EICA Membership Meeting
Nov. 20 at 7:30 pm

Property insurance to be on the agenda of the Edisto Island community association meeting

The Edisto Island Community Association (EICA) will hold our quarterly membership meeting on November 20, 2008 at 7:30 pm at the Community Center, 1717 Highway 174.  Personnel from the South Carolina Department of Insurance and C.T. Lowndes & Company will address “Coastal Property Insurance – Challenges and Changes”.  There will be time for a question and answer session, so please bring your inquiries about property insurance and join us.  This meeting is open to all residents of Edisto Island.

The Edisto Island Community Association was established in 1985. The first officers were Dorothy J. Smith (President), the late Claire Williams (President-Elect), the late  Mary Glen (Treasurer), Ruth Brown (Secretary) and Irene Whaley (Assistant Secretary).  The mission of EICA, as stated in the charter, is to protect the historic and cultural heritage, the environment, the waterways, and the peaceful and orderly rural and agricultural way of life of Edisto Island.  We have undertaken a variety of projects that speak to this mission and the organization has been uniquely successful due to our diverse membership and leadership.   Among those are the following:

• Mounting the legal defense that prevented the annexation of Edisto’s Blue House Plantation by the Town of Meggett.
• Prevention of the attempt to reclassify of our waterways. Our waters are still classified as uniquely pristine along the whole Atlantic coast of the United States.
• Maintenance of public access to and use of Pine Landing Road when some sought to have it closed.

EICA has a scholarship fund and makes awards to qualifying Edisto Island students every year.  The 2008 winners are LaWanda McPherson and Amber Mulligan.  In addition to their $1000 scholarships, Ms. McPherson and Ms. Mulligan will be honored at “The Eye on the Future” Annual Scholarship Reception.  This reception, to be held in conjunction with the Edisto Outreach Scholarship Program, will be held at the Edisto Island United Methodist Church on December 21.  All are invited to attend.  Many volunteer opportunities exist to make a positive contribution to the life of a young Edisto Island resident.  Please call Mrs. Tecla Earnshaw at 869-2535 to offer your help.

All Edisto Island residents and property owners as well as Edisto Island businesses are invited to become members of the Edisto Island Community Association.  Please complete and return the printed membership form included in this edition of The Edisto News and join us in our mission.  If you would like to learn more, write to the Association at P.O.  Box 269, Edisto Island, S. C.  29438.

EIPA Annual Meeting

The annual meeting was held on October 14,
2008 at the Omni Building of the Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island. A diverse group of over 200 people attended to elect our Board of
Directors and to hear from people who know the big picture of land use, conservation, and politics in South Carolina.

The meeting was open to all who love Edisto and want to see it preserved.

A wonderful dinner was served by Southern Affairs
Catering and underwriten by the Huffines Co.

Gifts were presented to the speakers donated by Susan Roberts, local artist and photographer. Desert was provided by Skidmore Creative Services. Water was donated by Coldwell Banker Sea Island Realty. Door prizes were provided by Po Pigs BoBQ, The Plantation Grill, White Oak Farm, and Brailsford Foster.

The Edisto Island Community Association, Friends of the ACE Basin, The Edisto Fire Ants, and Botany Bay Wildlife Management Area Volunteers all had tables at registration where they talked with the crowd and provided information.

We thank the community for its support and the Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island for providing this wonderful facilty for our use.

If you have questions or comments contact us at
PreserveEdisto@bellsouth.net

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Charleston County
Comprehensive Plan

Work continues on the Charleston County Comprehensive Plan.

A rough draft version of the plan is now available
from Charleston County on CD rom.

For more information go to

www.charlestoncounty.org

Charleston County Coucil's Public Works Committee meets
on Thursday Oct. 16 at 4:30.

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