About Georgetown County, SC

Luckily this multi-million dollar beachfront home in Debordieu Colony, Georgetown, S.C. was vacant at the time of this conflagration last week. Imagine the heat that this fire generated. Several other homes in the area were damaged by heat and flying, burning debris. The cause of this fire is still under investigation. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the owners of this home and no amount of insurance can replace the beachfront memories that this home held. We are thankful that no owners, guests or emergency personnel were injured or killed in this Debordieu fire tragedy.

If you want to know where future growth will happen, follow your local infrastructure: Roads, Water, Sewer, Power. Here in Georgetown County, South Carolina we are watching the corridor of Highway 701 that runs north out of Georgetown, South Carolina to Conway, South Carolina. From the recent Plantersville zoning meetings to the continued speculation about where a future road will cross the Waccamaw River and Intracoastal Waterway to connect the Waccamaw Neck to Highway 701, this area is changing.

One entity to watch carefully is the Georgetown County Water and Sewer District (GWSD). Don't be fooled by the name, this is a private water company and must make a profit to survive. In other words, they expand in areas that promise a viable customer base. One such area is Plantersville, S.C.

GWSD has applied for financial assistance from the federal government to continue their public sewer system from Georgetown, north across the Black River and into an area encompassing most of Plantersville. An environmental assessment must be done for this project and copies of it have been made available to the public.

As real estate professionals it is our duty to constantly educate ourselves and discover material facts about areas, neighborhoods, and specific properties. Knowledge and experience are how we add value to a transaction, never stop learning.

Sorry its been a while since i blogged!

Its been very busy.

So much so that I was awarded Agent of the Month for Myrtle Beach South- contracts written.

If you are about to place your home on the market, please call me asap. I have buyers!

Dont listen to the nay sayers, if you agressively price your home, and its in great condition, I will sell it for you.

In this market you require a full time agent, with investing expreience who is internet savvy.

i am a professional, this is my livelyhood and I provide my clients with 110$ service.

Call me today.

You Agent Matters...

Dave Rourke

Keller Williams Myrtle Beach South

Pawleys IsLand SC

Toll Free 877- PAWLEY-2

DAVIDROURKE@KW.COM

WWW.MRPAWLEYSISLAND.COM

The bridge connecting the bike lane along U.S. Highway 17 in Murrells Inlet and the recently constructed bike trail along the edge of Huntington Beach State Park has been completed. It is a beautiful wood bridge that connects to a trail leading all the way into Litchfield, SC. The Huntington Beach State Park trail is paved and meanders through gorgeous wooded and wetland sections of the park. This trail provides a wonderful and much safer alternative to cycling on U.S. 17.

Earlier this month there was a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Boat Landing on the Sampit River in Georgetown, S.C. The Landing will be named the Carroll Ashmore Campbell Marine Complex in honor of Carroll Campbell, South Carolina's Governor from 1987-1995. Carroll Campbell died in 2005 and is buried in Pawleys Island, S.C.

The landing is scheduled to be complete in June 2009 and will feature six boat lanes for putting in and taking out boats and 200 public parking spaces. The need for this new marine complex was sparked by the increasing popularity of fishing. Increased boat traffic has made the current public landing at East Bay Park congested during the peak season. The Sampit River is freshwater at the location of the proposed landing just south of the Sylvan Rosen Bridge in the Maryville section. However, saltwater access is just around the bend in the Winyah Bay. See you on the water!