Save Park Circle, No More Rails

12/04/2012

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20121204/PC16/121209765/1177/port-rail-settlement-vote-possible-tonight

A long and costly fight over the path freight trains will take to serve a new North Charleston container port could be settled with a City Council vote tonight.

09/18/2012

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120915/PC16/120919411

Talks between the state and the city of North Charleston about how to provide rail service to a future shipping terminal on the former Navy base have gone off track.

04/28/2012

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120428/PC16/120429192/1006&slId=9

North Charleston has lost the first skirmish in what could be a long and grueling legal war over the states plans to put an intermodal rail yard on the former Charleston Naval Base.

03/23/2012

Gov. Nikki Haley says she has been on Commerce Secretary Bobby Hitt's case to resolve the dispute for quite some time now. Six months ago, she said she wanted an agreement "done yesterday." Is it yesterday yet?

03/12/2012

Around the 15 minute mark, McConnell talks about the rail issue. "It is flat wrong of the state to run over the City of North Charleston"

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02/16/2012

http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/news/42786-mayors-discuss-challenges-local-controversies

The mayors of Summerville, Mount Pleasant, North Charleston and Charleston talk about challenges faced by the Charleston region during the first Power Breakfast of 2012. (Photo/Ryan Wilcox)

12/20/2011

http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/news/42031-state-abandons-condemnation-of-tract-on-former-navy-base?rss=0

Facing the whitewashed walls of the former naval hospital in the Navy Yard at Noisette, Geoffrey Reid thrusts his arms away from his body, motioning toward the hospital across the street.

12/12/2011

This is what we're trying to protect

A renewed focus was placed on green spaces and on re-establishing the commercial, residential and industrial areas. The Noisette Company and its Noisette Project have garnered controversial attention but nevertheless helped renovate the dilapidated sections of Park Circle with a balance of people, p...

07/11/2011

All is quiet on the rail front. What's the latest news out there? We can't get complacent and let the State think we're over this issue. Let's keep the pressure up! Write and email your elected officials if you haven't already or even if it's been a while.

06/08/2011

Tea Partier in Name Only Larry Grooms has abandoned an amendment that would have yanked funding from any municipality that sues the state.

04/28/2011

http://youtu.be/8T32Rsqqxis

North Charleston Mayor R. Keith Summey on 1250 WTMA's The Morning Buzz with Richard Todd regarding the rail issue in the City.