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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY ON IN THE WEEK.
UH, WE, WE DO RESPECT YOUR TIME.
WE WILL ADHERE, UH, TO THE SCHEDULE THAT HAS BEEN PRINTED FOR YOUR VIEWING.
SO WE WILL, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS, UM, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN DISSEMINATED FROM THE FEBRUARY 19TH MEETING.
CAN I GET A MOTION THAT, ALL RIGHT.
SO LET'S, LET'S ADOPT A, A AGENDA THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED, SO MOVED.
SECOND, UH, SOME PROPER MOVING SECOND THAT WE WOULD ADOPT THE AGENDA THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED FOR YOUR VIEWING.
UH, WE WILL PROCEED THEN WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO ACT ON THAT? SO MOVE PROPERLY.
MOVE AND SECOND THAT, UM, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, UH, OPPOSES.
SO OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS AS PERTAINS TO, UH, THE AGENDAS UNFINISHED BUSINESS, UH, THOMAS BOX, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE, THE ASSOCIATION WILL, WILL PRESENT TO US, UH, WAY FINDING SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT UPDATE.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU, UH, MR. VICE CHAIRMAN FOR YOUR ILLUSTRIOUS DUTIES THIS MORNING.
UH, IN THE ABSENCE OF OUR CHAIRWOMAN, UH, MS. PETERSON, UH, OUR FIRST ITEM AGENDA IS OUR WAY FINDING APPLICATION.
UH, YOU FIRST MET THE SOLE'S TEAM IN OCTOBER OF 2024 WHEN THEY, UH, PRESENTED THEIR QUALIFICATIONS TO THE BOARD AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAME DOWN IN NOVEMBER OF 2024 FOR A SITE VISIT.
UM, DURING THAT PARTICULAR SITE VISIT, THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SOME OF THE GULLAH COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THE ELDERS AND, UH, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT WOULD ASSIST IN BRINGING THIS APPLICATION TO LIFE.
THEY ARE BACK TODAY TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE APPLICATION ONLINE, WE HAVE MR. CHANGA JACKSON JOINING US VIRTUALLY WITH, UH, MR. CLARENCE BOYD AND MS. JASMINE COCHRAN HERE IN PERSON TO GIVE US AN UPDATE AS TO THE PROGRESS DATE.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE ARE APPROACHING 90% COMPLETION.
WE HAVE A FEW OUTSTANDING ITEMS TO COMPLETE BEFORE THE APPLICATION IS FULLY READY.
UM, THOSE INCLUDE ON MY PART INTERNALLY IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNAGE AND THE LOCATION OF SIGNAGE AT OUR SPECIFIC SITES, UH, AND PLACEMENT LOCATIONS.
AND THEN ON THE PART OF, UH, ASSISTING, UM, ASSISTING OUR CONSULTANT WILL BE THE COLLECTION OF MORE ASSETS SPECIFIC TO SITE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS PART OF THEIR PURPOSE FOR BEING HERE TO ACCOMPLISH.
UM, MR. JACKSON WILL GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT SCOPE TODAY.
YOU'LL HEAR FROM MS. COCHRAN THAT, AND SHE'LL GIVE US SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON THE PROJECT WORK DATE AND ALSO DISCUSS ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT POINTS OF OUR DIS OF, OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WHICH WAS THE INVOLVEMENT OF YOUTH IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE APPLICATION.
SHE'S GOT SOME EXCITING INFORMATION ON THAT.
AND THEN MR. BOYD, AROUND THE PRESENTATION, OUT WITH A DEMONSTRATION OF THE WEBSITE, AND LEAVE SOME TIME FOR QUESTIONS JUST SO THAT WE ARE AWARE OF SOME OF THE SITES THAT WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING IN THIS PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE PARK ROBINSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, FISH CAMP FISHERMAN'S CO-OP, UH, DREESEN BEACH PARK, WHICH WE, THROUGH THAT SITE WE WILL HONOR, UH, SINGLETON BURKES AND BRADLEY BEACH AND, UH, THE TABBY RUINS.
AND, AND AS JUST LIKE RIGHT ON TIME, MR. BARNWELL WALKS IN.
UM, AND SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE SITES THAT WE WILL BE WORKING TO, TO MEMORIALIZE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ACTION.
AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR STRATEGIC ACTION ITEMS, WHICH ONE IS TO, UH, PRESERVE THE, UH, SUPPORT, THE STABILIZATION AND PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND CULTURAL SITES, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING AND PROVIDING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GULLAH YOUTH.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CONSULTANTS.
AGAIN, WE HAVE MR. JACKSON ONLINE.
THAT'LL GIVE US, UM, AN OVERVIEW.
AND THEN WE HAVE MR. BOYD AND MS. COCHRAN HERE JOINING US TODAY, UM, TO GIVE US THEIR PART AS WELL.
SO, MR. JACKSON, ARE YOU, UM, ARE YOU THERE? I AM HERE.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY? YES.
UM, THANK YOU, MR. BOXLEY AND TO THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE, AGAIN, THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THIS WAY.
THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCITING PROJECT FOR US.
UM, FROM THE MOMENT THAT WE FIRST HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, I KNEW THAT THIS WOULD BE VERY IMPACTFUL, NOT JUST TO ME PERSONALLY, BUT, UM, THE, THE RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, WILL BE FAR REACHING.
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UH, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND DO A SCREEN SHARE AND SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE, UH, WITH THE APP.AS MR. BOXLEY MENTIONED, WE ARE APPROACHING THE 90% PHASE.
UM, BEFORE I SHOW YOU THE APP, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, UM, SINCE COMING OUT THERE IN NOVEMBER, ONE OF THE, UH, THINGS THAT WE DID DURING THE NOVEMBER MEETING WAS INFORMATION GATHERING AND HAVING MEETINGS, UM, WITH ELDERS AND FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY TO, UM, GET A GOOD IDEA AND HANDLE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, AND, AND JUST LEARN MORE OF THE HISTORY FROM THERE.
UH, WE BEGAN, UH, DEVELOPING OUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE APP.
SO WE HAVE AN IOS APP, AND WE HAVE A, AN ANDROID APP.
AND SO WE BUILT OUT AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS, UM, THIS APP TO HAVE GREAT, WHAT WE CALL EXTENSIBILITY, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT IT WILL LIVE BEYOND JUST THIS PHASE OF THIS PROJECT, SO THAT, UM, IT DOESN'T JUST TAKE ON THE STOPS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED, UH, PRESENTLY, BUT ALSO IT HAS THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW BEYOND THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE DEVELOPED THE APP WITH EXTENSIBILITY IN MIND, SAYING THAT, HEY, THERE MAY BE MORE STOPS.
THERE MAY BE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE, UH, THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE WAY, AND SO THAT THERE IS NO REDEVELOPMENT, UM, NECESSARY.
THIS APP IS AN APP THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED SO THAT IT CAN BE CONTROLLED DYNAMICALLY, AND THAT BASICALLY MEANS THAT ONCE IT'S SUBMITTED TO THE APP STORES, UM, THROUGH A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED, UM, CUSTOM FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, MAKE REAL TIME ADDED EDITS, ADDED REAL TIME STOPS, UM, JUST EXTERNALLY FROM THE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND IT WILL UPDATE THE APP AUTOMATICALLY.
AND SO I'M GOING TO DO A SCREEN SHARE SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF THE, THE LAYOUT.
AND, UM, AND WE'LL, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS RIGHT NOW.
LET'S SEE, MAKE SURE YOU CAN SEE MY WINDOW.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE MY WINDOW, UM, WITH THE EXPERIENCE GALA APP.
AND SO WHEN THE APP OPENS, I'M GOING TO, I'LL DO ANOTHER SCREEN SHARE TO SHOW YOU.
THERE IS A, A VIDEO THAT, UM, OPENS THE VERY FIRST TIME A USER COMES INTO THE APP.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST A ONE-TIME EXPERIENCE.
IT'S A QUICK, UH, PROBABLY, UH, 30, 30 TO 35 SECOND VIDEO THAT'S JUST KIND OF A SIZZLE REEL THAT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS HILTON HEAD, UM, AND BEGINS TO, UH, DROP THE SEEDS, IF YOU WILL, AROUND THE, UM, THE EXPERIENCING, UH, UH, OF GALA CULTURE WHILE YOU'RE THERE IN HILTON HEAD.
AND SO, UM, WITHIN THE APP, WHAT YOU'LL SEE, THE WAY THAT IT IS LAID OUT IS WE HAVE DIFFERENT PLACES THAT ARE POPULAR PLACES.
THE POPULAR PLACES REPRESENTS, UM, NOT ONLY THE STOPS THAT HAVE THE AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES, UH, BUT THIS ALSO HAS THE ABILITY, UH, TO SERVE AS A, UH, BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
SO WHETHER THERE ARE, UM, LOCAL BUS GULLAH BUSINESSES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UM, OR WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING PARTNERS AND RESTAURANTS OR OTHER COLLABORATORS, UH, IN THIS ENDEAVOR, UH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BE LISTED IN HERE.
AND, UM, ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE, YOU MAY SEE THESE TWO NAMES, UH, THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF ART, YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT IN HILTON HEAD AND THE SWEET CATS, THAT'S NOT IN HILTON HEAD, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT IS ACTUALLY IN, UH, IN NEW YORK.
UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW, THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF, UM, OF AMERICAN ART IN NEW YORK, UM, THROUGH THE END OF MAY IS ACTUALLY HOSTING, UH, A FEATURE, UM, AROUND THE GULLAH GEECHEE COMMUNITY.
AND SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THIS APP HAS THE ABILITY TO DO IS TO CAPTURE GULLAH CULTURE AS IT HAPPENS NATIONALLY, UH, AND INTERNATIONALLY, IF THAT TAKES PLACE.
AND SO, UM, JUST CALLING THIS OUT AND MAKING THAT HIGHLIGHT, BECAUSE IT WILL OBVIOUSLY PRIMARILY, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST FOCUS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND EVERYTHING HAPPENING THERE.
HOWEVER, IT ALSO HAS BEEN BUILT WITH THE ABILITY TO SWEET CATCH IS IN BROOKLYN, AND THEY, UH, SERVE AUTHENTIC GULLAH FOOD.
AND SO IT ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO CAPTURE OTHER GULLAH EXPERIENCES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF JUST HILTON HEAD, UM, TO BE ABLE TO BE PLACED INTO THE APP.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE APP, YOU COME UP TO A A LANDING PAGE, AND WE WILL ABLE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO FEATURE, UM, THE STOPS THAT WE WANT UP HERE IN THIS TOP HERO SECTION.
AND SO THIS IS, UH, FISHERMAN'S, UH, CO-OP WITH THE, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE MURAL OVER THERE.
AND, UH, WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS WE, THERE'LL BE A GALLERY THAT JUST KIND OF GOES THROUGH PICTURES, UM, IN THIS SPACE.
AND WITH THE MURAL, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DECIDED TO DO WAS WE TOOK THE MURAL AND WE'RE MAKING AN AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE OUT OF THIS.
SO WITH THE CRANE, THE BOAT, UH, THE OYSTERS THAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE, UM, WHEN A USER GETS, UH, TO THIS LOCATION, AND THEY, THEY TAKE THEIR CAMERA AND THEY'LL, THERE'LL BE SIGNAGE THERE THAT'LL INSTRUCT THEM TO DO SO, AND THEY LOOK AT THAT MURAL, THE ITEMS IN THE MURAL WILL COME TO LIFE.
THE CRANE WILL COME TO LIFE, THE BOAT WILL COME
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TO LIFE, THE OYSTER WILL COME TO LIFE, THE ROWBOAT WILL COME TO LIFE, AND THEY'LL BE PLACED VIRTUALLY THROUGH AUGMENTED REALITY INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.AND AS, UH, THOSE THINGS ARE PLACED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT, THE USERS WILL ACTUALLY GET TO HEAR, UH, THE STORY AROUND THIS PARTICULAR STOP AND EXPERIENCE AND WHY THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS WERE, WERE CHOSEN AND ARE SIGNIFICANT.
UM, THOUGH ALSO FOR THE WAY FINDING FEATURE, UH, THIS IS, THERE'S A TRAVEL GUIDE.
THE TRAVEL GUIDE GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO, UH, WHEN THEY COME TO THIS STOP, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE IN THE CITY, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE IN THE US, THEY'D BE ABLE TO CLICK THE TRAVEL GUIDE BUTTON.
AND THEN WHAT IT WILL DO IS IT WILL TELL THEM HOW TO GET TO THIS STOP.
IT ALSO HAS, AND ALL OF THE STOPS ARE THE SAME.
IT ALSO HAS, UM, THE ABILITY TO FIND NEARBY HOTELS, UM, NEARBY RESTAURANTS.
AND THIS HAS A DUAL FO FOCUS BECAUSE ONE, UM, IT OPERATES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF, UM, WITH THE CDC BEING ABLE TO HAVE ITS OWN DIRECTORY OF ITS OWN PARTNERS THAT ARE LISTED IN HERE THAT THEY MAY WANT TO, UH, FEATURE AND HIGHLIGHT.
BUT THEN ALSO WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TIE INTO THE GOOGLE, UM, UH, API, WHICH GIVES US THE ABILITY TO SAY, OKAY, WHEN YOU GET INTO THE AREA, IT CAN DO A BROADER SCOPE OF LETTING YOU KNOW ALL OF THE HOTELS THAT ARE CLOSEST TO, UH, THE SPOT THAT YOU'RE STANDING, UM, AS WELL AS THE RESTAURANTS.
SO IT'S TWO FOCUS, IT HAS ONE, WE CAN DO IT FROM HIGHLIGHTING THE SPECIFIC PLACES IN HILTON HEAD THAT ARE CHOSEN TO BE HIGHLIGHTED, BUT THEN TWO, UM, IT HAS THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO BE MUCH MORE BROAD AND BE ABLE TO PULL ANYTHING IN THE SURROUNDING ERA, UH, AREA, IF THAT IS, IF THAT'S CHOSEN, USERS WILL BE ABLE TO INTERACT, UH, AND GIVE REVIEWS OR COMMENTS, UH, WHEN THEY GO TO AN EXPERIENCE.
AND SO THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER, WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO MITCHELLVILLE AND YOU'RE GOING TO THE TONY MORRISON REFLECTION BENCH, UM, AT THIS LOCATION, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS, UM, YOU WOULD BE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED GEOSPATIAL AUDIO.
AND SO ONCE YOU GET TO THAT LOCATION, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A PROMPT ON YOUR PHONE THAT SAYS THAT THERE'S AN AUDIO EVENT.
AND WHEN YOU'RE SITTING THERE, THERE IS AN AUDIO, UH, TRACK THAT PLAYS, THAT HAS, UM, NARRATION, AND IT HAS SOUNDSCAPING WITH SOUND EFFECTS UNDERNEATH IT WHILE YOU'RE SITTING THERE ON THE BENCH, UM, OVERLOOKING, UM, OUT OUTWARD.
AND SO IT GIVES YOU THE HISTORY, IT GIVES YOU THE STORY.
AND SO THAT'S TRIGGERED VIA WHAT WE CALL THIS GEOSPATIAL AUDIO.
AND SO EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT STOPS, AGAIN, THEY HAVE ALL THE SAME SIMILARITIES AS FAR AS TRAVEL GUIDE, HOW TO GET THEIR HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, REVIEWS AND COMMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT THE DIFFERENT STOPS ALSO HAVE, UM, DIFFERENT FEATURES OF, UH, WHAT WILL BE ACTUALLY BROUGHT TO, BROUGHT TO LIFE.
SO WHETHER IT'S IF YOU'RE COMING TO, UH, TO FISH CAMP, UM, UH, WHEN THEY COME TO FISH CAMP, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN CREATED THERE THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT MR. BOXLEY HAS TALKED, UH, UH, WITH THEM ABOUT, WHICH IS, UH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE QR CODES THAT ARE SCANNABLE AT THE TABLES.
UM, AND FROM THAT QR CODE, THERE'S GONNA BE A SHORT, UM, ANIMATION VIDEO THAT IS PLAYED.
UM, AND THAT VIDEO, IT WILL BE NARRATED, UM, UM, AND THEN BY MR. SIMMONS, UH, ONE OF MR. SIMMONS FAMILY MEMBERS.
AND THEN, UM, IT, THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER GET A DISCOUNT OR, UH, POTENTIALLY SOMETHING FREE, UM, OFF OF THE MENU, BUT THAT'S KIND OF PART OF THAT PARTNERSHIP.
AND SO ONCE THERE, UH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SCAN, THERE'LL BE A SCAN BUTTON.
WE JUST GOT THE, THE, THE SIGNAGE, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE MARKER TRIGGERS THIS WEEK.
AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE THAT INTO THE APP THIS WEEK.
BUT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SCAN THERE AT THE FISH CAMP AND BE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE AN EXPERIENCE THERE.
THEN WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE TAVI, UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE TAVI, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE FROM VIRTUAL REALITY.
THERE'S, UM, NEWS ARTICLES, THERE'S ALL KIND OF THINGS, UM, TO OBVIOUSLY PROTECT THE PROPERTY AND JUST, UH, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S SAFE FOR, FOR USERS.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THIS SPACE IS, UH, THERE'LL BE A SCAN BUTTON THAT HAS THE, THE, UM, THE SIGNAGE THAT LINKS TO THE SIGNAGE THAT'S JUST BEING CREATED.
AND WHEN THEY SCAN, UM, THAT QR CODE, IT'S GONNA PLACE ITEMS THAT WERE FOUND IN THE DIG, UM, AROUND THE, UH, AROUND THE BARNWELL TABBY.
IT'S GONNA PLACE THOSE ITEM ITEMS VIRTUALLY INTO THE LANDSCAPE.
AND ONCE THOSE ITEMS ARE PLACED, A USER WILL BE ABLE TO CLICK ON THE DIFFERENT ITEMS. AND AS THEY CLICK THE DIFFERENT ITEMS, UH, THEY HEAR NARRATION, THEY GET DIFFERENT INFORMATIONAL FACTS, UH, ABOUT THOSE ITEMS AND ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR, UH, THAT PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE AND THAT STOP.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, THE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL, UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE, THERE WAS VERY LIMITED PHOTOS ON THAT AS FAR AS COLLATERAL, AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO GET A GOOD, UH, VIEW.
WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THIS STOP, THIS WILL BE A KIND OF A, A, A GREAT, UM, REBUILD.
WE'RE REBUILDING THIS STRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE.
SO, UM, FROM, SO WE'RE DOING BASICALLY DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE, AND SO WE'RE TAKING IT, WE'RE RECREATING IT.
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BE ABLE TO HAPPEN WITH THIS LOCATION IS THAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PLACE, UM, THE, THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT THERE INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AT SCALE.SO ALTHOUGH THE BUILDING DOESN'T EXIST, WE ARE RECREATING IT, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO A VIRTUAL DROP OF THAT DIGITAL ASSET WHERE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK THROUGH THEIR PHONE, SEE THE ASSET, MOVE THEIR PHONE AROUND, UM, WHILE THEY'RE ALSO HEARING, UH, THE STORY AROUND THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
UM, AGAIN, NEW YORK WAS PLACED IN HERE JUST BECAUSE, AS A POINT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE WERE SOME GULLAH CENTRIC THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN NEW YORK RIGHT NOW THAT TIES TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHOW THAT THERE IS THE EXTENSIBILITY IN THE APP, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THOSE TYPE OF, UH, THOSE TYPE OF FUNCTIONS.
UM, ALSO THE, THE APP FEATURES THE HIGHLIGHT SECTION, UH, THIS THINK, THINK BLOGS OR THINK PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UH, LOCAL, UH, COMPANIES OR, UH, RESTAURANTS OR TOURISM OR WHATEVER.
UM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE POSTS, UM, AND THINK OF IT LIKE A BLOG TYPE THING WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT DIFFERENT THINGS IF IT'S COUPONS THAT TO POINT PEOPLE TOWARDS DIFFERENT BUSINESSES OR ESTABLISHMENT.
ALL OF THOSE FEATURES ARE IN HERE.
THAT CAN BE DONE IN THE CMS. IT'S JUST TYPED, UM, IN THERE, AND IT'S SAVED, AND IT AUTOMATICALLY SHOWS UP IN THE APP.
THAT'S WHAT THIS HIGHLIGHT IS FOR.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THIS HAS SAFE PLACES.
FOLKS ARE ABLE TO SAVE PLACES THAT THEY'VE BEEN, WHETHER THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE EXPERIENCES OR THEIR RESTAURANTS OR BUSINESSES, OR THEY'RE ABLE TO SAVE HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THEY'RE ABLE TO LOG IN, UH, USING THEIR GOOGLE ACCOUNT, USING THEIR APPLE ID ACCOUNT.
THEY HAVE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS SO THAT AS THINGS COME IN THE APP THAT'S THERE, WE CAN SUPPORT MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.
THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO EMAIL, THEY CAN RATE THE APP.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A PRIVACY POLICY.
UH, IT LINKS TO THE WEBSITE, WHICH YOU'RE GONNA SEE.
UH, YOU'LL SEE THE WEBSITE HERE IN A, IN A LITTLE WHILE, UM, WHEN I TURN IT OVER TO, UH, MR. BOYD.
UM, BUT YOU, WE ALSO HAVE LINKS TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA, WHETHER IT'S FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM, OR TIKTOK.
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE IN THERE.
THE APP IS FULLY BUILT, THE STRUCTURE IS FULLY BUILT.
NOW, ALL WE ARE DOING IS SIMPLY DROPPING IN THE COLLATERAL THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, AND JUST PUTTING THEM IN PLACE, PUTTING IN THE TEXT, PUTTING IN THE FINAL IMAGES, UH, BECAUSE THE BIGGEST LIFT WAS DEVELOPING THE TECH, UH, TO, TO SUPPORT THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN, UH, COMPLETED ON, ON THAT PART.
SO I WANNA TAKE A SECOND AND SHOW YOU, UH, WITH A SEPARATE SCREEN SHARE, JUST THE, UM, I WANNA SHOW YOU THE, THE SIZZLE VIDEO, UM, AND I BELIEVE THE AUDIO SHOULD, SHOULD COME THROUGH.
AND, UM, AND THEN I'LL SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF THE AR MODELS, AND THEN I'LL PASS IT OVER TO MR. BOYD BOYD, UH, TO SHOW YOU, UM, WHAT'S BEEN DONE ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE.
SO LET ME GET THIS SET FOR YOU.
WHILE YOU'RE SETTING THAT UP, MR. JACKSON, CAN YOU, UM, ALSO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE INVOLVEMENT THAT YOU'VE HAD WITH SOME OF THE, UH, INTERNS, UH, THAT AND ABSOLUTELY.
AND THE LEVEL THAT THEY'VE, UM, ENGAGED IN THE CREATION OF THIS.
UM, AND SO, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I KNOW JAMAN WILL COVER THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THE GREAT PART ABOUT, UH, THIS ENTIRE PROJECT IS THE INTERNS WERE INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS.
AND SO WITH THE XR, THE XR PIECE, WHICH IS EXTENDED REALITY, WHICH, UH, ENCOMPASSES AUGMENTED REALITY, WHICH I'M GETTING READY TO SHOW YOU, UM, VIRTUAL REALITY, UM, AND THEN MIXED REALITY.
UM, THE INTERNS WERE, UM, GIVEN AN OVERVIEW OF KIND OF WHAT THAT TECHNOLOGY IS, HOW IT ACTUALLY WORKS IN THE WORKPLACE.
AND THEN, UH, THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THIS WAS SEEING HOW WE DID THE, HOW, HOW WE DID THE MODELING, AND THEN HELPING US GET FEEDBACK ON, ON HOW INTERACTIONS SHOULD TAKE PLACE.
AND ONE OF OUR INTERNS IN THIS PARTICULAR GROUP, UM, ACTUALLY HAD A, A STRONG AFFINITY TOWARDS MUSIC.
AND I'LL LET JAZZ, UH, TALK ABOUT THAT AND, AND DEMONSTRATE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HER CONTRIBUTION WAS TO THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
SO I'M GONNA SHARE THE SCREEN AND JUST SHOW YOU THE, THE DRAFTED, UH, SIZZLE.
IT'S, UH, IT'S ONLY 17 SECONDS.
UM, BUT THAT'S INTENTIONAL BECAUSE THIS SHOWS AT THE VERY BEGINNING, LIKE I SAID, AT THE OPENING OF THE APP, AND IT'S REALLY MEANT TO BE A TEASER TO SAY, HEY, COME TO HILTON HEAD, UH, SEE GULLAH CULTURE, UM, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO LET ME GET THIS SET TO SHARE FOR YOU.
AND SO THAT'S JUST WHAT OPENS, UH, DURING THE APP.
AND THE INITIAL, UM, BUT I WANNA SHOW YOU NOW, IS I WANNA SHOW YOU SOME OF THE 3D MODELS THAT WILL BE, UM, ANIMATIONS, UM, THAT PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING, WHEN THEY GO TO ONE OF THE STOPS, AND THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE.
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UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MURAL, AND I TOLD YOU THAT WE WOULD BE PULLING OUT, UH, CERTAIN THINGS, ONE OF THE OBJECTS THAT WE'RE PULLING OUT, UM, IS THE BIRD.AND SO THE BIRD WILL BE ABLE TO BE PLACED ONTO THE GROUND DIGITALLY, AND SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SCAN, UM, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR PHONE AND LOOK AT THE MURAL, CLICK ON THE MURAL, AND THEN THESE, UH, THESE OBJECTS COME OUT.
AND SO AS THE OBJECTS COME OUT, IT AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGERS IN AND CLICKS IN THE AUDIO AND THE NARRATION ABOUT THE STOP, ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT PARTICULAR OBJECT.
AND THEN LET ME SHOW YOU ANOTHER ONE, PAUSE.
I HAVE TO DO THESE ONE AT A TIME TO SHOW YOU, SINCE THE APP ISN'T PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, THIS ONE, VERY SIMPLY, WE PULLED OUT, UM, THE OYSTERS.
AND SO THERE'LL BE INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, THE OYSTERING AS AN, AS AN INDUSTRY, THE SIGNIFICANCE, UH, UH, TO THE ENVIRONMENT, TO SOUTH CAROLINA, TO THE GULLAH PEOPLE, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND SO THIS WILL BE A 3D OBJECT THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MANIPULATE JUST AS I'M DOING IT WITH THE MOUSE.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MANIPULATE THAT WITH THEIR FINGER ON THEIR PHONE.
AND AGAIN, WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT, THEY'RE GONNA BE RECEIVING, UH, DIGITAL INFORMATION THAT IS DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN, AS WELL AS AUDIO INFORMATION THAT IS COMING IN, UM, INTO THEIR, INTO THEIR EARS.
AND I SHOW YOU, I'LL SHOW YOU ONE MORE.
I WANT YOU TO, I'LL SHOW YOU ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE SOUNDSCAPING AND, UM, OF LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD HEAR AT MITCHELLVILLE.
UH, THESE ARE, ARE QUIET, THESE ARE NOT, UH, THESE ARE NOT FINAL RECORDINGS, BUT THESE ARE THE RECORDINGS, JUST SO THAT YOU GET AN IDEA OF, UH, OF HOW IT HAPPENS.
AND THE REASON I CALL THAT OUT IS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IS WE ARE GETTING, UH, NATIVE GULLAH PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY DO THE AUDIO NARRATION, UM, AT THE DIFFERENT STOPS AND THE DIFFERENT, UH, UM, AND THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, UH, JUST TO ENRICH THE OVERHAUL, THE, UH, THE OVERHAUL EXPERIENCE OF THIS.
SO THIS IS A SAMPLE, LET'S SEE, HERE WE GO.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN HEAR THE AUDIO.
CAN YOU HEAR THE AUDIO ON THAT? YES, WE CAN HEAR IT.
AND 18, WE CAN GO BACK AND SHARE IT AGAIN.
IN, IN 62, A YEAR BEFORE THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, A NEW COMMUNITY WAS BORN GOVERNED BY THOSE WHO HAD BEEN ENSLAVED.
ONLY MONTHS BEFORE THIS PLACE WAS MITCHELLVILLE, THE FIRST SELF-GOVERNED TOWN OF FORMERLY ENSLAVED AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES.
ITS STORY IS THAT OF THE GULLAH PEOPLE, DESCENDANTS OF WEST AFRICANS IN THE LOW COUNTRY, AND THEIR EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY FROM BONDAGE TO FREEDOM, GUIDED BY HOPE AND RESILIENCE.
THE STORY BEGINS AMID THE CIVIL WAR ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
IN NOVEMBER, 1861, UNION FORCES WON THE BATTLE OF COURT ROYAL AND OCCUPIED THE SEA ISLANDS PLANTATION OWNERS FLED INLAND, TAKING ALONG AS MANY ENSLAVED LABORERS AS THEY COULD, YET GET, LEAVING BEHIND OVER 10,000 PEOPLE IN BONDAGE WHO SUDDENLY FOUND THEMSELVES LIBERATED DEEP.
SO I WON'T GO, I WON'T LET THAT GO.
IT'S A ABOUT A, A SEVEN TO EIGHT MINUTE MIXED DOWN, UH, EXPERIENCE.
BUT, UH, JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT AT EACH STOP, THERE'LL BE SOMETHING THAT'S ENGAGING, GOING ALONG WITH THE INTERACTION, UM, THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE THERE TO DO.
SO, UM, ALL OF THAT TO SAY, UH, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS WHAT WE ANTICIPATE OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS IS REALLY NOTHING MORE THAN JUST LOADING IN ASSETS.
UM, MOST OF EVERYTHING THAT, UH, NEEDED TO BE DEVELOPED HAS BEEN DEVELOPED JUST NOW PLACING IT INTO THE APP THAT IS ACTUALLY FULLY CREATED AND CAN BE, UH, MODIFIED DYNAMICALLY AND, AND THEN BE ABLE TO BE DEPLOYED FOR, FOR FULL TESTING AND FULL DEPLOYMENT INTO THE, TO THE MARKETPLACE.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MR. BOYD, AND HE CAN SHOW YOU, UM, UH, WHAT'S BEEN DONE WITH THE WEBSITE.
AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL TURN IT TO JAZZ, AND THEN WE CAN FIELD QUESTIONS, UM, AND COMMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
MORNING COUNSEL, LET'S SEE IF I CAN YOU HAVE ME SET UP HERE? OH,
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YOU GO AHEAD.OH, UH, AND WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, I, I HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH, UH, CREATING, UH, THE WEBSITE, UH, FOR THE, THE EXPERIENCE GALA WAYFINDING APP.
UM, THE WEBSITE, UH, IS, IS MEANT TO BE NOT ONLY A COMPLIMENTARY, UH, PIECE TO THE, TO THE APPLICATION, BUT ALSO, UM, AS WE BEGAN TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I, I WAS, I WAS ASSIGNED THREE YOUNG MEN, UH, THREE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN GREAT INTERNS.
UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN KIND OF MY, MY BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
UH, AND WE'VE DEVELOPED AND HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY INVOLVED IN, UH, THE OVERALL THOUGHT PROCESS AND DESIGN OF THE WEBSITE.
SO WHEN WE WERE GETTING FEEDBACK ON, UH, CREATING A DIGITAL DIRECTORY, UH, KIND OF REPOSITORY OF, OF INFORMATION, UH, WE, THEY, THEY WERE, THEY WERE VERY INTIMATE IN THAT PROCESS.
AND SO, UH, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR, FOR NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT FOR THE, FOR THE GENTLEMAN AS WELL.
UM, AND SO NOT ONLY DOES THE WEBSITE, DO WE WANT THE WEBSITE TO, TO COMPLIMENT THE APPLICATION, BUT WE ALSO, THIS, THIS MAY BE THE FIRST AND THE ONLY THING THAT, THAT FOLKS ON THE OUTSIDE WILL SEE.
SO THE APPLICATION IS, IS, IS MEANT, UH, TO PROVIDE AN EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE IN HILTON HEAD, BUT IN ORDER TO REACH FOLKS OUTSIDE OF HILTON HEAD.
AND WE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE, UH, IN, IN TULSA WITH, WITH THE GREENWOOD RISING HISTORICAL, UH, CENTER, UH, THAT, THAT SPOKE ON THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE.
UH, THE WEBSITE WAS, WAS WHAT ATTRACTED FOLKS TO THE FACILITY.
AND SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY MUCH AN OUTWARD FACING, UH, AND A MARKETING TOOL AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, THE CDC, UH, FROM, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS, UH, KIND OF DETERMINING, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, WITHIN THE 13 HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE, THE NINE, NINE OR 10 HANDFUL OF, UH, PLACEMENT POINTS THAT WE HAVE, THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE ENTRIES TO THE WEBSITE, UH, AND TO THE APPLICATION.
SO IF SOMEBODY EXPERIENCES IT FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN THEY GET TO MITCHELLVILLE OR, UH, WHEN THEY GET TO SQUARE POPE, THOSE ENTRY LEVELS, WE HAD TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO WE KIND OF DIVIDED IT UP INTO, UH, DIFFERENT SECTIONS THAT WAY.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE, UH, FROM A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE, WE LOOKED AT IT FROM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE MINDSET OF YOU MAY HAVE SOMEBODY PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.
UM, SO SOMEBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY, SOMEBODY WHO, WHO'S INTERESTED IN, IN WHAT'S GOING ON NOW, HOW CAN THEY EXPERIENCE IT IN REAL TIME, AND THEN HOW CAN THEY BE A PART OF IT LATER ON DOWN THE LINE.
UM, AND SO IT'S REALLY MEANT TO BE AS WELL AS A RESOURCE FOR, UH, FOR ALL THINGS GULLAH CULTURE WITHIN THE HILTON HEAD COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING ALL OF THE, GETTING ALL OF THE STRUCTURE IN PLACE SO THAT IT ALIGNS WITH THE APP, AND NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REALLY BUILDING OUT THOSE ASSETS.
AND SO, UH, AS YOU, ONCE YOU, ONCE YOU GET TO THE SITE, UH, THE, THE THE LANDING PAGE, AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE SIMILAR TO THE WEB OR SIMILAR TO THE APPLICATION, IT WILL HAVE KIND OF SOME SLIDESHOW THAT WILL, UH, THAT WILL GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR DIFFERENT FEATURE EVENTS, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
UM, AND THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DYNAMIC.
IT CAN BE CHANGED UP, UH, IT ROTATE AND, AND PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WHATEVER'S, WHATEVER'S CURRENT.
UM, YOU'RE ABLE TO SCROLL DOWN.
AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS IS STILL, WE'RE STILL IN DEVELOPMENT, STILL IN, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT IMAGES, THE RIGHT FEATURES, UH, THE RIGHT CONTEXT.
UH, BUT THE SITE, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IT WAS REALLY A, JUST A VISUAL LAYOUT AND A, AND AN ARCHITECTURE FOR, UH, FOR US TO PLACE THOSE, THOSE DIGITAL ASSETS.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, UH, IN TERMS OF THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WE WANTED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT, UH, AND ALLOW SPACE FOR THAT.
AND SO, UH, WE'VE BUILT THE SITE IN A WAY THAT IT'S, IT'S VERY EXPANDABLE, UH, AND IT CAN CONTRACT AS THE SEASONS OR, OR, OR DIFFERENT THINGS CHANGE.
UM, SO SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE ITEMS MAY BE MAYBE IN REAL TIME, SUCH AS LIKE SOME OF THE EVENTS.
UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE ITEMS MAY BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, UH, MAYBE PERMANENT.
BUT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE KIND OF A, ESPECIALLY ON THE HOMEPAGE, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE
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KIND OF AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF ALL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, UH, WITHIN THE SITE.SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AS YOU SCROLL THROUGH.
UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AS WE ARE DEVELOPING THE APP, UH, WE, WE'VE GOT PROMOTIONS, SO WE'RE PROMOTING THE APP ON THE WEBSITE.
WE'RE PROMOTING THE WEBSITE ON THE APP.
SO IT'S, IT IS REALLY A, IT'S REALLY A BACK AND FORTH PROCESS.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT AND, UH, MY INTERNS HAVE BEEN BEEN GREAT ABOUT, WE'VE KIND OF DIVIDED AND CONQUERED, UH, I'VE HAD THEM, I'VE TASKED THEM WITH, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER A LIST OF, HEY, JAMAL, WHERE DO YOU, WHERE DO YOU LIKE TO EAT? WHERE ARE THE, WHERE ARE THE GULLAH SPOTS IN, UH, IN HILTON HEAD THAT, THAT YOU LIKE TO EAT? AND SO WE'VE BEEN COMPILING THOSE LISTS, UH, AND THEN WE'VE BEEN ALLOCATING ALL OF THOSE ITEMS. UH, WE'VE BEEN TAGGING AND CATEGORIZING THEM BY NEIGHBORHOOD, BY CATEGORIES.
SO FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU GO TO BEGA, THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, REALLY IN DETAIL, UH, EACH NEIGHBORHOOD WILL HAVE ITS OWN KIND OF LANDING PAGE.
SO AS YOU GO THROUGH THE APP, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SCAN THE APP, GO DIRECTLY TO THIS PAGE IN REAL TIME.
UM, IT WILL GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY ABOUT BAG ALL, UH, SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL POINTS THAT WE WANT TO FEATURE.
BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO ALSO INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THESE SUMMARIES OF DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT THINGS OR DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE LOCATED IN THESE AREAS.
SO, UH, AND AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS, ALL OF THIS IS EDITABLE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THIS POINT FOR FEEDBACK.
UH, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE REALLY POINTED OUT ON, UH, IN BEGA WAS, YOU KNOW, BAKERSFIELD, THE HILTON HEAD, BLUE JAYS, UH, AND THEN DAN DRESSEN AND, AND, AND HIS HALL OF FAME.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDED KIND OF THESE SNIPPET POINTS FOR PEOPLE.
AND THEN, UH, AS YOU CLICK THROUGH, YOU HAVE, THERE'S MORE DETAIL.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE ENTITY PAGES, SO THAT'S BAY GOLF.
AND THEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON STONY AS WELL.
SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN BUILDING OUT, UH, AND HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE STONY, BOTH BIG STONY AND LITTLE STONY, UH, HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
AND, AND, AND THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, UH, AND THE SIMILARITIES.
UH, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF, OF EACH ONE OF THOSE.
AND THEN I WANT TO, LET ME SEE HERE.
OH, SO ON OUR CULTURE PAGE, UH, AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'VE, WE'VE HIDDEN SOME OF THE HIDDEN, SOME OF THE LINKS IN THE NAVIGATION, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FULLY BUILT OUT, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE SO THAT YOU CAN GO IN, UH, SEE IT, REALLY LOOK AT IT, UM, AND EXPERIENCE IT.
UH, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE'VE ADDED THESE DIFFERENT ITEMS. UH, AND SO MY BOYS HAVE BEEN GOING IN AND, AND LOOKING FOR, UH, ALL THE BOOKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GULLAH RELATED, AND HOW WE CAN LINK TO EITHER THE AUTHOR, UM, AND THAT PROVIDES THEM WITH A DIRECT, YOU KNOW, COMMERCE, UH, UH, AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.
UH, BUT ALSO THE MUSEUMS, THE TOURS THAT ARE GOING ON.
UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING SPACE AND VISIBILITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, AND IMPROVEMENT.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT, YOU KNOW, PLACES WHERE WE CAN, WE CAN PARTNER WITH, WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, OR IN THE AREA, WHETHER IT'S THE MITCHELLVILLE JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL, OR SANKOFA KNIGHTS, ANY, ANY OF THOSE EVENTS.
WE CAN ALSO INCLUDE, HIGHLIGHT, UM, AND PARTNER, UH, WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY THERE.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE WORKING SLIDES AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH CREATING GRAPHICS THAT WILL MATCH UP AND, AND ALIGN WITH ALL THE CONTENT THAT WE'RE BUILDING ON, ON THE APPLICATION.
LET ME SEE IF I'VE GOT ANYTHING ELSE THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS.
OH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT MR. JACKSON ALSO MENTIONED WAS, UH, THE FACT THAT WE WILL ALSO HAVE A GULLAH TV, UH, AREA.
UH, I KNOW THAT SOME OF, SOME OF THE
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EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS, THEY ALREADY PROVIDE, UH, DIGITAL, DIGITAL CONTENT.SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A WAY THAT WE CAN EMBED THAT INTO THE SITE, HAVE IT VISIBLE FOR, UH, AND, AND AGAIN, THIS CREATES A, AN ARCHIVE OR A LIBRARY OF ALL THINGS GULLAH THAT, UH, THAT YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO CONTROL, DICTATE, UM, AND, AND REALLY MEMORIALIZE THE HISTORY SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE THOSE STORIES.
UH, WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN UP, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, YES, SIR.
WELL, FIRST LET ME GIVE YOU, UM, KUDOS, COMPLIMENTS ON WHAT YOU PRESENTED, UH, TO US TODAY.
UM, IT'S VERY INTERESTING LEADING EDGE STUFF.
BUT I, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
ABOUT ONE OF THE PICTURES FOR THE CHURCHES YOU HAVE IN EMBA, THE HISTORIC PASTOR.
BUT THE HISTORIC FIRST AFRICAN BA WE DON'T RECOGNIZE IT IS EXACT.
THE PICTURE YOU HAVE FOR FIRST AFRICAN THE CHURCH, GO BACK TO BEAL.
YOU HAVE PICTURES OF THREE CHURCHES.
JAMES, AND HISTORIC FIRST AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH.
THAT IS NOT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT, WHERE THAT CHURCH COMES FROM.
AND, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN EVERYTHING FINALIZED.
SO A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE IMAGES, AS KAGA SAID, ARE, UH, ARE DIFFICULT.
A LOT OF THE BRAND ASSETS ARE DIFFICULT TO LOCATE.
SO IF WE'VE GONE TO THE INTERNET TO FIND THOSE, THEY, THEY MAY NOT BE CORRECT, OR THEY MAY, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE A, WE MAY HAVE AN IMAGE OF ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEY SAY, I DON'T LIKE THAT PICTURE OF ME, UH, PUTTING A, PUT THIS ONE ON OR CHANGE THAT.
SO AGAIN, ALL OF THIS, AND THAT'S THE FEEDBACK THAT THAT, THAT I APPRECIATE.
WE APPRECIATE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HERE EVERY DAY, BUT AS WE COLLECT THESE ASSETS, UM, WE CAN REPLACE THOSE AND, AND UPDATE IT IMMEDIATELY.
'CAUSE WE, BEFORE YOU PRESENT IT AGAIN TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO, WHO KNOWS THAT.
THAT, THAT'S DEFINITELY THE, THIS IS JUST THE DEMO VERSION.
THAT'S WHAT MAKE THEM AWARE, RIGHT? YEAH.
BEFORE WE PRESENT'S THE DEMO AGAIN,
WELL, NOW I WILL OPEN IT UP, UH, TO JASMINE WHO'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE EDUCATION PIECE AND THE PROGRAM.
BEFORE YOU MOVE, BEFORE YOU MOVE FROM THAT, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON, UH, PASTOR'S QUESTION.
UM, I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS THAT WE ARE GOING TO USE TO, YOU KNOW, LACK OF A BETTER TERM, SORT OF SPELL CHECK THIS.
UM, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A HISTORIC FIRST AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH SOMEWHERE.
UM, YOU MENTIONED, UM, OUR HALL OF FAMER, MR. DAN DRESEN.
DRESEN, HIS NAME IS NOT SPELLED CORRECTLY, RIGHT? NO.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S THEN, NOT THAT I WANNA PICK IT APART, BUT I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO GO LIVE OR THE NEXT TIME YOU SHOW A DEMO, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTEN TO A POINT OF SOME SORT OF COMFORT.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE MAIN THING AROUND THIS IS WE WANT IT TO BE AUTHENTIC, RIGHT? UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CANNING UP FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IT IS GERMANE TO HILTON HEAD, AND YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF EXPERTS IN THE AREA THAT CAN HELP WITH THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RIGHT.
SO I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT.
AND, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY A, A, A WIRE FRAME, A SKELETON, UM, JUST KIND OF A DRAFT MODEL OF, OF, OF THE, OF THE SITE.
AND SO AFTER WE'VE REVIEWED IT, UH, INTERNALLY, WE WILL DISABLE THE VISIBILITY AND WE WILL GO BACK, PASSWORD PROTECTED, HAVE HAVE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS.
WE'LL WALK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE DIFFERENT PAGES OF THE SITE, GET THE EXPERT OPINIONS, MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING CLEANED UP.
UH, WE'LL WORK WITH, WITH MR. BOXLEY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE ELDERS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE, HAVE HAD EYES ON IT AND SIGNED OFF ON ANY, ANY LANGUAGE OR CONTENT, BOTH ON THE APPLICATION AND THE WEBSITE.
UM, SO LET, LET ME JUMP IN JUST RIGHT QUICK.
WE HAVE A SESSION FROM, UM, TODAY FROM ONE 30 TO THREE.
AND, UM, WE'LL HAVE, UM, I KNOW MS. GRANT IS GONNA JOIN US IN THAT SESSION, AND WE'LL BE WALKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE PAGES AS WELL SEE.
YEAH, BUT WE'LL, CAN I JUMP IN? WE'LL DO IT FOR, OH, GO AHEAD, KEN.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO JUMP INTO, JUST SO, SO THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE.
SO THIS OBVIOUSLY IS AN, YOU KNOW, INTERNAL DEMO, BUT WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS FROM A PROTOCOL PERSPECTIVE IS, UH, WE WILL RELEASE AN ALPHA APP, UH, INTERNALLY.
THE ALPHA APP WOULD COME TO, UH, TO THE BOARD, TO LEADERSHIP, TO, TO COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS BEFORE IT GOES TO BETA.
BETA IS, UH, ALPHA COMES FIRST,
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THEN BETA COMES WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE'VE DONE, UM, WHAT'S BEEN STATED, WHICH IS THE PROOFREADING TO MAKING SURE THE SPELL CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THE HISTORICAL ACCURACY IS IN PLACE.AND SO, UM, OUT OF THIS MEETING, THIS IS KIND OF TO GIVE THE UP THE UPDATE AND SHOW YOU WHERE WE'RE AT.
UM, AND THEN ALL THE ASSETS, LIKE I SAID, AS THEY COME IN OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, THEY'LL BE CONSOLIDATED.
AND WE, WE PUT FORTH THE ALPHA, WHICH IS BASICALLY SAYING EVERYTHING'S DONE, ALL THE ASSETS IS, AND IT'S ALL BEEN CURATED AND IT'S ALL IN PLACE.
WE HAND IT OVER, WE GIVE A, UH, WE HAVE A FORM THAT WE WILL, WE WILL TURN OVER TO THE TEAM WHERE THEY CAN GIVE REAL, THEY CAN GIVE US FEEDBACK ON WHAT CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS IS BE MADE.
THEN A BETA APP WOULD BE ABLE TO BE RELEASED FOR A SMALL SUBSET OF THE COMMUNITY TO TEST AND GARNER FEEDBACK BEFORE YOU DO IT PUBLIC.
SO IT GOES ALPHA, INTERNAL BETA FOR A TEST GROUP, AND THEN PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION.
I THINK EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT.
IT MAKES SENSE AND, YOU KNOW, GETS ME EXCITED ABOUT HOW WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR CULTURE GOING FORWARD.
UM, SO JUST GOING THROUGH THE WEBSITE DEMONSTRATION, ONE THING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IS MISSING OR COULD BE MISSING IS THAT THERE'S NO PLACE FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, GULLAH FAMILIES TO SHARE THEIR STORY, RIGHT? SO IF I'M FROM BAY GOLF, UM, AND I HAVE PICTURES OF FAMILY REUNION, OR I CAN TELL STORIES ABOUT MY FAMILY, LIKE SAY THE RIVERS FAMILY OR SOMEONE, LIKE HOW COULD WE INTEGRATE THAT? LIKE WHAT'S, LIKE WHAT, RIGHT? SO I KNOW THAT SO MANY PEOPLE SHARE ON LIKE FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL, SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THEY'RE SHARING FAMILY HISTORY AND HOW DO WE KEEP THAT, RIGHT? SO IN TALKING ABOUT ENGAGING THE YOUNG PEOPLE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, CAN THEY SEE THEMSELVES, CAN THEY TELL THEIR STORY? OR EVEN THE OLDER PEOPLE MILK CAN FOLKS THAT DON'T LIVE HERE.
SO HOW DO, HOW, HOW CAN THAT BE INTEGRATED INTO THIS WHERE THAT'S LIVING AND BREATHING AS WELL? I THINK BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN MANAGING AND WORKING ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA ASPECTS.
WELL, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
I THINK THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY SPACE FOR THAT ON THE WEBSITE ALSO.
BUT ANOTHER BIG PART OF, UM, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS SOCIAL MEDIA AND, UM, GETTING WELL MARKETING, RIGHT? THIS EXPERIENCE.
'CAUSE WE WANT EVERYONE THAT COMES TO KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT THEN ALSO GIVING THAT PLATFORM TO THEM, UM, EVEN WITH THE GO ON TV, LIKE GIVING THEM A, ALL THESE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES, SHARE THEIR CULTURE, SHARE THEIR HISTORY, UM, IN ALL THE WAYS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHY THE INTERNSHIP WAS SO BIG FOR ME, WAS, UM, AS MUCH AS ABLE TO COME IN AND JUST DO EVERYTHING, AND WE CAN, WE CAN BUILD A WEBSITE, WE CAN DO THE SOCIAL MEDIA, WE CAN, WE CAN DO ALL THAT STUFF, RIGHT? BUT IT'S GETTING YOUTH INVOLVED.
IT'S HAVING THEM TELL THEIR STORY.
IT'S HAVING THEM TELL US HOW THEY WANT TO BE PORTRAYED, HOW THEY WANT THEIR, HOW THEY WANT TO BE REMEMBERED, HOW THEY WANT THEIR CHILDHOOD OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, THEIR PARENTS' MEMORY TO LIVE ON, RIGHT? UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE YOUTH INVOLVED.
AND SO WHAT I DID WAS, I HAVE THREE TEAMS OF, UH, THREE, SO I HAVE NINE INTERNS TOTAL, AND WE HAVE THE THREE BOYS THAT WORKED ON THE WEBSITE, WHICH YOU GUYS SAW.
UM, WE HAVE THREE WORKING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH IS, RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S A LEARNING PROCESS, RIGHT? IT'S AN INTERNSHIP.
SO THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT, UM, BRANDING, HOW WE MAKE TEMPLATES, HOW WE, UM, GET THINGS UP TO INDUSTRY STANDARD, BUT THEN HOW DO WE SHARE OUR NARRATIVE? HOW DO WE SHARE YOUR STORY? HOW DO WE, UM, MAKE IT UNIFORM SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT SO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO SHARE, BUT ALSO SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN, UM, AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT VISIT TO, TO LOOK AT THE WAY FINDING APP, TO GO TO GOLA TV TO, TO EXPERIENCE THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, RIGHT? UM, AND THEN THE LAST PIECE WAS THE XR.
AND THAT WAS GETTING THEM INVOLVED IN, UM, HOW WE BUILD THESE ASSETS, HOW WE BUILD THE, THE XR EXPERIENCES, UM, TO, UH, THE SOUNDSCAPING.
HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, LAY THE GROUNDWORK? HOW DO WE SHARE THIS NARRATIVE IN, IN THAT WAY? AND SO ALL OF IT IS, UM, ENCOURAGING THEM TO USE THESE DIFFERENT TOOLS, USE THESE DIFFERENT INDUSTRY STANDARD TOOLS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES, TO SHARE, UM, THEIR FAMILY HISTORY, TO SHARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LEGACY OF, OF WHAT THEY'VE WITNESSED OR OBSERVE THROUGH THEIR LIVES.
DOES THAT KIND OF MAKE SENSE? UM, AND SO ANOTHER REALLY COOL THING, SO I THINK FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE BOYS DID A GREAT JOB ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, THEY, I MEAN, THEY, THEY DID THE RESEARCH.
THEY, I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THE SLACK, THEY WENT THROUGH AND LITERALLY SPENT SO MANY HOURS DOING RESEARCH, WRITING UP REPORTS, SENDING THAT INFORMATION OVER.
I MEAN, THEY HAD THEIR HAND IN, THIS WAS MUCH GREATER THAN OUR HAND IN, IN SHARING YOUR HISTORY.
AND, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
UM, THE, FOR THE XR PIECE, UM, WE HAVE ONE GIRL WHO'S REALLY INTO MUSIC, VERY MUSICALLY TALENTED.
AND SO ONE THING THAT SHE WAS INTERESTED IN WAS, UM, LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE INDUSTRY OF, OF MUSIC,
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BUT ALSO HOW CAN SHE SHARE HER EXPERIENCE ON THE ISLAND THROUGH MUSIC.AND SO, UM, SHE, SHE'S WRITTEN TWO SONGS NOW.
UM, ONE OF THEM IS JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST AN INSTRUMENTAL, JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO PLAY OVER THE APP WALL, YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU'RE IN THE APP.
BUT ANOTHER ONE WAS, UM, UM, SHE'S ACTUALLY TAKING THE TIME TO WRITE OUT LYRICS THAT ACTUALLY CAPTURES THE HISTORY.
AND, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
AND SO THEY'RE ALL WORKING ON THESE, ALL, ALL THESE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT ALL WORK TOGETHER, BUT THEY'RE ALL INDIVIDUALLY WORKING ON THEM, AND WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COLLABORATING, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
AND I'M HOPING THAT BY THEM WORKING ON IT, THEY'RE GETTING EXCITED AND THEY'RE SHARING WITH THEIR FRIENDS WHAT THEY'RE DOING SO THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE GETTING VISITORS AND OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS APP, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, THE KIDS THAT ARE HERE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA KEEP THIS ISLAND GOING, UM, THAT THEY'RE GETTING EXCITED ABOUT IT, THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO CONTINUE ON SHARING THESE STORIES WITH PEOPLE AS THEY GET OLDER.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE, UM, THAT INTERNSHIP, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE INTERNSHIP AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OR ANYTHING YOU WANT ME TO TOUCH ON SPECIFICALLY? I, I FEEL LIKE THIS WAS SOMEBODY ELSE'S IDEA.
LIKE, I'M HAVING A DEJA VU MOMENT, SO I'M NOT TAKING ANY CREDIT FOR THIS.
UM, I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THE BOARD FEELS ABOUT CHARGING MR. BOXLEY WITH WHEN WE LAUNCH THAT WE LIKE, HAVE A BIG SPREAD ABOUT THIS LOCALLY AND INVITE THOSE INTERNS TO BE IN THE SAME COMPANY WITH THE ELDERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I THINK THAT CAN BE SUCH A GREAT MOMENT FOR US TO HAVE THAT.
DID YOU ALREADY, THAT IS SOMEBODY ELSE'S OUT THERE
WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AS WELL TO DO A, A NIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, MS. WOOLWINE IN THE, IN THE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, WE'LL DO A NICE COMMUNITY LAUNCH, A SPREAD, YOU KNOW, UH, A RELEASE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND, UH, YEAH, WE'LL HAVE A NICE, A NICE LAUNCH PARTY WHEN I ACTUALLY INVITED THEM, THE INTERNS TO COME HERE TODAY.
BUT THEY ORIGINALLY DIDN'T HAVE SCHOOL, AND THEY DID HAVE SCHOOL, SO THEY WERE UNABLE TO, YOU KNOW, LEAVE CLASS TO, TO BE HERE.
BUT IF WE HAD HAD IT OUR WAY, THEY WOULD'VE ALL BEEN HERE AND THEY WOULD'VE PRESENTED THEIR OWN CONTRIBUTIONS, OBVIOUSLY.
SO I, I WOULD SAY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE TAKEN OWNERSHIP
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY KEEP CALLING ME AN ELDER FOR SOME REASON,
AND WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO SUSTAIN IS TO GIVE THE YOUTH SOME ROOM TO BREATHE AND GROW.
AND IN THIS CASE THEY HAVE, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT THAT JUST HELPS US WITH SUSTAINABILITY DOWN THE ROAD.
AND THAT'S REALLY, I MEAN, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT INVESTING.
YOU SAID YOU HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, INVESTING IN, IN THE CULTURE, INVESTING IN THE YOUTH IS INVESTING IN THE CULTURE.
WELL, LET, LET ME NOT, NOT SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST PRESENTED, BUT ABOUT THE WHOLE TOTAL TOTALITY OF WHAT WAS WAS PRESENTED TO US TODAY.
DEFINITELY LEADING EDGE, CUTTING EDGE STUFF.
I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S A WIN-WIN.
BECAUSE IF YOU LIVE IN A TOURIST AREA, YOU, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE MINDSET, I'VE SEEN IT ALL I'VE DONE AND ALL, SO I DON'T NEED TO GO LET THE TOURISTS GO.
BUT NOW YOU, YOU ARE PRESENTING THINGS THAT WOULD GET THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE.
THEY HAVE NOT ENGAGED IN IT BEFORE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY GENERATIONAL.
I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE PEACE ABOUT SWEET CATCH IN, IN, UM, IN, IN NEW YORK, BECAUSE ALL OF US HAVE RELATIVES WHO ARE PART OF THE MIGRATION.
AND IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT 60, 70, 80 YEARS LATER THAT THE GULLAH HERITAGE IS CONTINUING THERE.
I'VE GOT COUSINS WHO LIVE IN, IN, UH, IN, UH, BROOKLYN, BETTER TO BELIEVE THAT LATER ON THE DAY I'M GONNA CALL 'EM AND ASK 'EM ABOUT SWEET CATCH.
SO THAT'S THE THING, UH, THAT IS SO CONTAGIOUS ABOUT THIS, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DIFFERENT, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S RELEVANT, IT'S GONNA GET PEOPLE INVOLVED AND OUT.
SO ABSOLUTELY, THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
UM, I'M NOT CERTAIN HOW MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND ARE ENGAGED OR INVOLVED, SO, UM, NOT THAT WE'RE NITPICKING ON ANYTHING YOU PRESENTED, BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS ALL AWESOME.
AND WE WANT THE, THE BEST PRODUCT OUT THERE.
AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO FROM OUR END TO HELP FACILITATE THAT, TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, JUST CONSIDER IT DONE.
WE'RE JUST AN ASK OUR PHONE CALL AWAY.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, AND MR. JACKSON FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, WHAT, WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO TO MAKE THIS WHOLE PROJECT SUCCESSFUL.
UM, IT'S MORE ABOUT, UH, THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PRODUCT.
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UM, LIKE WHAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW FROM THE TEAM IS THE RIGHT PERSON TO ANSWER, BUT HOW DO WE KEEP IT LIKE FRESH, RIGHT? UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UP TO DATE AND, AND CURRENT, UM, LIKE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE ONCE WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S DONE AND IT'S LAUNCHED AND, UH, WELL YOU'RE STUCK WITH THIS FOREVER.IS THAT BOTTOM LINE? NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.
NO, THAT IS, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
AND SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT REALLY KIND OF SEPARATES US IN THE MARKETPLACE IS THAT WE REALLY DO DESIGN SO THAT, UM, WE, UH, WE'RE WANTED BUT WE'RE NOT NECESSARY.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN DESIGNED WITH A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT LITERALLY IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, YOU CAN SWAP OUT AN IMAGE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT FRESH.
LIKE LITERALLY IT'S LESS THAN 10 SECONDS.
YOU CAN CREATE AN EXPERIENCE SO WE CAN SWAP OUT NEW GRAPHICS, WE CAN PUT IN, UH, NEW TEXTS, WE CAN, ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN DYNAMICALLY.
AND SO THE GOAL, UM, THERE, THERE'S TWOFOLDS ONE, UH, THIS IS THE VALUE GOING BACK TO THE INTERNS OF HAVING THEM TAKE SOME OWNERSHIP BECAUSE, UM, WHAT I LOOK AT IT AS IS, I THINK THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR THIS TO BE A CONTINUING PROGRAM THAT MAYBE YOU GET HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, UM, THAT CONTINUE, UH, TO KIND TO KIND OF COME AND HELP MANAGE IT.
AND THE CMS, UH, THE CONSTANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HAS BEEN SET UP IN SUCH A WAY THAT A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, UH, CAN USE IT VERY, VERY QUICKLY AND VERY, VERY EASILY.
AND SO ONE, ENGAGING INTERNS TO DO IT, WHETHER IT'S HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, COLLEGE STUDENTS OR, OR VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
BUT, UH, YOU WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO CONTROL EVERY PAGE OF THAT APP AS YOU WANT TO FEATURE NEW BUSINESSES.
IF YOU WANT TO FEATURE, UH, NEW EXPERIENCES OR NEW ARTICLES, UH, THAT CAN BE DONE ON THE BACKSIDE WITHOUT HAVING TO DO REDEVELOPMENT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO HIGH, HIRE ANOTHER DEVELOPER TO KEEP UPDATING THE APP FOR YOU.
'CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE DOWNFALLS THAT A LOT OF FOLKS END UP WITH, UM, WHEN THEY ARE CREATING THESE STYLE OF APPS, IS THAT YOU CONSTANTLY HAVE TO HAVE A DEVELOPER AND YOU'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO HAVE THAT STRATEGIC INVESTMENT.
AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I APPRECIATE MONEY.
HOWEVER, UM, IN THESE PROJECTS, FOR IT TO BE FRESH, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AND MANAGE IT ON YOUR OWN.
AND SO WE WILL PROVIDE TRAINING, UH, IN THAT FIRST, UH, SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WALKING WITH YOUR TEAM ON WHOEVER NEEDS TO BE TRAINED ON HOW TO DO IT.
AND WE KNOW THAT IT, IT'S, IT'S VERY SIMPLE TO MANAGE.
SO IS IT, IS IT, DOES IT WORK WITH, THEY'RE ALL INTEGRATED FROM THAT SAME PLATFORM? SO THE APP, THE WEBSITE, UM, I KNOW SOCIAL MEDIA IS ITS OWN THING, BUT THEY'RE ALL KIND OF LINKED.
HOW DOES IT, SO, GREAT, GREAT QUESTION.
SO THE APP, THE, THE, THE FULL WEBSITE IS INSIDE OF THE APP.
SO, UM, I DIDN'T SHOW THAT, BUT LIKE, UH, I, I THINK I TRIED TO, BUT IT GOES TO A DIFFERENT SCREEN.
BUT, SO THE FULL WEBSITE IS EVERYTHING JUST ON THE WEBSITE IS IN THE APP.
UM, AND THAT'S MANAGED WITH ITS OWN CMS. AND SO THERE ARE SOME, UM, AREAS THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME OVERLAP BECAUSE SOME THINGS ON THE WEBSITE ARE GONNA BE STATIC.
UM, BUT IF THERE, IF THERE ARE PARTICULAR PIECES THAT ARE DYNAMIC, AND THAT'S WHAT THE OUTPUT CONVERSATION COMES IN.
IF YOU'RE SAYING, HEY, THESE ARE SECTIONS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE CHANGING FREQUENTLY, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE MARRY THOSE CMSS TOGETHER SO THAT THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.
SO IF, IF I MIGHT, I I, WHAT A GREAT JOB.
I MEAN, REALLY JUST TO, IT, IT REALLY IS EXCITING TO SEE THIS COMING AROUND.
UM, I, I KIND OF HAD SOME THOUGHTS AS, AS Y'ALL WERE TALKING AND I HAD WRITTEN SOME THINGS DOWN.
UM, THERE, THERE'S A, AND, AND I, I'M, I'M JUST, I'M THINKING OUT LOUD ON THIS.
UM, AS YOU STATED, YOU'VE GOT FAMILY THAT LIVES IN NEW YORK, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT LINEAGE THAT IS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
HOW CAN THIS BE UTILIZED TO PULL THAT LINEAGE BACK IN SO PEOPLE CAN FIND SOME OF THEIR, THEIR FAMILY, RIGHT? UM, MAY NOT HAVE REALIZED THEY WERE PART OF THIS HISTORY.
UM, AND THE, AND MY QUESTION ALSO GOES TO, GOES TO IS THAT THE CHURCH'S ASPECT, UM, SO WITHIN THE WEBSITE, YOU LINK TO THE CHURCHES AND YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, UH, A, A LINEAGE, YOU KNOW, TREE THERE OR SOMETHING THAT HELPS PEOPLE FIND THEIR FAMILIES, UM, AND, AND TIES 'EM BACK TO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
UM, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, MR. BARNWELL, YOU KNOW, HE, HE TOLD A GREAT STORY ABOUT THE PEON TREE, UM, AND HOW, HOW THAT USED TO BE THEIR PLACE OF, OF GOVERNMENT, UH, BACK IN THE DAY.
SO AS THOSE PARKS COME ALONG, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE THOSE STORIES TOLD, YOU KNOW, AT THE NEW PARKS THAT ARE BEING BUILT OR AT, AT THE TREES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE GATEKEEPERS, RIGHT? SO YOU TALK ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? WHO ARE THE ELDERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE, THAT ARE MAKING THINGS HAPPEN? UM, WE NEED TO CELEBRATE AND, AND RECOGNIZE THOSE THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US AND HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS BECAUSE
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WE ARE LOSING THE STORIES OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, NOT JUST FROM A GOAL SIDE, BUT FROM AN ISLAND WIDE SIDE AND HOW THOSE STORIES ARE PUT OUT THERE SO THAT PEOPLE COME IN AND SEE WHY WE ARE WHO WE ARE.AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A REAL BIG PART, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE NEEDED TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
UM, I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT MAYBE ON THE WEBSITE WITH, WITH YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS, YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, UH, TIKTOK, WHATEVER IT IS, KIND OF LIVE, KIND OF THROWING SOME THINGS THROUGH THERE AS PEOPLE ARE GOING IN AND, AND MAKING POSTS THAT THEY'RE THERE.
AND IT SHOWS UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT COMES THROUGH, AND THAT COULD BE SORT OF YOUR CONTENT AGGREGATOR FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN AND UTILIZE THAT FOR THE WEBSITE, RIGHT? SO THERE'S OTHER AVENUES, BUT YOU WANT TO UTILIZE THE EXPERIENCES THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO HELP, HELP BUILD YOUR, BUILD YOUR WEBSITE.
UM, RECOGNIZING THE GULLAH CORRIDOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE GULLAH, GULLAH GEECHEE, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT, CORPOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHILE HILTON HAD BASED, IS A CATALYST FOR OTHER AREAS WITH WITHIN THE GULLAH COMMUNITY, UM, UP AND DOWN THE COAST.
SO, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU PLAY INTO THAT, AND, AND, AND I'LL SAY THIS OUT LOUD, MR. BOXLEY, UM, DOES, DOES S GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BECOME SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN JUST HILTON HAD? UM, THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX JUST A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN THIS, YOU KNOW, PROPEL YOU TO, TO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, NOT TO TAKE OVER ANYBODY ELSE, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THAT AVENUE? UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE, ON THE BACKSIDE OF IT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ANALYTICS OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEING GATHERED, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT, HOW THAT CAN BE UTILIZED, UM, WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, UH, WHERE THEY'RE GOING, WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY'RE STAYING, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT ASPECT SO THAT YOU MAKE CERTAIN, YOU'VE GOT AN ABILITY TO REACH THEM, WHETHER THROUGH PUSH NOTIFICATIONS OR WHATNOT, UM, TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP.
HERE'S A GREAT, YOU KNOW, ANNIVERSARY THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE ANALYTICS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE, THE MARKETING SIDE OF IT.
AND WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE GATHERING? SO, JUST SOME QUICK THOUGHTS, BUT I OVERALL ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT NINE INTERNS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, IS OUR FUTURE AND THE KIDS.
AND, AND YES, DATA IS THE NEW OIL, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT IS THE WAY OF THE FUTURE.
AND THAT IS, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CONSULTANT TEAM AND I HAD CONVERSATIONS ON EAR ABOUT EARLY ON IS HOW DO WE CAPTURE THE DATA AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, THE EXPERIENCE BEYOND JUST THE IN-PERSON EXPERIENCE FOR FOLKS.
SO WE ARE DEFINITELY WORKING TO BUILD THOSE PIECES OUT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO, TO TAKE A MINUTE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT MR. WHITE AND MR. BARNWELL HERE, UH, TO ASK IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE SEEN AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.
GOOD, GOOD MORNING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND THANK Y'ALL WHO ARE HERE SERVING IN THIS FANTASTIC CAPACITY FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE MANY YEARS LATE.
IT'S BETTER, BETTER TO BE LATE THAN NOT AT ALL.
UM, THANK YOU MR. BOXLEY FOR RECOGNIZING AGE
UH, THANK YOU REVEREND JOHNSON FOR RECOGNIZING THAT PHOTOGRAPH.
UH, WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CONSULTANTS AS WELL AS THE INTERNS AS WELL.
I MISS MENTIONING THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL VACANCIES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO.
ONE, CONGRATULATIONS ON PINPOINTING THE OYSTER.
THE OYSTER INDUSTRY IN THE HILTON HEAD COMMUNITY WAS OF GREAT VALUE PRIOR TO THE BRIDGE COMING TO HILTON HEAD IN THE AREA, CLOSE TO THE CHURCH ST.
JAMES CHURCH THAT WILL BE RELOCATING AT SOME POINT.
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BENNETT USED TO WALK FROM CLOSE TO WHERE THE LATE PERRY WHITE HOUSE IS LOCATED NOW TO JENKINS ISLAND TO OPEN OYSTERS FIVE DAYS A WEEK AT THE LP MAI OYSTER FACTORY IN JENKINS ISLAND.THERE WERE SEVERAL OYSTER FACTORIES ON HILTON HEAD.
I'M NOT GONNA TAKE YOUR TIME TO GO INTO THAT.
THE POINT IS, OYSTERS WAS A MAJOR PART OF THE ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR NOT JUST WHITES, BUT ALL RESIDENTS THAT LIVED ON HILTON HEAD.
ALSO, THE MEN HARVEST THE OYSTERS AND BROUGHT THEM IN BY BTOS TO THE LP MAJO COMPANY THAT DID AT THAT TIME DO RAW OR DO, THEY DID DO STEAM OYSTERS AS WELL AS FRESH SHUCK OYSTERS.
SO A LOT OF HISTORY BACK IN THERE.
MR. BROWN, I SEE YOU TRYING TO GRAB IT, BUT
I CONGRATULATE AND THANK THE TOWN FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE BOAT SHRIMP BOAT.
CAPTAIN DAVE'S DOWN AT THE SITE WHERE THE OLD HILTON HEAD FISHING CO-OP USED TO BE.
THERE'S A LINK AS IT RELATES TO THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY AS IT RELATES TO THE PROTECTION OF THE ESTUARY THAT'S MISSING.
AND THAT IS THE HILTON HEAD FISHING COOPERATIVE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN STOPPING THAT BSF CHEMICAL PLANT FROM RE FROM LOCATING OVER AT VICTORIA BLUFF.
THERE ARE SOME, I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE CRITICAL HERE.
I'M, I'M, I'M, AS A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, I'M JUST RELAYING SOME FACTS, FACTS THAT, AND I DID GIVE, UH, A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION THAT I DID FOR COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND, UH, COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND HONEY, HONEY AT HONEY HORN AND, AND ONE OTHER GROUP.
I GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT WHOLE BSF STORY, BUT THAT IS IN PRINT.
I DIDN'T, AND, AND I DID DO A PERSONAL NARRATION OF THAT THAT CAN BE FOUND.
ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS LOOK FOR IT.
THE OTHER THING IS MORE PERSONAL.
FORGIVE ME, BUT ALL OF THE, AND I'M GONNA BE VERY QUICK ON THIS.
ALL OF THE RESTORATION OF THE BARNWELL TAVI WAS DONE AND PAID FOR BY ME PERSONALLY.
I BELIEVE I SAW A PART OF THE ROOF OF THE RESTORATION OF THAT BUILDING WITH A SHADOW ON IT.
AND IF THAT SHADOW IS THERE, I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WANT THAT TO BE A PUBLIC PART OF THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE TOOK THE FAMILY AND I TOOK A LOT OF TIME, INTEREST AND PAIN IN TRYING TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT CONTRACTORS TO DO THE RIGHT JOB ON THAT, ON THAT TAVI RESTORATION.
AND I THANK THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ALL THOSE THAT HELP TO GIVE THE APPROVAL.
THEREFORE, WE HAVE THE FAMILY HAVE EMPLOYED ON A PART-TIME BASIS, AN ARCHEOLOGIST TO GIVE US ADVICE ON TRYING TO DO ALL OF THE RIGHT THINGS IN TERMS OF THE PRESENTATION,
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THE MARKETING, AND ALL THOSE OTHER TECH, INCLUDING WE HAVE A PERSON COMING ONLINE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR LESS TO, TO GIVE US ADVICE ON DEVELOPING A WEBSITE AS WELL AS DOING SOME MARKETING.WE MET YESTERDAY WITH A STAFF PERSON FROM THE TOWN WHO IS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE FAMILY ON INGRESS AND EGRESS TO GET TO THAT SITE.
UH, AND WE WELCOME THE TOWN PARTICIPATION WHOLEHEARTEDLY, MR. BOXLEY.
BUT THE TOWN HAVE NOT AGGRESSIVELY PUT FORTH ANY EFFORT TO THIS POINT, EXCEPT FOR THE VISIT YESTERDAY, UH, IN HELPING US TO MAKE THAT SITE MARKETABLE.
IT IS CONSIDERED THE OLDEST BUILDING ON HILTON HEAD, ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, ALONG WITH THE HELP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ARCHEOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
THE SITE DIRT TAKEN FROM THAT SITE WAS LAST SEEN DAYLIGHT BETWEEN 1630 AND 1700.
SO IT IS CONSIDERED THE OLDEST BUILDING ON HILTON HEAD, HISTORICALLY, AS WE KNOW IT.
NOW, I DIDN'T COME PREPARED TO DO ALL THIS THIS MORNING.
I DON'T HAVE THIS INFORMATION THAT I SHARED ON THIS SHEET.
I'M HOLDING IT UP SO THE SCREEN, WE'LL SEE IT.
REVEREND JOHNSON, DON'T CALL ME AT YOUR CHURCH TO DO ANYTHING.
I, I'M NOT PREPARED TO DO BIBLICAL THINGS, BUT THE HISTORICAL PART, I HAVE LIVED FOR ONLY 89 PLUS YEARS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE TO ANSWER THEM BEFORE I SIT DOWN.
I, UM, I MOST CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND THE WORK THAT YOUR FAMILY HAS DONE IN PRESERVING THE SITE.
AND, UM, WE WILL DEFINITELY CONSULT WITH YOU BEFORE WE WORK ANY FURTHER IN, UM, PORTRAYING ANY PHOTOGRAPHS, ANY, ANY ARTIFACTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT LIVE.
I I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS OFFLINE ABOUT THAT, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY REACH OUT AND CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE THAT WE, WE WANT THIS TO BE PART OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION EFFORT THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS, UH, THROUGH THE CDC FOR THIS MOST IMPORTANT SITE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT OUR EFFORT IS TO MAKE THE TAVI AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH, CONTINUOUSLY ARCHEOLOGICALLY RESEARCH AS WELL AS EDUCATION, NOT JUST FOR ARCHEOLOGY, BUT EDUCATION FOR THE VARIOUS GROUPS.
SCHOOL SENIOR CITIZEN GROUPS COME THERE.
UH, IN MAY, WE WILL HAVE 40 STUDENTS COMING FROM COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AS FAR AS THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND AS CLOSE AS CLAFLIN COLLEGE IN ORANGEBURG COORDINATED THROUGH, UH, A SUBSIDIARY OF PENN COMMUNITY SERVICES, MS. ANGELA DO IS COORDINATING THAT.
SO STUDENTS ARE STILL COMING ON A ANNUAL BASIS TO VISIT THAT HISTORICAL SITE AND ANALYZING IT.
WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY OPENING, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION FOR ALL.
WE WANT IT TO REMAIN IN THE FAMILY IN PERPETUITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR SEAT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING YOU
UM, AND WHEN PEOPLE, WHEN YOU SPEAK, PEOPLE, LISTEN, WHENEVER I'M IN YOUR PRESENCE, I GIVE YOU THE DUE RESPECT THAT YOU DESERVE.
AND YOU DON'T NEED TO, ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE LIVED, YOU DON'T NEED TO WRITE DOWN.
AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S GONNA EVER CHALLENGE
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YOU ON YOUR POINT OF PREFERENCE.SO JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.
I'M HONORED REVEREND JOHNSON TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THE LEGACY OF OUR FAMILY.
AND I'M A FOUR GENERATION NATIVE FROM ONE SIDE OF THE FAMILY AND A FIVE GENERATION NATIVE FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FAMILY.
SO I WILL YIELD NOW TO A YOUNGER MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, AS YOU HAVE POINTED OUT.
AND MY APOLOGY FOR TAKING SO LONG.
OH, IT'S OKAY, BECAUSE I, I RE I DO REMEMBER YOU TELLING ME YOU WEREN'T LOOKING FOR A JOB.
THE YOUNGER ME, THE YOUNGER MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
UM, THE BOARD, MR. BOXLEY, THE CONSULTANTS, UH, IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SIT BACK AND LISTEN BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOME CUTTING EDGE STUFF HERE AND, AND THAT'S OUTSTANDING.
AND I'M GONNA TELL A QUICK STORY.
UH, WE HAVE FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, AGES 14 DOWN TO 10, AND THEY ALL CAME TO VISIT ME THIS PAST THANKSGIVING.
AND THE 14-YEAR-OLD SAID TO ME, GRANDDAD, I WOULD LOVE TO FIND OUT A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE FAMILY HISTORY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I CHATTED WITH HIM, I SPOKE SOME THINGS AND THEN I SAID, KAY, I SAID, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A BOOKLET,
I SAID, TAKE THIS WITH YOU, READ IT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL ME.
I'LL FILL IN THE BLANKS FOR YOU.
TO MY DISMAY, WHEN I WENT IN THE ROOM, HE WAS STAYING IN AFTER THEY LEFT THE BOOKLET WAS RIGHT THERE WHERE I GAVE IT TO HIM.
I'M SAYING ALL THAT TO SAY THIS, I THINK THIS CUTTING EDGE STUFF IS A WAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR HISTORY, STAY ENGAGED.
THE SECOND THING I WOULD, I'LL ADD QUICKLY TO THE CONSULTANTS.
I NOTICED ROBINSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAS MENTIONED.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE ARE SOME INDIVIDUALS AROUND WHO ATTENDED ROBINSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT A HISTORIAN, SO I'M NOT A GOOD PERSON TO TALK TO, BUT I DO KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED ROBERTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND MR. BOX DID A GROUP THAT WE HAD LUNCH GOING BACK SOMETIME.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTENDED THAT SESSION, THEY ALL WENT TO ROBINSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT PIECE TO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IF YOU COULD CAPTURE AN INTERVIEW WITH PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ATTENDED ROBERTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ALTHOUGH IT'S GONNA BE VIRTUAL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENTARY.
AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE NOW, I'M, I'M GONNA ASK THAT YOU SET US UP A ANOTHER MEETING LIKE YOU DID LAST TIME.
UM, MOVING FORWARD, UM, IF THERE ARE NO MORE COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, THE WAYFINDING APPLICATION, I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. JACKSON, THANK OUR CONSULTANT TEAM OF, UH, MR. COCHRANE AND MR. BOYD FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON INTO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS NEW BUSINESS, UM, OUR FISCAL YEAR, UM, 2026 BUDGET.
UM, AND TO TEE THIS UP, UM, WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM, I'M SEEKING FORMAL APPROVAL, UH, BY THE BOARD FOR OUR PROPOSED OPERATIONAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 26.
UH, THE NEXT STEP OF THAT JU UH, FOR YOUR INFORMATION WOULD BE, UM, TOWN COUNCIL APPROVAL IN MAY, UM, AND WITH THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY ONE.
UM, IF YOU LOOK, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET REQUEST ARE, UH, THAT I'M REQUESTING, UH, AN INCREASE FOR THE POSITIONS OF SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER AND PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
UH, THESE STAFF MEMBERS WILL HELP TO MANAGE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE SLATED FOR THIS YEAR TO LAUNCH, UM, INCLUDING THIS WAYFINDING APPLICATION AS AND, AND ALSO INCLUDING THE LENDING PROGRAMS THAT WE WILL BE DEVELOPING.
AND ALSO TO HELP MANAGE SOME OF THE FINANCIAL EDUCATION WORKSHOPS THAT WE ARE, UM, THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AND THAT WE IMPLEMENTED LAST, LAST YEAR WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS HELP TO ME.
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TO ONBOARD, UH, PROJECT MANAGER, UM, AS SOON AS THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINS.UM, WE'VE ALSO, IN HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE BUDGETARY ITEMS, WE'VE REDUCED SOME LINE ITEMS NOW THAT WE HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON OPERATIONS, SOME OF WHICH INCLUDE LIKE MARKETING, PRINTING, AND PUBLISHING.
WE'VE ALSO MAINTAINED A LEVEL OF FUNDING REQUESTED IN, UH, IN FY 25 FOR, UH, LAND PURCHASE AS WELL AS FOR OUR PROGRAMS, OUR LOAN PROGRAMS IN THE AREA OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND REAL ESTATE.
UM, AND THE REASON BEHIND THAT IS THAT WHILE IT WASN'T AMBITIOUS GOAL IN 2025, WE JUST WEREN'T QUITE READY FOR, UH, FOR THOSE PARTICULAR, UH, PROGRAMS. BUT I, I'M ALSO A FIRM BELIEVER, A WISE MAN TAUGHT ME AS A KID TO MEASURE TWICE AND CUT ONCE SO THAT, UH, WE DON'T, UH, FIND OURSELVES IN A SITUATION THAT WE CAN'T MANAGE OR HANDLE.
SO, UM, SO THAT, I THINK THAT WE ARE IN A BETTER POSITION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT, UH, TO MANAGE THESE PROGRAMS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO AGAIN, UM, IF YOU, UM, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS THERE, UM, OUR FISCAL YEAR REQUEST FOR THE BUDGET, UM, THIS YEAR IS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 2%, UM, AT 3,479,922.
ALRIGHT, THE BOARD MEMBERS, WE'VE HEARD THE PROPOSAL COMING FROM MR. BOXLEY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, UM, BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION? YES.
UM, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, MR. BOXLEY.
UH, ALL, ALL THE ITEMS THAT WERE, THAT ARE LAID OUT IN THE BUDGET, UM, TIE BACK TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
UM, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET, I, I WOULD LIKE TO CHARGE MR. BOXLEY WITH COMING BACK TO US WITH A FINANCIAL PLAN THAT FOCUSES ON THE REVENUE SIDE.
THAT'S A PIECE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING STRATEGIC PLANNING.
UM, I THINK WE GAVE HIM A NUMBER THAT WE WANTED HIM TO RAISE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THINGS THAT I'VE GOT ON MY MIND OFF THE CUFF HERE.
UM, THE, THE TOWN HAS A NEW GRANT ADMINISTRATOR, UM, THAT I UNDERSTAND IS BEING VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH GOING AFTER GRANTS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO, TO PULL IN, UH, FUNDING.
UM, NOW THAT WE'RE SORT OF GETTING INTO, UH, LAUNCHING THE, THE WEBSITE, UM, THE APP, UM, THERE'S MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
SO DOES THE CDC POSITION ITSELF TO, UM, TO TAKE ON SOME OF THE ATAC OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE TOWN.
UM, AND THEN AS WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, DEVELOPMENT, UM, ON, ON HILTON HEAD, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT MONIES IN HERE TO POSSIBLY PURCHASE LAND, BUT ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CDC TO BE AN EQUITY PARTNER IN SOME PROJECTS SO THAT THERE'S SOME REVENUE COMING IN? OKAY, SO I JUST, I JUST WANT TO START TO, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM A VERY HIGH LEVEL UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING AS FAR AS, UH, THE, THE INCOME SIDE ON THIS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND THE 3.5 TOMORROW, BUT, UM, I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT A LOT GOING OUT AND NOT AS MUCH COMING IN.
WE'VE GOTTA, YOU KNOW, BE CONSCIOUS OF THAT.
SO, UM, I JUST WANNA SPEND SOME TIME WORKING THAT OUT, UM, WITH, WITH THE BOARD AS UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE GOING.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MR. CHAIR.
SO, SO WHEN OUR CHAIR ASKED, HOW DID I DO, PLEASE TELL HER I TRIED MY BEST.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'VE HEARD, WELL, I, I GUESS I, I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, IN, IN THE BUDGET, IS IT, I DIDN'T THINK OF THIS THOMAS WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, UH, PRIOR TO THIS, BUT IS THERE, WHAT'S OUR, LIKE WHAT'S THE TOWN'S KIND OF COMMITMENT TO OUR BUDGET? LIKE HOW DOES, HOW DOES THAT WORK? IS THAT OFFICE SPACE, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME ADMIN SUPPORT, LIKE WHAT'S THE TOWN? THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK THAT THE TOWN HAS, HAS PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR THE CDC AS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR, AS WE MATRICULATE THROUGH OUR GROWTH PHASE.
UH, WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM OUR MARKETING DEPARTMENT, OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, AT COST, UM, AND BASICALLY, UH, FREE SERVICE FOR US.
WE HAVE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, PART-TIME, UH, SERVICES, UH, MS UH, MS. IRVIN WHO ALSO PREPARES,
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YOU KNOW, HANDLES ALL OF OUR LOGISTICAL, UM, APPROACH FROM A, FROM THE TOWN CLERK POSITION AS WELL AS SUPPORT FOR THE CDC.WE DEFINITELY HAVE OFFICE SPACE HERE.
UM, IN THE FUTURE IT WILL BE NECESSARY THAT WE, UH, SPEND MONEY AND ACQUIRE OUR OWN, UM, LOCATION.
SO THAT WOULD BE A, YOU KNOW, OF COST, BUT IT HAS BEEN OF, OF SIGNIFICANT VALUE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE HERE WITH, UH, WITH THE TOWN.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT PARTNER IN THE TOWN.
I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM ON OUR BOARD, BUT THAT IS, UH, SUPPORT IN AND OF ITSELF AS WELL, RIGHT? THAT IS, THAT IS LEADERSHIP FROM THE TOWN PERSPECTIVE ON, ON OUR BOARD.
SO I'M, I'M, I THINK THAT WE HAVE A, A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IN OUR BUDGET, UM, TWO POSITIONS, UM, UM, AND WE CAN, WE CAN PROBABLY HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR THOSE POSITIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE PROVIDE AS A-C-D-C-A VALUE ADD TO THE TOWN AS WELL.
SO, UH, THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN HAVE VERY, VERY CONSTRUCTIVELY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND IT'S NOT, I MEAN, IT'S JUST MORE OF, YOU KNOW, OPEN DIALOGUE.
UM, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HIGHLIGHT IT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON YOUTUBE AND PEOPLE WATCH IT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP AND ALL OF THIS IS INTENTIONAL AND OH YEAH.
YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID COUSIN TOM, IT'S LONG OVERDUE, BUT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE INVESTMENT IS BEING MADE, TIME IS BEING SPENT, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS ARE GOING OUT AND WE ARE OUR, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PUSH THE, OUR CULTURE FORWARD.
MR. BOXLEY, WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT IS OBVIOUS THE TIME AND ENERGY, UH, THAT WENT INTO MAKING THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.
WE'VE ENTERTAINED THE DISCUSSION ON IT.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE IT AS, UH, PRESENTED SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD? MY QUESTION, ALEX, DID YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE APPROVING IT OR DID YOU NO, NO, NO.
IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE ALLAH GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD, UH, APPROVED THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET AS PROPOSED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR? SECOND.
AND SECOND THEN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT CALENDAR YEAR BE APPROVED.
TAKE A VOTE SO THAT CAN GET IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR KEEPING ME ON TRACK.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE, UH, FULFILLED OUR OBLIGATIONS AS, AS IT PERTAINS TO WHAT IS THE WRITTEN AGENDA ITEMS, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PERSONS HERE, NON AGENDA ITEMS OF PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THAT AT THIS MOMENT, AT THIS TIME.
ALRIGHT, NONE THERE BEING NONE.
CAN I GET A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION, YOUR INTEREST, UH, IN THIS COMMITTEE AND WHAT WE DO.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THE WORK THAT YOU, YOU GUYS ARE DOING, IT'S PRICELESS.
UM, YOU, YOU ARE BUILDING IN A SUCCESSION PLAN, CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
UM, YOU'RE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 'EM, A PLATFORM PLANTING SEEDS THAT THEY MAY HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN KNOWN THAT WAS THERE.
SO KUDOS TO YOU FOR WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, YOUR TIME, YOUR ENERGY, AND YOUR, YOUR PRESENCE IN TODAY'S MEETING.
YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT DAY, GAVE
THANKS FOR WATCHING BEAUFORT COUNTY TV.
WHAT IS A SUPER MOON? THIS TERMINOLOGY BECAME COMMON IN POPULAR MEDIA ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN HEADLINES ABOUT THIS PHENOMENON.
A SUPER MOON OCCURS WHEN THERE'S A NEW OR A FULL MOON.
AND THE MOON'S CLOSEST APPROACH
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TO EARTH HAPPENS AT THE SAME TIME.YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW THAT THE MOON'S ORBIT IS NOT PERFECTLY CIRCULAR AROUND THE EARTH, IT'S SLIGHTLY ELLIPTICAL.
AND WHEN THE MOON IS THE FURTHEST FROM EARTH IN ITS ORBIT, THAT'S CALLED APOGEE.
AND WHEN THE MOON IS CLOSEST TO EARTH IN ITS ORBIT, THAT'S CALLED PERGE.
BEFORE SUPER MOON WAS A COMMON TERM, THESE ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS WERE CALLED PERGE FULL MOON OR PERGE NEW MOON.
BUT SUPER MOON SOUNDS A LOT MORE EXCITING.
COMPARE THE APPEARANCE OF AN APOGEE FULL MOON AND A PERGE FULL MOON IN THE SKY.
A PERGE FULL MOON CAN APPEAR 14% WIDER AND 30% BRIGHTER THAN AN APOGEE FULL MOON.
THE FULL SUPER MOON LOOKS PARTICULARLY LARGE AT NIGHTFALL WHEN THE MOON FIRST RISES.
THIS IS CALLED THE MOON ILLUSION.
SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT OUR BRAINS SEE THE MOON CLOSE TO OTHER OBJECTS FOR SIZE REFERENCE, AND IT SEEMS REALLY LARGE, BUT ONCE IT GOES UP HIGHER INTO THE SKY AND IT'S NOT NEAR ANYTHING ELSE, UH, IT SEEMS MUCH SMALLER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS.
BUT YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF THAT THE CHANGE IN THE MOON'S APPARENT SIZE IS JUST AN ILLUSION.
JUST TAKE A PIECE OF PAPER, ROLL IT UP INTO A TUBE, AND TAPE IT SO THAT THE MOON JUST FITS INTO YOUR TUBE.
LOOK AT THE MOON AS IT FIRST COMES UP OVER THE HORIZON AND THEN LOOK AGAIN A FEW HOURS LATER AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE SIZE DOESN'T CHANGE.
TIDAL HEIGHTS ARE AT THEIR GREATEST WHEN THE MOON, THE EARTH, AND THE SUN ARE ALL IN ALIGNMENT, SUCH AS DURING A NEW MOON OR A FULL MOON.
SPRING TIDES A FULLER NEW MOON AND THE PERI G OF THE MOON COINCIDE ABOUT THREE TO FOUR TIMES PER YEAR.
DURING THOSE TIMES, THE HEIGHT OF THE ALREADY LARGER THAN USUAL SPRING TIDES IS ACCENTUATED EVEN MORE BY THE MOONS CLOSER PROXIMITY TO EARTH.
THESE PEREGIAN SPRING TIDES OR SUPER MOON SPRING TIDES ARE ALSO CALLED KING TIDES.
KING TIDES USUALLY HAPPEN ON THE DAY OR TWO AFTER THE SUPER MOON RATHER THAN ON THE EXACT SAME DAY.
KING TIDES CAN GIVE US A CLUE ABOUT WHICH AREAS WILL BECOME PERMANENTLY INUNDATED AS SEA LEVEL CONTINUES TO RISE, AND ALSO WHICH AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE MORE FREQUENT AND MORE INTENSE FLOODING.
THE LOW COUNTRY REGION HAS SEEN A RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE OF ABOUT ONE FOOT IN THE LAST 100 YEARS.
DUE TO A COMBINATION OF GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE AND GROUND SUBSIDENCE, KING TIDES CAN REACH ONE AND A HALF TO TWO FEET ABOVE AVERAGE HIGH TIDE HEIGHT.
SEEING THE FLOODING FROM A KING TIDE IS A LITTLE LIKE LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE AND SEEING THE POTENTIAL RESULTS OF A ONE TO TWO FOOT RISE IN SEA LEVEL.
DUE TO GRADUAL SEA LEVEL RISE DATA SHOW KING TIDES ARE GETTING HIGHER AND OCCURRING MORE OFTEN.
INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS, FLOODING, LOCALIZED DAMAGE AND TRAFFIC ISSUES ARE ALL BYPRODUCTS OF THIS PROCESS.
AND PLANNING FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCY BECOMES AN IMPORTANT TASK SINCE MORE THAN HALF THE WORLD'S POPULATION LIVES IN COASTAL AREAS.
THE KING TIDES PROJECT IS AN INTERNATIONAL CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT THAT IS USING PHOTOGRAPHY DURING KING TIDES TO DOCUMENT FLOODING EVENTS, AREAS AT RISK FOR SEA LEVEL RISE, AND WHAT FUTURE SEA LEVEL RISE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT CAPTURE PHOTOS OF AREAS IN THEIR LOCALITY THAT EXPERIENCE FLOODING AND EROSION AT THE PEAK OF KING TIDES, AND THEN SUBMIT THEM ONLINE TO A DATABASE TO RECORD AND DOCUMENT EFFECTS OF FLOOD RISK IN COASTAL AREAS.
PROVIDE COMPARISONS FOR THE FUTURE AND VALIDATE MODELS WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN REALITY.
AND SOUTH CAROLINA, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL IS LEADING THE SOUTH CAROLINA KING TIDES INITIATIVE, AND YOU CAN HELP BY SUBMITTING PHOTOS THROUGH THE APP FOUND ON MY COAST.ORG/SC.
SUPER MOONS ARE NOT ONLY A BEAUTIFUL SITE, BUT THE RESULTING KING TIDES AFFECT THE LOW COUNTRY'S COASTAL AREAS AS WELL.
NEXT TIME WE HAVE ONE OF THESE SUPER ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS, GO OUT AND SEE WHAT OBSERVATIONS YOU CAN MAKE.