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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
I'M CALLING THE, UH, GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING TO ORDER.
UM, I WELCOME ALL OF OUR GUESTS AND VISITORS.
UM, I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED.
ANY OPPOSED? NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? AND I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE HAD AN, AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THEM.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? SO MOVED TO.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, WE ARE TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
MR. BOXLEY, IF YOU WANT TO START US OFF.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IS IN ATTENDANCE TODAY, UH, FOR OUR AUGUST THE 20TH MEETING.
UM, OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS, UH, AN UPDATE ON OUR WAY FINDING APPLICATION.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, BEEN ENGAGED WITH SOOS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR WAYFINDING APPLICATION AND OUR WEBSITE.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, UM, WHAT DATE WOULD WE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED THE APPLICATION.
AND THE WEBSITE WE ARE GOING TO, WE HAVE SELECTED THURSDAY, OCTOBER THE SECOND AS OUR OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE.
UM, AND WE WILL HOST OUR OFFICIAL LAUNCH AT THE FISHING CO-OP SLASH ROW IN THE SELLING CENTER.
SO, UH, WE WILL HAVE AN OFFICIAL, UM, COMMUNICATION THAT WILL BE, UM, THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN THE COMPANY.
IT'LL BE IN SEPTEMBER BY WHEN WE RELEASE THE OFFICIAL, UM, MARKETING AND PR STRATEGY FOR THAT.
AND, UH, WE'RE INVITING THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
UH, THAT TIMEFRAME IS 5:30 PM UM, IN THE EVENING.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME GOOD WEATHER IN OCTOBER AND WE'LL BE WELL PAST, UH, HURRICANE SEASON, ET CETERA, AND THE HEAT OF AUGUST SO THAT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY CAN COME OUT AND, UH, AND CELEBRATE THIS MILESTONE WITH US.
UM, CURRENTLY AS WE STAND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF, OF, UH, THE APPLICATION SIGNAGE IS IN PRODUCTION IN THE FINAL PHASES OF PRODUCTION AND WILL BE INSTALLED WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE COMING WEEKS.
SO WE'LL HAVE SIGNAGE INSTALLED AND, UH, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE FINAL DETAILS OF, OF OUR DYNAMIC WEBSITE.
AND SO I HAVE, UM, SENT INFORMATION AND LINKS TO THE BOARD.
IT IS NOT UP AND LIVE JUST YET.
AND SO WE'RE VERY, VERY CAREFUL ABOUT, UM, ABOUT RELEASING THIS, UM, IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC OR TOO TO TOO MANY PEOPLE BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALL OF THE DETAILS IRONED OUT AND CORRECT AND HAVE THE, THE BEST REPRESENTATION OF THE GULER COMMUNITY, UH, ON OUR SITE BEFORE WE RELEASE IT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AT OUR BOARD MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, WE WILL HAVE A FINAL PRESENTATION BY THE CONTRACTOR THAT WILL WALK US THROUGH THE ASPECTS OF THE SITE AS WELL AS THE FEATURES OF THE APPLICATIONS.
AND THEY WILL BE PRESENT IN PERSON IN OCTOBER AT OUR LAUNCH ON OCTOBER 2ND.
SO I WANTED, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO, TO CELEBRATE WITH US WITH THE COMMUNITY IN OCTOBER.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL, UM, ASK IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
UH, IN MEETING WITH THOMAS, I DID, UH, LOAD THE APP, WHICH FOR ME, SINCE I'M NOT TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN, WAS A FEAT IN ITSELF AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.
I'VE GONE THROUGH IT AND I RECOMMEND THAT YOU GUYS, UM, GO OUT AND GET IT AND CAPTURE IT.
BEFORE THAT SEPTEMBER MEETING, UM, I ASKED THOMAS HAD HE INVITED KEY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, THE LODGING AREA.
AND HE HAS, HE IS GOING TO DO THAT CORRECT COMMENT, CORRECT? CORRECT.
WE WILL, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE, UM, IN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR, UM, OUR, UM, MARKETING, OUR DMO ORGANIZATION AS WE MOVE CLOSER AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE INVITED AND INCLUDED.
AND ALSO TO, UH, TO GARNER THE SUPPORT FROM THE RESORT COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE SHORT TERM RENTAL
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COMMUNITY SO THAT WE ARE COVERING ALL THE BASES, UH, FOR THE, THE FOLKS THAT TRAVEL TO HILTON HEAD FOR VACATION, SO THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO DOWNLOAD THE APP AND TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE, UH, WHILE THEY'RE HERE ON THEIR VISIT.I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE OUR BOARD MEMBER SARAH EISNER PARTICIPATING VIA PHONE TODAY.
WE, WE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY, SO SHE IS AVAILABLE BY TELEPHONE WITH US AS WELL.
I THINK ANDRE HAS A QUESTION, SIR.
SO JUST SO I REMEMBER, MAYBE YOU ASKED PREVIOUSLY, AND I DID LIKE A EDIT AND GAVE YOU FEEDBACK ON SORT OF MY THOUGHTS ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, HOW'S IT BEEN WITH GETTING IMAGES FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, LIKE THE SUPPORT, LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE THINGS? HAS THAT BEEN EASY PROCESS OR YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.
IT'S, IT IS BEEN A PROCESS, UM, SOMETIMES EASY.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO, UM, HAVE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN OF SOME OF THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT WE HAVE ON FILE SOME OF OUR OWN IMAGES, UH, AS WELL THAT WE CAN DRAW ON AND UTILIZE.
UM, AND WE SHOULD BE WORKING THAT OUT ON FRIDAY, UM, OFFICIALLY GETTING SOME, UH, A CONTRACT WITH, WITH A, A PHOTOGRAPHER TO GO TAKE SOME IMAGES THAT WILL GIVE US A CACHE OF ABOUT 40 IMAGES THAT WE CAN UTILIZE, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO, UM, I THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE A, A POSITIVE WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS APPLICATION SO THAT WE DO HAVE THE IMAGES THAT, THAT WOULD, UM, BEST REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY.
BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME PHOTOS FROM SOME FAMILY MEMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD, UM, UM, THROUGH THE YEARS, DIFFERENT PHOTOS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN THAT ARE PART OF THE INVENTORY OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HERE.
SO, SO WE DO HAVE SOME IMAGES, BUT YEAH, WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE THIS LAST STEP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IMAGES AND INVENTORY.
UH, THOMAS, UH, ARE ANY PHYSICAL SIGNS BEING BUILT AND INSTALLED AT THIS POINT OR? YES.
WE HAVE A, UM, A, A CONTRACTOR THAT IS ACTUALLY FABRICATING THE SIGNS THAT WILL BE LOCATED AT THE PHYSICAL LOCATIONS.
AND SO YES, THEY ARE, UM, THEY ARE ACTUALLY BEING FABRICATED NOW.
WE SHOULD HAVE A, UM, A MOCK UP WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE A, IT'S, IT'S, WE TOOK FEEDBACK FROM THE, THE ORIGINAL DESIGN AND KIND OF CHANGED SOME OF THE FONTS.
I, I SENT SOME INFORMATION OUT TO THE BOARD IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE APPEARANCE OF THE SIGNS, AND SO GOT SOME FEEDBACK AND GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY BASED ON THOSE DESIGNS.
AND SO, UM, AND ALSO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WITH SOME OF THE LOCATIONS BECAUSE, UH, HERE AT THE TOWN WE HAD A MEETING, UH, RELATED TO, UH, A DA COMPLIANCE.
SO MAKING SURE THAT OUR SIGNAGE IS ACCESSIBLE, UH, FOR FOLKS, UM, UM, WITH MOBILITY CHALLENGES MM-HMM
SO, UM, SO WE'RE TAKING ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND, AND CREATE, WE'VE CREATED A SIGN THAT, THAT I THINK IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LOCATION OF THEM WILL BE, UH, IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO PATHWAYS AS WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT SO THAT FOLKS, YOU KNOW, CAN, CAN ACCESS IT WITHOUT ANY, UM, UH, INHIBITIONS.
I GOT SOME WHEELS TURNING WITH THIS QUESTION ABOUT, UH, PHOTOGRAPHS.
UH, DO, DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, MR. BOXY FACEBOOK AND SO ON, THE THINGS THAT TEACHERS AND I WOULDN'T BE INVOLVED IN
SO WE, WE TECHNICALLY HAVE THE, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA ACCESS THROUGH, THROUGH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD AND POSTS THAT ARE MADE THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
WE, WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRAND, UM, WITH THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION TO CREATE A BRAND AS WELL.
SO, SO YES, WE, WE DO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO THIS IS PROBABLY DOWN THE ROAD, BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN I AM, UH, FINDING SOME TIME TO LOOK AT FACEBOOK, UM, I SOMETIMES SEE THAT LOCALS ARE POSTING PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE PAST.
UM, WHICH IS QUITE INTERESTING WHEN THEY FIND SOME OF THIS, UH, THIS, UH, MATERIAL.
UM, SO I'M JUST THINKING MR. BOXER, MAYBE SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD WE COULD MAYBE CREATE SOME TYPE OF CHALLENGE WITHIN THAT SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD
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MM-HMMASKING FOR FOLKS TO SHARE WHAT THEY HAVE.
UM, I JUST THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I DO HOPE THAT THE CDC WILL HAVE ITS OWN, UM, FACEBOOK PAGE AND INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT SO THAT WE CAN POST AND BLAST OUT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
AND THIS, THIS WILL REPRESENT THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO UTILIZE THE BRAND THAT WE ARE CREATING TO, UM, TO DO JUST THAT, TO, TO IMPRINT IN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. AND, UM, AND, AND I LOVE THAT IDEA OF A CHALLENGE, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED FROM FAR AND NEAR, BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE FOLKS OUTTA STATE THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, UM, PHOTOGRAPHS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD, UH, REALLY ADD TO, UH, WHAT WE'RE WORKING TO ACCOMPLISH.
MR. WHITE, WOULD IT BE MANAGED BY THE TOWNS SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM? NO.
IS THAT HOW IT WOULD BE? NO, THAT'S, WE, WE, YEAH, WE WOULD END UP, UM, WITH THIS, WITH THIS BEING A STANDALONE, WE WOULD END UP, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE WOULD BE MANAGING THE CONTENT, ET CETERA.
UM, BUT WE WOULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, GUIDELINES, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT STEPPING OUTSIDE OF, OF WHAT IS ALLOWABLE AND ACCEPTABLE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF, OF OF SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY THAT EXISTS HERE, HERE AT THE TOWN.
MR. BOXY, I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION OF THE MM-HMM
THERE'S A, UH, HILTON HEAD TELEVISION STATION.
WAS IT CHANNEL THREE? WHHI? YES.
ARE WE GOING ON THAT? WE, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE GOING ON.
W-H-H-I-I, I'VE HAD A, UM, A COUPLE OF INTERVIEWS WITH THEM, UH, TO KIND OF TEE IT UP AND KIND OF SEEDING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT'S COMING.
UM, BUT YES, WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THAT PLATFORM TO GET THE WORD OUT AS WE MOVE CLOSER.
DEFINITELY WANT TO, WANT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, TO EXTEND THE INVITATION TO OUR, UH, TO OUR LAUNCH ON OCTOBER THE SECOND.
WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS MIGHT YOU HAVE ON THIS TOPIC BOARD? OKAY.
LET'S THEN MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE, NEW BUSINESS.
SO, UM, OUR NEW BUSINESS ITEM IS THE ELECTION OF OUR OFFICERS THAT WILL SERVE A TERM THAT COMMENCED ON JULY ONE AND RUNS THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2026.
UM, WE ARE RUNNING JUST A, JUST A LITTLE BEHIND ON OUR ELECTIONS, UH, ON OUR OFFICER ELECTIONS, BUT, UM, TODAY WE WILL BE ELECTING OFFICERS FOR THE POSITIONS OF BOARD CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, AND, UM, SECRETARY AND TREASURER.
UH, ACCORDING TO OUR BYLAWS, BASED ON OUR BYLAWS, UM, EACH OFFICER, UM, ELECTED OFFICER SERVES NO MORE THAN TWO TERMS. AND SO WE HAVE, UM, OFFICERS TODAY THAT, UH, WE HAVE THREE OFFICERS THAT, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE FOR TWO TERMS. SO SINCE WE COMMENCED OPERATIONS, SO, UH, WE'LL NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS, OUR CURRENT OFFICERS, AS YOU SEE, UM, OUR CHAIR IS MS. PETERSON.
OUR VICE CHAIR IS MR. JOHNSON, OUR SECRETARY, CURRENT SECRETARY IS MR. WHITE, AND OUR TREASURER IS MR. BROWN.
OF THOSE FOUR OFFICES, UM, MR. WHITE IS, UH, ELIGIBLE FOR REELECTION, 'CAUSE THIS IS HIS FIRST TERM.
UM, BUT THE OTHER THREE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND TREASURER WILL ALL HAVE TO BE, UM, BACK FILLED AND, UM, SERVED BY ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHAIRWOMAN, UM, FOR THE OPENING OF FLOOR, OPENING OF THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THESE POSITIONS.
FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR, UH, THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS.
I NOMINATE PASTOR JOHNSON AS CHAIRPERSON.
YOU ARE GONNA BE BEST TO PASS.
IS, ARE, ARE WE MAKING A MOTION ON THESE OR ARE WE GONNA TAKE THE ENTIRE SLATE AND MAKE A MOTION FOR THE ENTIRE SLATE? WE CAN DO THAT.
WE CAN TAKE, UH, UM, A MOTION FOR THE ENTIRE SLATE OF OFFICERS.
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OKAY.CAN I MOVE? WELL, WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ANY NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR? NO, SIR.
I NOMINATE MS. SHIRLEY PETERSON FOR VICE CHAIR.
ANY OTHER? I DIDN'T DO THAT YET.
FOR SECRETARY, I NOMINATE ANDRE WHITE.
SECOND FOR TREASURER I NOMINATE SUSAN.
SARAH, SARAH EISNER FOR TREASURE.
ALRIGHT, SO THE NOMINATIONS, THE NEW OFFICERS WOULD BE PASTOR LEWIS JOHNSON FOR CHAIR, VICE CHAIRMAN, UH, SHIRLEY PETERSON, SECRETARY ANDRE WHITE AND TREASURER SARAH EISNER.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ENTIRE SLATE AS UM, DISCUSSED.
AND WELCOME TO OUR NEW OFFICERS.
UM, IN HIS ABSENCE AND MAYBE, UM, IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE, UM, SEE HIM, UM, SERVE IN HIS CHAIR WHEN HE RETURNS
BUT, UM, UM, WE WILL, UM, WE WILL NEED OUR CURRENT CHAIR TO PRESIDE OVER THE MEETING, UM, IN ABSTENTION, SEEING AS THOUGH YOU WERE JUST, UH, NOMINATED AND ACCEPTED AND VOTED IN AS VICE CHAIR.
SO, UM, YOUR WORK IS NOT YET DONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. BOXER FOR LEADING US TO THAT.
UH, WE ARE NOW AT THE POINT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY NON AGENDA ITEMS. MR. WILLIAMS? MR. WAYNE? ALRIGHT.
SEEING NONE, UM, I NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
GO AHEAD, MOVE TO GO INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE WAS NO, UH, ACTION TAKEN AT THIS TIME IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVE, ADJOURN.
ANY OPPOSED? SO MOVED FOR WATCHING.
THIS IS NATALIE HEFTER FROM THE COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM, AND THIS IS YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.
TRUCK FARMING WAS INTRODUCED IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1868 UP NEAR CHARLESTON, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THE MID 1870S WHEN THE PORT ROYAL AUGUSTA RAILROAD RAN THROUGH THIS REGION.
THE TRUCK FARMING BECAME A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ECONOMIC INDUSTRY HERE.
OUR FARMERS HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY RELIED UPON THIS LONG GROWING SEASON THAT WE HAVE TO GROW PRODUCE THAT WAS NEEDED IN URBAN AREAS AND PARTICULARLY UP NORTH.
AS THESE FARMERS GREW THEIR POTATOES, TOMATOES, CORN, BROCCOLI, ASPARAGUS, AND LETTUCE.
LETTUCE WAS ACTUALLY AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CROPS HERE.
AT ONE TIME, BEAUFORT WAS EVEN KNOWN AS LETTUCE CITY.
AS YOU TRAVEL PARTS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY AND SEE LARGE SCALE FARMS TODAY, REMEMBER THAT THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF BEAUFORT COUNTY'S HISTORY.
THIS IS NATALIE HEFTER FROM THE COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM, AND THIS HAS BEEN YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.
TO SEE MORE BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENTS GO TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY
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