Folly Beach Real Estate

Folly Beach City Council will vote Tuesday on funding for the Island’s Community Center.

Council will place under consideration as to whether to adjust the city’s 2007-08 budget by adding $120,000 for renovations to the community center. They are also thinking about adding another $12,500 to the budget for the Public Safety Department to hire a deputy fire chief, who will help the island establish a full-time fire department.

Council already has voted to improve the island’s community center by bringing it up to Americans With Disabilities Act standards. In essence, the city has no choice but to do this because the U.S. Department of Justice ordered the city to make the necessary improvements by May of this year.

The improvements will include access to restroom facilities for wheelchairs by widening the halls and then the toilets need to be raised.
They will also make minor improvements to the kitchent by lowering the countertops, replacing the cabinets and removing the stove.
The new plans do not include an expansion of the building.
There was a plan to build a new $3.95 million center. But these plans went by the wayside when Charleston County pulled out of its financial commitment. Plus most Folly Beach voters opposed the new center.

Public Safety Chief Terry Boatwright has asked the city to allot $12,500 to hire a deputy fire chief, who will help plan and budget a full-time fire department for the city. Now the city contracts out fire services with the James Island Public Service District Fire Department.

The plan is for the cityto have 16 full-time firefighters phasing them in by adding 3 firefighters a year and they have enough money in the budget to hire 6 this year. However, there is nothing in the budget as of yet for a new deputy fire chief.

They are asking for $12,500 so that Boatwright to hire someone immediately. Boatwright wants to hire a deputy chief because his experience is in law enforcement not fire departments. One positive affect that a full time fire department will have on Island living, aside from the security of having a full time fire department, is that its existence will help to lower insurance premiums for residents.

Council has yet to vote on whether to accept Boatwright’s recommendation.

The council meeting will be 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 21 Center St.

Dylan Trakas of Spartanburg, South Carolina and James Mason of Houston, Texas, two recent college graduates, will end their 15 week journey on Saturday, September 15, at Folly Beach after biking nearly 4,000 miles from Bellingham, Washington to Charleston, South Carolina.

Dylan’s mother suffers from lupus and so their goal was to raise awareness of lupus, a life-threatening disease which causes the immune system to attack the body’s own cells and tissue. Dylan and James have raised $20,000 for the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
The two men will celebrate their finish on Saturday, September 15 at 2:00 p.m. at Folly Beach. A representative of the Lupus Foundation of America will be on hand to welcome them and accept a check representing the proceeds from their ride.

More information about lupus and the LFA is available on the Foundation’s website, http://www.lupus.org.

The play Gershwin at Follyset to run at Sotille Theatre during the month of September has gotten good reviews from local critic Nick Smith. He says of the play, “After low-key shows like Denmark Vesey: Insurrection and Butterflies Are Free, it’s good to see Julian Wiles in his element for the big, bold musical, Gershwin at Folly. Fans of the genre won’t be disappointed with the writer/director’s first show in the Sottile Theatre.”

The production showcases the richness of the history of Charleston as it portrays the birth of the famous play Porgy and Bess. Dubose and Dorothy Heyward meet Gershwin on Folly Beach and the musical is born out of their friendship. The Gullah culture of the 1930s is also a huge part of the friendship as the Gershwin and Heyward are depicted around Charleston and the Lowcountry as the team visits their subject matter, so to speak. As Smith puts it, “Wiles is honest in his hints of race relations in 1930s-era South Carolina. Jackson and Maisy speak their minds yet know their place as they serve Gershwin’s needs. They express concern at his plans to invite ‘coloreds and whites’ to a hootenanny under the same roof. When Gershwin goes crabbing for the first time, the Gullahs receive him with equal parts mirth and amazement.”

Not a place for golf, but Folly Beach is where Charlestonians come to kick back.
Locals liken Folly Beach to the laid back atmosphere of Key West.

Folly Island is roughly 10 miles south of downtown Charleston on S.C. 171. Folly is a six-mile by half-mile barrier island glued to bug-filled creeks and just dangling in the Atlantic.

Just as Key West is a place to get away from the busy downtown scene of Miami, Folly is a great getaway from the buzzling city of downtown Charleston.

For tourists, the beach is the island’s main attraction.

For those looking for a little “laid back” excitement, Folly offers a sort of Mini-Myrtle. The vibe is more Grand Strand in the midsection: It’s where Center Street hits the sea. Add the Holiday Inn and the popular Edwin S. Taylor Fishing Pier and crowds of sun-seekers materialize out of thick, humid air.

The Folly Island strand offers hard pack sand and in theNags Head style visitors can stroll the beach away from Center Street. The look is more Kitty Hawk or Kill Devil Hills.

Taking a nap or in a good book? Folly is the place for you!
One slogan you see here and there bills Folly as “The Edge of America,” and that feels true at the island’s ends with a quiet feel of nature.

The northeast end of Folly Beach now maintained by the Charleston County Parks and Recreation includes about a 1/2 mile of beachfront.

The view of the Morris Island Lighthouse is just one of the many beautiful scenes on the walk. As you round the island’s curve, you pass through a ‘graveyard’ beach, where dead oak tree trunks, white-washed by the sand and water, stand steady in the sand which is a favorite with photographers.

Matt Collum writes about his experience on Folly Beach on the fourth of July. He says that “the week of July 4th is typically one of the most fun weeks of the summer and this year was no exception.”

Films made on the South Carolina coast include>..

Shag (1989): This teenage beach romance starred Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda and Annabelle Gish and was filmed in Myrtle Beach. Fun fact: While the movie evokes the spirit of the former Myrtle Beach Pavilion, none of the movie was filmed there.

The Patriot (2000): Some of the scenes were filmed at Edisto Island. Fun fact: “The Patriot” was one of seven movies filmed in the state in 1999.

Forrest Gump (1994): The Oscar-winning movie starring Tom Hanks shot in several locations. Fun fact: Most of the shots featuring Hanks and Gary Sinise on a shrimp boat were filmed on little Lucy Creek, between Lady’s Island and Coosaw Island.

The Big Chill (1983) and The Great Santini (1979): Both filmed at the historical Tidalholm Mansion in downtown Beaufort.

Daughters of the Dust (1991): This groundbreaking film about the Gullah culture was filmed at St. Helena Island.

The Notebook (2004): This chick flick romance starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams traveled to Edisto Island and Wadmalaw Island for location shoots. Fun fact: King Street in downtown Charleston went retro for some 1940s-era scenes.

The In Crowd (2000): This teen thriller set up shop at Folly Beach, which served as the setting for a yacht club.

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995): Some scenes were shot at Botany Bay Plantation in Edisto Island.

Films made on the South Carolina coast include>..

Shag (1989): This teenage beach romance starred Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda and Annabelle Gish and was filmed in Myrtle Beach. Fun fact: While the movie evokes the spirit of the former Myrtle Beach Pavilion, none of the movie was filmed there.

The Patriot (2000): Some of the scenes were filmed at Edisto Island. Fun fact: “The Patriot” was one of seven movies filmed in the state in 1999.

Forrest Gump (1994): The Oscar-winning movie starring Tom Hanks shot in several locations. Fun fact: Most of the shots featuring Hanks and Gary Sinise on a shrimp boat were filmed on little Lucy Creek, between Lady’s Island and Coosaw Island.

The Big Chill (1983) and The Great Santini (1979): Both filmed at the historical Tidalholm Mansion in downtown Beaufort.

Daughters of the Dust (1991): This groundbreaking film about the Gullah culture was filmed at St. Helena Island.

The Notebook (2004): This chick flick romance starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams traveled to Edisto Island and Wadmalaw Island for location shoots. Fun fact: King Street in downtown Charleston went retro for some 1940s-era scenes.

The In Crowd (2000): This teen thriller set up shop at Folly Beach, which served as the setting for a yacht club.

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995): Some scenes were shot at Botany Bay Plantation in Edisto Island.

John Knott, president and co-founder Noisette Co. of North Charleston does thorough inventory of the site’s geology, natural resources and environmental context before a property is purchased for development. He developed Charleston’s 1,200-acre Dewees Island, winner of the 2001 Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence. Currently the Noisette Co. is leading a 3,000-acre urban-redevelopment project in the city, incorporating restored marshes and waterways among its 4,000 new houses and 5,000 rehabbed housing units.
Knott uses landscape architects in the planning process to help him develop the sites to aid him in his attempts to protect the surrounding environments.

The architects main goal is to document the direction of prevailing winds along with existing vegetation and tree cover and the overall topography of the area.
“Once you understand all that, the site will tell you where the house should be.”

Another way in which Knott prepares for development of these sites is by studying historic erosion rates, storm-surge levels and wind speeds, among other data points, paint a picture of what could happen in the future, not just what a site looks like now. Related maps and other information that help describe such patterns can be found through state natural-resource and coastal-resource agencies, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Those that regulate these projects are mostly concerned that new construction doesn’t create any more stress on the environment than it already may be facing. Today builders, like Knott, are invested in the protection of these areas by doing all they can to ensure that they are prepared and aware of the environment that surrounds their construction.

If not at the beach, why not stop by the Rock ‘n’ Roll Roadhouse Cafe in Folly Beach, South Carolina (123 West Ashley Ave)?

Jack Hunter with the Post and Courier (Thursday, June 7, 2007) recently wrote an excellent article an overview of the Cafe/Bar:

“For many a Charlestonian, when Folly Beach comes to mind, so do places like the legendary Sand Dollar or even the long-gone Folly Pier. Warm summer days are conducive to drinking cold beer, and the so-called ‘Edge of America’ has never been short on places to do it.

The Rock in Roll Roadhouse Café, known to most as simply ‘The Roadhouse,’ is fast becoming one of the most popular bars on Folly. Two blocks down from the Sand Dollar, the building that formerly housed ‘The Pelican’bar

The crowd is an eclectic mix, no doubt, but the customers at TR veer a bit more toward early to mid-20’s. Yet patrons of all ages would feel comfortable at TR and do, as evidenced by people wearing everything from shorts and flip flops to pretty girls in cocktail dresses out for a night on the town.

TR has two pool tables, numerous TVs, a nice second-story deck on which to enjoy food and drinks and a long bar, providing plenty of room to belly up. TR offers a sizeable menu of the traditional burgers, wings and chicken fingers, but the tacos in particular come highly recommended. Also worth noting is the jukebox, which has everything from Johnny Cash to The Ramones.

The coolest thing about TR is the one thing no one can ever plan — on the right night, it’s really fun.

Offering live music on Friday and Saturday nights, regulars at TR have frequently enjoyed raucous, rock ‘n’ roll throw downs, where the bands are on fire and the crowd is on their feet. Reggae artists Ras Bonghi plays regularly at TR, as does cover band Dante’s Camaro. Dante’s Camaro is slated to play the bar on the Fourth of July.

Dancing and air guitar are common as is the occasional ‘woo!’ from both men and women. There’s nothing to be shy about at TR.

It takes time to win people over, particularly in the food and beverage industry, where sometimes things just never click.

After two years in business, The Roadhouse is clicking away just fine.”

Overview:
Casual, beach attire & attitude.
All major credit cards will be accepted.
Every Friday and Saturday night guests can enjoy live music. On Thursday there are pool tournaments and it is ladies night.
Open from 11:00 am to 2:00 am Monday through Saturday. On Sunday from 12:00 pm to 2:00 am

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