Photo from the Island Packet 6/10/10
The Beaufort 45 Reef is getting some new neighbors today. Old personnel carriers from the Army will get a new home today. After being stripped of all equipment and degreased they are ready to become habitat for the reef. The carriers will become home to small marine life which will eventually attract larger game fish for our local sports fishing enthusiast.
It is a welcome addition to the artificial reefs along the South Carolina coast.
Thanks
Copy Right Charlie B Fraser 2010
By KATE CERVE
kcerve@beaufortgazette.com
843-706-8177
Published Friday, April 30, 2010
Retired developer receives honorary degree
Joseph B. Fraser Jr., business leader, environmental preservationist and public servant, received an honorary doctoral degree at Friday's University of South Carolina Beaufort commencement. USCB Chancellor Jane Upshaw said Fraser pioneered conservation-minded communities that incorporated wildlife preserves and protected green space. He helped keep the Heritage Classic golf tournament alive in the 1980s and helped form the Heritage Classic Foundation. In the school's 50th year, leaders of the University of South Carolina Beaufort traced the community's more than 200-year history of higher education that began with Beaufort College.
At Friday's graduation ceremony, the 222 members of USCB's class of 2010 -- the university's largest graduating class yet -- recalled the changes they saw.
Graduate Ben Lipscomb said the library didn't exist when he started at USCB. There weren't any athletics programs, either. Or the Sand Sharks mascot.
"There are a lot more people now," Lipscomb said. "Watching it grow was pretty neat."
"When I first got there, there was no student center," graduate Chelsia Hopkins said. "And now, we have the cafeteria and the gym and the student lounge. There have been a lot of great changes I've seen."
This year's commencement ceremony marked the first time Chancellor Jane Upshaw wore a traditional chancellor's medallion, after the Trustees of the College of Beaufort donated it to the university in April.
Even the language in the diploma changed.
"The diplomas the class of 2010 receives will recognize for the first time -- officially -- USCB's independent accreditation as a baccalaureate campus," Harris Pastides, president of USC, told the graduates.
Upshaw thanked the graduates for their contributions to the university's growth.
"Through your accomplishments, you have built USCB's reputation in our region and our state," she said.
Jonathan Green, acclaimed artist and Gullah conservationist, delivered the commencement address and encouraged the graduates to look to their country's past to understand the culture of the world they live in.
He spoke about the African farmers who brought skills to South Carolina's rice-growing region and made rice one of the most profitable industries in early America. Rice brought people together and still can, said Green, who was born in Gardens Corner.
"I want you to understand what a magnificent culture we are, where we came from, who we are," Green said. "... You are a product of this culture, regardless of your color, your religion. You are the future of this culture."
The above article is from the Island Packet.
I am very proud of my father and what he has done for this community for over fifty five years, from the days as a logger, a home builder, a land planner, a philanthropy as Chairman of the Heritage Classic Foundation.
I would like to express my thanks to the USC board for bestowing the honorary degree to my father, Joseph B Fraser.
For all the residents of Beaufort and Jasper Counties I encourage you to get behind what USCB is doing. Chancel Jane Upshaw is doing a great job at USCB and it will be an integral part of our economic growth, and diversity in the types of companies that locate in Beaufort & Jasper Counties.
Charlie B Fraser copyright 2010
Samuel Arnal 10, stands by the staute dedicated to his grandfather Charles Fraser during it's unveiling at the Compass Rose park on Hilton Head Island. " He loves that photo," said Samuels mother, Laura Lawton Fraser. "He's always imitating the walk at home" / Sarah Welliver/ The Island Packet
By ROB WILE rwile@islandpacket.com 843-706-8138 Published Saturday, April 17, 2010
Hilton Head Island residents saw history cast forever into bronze Saturday at the unveiling of the Charles E. Fraser Statue in Compass Rose Park. The statue is the product of several years of planning by the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry and its Public Art Fund, created in 2005. It depicts the photograph that appeared in the March 3, 1962, edition of the Saturday Evening Post showing Fraser walking with an alligator on the Sea Pines Ocean Course. Fraser, who died in 2002, founded the Sea Pines Co. in 1956, and the photograph helped put Hilton Head on the map as a tourist destination. Many members of Fraser's family were in attendance at the park on Pope Avenue, including his widow, Mary Fraser. "It's wonderful to have his feet back on the land," she said. "He came, he saw, he did. He perceived what others did not and took a stand for it." Laura Lawton Fraser praised her father's legacy of having created opportunities for tourism on Hilton Head while preserving the local environment. She said his experiences studying land-use covenants as a law student at Yale University were an important step in forming his vision for the island. "That's when he knew he could take something beautiful and keep it beautiful," she said. Mayor Tom Peeples was on hand to dedicate the statue, as were acolytes of Fraser's in the development community. Jim Chaffin, a Heritage Classic Foundation board member who worked for Fraser at the Sea Pines Co. and later started his own development firm, discussed Fraser's unique approach to development, including the addition of bike lanes, which Chaffin said were a novelty in the 1960s. "Who else had a line item in their budget for 'fun and sizzle'?" he said. The total cost of the statue was $126,000, said Carolyn Torgersen, vice president for marketing and communications for the Community Foundation, with all money raised through private contributions. The Community Foundation commissioned sculptor Susie Chisholm of Savannah to create the Fraser statue, which measures just over 6 feet tall. Darrell Davis of Texas sculpted the 10-foot-long alligator.
The above article is from the Island Packet. It was a beautiful morning, and a nice dedication to my uncle Charles. Jim Chaffin gave a nice speech about Charles and how he inspired others to make Hilton Head what it is today. My aunt Mary and my cousins Wymann Davis and laura Lawton Fraser were on hand with their children all present. Below is a picture of my family wife Linda son Charles Elliott and my son's girlfriend Alex Corby. Three generations of Charles Fraser's. 
Hampton Lake has once again been recognized for their inovative land planning and marketing skills. The development team of Hampton lakes has been highly successful in and around the Beaufort County area. They have also been doing well in a depressed market which is also a sign of their overall team from design to implementation to marketing. The Island Packet release a press release today about winning the "Best in American Living Awards ceremony, sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders' Design Committee and Professional Builder magazine."
Last year Hampton Lake won the "Best Community Facility" this year Palmetto Bluff won the award for Wilson's Landing, both facilities built by my brother Joe's company Fraser Construction
http://fraser-construction.com/
My Blog about Last Years Award
http://hiltonheadrealestatenewsletter.blogspot.com/2008/02/hampton-lakes-lakeside-village-home.html
Below is the article from the Island Packet
Property of Charlie B Fraser 2009
Bluffton's Hampton Lake wins national award
By DON McLOUD
dmcloud@islandpacket.com 843-706-8139 Published Wednesday, January 21, 2009 <!-- Mycapture has changed their image location...commenting out for now
Hampton Lake in Bluffton won a prestigious national award Monday, being named the Best Community with 151 Homes and Over in the country.
The lakefront community off U.S. 278 beat out developments from throughout the United States to receive the honor at the Best in American Living Awards ceremony, sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders' Design Committee and Professional Builder magazine.
The awards are presented to outstanding builders, architects, designers, developers, land planners and interior designers nationwide in 36 categories.
Paul Deffenbaugh, editorial director for Professional Builder, said past winners of the award include companies of excellent international reputation. "It's quite prestigious," he said. "The kind of company Hampton Lake is keeping is very good."
Deffenbaugh said the judges look at a variety of criteria, including the quality of the land development, consideration of the environment, amenities and proximity to parkland.
The winner also must show success in marketing and sales. "If it doesn't sell, it doesn't win," he said.
Despite a slow economy, Hampton Lake has sold 450 properties since 2006, according to Gerrit Albert, president of Hampton Lake.
Albert, who is in Las Vegas at the International Builders' Show, said the other main contributing factor to the development's success is its amenities. The developer, Reed Development of Bluffton, conducted focus groups to determine what people wanted in a community and what they didn't want.
Because of those responses, Albert said Hampton Lake has property owners whose ages vary. "The majority of our owners are baby boomers, but we appeal to people in their 30s and 40s as well," he said.
The big draw is the Lakeside Village, built around a 165-acre freshwater lake. Amenities include a 340-acre nature preserve with nine miles of nature trails, a waterfront bar and grill, general store, nature center, spa and fitness center, resort-style pools, a boathouse and beach at the lake, an overnight camping island, a dog park and golf course. Tennis courts are being built.
"All of our amenities are clustered together," Albert said. "There's something to do for everyone."
Albert said he considered the award a testament to quality development occurring in the area, some of it as a continuation of the early development on Hilton Head Island by brothers Charles and Joe Fraser. Fraser Construction of Bluffton has done much of the major facilities construction in Hampton Lake, and John Reed worked with Fraser before forming his own development company.
"The legacy really does live on today," Albert said.
Other major players in Hampton Lake's development are Malphrus Construction of Hilton Head, PBG of Hardeeville and Wood+Partners of Hilton Head.
Other local winners
Other local winners of the 25th Annual Best in American Living Awards, sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders and Professional Builder magazine, are:
• Wilson's Landing at Palmetto Bluff won Best Community Facility (151 Units and Over). Hampton Lake's Lakeside Village won the same award last year. Both facilities were built by
Fraser Construction of Bluffton.
• Wayne Windham Architect, P.A., of Bluffton won the 2008 Home of the Year award for the design of a custom home in Palmetto Bluff. The firm also received an award for the Best One-of-a-Kind Home in the 4,000- to 6,500-square-foot category and the Best in Region Award.
• Erickson Home by Noro Co. of Port Royal won Best Single Family Detached Home (1,800 Square Feet and Below).
I am a lowcountry native who grew up on Hilton Head Island and experienced something that will never be duplicated. I have seen the island go from a population of 2500 to 40000 over the last 44 years.
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