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ESSENTIAL READING

Over the years many plans which could potentially impact Johns Island have been developed by governments and NGOs.  It is important to understand that these plans exist.


Also several books have been written about Johns Island, the Lowcountry, and South Carolina that put our current issues in perspective. 

Governmental Plans

Johns Island

  • Johns Island Restoration Plan to Improve Flood Resiliency:  2021 
  • Charleston City Plan, Johns Island Feedback Session:  2021 
  • Dutch Dialogues Charleston:  2019
  • Johns Island Community Greenways Plan:  2010 
  • A New Way to Work:  2009
  • Maybank Highway Improvement Recommendations:  2009
  • Johns Island Community Plan:  2007


Comprehensive Plans

  • City of Charleston Comprehensive Plan (City Plan):  2021 
  • Charleston County Comprehensive Plan:  2019
  • BCD Our Region Our Plan:  2012 


Parks AND greenspace

City

  • City of Charleston Master Parks Plan (draft):  2021 (large file)


County

  • Parks & Recreation for All  (PARFA) [2023 County Parks Comprehensive Plan]
  • Charleston County Park Planning
  • People-2-Parks, Charleston County Implementation Study:  2016 
  • Charleston County Comprehensive Greenbelt Plan:  2006/2017 
  • Charleston County Parks, Recreation, Open Space & Trails Master Plan:  2013 

Other

  • Land Use Resources

Books on JOhns Island (and beyond) History and Culture

Johns Island History

  • " The World of the Salt Marsh", Charles Seabrook, 2012 
  • "Ain't you got a right to the tree of life?", Guy Carawan, 1999 
  • "A Place Called St. John's", Laylon Wayne Jordan, 1998

Lowcountry AND SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY

  • "A Wholly Admirable Thing", Virginia Beach, 2019 
  • "Rice and Ducks", Virginia Beach, 2014 
  • "Jackpot: High Times, High Seas, And The Sting That Launched The War On Drugs", Jason Ryan, 2012
  • "Northern Money, Southern Land", Robert Curthbert, 2009 
  • "South Carolina, A History", Walter Edgar, 1998

Land Use

  • "Rural by Design", Randall Arendt, 2015
  • "Conservation Communities", Ed McMahon, 2010

RESILIENCY

  • "Lowcountry at High Tide", Christina Rae Butler, 2020

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