BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood Town Council members balked at a proposal to spend $50,000 to help build Centennial Park at Ft. Jackson, a proposed park at the Columbia military base located approximately 14 miles from the Town of Blythewood limits. In October 2019, the council kicked in $15,000 toward the park, said Town Administrator Carroll Williamson. […]
Blythewood election results
November 2, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Current Town Councilman Sloan J. Griffin, III and Planning Commission Chair Rich McKenrick handily won the two open seats on Blythewood Town Council Tuesday night. Passed over for an endorsement by the Blythewood Chamber of Commerce and openly campaigned against on Facebook by former mayor Mike Ross, Griffin, with 364 votes (42.72%), was […]
Blythewood council meeting postponed to Nov. 1
October 28, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood town council meeting scheduled for earlier this week was rescheduled for Monday, Nov. 1, as a joint council/planning commission meeting. Both meetings have long agendas, with a summary of the town’s comprehensive plan during the commission meeting. The council meeting will include an update on Richland County’s planned industrial park in […]
Chamber hosts council candidate forum
October 28, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Two of three candidates running for two town council seats showed up at Tuesday night’s candidate forum held at The Manor to answer questions first from the Blythewood chamber of commerce and later from members of the audience. Prior to the event, missing candidate Town Councilman Sloan Griffin, Jr. released a statement that […]
Candidate debate set for Oct. 26
October 7, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Chamber of Commerce is organizing a debate for the three candidates running for a seat on Blythewood town council in the Nov. 2 election. According to email from the chamber, the debate will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at the Doko Manor. No time was designated. Richland School District Two […]
Brown, Trapp honored by Blythewood Town Council
October 7, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – As the father of the late Stacey Lamarn Brown and the family of Joe Trapp stood before council last week, Mayor Bryan Franklin read proclamations in honor of Brown and Trapp. Franklin declared the 23rd Day of August, 2021, as Stacey Lamarn Brown Day (pictured above) in the Town of Blythewood. Franklin said […]
Council votes to rezone two properties
September 30, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – During a lengthy meeting Monday night, town council approved first reading on two rezoning issues. In a unanimous vote, council approved a zoning map amendment for a 10.4-acre property on Langford Road, rezoning the property from Rural District (RU) to Multi-Neighborhood Commercial District (MC) within the Architectural Overlay District. One of the property […]
Candidates for Town Council
September 30, 2021 By
Sloan Griffin, 35Cobblestone Park, 4 years; South Carolina DOT, Emergency Manager Hello, my name is Sloan J. Griffin III, and I’m seeking your support for Re-Election to Blythewood Town Council. My family, consisting of my wife Tennille, my son Tristin, and my Pomeranian Rosco and I, are residents of Cobblestone and we attend church at […]
Four candidates file for two Blythewood council seats
September 9, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Four town residents have filed to run for two at-large seats on town council in the upcoming Nov. 2 municipal elections. The filing period ended Tuesday at 5 p.m. Filing to run for the four-year term on council are: incumbents Larry Griffin and Sloan Griffin, Planning Commission Chairman Rich McKenrick and Cobblestone Park […]
Blythewood reverses decision to release FOIA’d documents
September 2, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – On Monday, Aug. 30, the town reversed its refusal to release responsive documents sought by The Voice from Town Administrator Carroll Williamson through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request 41 days earlier. The Voice requested the following documents: 1) a copy of the contract or letter of engagement that secured the outside […]
