surplus food from the restaurant to local soup kitchens, shelters, food banks and nonprofits in need. Team Member Investment Chick-fil-A Operators are committed to hiring, developing and retaining top talent and providing a positive work environment for people of all ages and backgrounds. Team Members have opportunities for flexible work hours and leadership growth, competitive pay and benefits, hands-on training and mentoring and the chance to apply for scholarships to support their continuing education. Delicious Food; Outstanding Customer Service Chick-fil-A is known for serving customers great-tasting food made with high-quality ingredients, including the original Chick-fil-A^® Chicken Sandwich. Made with a real, whole, boneless breast of chicken with no added fillers, the breaded chicken is pressure cooked in fully-refined peanut oil. Chick-fil-A was one of the first in the industry to eliminate chicken raised with antibiotics to ensure guests have an option for high-quality food on the go. To complement the great-tasting chicken, fresh produce is delivered to Chick-fil-A restaurants up to six times a week for the best quality and flavor. The fresh ingredients are raised and grown by farmers who share the company's elevated quality and safety standards, so guests feel good about their meal. For the latest news and updates on Chick-fil-A Cane Bay, visit the local restaurant’s Facebook page. For more information about Chick-fil-A and stories about the Brand’s food, people and customers across the country, visit chick-fil-a.com.

About Chick-fil-A, Inc.Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, Inc. is a restaurant company known for the Original Chick-fil-A^® Chicken Sandwich and signature hospitality. Represented by more than 170,000 Team Members, Operators and Staff, Chick-fil-A^® restaurants serve guests freshly prepared food at more than 2,700 restaurants in 48 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Canada. The family-owned and privately held restaurant company was founded in 1967 by S. Truett Cathy and is committed to serving the local communities in which its franchised restaurants operate. Known for its leadership and growth opportunities, in 2022 Chick-fil-A was named a Best Employer in America by Forbes and a top company for career opportunities for Black employees by Glassdoor. The company was also awarded the Employee’s Choice by Glassdoor honoring top CEOs and was named a Culture 500 Culture Champion in 2020. A leader in customer service, Chick-fil-A was named QSR magazine’s Drive-Thru Restaurant of the Year in 2021. More information on Chick-fil-A is available at www.chick-fil-a.com and @ChickfilANews.

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Deputies with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) are working to connect with the community they serve and they did that Wednesday night by hosting a community outreach forum.

The forum was held at Cane Bay High School where Sheriff Duane Lewis talked with community members about building a stronger relationship with the department.

BCSO is making connections and building relationships with members of the Cane Bay and Nexton communities.

“It’s an opportunity for the folks to meet the sheriff and also meet my staff,” Lewis said. “We provided them with a lot of statistics about what’s going on in their community.”

Lewis says it’s crucial for his department to interact with community members because the amount of people moving into the area continues to rise rapidly.

“We have to get out and meet them and give them an opportunity to learn who we are and what we do for them,” he said, “and try to figure out what their issues and problems are.”

Lewis told the group gathered in the auditorium that one of the biggest problems specific to the Cane Bay area is a large number of car break-ins.

“The number one thing about these car break-ins is they have to lock the door and take their valuables out,” Lewis said. “That’s the number one message tonight.”

Dominique Cooper who lives in the area says she’s witnessed the issue as well.

“We do,” Cooper said, “unfortunately, have a lot of people that in the era that I grew up in, you leave your door unlocked because you didn’t have to worry about. Some people still have that mindset, and they think, ‘Oh, it won’t happen to me,’ but unfortunately it’s a great opportunity for not-so-great people and they just take advantage of it.”

Cooper says it was imperative for her to be at Wednesday’s forum, both for the information and to build a rapport with the men and women sworn to protect her community.

“They work unselfishly,” she said. “They work for very little pay and they’re putting their lives on the line for us, so we need to build strong bonds with them.”

Lewis says there will be another community outreach forum in the north-end of Berkeley County next month.

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Last Tuesday, there was a meeting within the Berkeley County School District to discuss changing attendance lines within the county because of overcrowding in the Cane Bay area.

Although the measure was not voted on, the problem of overcrowding remains within the area.

Berkeley County as a whole has experienced a 34 percent increase in population over the last decade. That’s the second highest rate of any county in the state.

This is partially due to the popularity of the area’s school system and community. It’s why Cane Bay resident Ashley Hill moved to the area two years ago.

“The reason that I like it here so much is because we have a sense of community and how Cane Bay trails, I get to experience that and golf cars and stuff like that,” Hill said.

But the space has started to become crowded. Since 2010, the Cane Bay population has grown from 1,321 people to 12,362 residents.

Right now approximately 75 percent of the land is permitted for expected build-out.

“They are going up so quickly,” Hill said, “It has grown tremendously. The traffic around here has gotten a lot more aggressive. I believe that even with school days, I mean, just trying to figure out how to get into the elementary school or the middle school because they're so close to each other, it makes it difficult for the people who are trying to go to work.”

Cane Bay currently has 5,941 building permits issued and 510 are under construction.

That means the number of residents may grow even more than the current population of 12,000.

There are also 7,950 entitlements for expected build-out in the Cane Bay area.

So that begs the question: Are Berkeley County officials prepared to deal with the growth in the community?

I took that question straight to Berkeley County Supervisor Johnny Cribb and here was his response:

“In the last several years, there's not a whole lot that we've rezoned or approved, but it's really the entitlements that that are out there.”

Cribb says that he hasn’t approved many building permits during his three years in office. But despite that, there are still thousands of permitted builds that have yet to take place.

So I asked him what his plan for the future was.

“If you look at what's going on in the world right now, anybody pretends to know what's going to happen is they're playing make believe,” Cribb said.

He said that the current market place, partially due to the coronavirus pandemic, has made it hard to predict when build-outs will happen and what the area will look like in the future.

Not satisfied with the answer to my question, I went to other officials to get more answers.

I asked the Cane Bay representative of the Berkeley County Council Caldwell Pinckney about the growth in the community.

He said that council does realize the threat the growth in the area has and it will be dealt with eventually. However, he said it has “not gotten to the point where we have had to sit down and talk about it.”

“Even in the most aggressive scenario, [build-outs are] years away. So two or three years, there's no way you could build out all that out in two or three years,” Cribb said.

When asked if a building moratorium would be considered to slow down some of the developments in Berkeley County ,both Cribb and Pinckney said it wasn’t on the table at this time.

Cribb does say that he believes the main solution, and the focus for him right now, is the roadways around the Cane Bay area.

“You put $65 million to widen 176, $82 million for Nexton I-26 interchange, so people would have their own interchange and doing improvements in the community.” Cribb said, “The biggest thing is, for us, almost three years now I have been relentlessly pursuing what I can control. And it's any new things that come in, and frankly, how can we improve the quality of life for the people that have moved out there who are the ones that created the growth.”

Cribb also said he is working with water and sewer officials to prepare for the influx of houses coming in the area.

One question I did pose to Pinckney was if the county would consider utilizing impact fees to help fund the building of new schools in the Cane Bay area. Pinckney said that he does believe impact fees are in place to an extent, but are not covering the whole budget.

But for residents like Hill, they believe that there is a lot being overlooked which only adds to their concern about the future of Cane Bay.

“I'm concerned with the overpopulation. I do not feel like the county has taken any hasn't thought about with all these, you know, kids that are coming in. Where they're supposed to go.”