Hey Everybody!

Craig and I wanted to give you all a quick update before everyone settles into their typical long southern summer season, or is lucky enough to go away for a while to a place that has a lot of shade and cool breezes.

First off, York Prep has water! The City and YPA have recently come to a tentative agreement that would allow a water utility extension to the school site at Kettlesong. That’s no small thing and City Council will need to approve the proposed extension to make it official, but we’re confident that we will get an official go ahead at that time. Upon approval, we expect to begin sitework for the school.

Secondly - we know there’s no one thing that makes Kettlesong unique. It’s a lot of things that when carefully crafted and intentionally fashioned make it one of a kind, so it should come as no surprise that we’re writing our own community code. And we’re especially happy about last week’s submission of our community development standards for Kettlesong to Rock Hill’s Planning Department. It includes a lot of technical information including a traffic impact analysis, a master utility plan, architectural design standards, wetlands preservation work, and even a planned phasing strategy for a walkable, mixed-use master planned project. There’s more, but you get the picture. It’s a benchmark submission and marks the culmination of over 2 ½ yrs. in development and design and the contributions of some very talented professionals.

Lastly, and maybe the most perplexing of all the many hurdles we have to overcome is the question of a utility extension that would provision sewer and water to Kettlesong. It’s a tough one, and to date we have not yet been able to secure a commitment from the City for those services. We say ‘yet’ because we are confident that it is not a matter of “if” but “when” we are able to reach an agreement that is mutually beneficial to both the city and for Kettlesong. 

Unfortunately, there’s no ‘easy button’ when you’re going for great so we’re just going to have to get good with things taking a bit more time.

Hope you all have the best summer yet!

-Nik