Upcoming Events

March

"An Introduction to the Transfer of Development Rights in South Carolina"

Date: Friday, March 6
Time: 7:30 am - 9 am
Location: Stephenson Dining Hall, Limestone College, Gaffney, SC
Cost: Free of charge

Tyson Smith, a lawyer and planner with White & Smith, LLC in Charleston, will discuss transfer of development rights (TDR), an innovative, market- based tool communities can implement to direct growth to desired areas while protecting important lands and resources. A light continental breakfast will be served from 7:30-8:00 a.m. This talk is sponsored by Upstate Forever and the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce. In the afternoon, Mr. Smith will conduct a TDR workshop in the Spartanburg area for elected and appointed officials, planning staff, and other interested citizens (see below). For more information, visit our website, contact nbarrett@upstateforever.org or call (864) 327-0090.

"Transferable Development Rights: The Market-Based Alternative"

Date: Friday, March 6, 2009
Time: 2 pm - 5 pm
Location: Spartanburg Community College, Commisioner's Dining Room, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Cost: Free of charge

This workshop, led by Tyson Smith, a lawyer and planner with White & Smith LLC Planning and Law Group who will also present an introduction to transferable development rights Friday morning, March 6, in Gaffney (see above), will delve more deeply into transferable development rights programs, and will be aimed at city and county planners, elected and appointed public officials, developers, and other interested citizens from the Upstate region. For more information, contact nbarrett@upstateforever.org, or call (864)327-0090.

For more information, about upcoming events, please contact our office at 864.327.0090