Ordinarily I refuse to use this space to plug upcoming events, but this is a special case.
For those who have been around the Lowcountry a while, you remember how North Charleston looked back in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Back in the day, area along East Montague and Spruill looked pretty run down, and the closer to the old Navy base you got, the scarier it all looked.
The region took a gigantic hit when the base shut down about a dozen years ago, and not just in the pocketbook either.
I remember the old base quite well. It wasn't too long ago that I thought they'd have to paint it first before they could condemn it.
OK. This Saturday, the same area will be shown off with a couple of events -- the TrySports Green Village Tour, which is an 8K run-walk by the Sustainability Institute, and later in the day, a Kentucky Derby party at the Navy Yard At Noisette Park (Derby attire recommended).
H'mmm ... says a lot about redevelopment efforts there.
For those who have been around the Lowcountry a while, you remember how North Charleston looked back in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Back in the day, area along East Montague and Spruill looked pretty run down, and the closer to the old Navy base you got, the scarier it all looked.
The region took a gigantic hit when the base shut down about a dozen years ago, and not just in the pocketbook either.
I remember the old base quite well. It wasn't too long ago that I thought they'd have to paint it first before they could condemn it.
OK. This Saturday, the same area will be shown off with a couple of events -- the TrySports Green Village Tour, which is an 8K run-walk by the Sustainability Institute, and later in the day, a Kentucky Derby party at the Navy Yard At Noisette Park (Derby attire recommended).
H'mmm ... says a lot about redevelopment efforts there.
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