Impact fees coming to Indian Land + Indian Land's critical need for bus drivers
July 22, 2021
Hey Indian Land and surrounding! We hope you are enjoying your summer so far! We are very excited to share that at Monday’s Council Meeting, the impact fees for sheriff, fire, EMS, and parks & recreation passed their third vote! Read all about the updated study and updated fee schedule below.
Are you hiring? We are excited to offer Job Listings with Untap Indian Land. We plan to include purchased job listings in every newsletter. If you are hiring, learn more here.
- Casey
FEATURES
Monday night’s County Council meeting officially adopted impact fees for sheriff, fire, EMS, and parks & recreation after more than four years of planning. The fees will go into effect starting October 1st, 2021. See final numbers and study results.
Indian Land’s critical need for bus drivers leads to pay of $20/hour and $2,500 bonuses
Tuesday morning, the Lancaster County School District Safety & Transportation approved the recommendation to designate the Indian Land Area as a critical need area for bus drivers. Learn how you can apply.
TALKING POINTS
3 things to know about the Charlotte to Atlanta high speed train project [Wright/Observer]. The proposed high speed rail line from Charlotte to Atlanta made headlines last week as planners released their preferred route — through Gaston County, to the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, to Athens and finally Atlanta — but people should not be planning their trips any time soon.
VWES disc golf course to be open to community [Banks/Lancaster News]. A new disc golf course will be constructed at Van Wyck Elementary School. The nine-hole course will be laid out beside and behind the school.
This is what $160 million in York, Lancaster and Chester county land sales has bought [Marks/The Herald]. High-end land sales in York, Lancaster and Chester counties heated up in June, with more than a dozen sales each coming in at more than $1 million. Land records from those three counties show there were 15 such sales at about $160 million combined. New York City-based 5209 Craftsman SC LLC bought the Mason at Six Mile Creek apartments in Indian Land from Psreg Six Mile Creek Owner LP. The sale includes five buildings, all constructed last year, at more than 200,000 combined square feet.
Construction stops as wastewater plants in Union County near capacity [Hodges/WBTV]. A wastewater plant in the county has reached capacity and commissioners have put a cap on future building projects to help preserve what’s left. There are 24 projects in the 12 Mile Creek pipeline that are under construction review but will have their permits held up once they’re ready to build. Seven of them are ready to go right now and are being blocked by the moratorium.
Yes, smoke is in the air in York, Chester, Lancaster counties. How to stay safe [Perkins/The Herald]. Smoke in the air from what officials say are wildfires in Canada and the United States west coast has reached areas of York, Chester and Lancaster counties. A news release by the South Carolina Department of Health at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday said there are possible negative health effects from the smoke.
Carowinds extends summer season, stops requiring reservations [Muccigrosso/Observer]. Carowinds will no longer require reservations, and the summer season just got longer. On Wednesday, the amusement park announced: “We’re excited to share that advanced reservations are no longer required to visit Carowinds and Carolina Harbor Waterpark!”
Think the labor shortage is bad now? The long-term pain is only going to get worse [Charlotte Business Journal]. The Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting labor shortage have left small-business owners scrambling for workers — but a new study suggests the pain may only be beginning. The study highlights how the mass exodus of baby boomers from the workforce, record low participation rates among the working-age population and the lowest birth rates in U.S. history will all lead to a long-term shortage of workers.
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