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Need Your Ideas and Opinions

You say nobody asks for your opinion?

You wonder why nobody seems to plan for the future?

Well...here is your chance! We need your opinions and ideas.

We have scheduled two meetings to get important community input in the development of the Burgess Community Bike/Pedestrian Plan. The need for improved pedestrian and cycling infrastructure was identified during the development of the Burgess Community Area Plan. We are working with the Horry County Planning Department and the Edgar Dyer Institute for Leadership and Public Policy at Coastal Carolina University. Students have already taken inventory of existing connectivity and gaps in the system.

The first meeting is set for March 26 at 7:00 pm at the South Strand Recreation Center. This meeting will provide an explanation of the process as well as visual examples of different types of facilities along with a discussion of important considerations such as safety, cost, maintenance and user needs. There will be maps on which you can actually draw.  You will take a topical survey to help gauge the degree of community support, areas most in need of facilities, potential use, etc. A visual survey will help determine the type of  infrastructure residents would like to see. 

At our next Quarterly Meeting on April 30 we will see and discuss the results of the surveys and provide direction.  This meeting will also be at 7:00 pm at the South Strand Recreation Center.

We will not be able to understand your opinions and ideas unless you participate.

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Free Tree Party

Seismic Testing Discussion Slated

News Release from SODA (Stop Oil Drilling in the Atlantic}

Seismic Testing and Oil Drilling off the South Carolina Coast

A number of oil & gas companies have already applied for permits to explore the viability of drilling for oil and gas off our SC coast.

Please join us for an evening of fact-based learning and respectful dialogue as we raise questions, seek answers and share our experience and expertise, while we learn more about the potential impact of oil and gas drilling off our coast. 

Prior to a Q&A session, we will have a presentation by Peg Howell, to update us on the Dept of Interior pre-leasing process that is currently underway. Peg is a resident of North Litchfield, has a degree in Petroleum Engineering, and has worked with a number of oil companies including Chevron and Exxon-Mobil. She has personally spent time on oil drilling rigs in both the North Sea and in the Gulf.

Whatever your current thinking on offshore drilling, you will find this presentation and discussion informative. It is a rare opportunity to have your questions addressed by a highly qualified petroleum engineer.

WHERE; Waccamaw Branch Library Auditorium, 41, St. Paul’s Place, [first right off Willbrook Boulevard, and then sharp left, Litchfield/Pawleys Island.

WHEN: Monday 23, March, 2015

TIME: 6.00 p.m.

Burgess CleanUp Reminder

Election for New Fire House

The MIGC Fire Referendum is less than two weeks away.  You must vote to make your voice heard.

If you are eligible for an absentee ballot you can vote NOW.

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

Conway, South Carolina - A special referendum election for the Murrells Inlet-Garden City Fire District will be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2015.  Below is the referendum question regarding the Murrells Inlet/Garden City Fire District:

QUESTION:

May the Murrells Inlet-Garden City Fire District raise its millage cap from 10 mills to 14 mills in order to provide for additional fire protection in the District and to build a fourth fire station?

The following precincts and polling places will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.:

PRECINCTS POLLING PLACES

Burgess #1 St. James Elementary School

Burgess #2 Burgess Community Center

Burgess #3 St. James Middle School

Garden City #1 Garden City Baptist Church

Garden City #2 Garden City Fire Station

Garden City #3 Seaside Elementary School

Garden City #4 Magnolia Grove Clubhouse

At 9:00 a.m. on Election Day, the Horry County Election Commission will begin its examination of the absentee ballot return envelopes at 1515 4th Ave, Conway.

On Thursday, March 19, at 10:00 a.m. the Horry County Board of Canvassers will hold a hearing to determine the validity of all provisional ballots cast in this election.  This hearing will be held at the Horry County Elections Office located at 1515 4th Ave, Conway.

Love Allways At M.I. Community Theater

The Murrells Inlet Community Theatre will present "Love Allways," a funny and poignant exploration of love's follies, foibles, and facets by Joe Bologna and Rene Taylor, on the weekends of March 12-15 and 19-22, at the Murrells Inlet Community Center.

Directed by MICT veteran Jack Luber, "Love Allways" is comprised of five separate plays and a cast of nine actors. Each play puts different characters in different situations, ranging from a would-be seduction between 80-year-olds in a retirement complex to a father's trying to talk his daughter out of marriage on the eve of her wedding day, to a new mother's touching -conversation- with her newborn daughter.

Performances of "Love Allways" will take place on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Tickets for "Love Allways" are $12, and buying them in advance is recommended. (Tickets are $10 apiece for groups of 15 or more.)

For ticket information to mictheatre.com and click on Tickets. For reservations, call 651-4152 phone will pick up on seventh ring.

Community Cleanup