The Watson Hill saga continues –
"When it comes to tourism, the S.C. Highway 61 corridor is perhaps the most visited part of the Charleston area aside from the downtown historic district.
Much-photographed for its canopies of Spanish moss-hung live oaks, Highway 61 is home to the “Big Three” Ashley River plantations: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Middleton Place and Drayton Hall. The state’s oldest church building, Old Saint Andrews Parish Church, also lies along this former Indian path, and the Ashley River flows parallel to the highway from its headwaters near Summerville in Dorchester County.
However, where tourists see plantations, developers see opportunity.
Dorchester County is the state’s fastest-growing county, with a population of 112,500 in 2005 compared with 96,900 in 1990. Land values along Highway 61, midway between Charleston and Summerville, are far higher for residential development than for farming and demand for housing in the Lowcountry isn’t shrinking.
Can the area sustain the history and natural beauty that secure tourist dollars while opening the door to economic growth and residential development?"
http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/issues/13_7/news/9033-1.html
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