DI News History - September 27, 2018

TEN YEARS AGO – Governors Park gets the ‘green’ to proceed

An interesting article in the September 25, 2008 issue of The Daniel Island News noted that plans for Governors Park were moving forward. Charleston City Councilmember Gary White told members of the Daniel Island Neighborhood Association that he, former Mayor Joe Riley and Stephen Bedard, the city’s chief financial officer at the time, had identified $3 million to create the much-anticipated new park, which is now located alongside the existing Family Circle Tennis Center complex.

“I’m extremely excited that we’re at the point that we are,” said White, who had made development of the park a priority since taking office earlier that year. “There is nothing more energizing to me than progress. This is a great example of being able to take a project that had all but stalled, and get it to the point where we are moving forward and now have the ability to pay for it.”

The article also stated that the $3 million to be used to pay for the 33-acre park would come from City of Charleston funding, said White, with approximately half of the total generated from an admissions tax associated with the Family Circle Tennis Center and the remaining balance from a bond.

FIVE YEARS AGO - JUNIOR GIRLS OLYMPICS 2013!

The Junior Girls Olympics was showcased in the September 26, 2013 issue of The Daniel Island News with pictures of many of the winners. The event featured competitions in basketball, cheerleading/gymnastics, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. The “Charleston Junior Girls Day Out” community project also included festivities that focused more on enrichment and encouragement than competition.

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