BENEFITS OF TOWN OF BLUFFTON RESIDENCY?

Why would a property owner or neighborhood want to be a part of the Town?

For one, the Town provides services. Town residents have a dedicated police department, have waste and recycling pick up services, have a larger voice in issues which a ect them, and want to be a part of the Blu ton community.

A good analogy is comparing the di erence of being a child of a large family to being a child of a family of four. Theoretically, a child of a smaller family has more and better resources, has more opportunities to be heard and has a more active role in that family versus a child of a family with numerous children.

Taxes are often an emotional issue not a logical one. The concept of another tax often has a knee-jerk reaction, not one that weighs the costs versus benefits. For the cost of a $300,000 house, the additional taxes to be in the Town, would be comparable to the fee a person pays for private waste/ recycling pick up services in unincorporated in Beaufort County.

The Town also provides the following services:

• Growth Management policies and procedures.

• Streamlined permits and development application processes.

• Historic preservation and education.

• Watershed and natural resource monitoring and protections.

• Builds and maintains public parks and open spaces.

• Provide building safety inspections for each phase of any construction project.

• Support for the Blu ton business community via the Don Ryan Center for Innovation.

• Town events such as the Blu ton Christmas Parade, movie nights, children’s events, and Independence Day celebrations.

• Law enforcement and community policing services.

• Emergency management services to prepare, respond and recovery from critical incidents.

• Communications via social media platforms, media releases, newsletters, and other venues.