Sangaree Connection

Every three months the Sangaree Special Tax District holds an Advisory Commission Meeting that is open to the residents of Sangaree and the general public. These meetings are held in the meeting room of the Berkeley County Library located in at 595 Sangaree Parkway in Sangaree at 7:30 p.m.

Meeting date: February 12, 2008

Meeting Synopsis…

Baseball practice
Baseball coaches and interested parties discuss the use of green spaces throughout Sangaree. Some residents have complained about noise, trash and parking from parents and children while practicing. Coaches have used these green spaces for years. Yet do to residential complaints and the fact that most of the properties in the green spaces are privately owned some areas may be off limits to the coaches and children who plan to practice this spring.

Playgrounds
Setting up playgrounds and walking paths in the open green spaces was also discussed. New basketball hoops will be installed on the court behind Pierre Ct.

Quick note
Most of the green spaces throughout Sangaree do not belong to the Sangaree Special Tax District. The tax district doses maintain these areas and have done so for years but the property is privately owned. Therefore the tax district cannot build anything on these properties.

Police
It was decided that an off duty Berkeley County police officer will be hired to patrol Sangaree and stay within the tax district boundaries.

Crime Watch
Sangaree’s crime watch was mentioned. The crime watch has come to a standstill, according to one resident. The Sangaree resident then showed an interest in taking over and revitalizing the crime watch.

Fire truck
Sangaree’s has acquired a fire truck that is now located in Sangaree. It’s stationed behind the Texaco truck stop off the Sangaree parkway.

Thermal Imaging Camera
Last year a fund raising was held to raise money for a Thermal Imaging Camera for the C&B Fire Department. The Sangaree Special Tax District matched the amount raised allowing C&B to purchase the Thermal Imaging Camera.

June 14 at 2 p.m. - VanDoren, the Magician, is coming to the Berkeley County Library at Sangaree! Children will particularly enjoy this event.

June 19, 7:30-9:30 p.m. - Teens are invited to attend a game night at the library. Free refreshments and door prizes will be available. Teens may bring their favorite fame or play some at the library.

June 4 - July 28 - Get a Clue at the Library! The children and teens’ summer story time theme for this summer is mysteries. Research shows reading throughout the summer helps prevent students from loosing information from the last school year, so involve your children in this program! The program rules are available online. Contact the library for additional information.

Friends of the Library, a non profit volunteer group, is selling memorial bricks. All profits from this sale will be made available to the library to purchase items the county budget may not be able to supply. After being engraved with names of individuals, families or business names, the bricks will be professionally installed along the existing sidewalks at the library. (This program is similar to the fences at Gahagan Park) They cost $60 each. Plan to take part in a long lasting display of your support of the library. Forms are available at the library or by contacting Suzette Joyce, chairman of the Sangaree FOL at suzjoyce@att.net.

The Post and Courier published an article on Monday praising the architecture of the Sangaree library. It is a very interesting read for folks like myself who love to know the background and history of local buildings.

The new Sangaree library is scheduled to open Thursday, March 1^st at 11:00 a.m.

Library personnel and other county employees have been working hard these last few weeks to make the deadline.

Please stop by and visit.

(Update 3/1/07)
The Post and Courier printed a story on the opening of the library.

Sangaree library set to open today

The meeting was a great success. At least 70 people from Sangaree came to show their support as Dan Williams and Suzette Joyce spoke in front of the council. A collection of vandalism photos was also provided to the council members.

Councilwomen Cathy Davis e-mailed me to say that we did a great job. “The speakers were well prepared with good information and presented themselves in a professional manner. And the turn out of residents was great.�

WCBD 2 and WCSC 5 and The Post and Courier came to the County Council meeting and both TV stations aired the story at 11 pm that night.

You can see the full story at…

WCBD TV2
Sangaree Residents Ask Council For Help

The Post and Courier
Berkeley residents urge council to boost number of deputies