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One way or another Developer says opposition won’t stop his plans for Paris Mountain By CHarles Sowell | staff
One way or another, Eric Kaufmann says his plans to develop the secondhighest point on Paris Mountain will bear fruit. The views from the 1,800-foot high building site are more than just panoramic on a crystal-clear winter day. There is nearly a 180-degree view of the Blue Wall. Distant Mt. Pisgah peeks over the wall. Whiteside Mountain is visible to the west and the mountains
of Georgia are crisp blue mounds on the horizon. The development would be called Altera and, as now proposed, would put a condo complex that hugs the 1,800-foot line in an arch around the top of the mountain, Kaufmann said. It would be designed to mimic the Biltmore Estate’s main house and have room for 74 units of about 2,000 square feet each. Included in the plan for Altera are amenities, a clubhouse/restaurant on a small pond on the property. Plans include a center focusing on the environment and miles of walking trails. Kaufmann expects opposition to the current plan. There was opposition to the last plan, too. Allan Jenkins, who lives within a mile of the proposed project, has no
Programs BOOST youth By Jeanne putnam | contributor
Representatives from Greenville County, the United Way and the Greenville Youth Commission gathered at the TD Convention Center in Greenville on Monday to celebrate Greenville’s recognition as one of America’s Promise Alliance’s 100 Best Communities for Young People in 2012. The 100 Best Communities for Young People is a national competition designed to recognize programs and initiatives aimed at supporting youth and ending the high school dropout crisis. National statistics show one in four students fail to graduate from high school in four years, which translates to 1 million young people per year dropping out of U.S. schools at an average of 7,000 students per day. Local officials say those patterns hold true in South Carolina, where 72.4 percent of students graduated in 2012. The Monday ceremony celebrated the designation – Greenville’s second – and Greenville County’s commitment to combating the dropout crisis through programs such as the United Way initiative BOOST and the city of Greenville’s Youth Commission. BOOST, an acronym for Building Opportunities in Out of School Time, seeks to provide at-risk students with high quality after-school programs through a network of public and private providers. United Way is piloting the Continu-
ous Program Quality Initiative in five after-school programs that serve close to 200 students. Greenville Sen. Mike Fair told the group the program “could not be named better. Over 8,000 students in Greenville County, more than 10 percent, are involved in after-school programs.” In addition to BOOST, the Greenville Youth Commission seeks to increase communication between young people and the city’s adult leadership and encourage student community involvement. The group consists of 16-24 high school students who serve one-year terms and advise the Greenville City Council about issues important to the city’s youth. Youth Commission chair Laura Woodside said in the past year, the group has teamed with the Greenville Drive to create the Just Drive program, which “encourages teens to no longer drive distracted” by cell phones. The young people also produced an antibullying video shot in Cleveland Park by commission member Stephen Simmons, a Wade Hampton senior and Fine Arts Center film student. For more information on: BOOST, visit boostgreenville.org; Greenville Youth Commission, visit greenvillesc. gov/ParksRec/Youth/YouthCommission; and America’s Promise Alliance, visit americaspromise.org. Contact Jeanne Putnam at jputnam@communityjournals.com.