Allocate funds for the building of a recreational center in the Johns Island city park.
Convene a meeting with Reverend Mary Stoney, president of Sea Island Alliance of Ministries, Tumiko Rucker, Kiawah Town Administrator, and Liberty Fellowship, a Spartanburg, South Carolina-based organization endorsing statewide leadership and empowering local officials to carry out beneficial, large-scale community projects.
A year and a half ago these individuals and organization shared an enthusiasm with Mayor Riley and other city officials but the city has not moved forward due to lack of funds. Currently Johns Island is experiencing unprecedented development within and without the city limits. Certainly funds can now be made available.
This article gives a good case for why something of this sort is needed on Johns Island. Though, the article erroneously tags the park as a county park, it is in fact a Charleston city park.
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Historically, there was an entity called The Progressive Club that the Preservation Society of Charleston dedicated a historic marker for the facility, as well as having the remains of the building on River Road recognized by the SC Dept of Archives & History. It would be great if this was the model for re-establishing a community center on Johns Island or if a group of organizations could re-boot this facility for use there.
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