Zoning / Land Use on EDC List of Priorities
At a local meeting held by the EDC, TDA and both Chamber of commerce groups called the "Round Table Discussion" the EDC said they were determining how Land Use (also known as zoning) would better support Rutherford County. Taken verbatim,
III. Land Use/Code Enforcement – EDC to investigate - purpose is how to be able
to better support Rutherford County responses about Land Use.
The full document is available here: http://freerutherford.com/downloads/EconomicStrategicPlanSept2010a.pdf
Commentary and updates to this situation will be posted on the site withing the next fews days.
Local resale shops and yard-sales to be affected by new law
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After seeing a line of people at a local WeeRuns sale, I can’t help to think of the people and local small businesses that will be affected by the new federal Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. The law put in place, partially in reaction to the number of recent hazardous Chinese imports, will cover not only sales of new production imports, but will also cover re-sale of existing items. An article from the Seattle Times covers it best, “Anyone selling products, even used ones, that have been recalled or banned by the act is in violation. “ [Read More] |
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Spindale to Destroy Home, Zoning Prevents its Rebuild
The city of Spindale has declared a families home unfit and will tear it down by force. The city will not allow the house to be rebuilt because the land has since been re-zoned for commercial use. Read the full story here, from The Daily Courier.
Hospice of Rutherford County expands
Our local Hospice has added six suites to their Hospice House, which raises capacity to 18 units total. The Hospice House began its services in September of 2004; the facility is staffed 24 hours a day with nursing staff. See the full article from the Shelby Star. More information about the hospice house can be found at hospiceofrutherford.org
9-12 Bus Trip leaves this evening
Local participants of the 9-12 DC march will be leaving this evening at 7PM from Charlotte. The March is on 9/12 from 10am - 3pm. Members from Rutherford County's own 9/12 group are going and will report their outcome on their website.
Ashville ISP looks to expand its wireless network in Rutherford County
Wireless Internet Provider, Skyrunner, is seeking $175,000 of federal grants to expand its wireless coverage in Rutherford County. Article from the Ashville Citizen Times
Local retirement community limits visits as a precaution
Due to some limited illness, ACTS Retirement-Life Communities has limited visits as a precaution. From the Spartanburg Herald, Article Link.
A New Venture in Community News
The name Free Rutherford and the freerutherford.com website has a bit of history behind it, but I’m more excited about the possibilities for its future. While “blog” style websites are not new, there is a new groundswell behind web based community news. It comes out of the decline print media has suffered.
While we have four dedicated volunteers that are working hard to find content that will be valuable to our community, I think the most valuable content will come from our community and I hope many will join with us in building a beneficial resource for the citizens of Rutherford County.
Free Rutherford has two goals: (1) To let the citizens have a voice in their community and (2) to let the citizens see what is happening in their community.
We will slowly ramp up activity on the site, but our goal is to have at least a couple of valuable pieces of content every day, so please check back regularly with us. If you have input or comments or features you would like to see added, please feel free to email us at: editor@freerutherford.com
Thanks for visiting the site.
- Mike Saraf