BLYTHEWOOD – Town Council’s annual day-long working retreat may be a little larger than usual this year, and a little different. Mayor J. Michael Ross said on Monday that he and Council are making an all-out effort to include resident participation in this year’s event. “The public has always been invited to our retreats,” Ross […]
Council decides against refinancing 2010 $5.5 million BFC bond
December 14, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After suggesting last month that the Town of Blythewood might want to consider taking advantage of advance refunding to refinance its $5.5 million bond issued in 2010 by the Blythewood Facilities Corporation (BFC), attorney Ray Jones of Parker Poe, returned to a Council workshop last week to advise the Town to hold off […]
Wildfire doused near Ashley Oaks
December 7, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Much of Blythewood was blanketed in smoke last Thursday when a wildfire that was described as low-intensity spread over approximately 50 acres just north of Ashley Oaks. Several firefighters, a brush truck and an engine were sent from Columbia. The South Carolina Forestry Commission also assisted, bulldozing firebreaks around the northern and western […]
Parker Poe suggests refinancing $5.5 M bond
November 30, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Attorney Ray Jones of Parker Poe, the Town’s bond consultant for the $5.5 million bond issued by the Blythewood Facilities Corporation in 2010, told Council Monday evening that it might want to take advantage of an opportunity to refinance that bond under advance refunding which, he said, is a financing technique that allows […]
Council Rethinks Poe Hire
September 15, 2016 By
Hospital Negotiations Land in County’s Lap WINNSBORO (Sept. 15, 2016) – During Monday’s County Council meeting, County Administrator Jason Taylor called members’ attention to a request for action to engage the services of Parker Poe Consulting, LLC for assistance with legal matters relating to Fairfield Memorial Hospital. The issue had been sent forward to Council by […]
Blythewood Town Hall’s Cumulative Checkbook
June 14, 2012 By
Checks paid out Jan., 2012 – May, 2012 Town of Blythewood $100,000.00 Robert Cappadona (Planning Commissioner) 893.00 PitBull Systems LLC (Internet Consultant) 5,819.30 StoryPowered, Inc. (North Carolina PR, Marketing Consultant) 13,865.90 Michael Criss (Town Planning Consultant) 13,337.50 Blythewood Historical Society 17,200.00 Sustainable Design Consultants 2,675.89 Kem Smith CPA […]
