Clemson HUB Squeaks by First Reading

Upstate Today/Seneca Journal (April 2, 2024): Clemson HUB Development Squeaks by First Reading

Some Interesting Quotes in the Article:

Mayor Halfacre: “Personally, I’ve been to every meeting, answered every email, returned every call. I’ve talked to people both for and against this development,” he said. “With that said, listening doesn’t necessarily lead to an agreement, and I can’t ignore the negativity that sometimes surfaced as a limited number of residents claimed they were not being heard, when in truth, they just weren’t being validated. Different residents express different opinions, we can listen and consider them all but clearly can’t agree with everyone.”

Brookover: “There’s lots of people when I look around this room, I don’t see a whole lot of people that are in my age group, or people that I hang around with that may have kids that are in sports or families that they’re home with,” Brookover said. “I’ve gone out and I’ve talked to a ton of people that I know now. And by and large, most people with kids, I have heard just as much, ‘I’m okay with this, I understand. It’s someone else’s property, their property rights that they have.”

Smith: “My concerns are still the seven stories, the density — simply because I grew up in Chicago, I grew up around density … and so that’s what we’re asking students to do, live on top of each other,” she said. 

Watt: “This makes me really, really sad because you guys have come here and shown up and I worry that given the attitude here, you won’t show up anymore. … Next time we ask you to participate in the next project or comp plan, why would you show up if no one is going to listen to you?”