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ESG investment firm Monarch Private Capital has closed on $23 million in low-income housing tax credit equity for the development of Bridge Creek Pointe, a three-building, 90-unit garden-style affordable housing community located at 1 Oak Forest Road in Spartanburg, S.C. Monarch is partnering with Prestwick Development for the project’s planning. The community is expected to open in April 2024.

Bridge Creek Pointe’s full build-out

After its construction finishes, Bridge Creek Pointe will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom living arrangements for renters earing 60 percent or below the area median income. Units will feature full kitchens, as well as in-house washers and dryers. Community amenities include a common room, fitness center and business center, with the buildings connected through landscaped courtyards. The development is expected to substantially contribute to the city’s economy by creating 145 jobs and generating more than $10.5 million in revenue in its first year, according to data from the National Association of Home Builders.

The community will be located within 5 miles of central Spartanburg. Situated along interstates 85 and 26, Bridge Creek Pointe has quick access to much of Spartanburg County, which hosts seven universities, as well as industrial and manufacturing facilities from high-profile companies including BMW Manufacturing, Michelin and Adidas.

Monarch’s Palmetto State affordable projects

Bridge Creek Pointe marks Monarch’s latest investment in affordable housing communities around South Carolina. At present, the Palmetto State is experiencing an 85,571-unit shortage of homes, according to data from the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Such a shortage has been exacerbated by a backlog in the state’s pipeline due to low supply and labor costs.

Monarch’s capitalization of Bridge Creek Pointe is the firm’s latest in a series of investments around the state. In August 2022, the firm negotiated the $40 million funding of Gateway at Cross Creek, a 168-unit community in the town of Central. In April of that year, the company provided further low-income housing tax credits for construction of The Villages at Congaree Pointe, a 240-unit community in Columbia.

Here is a recap of the Greenville County Planning Commission meeting on April 24:

Approved: Hunts Bridge Trails

Hunts Bridge Trails is a proposed subdivision located near Berea along Hunts Bridge Road. The subdivision’s total area would include 28.8 acres with 89 total lots yielding a density of roughly three dwellings per acre.

The application also came with a secondary application for a variance from the Greenville County Land Development Regulations section 8.8.1A which requires a subdivision with over 30 lots to create a secondary entrance for residents.

Justification for the variance comes from a conflict in SCDOT’s driveway requirements.

No one spoke against this application. Those in favor said that they hoped the development would be a positive addition to the community.

The commission approved both the subdivision application and its variance unanimously.

Approved: The Enclave at Cambric Village

The Enclave at Cambric Village is a proposed development near Pelham Road along Old Boiling Springs Road and Meilland Drive.

The development’s area totals 5.24 acres and will be divided into 13 lots for a total density of roughly 2.48 units per acre.

No one spoke against the application. Michael Cain, a representative of site developer Toll Brothers, and Austin Allen of engineer Arbor Land Design, stood in favor of the application or to answer questions from the commission.

The commission did not raise questions and approved the application unanimously.

Part of the same Cambric Village development are The Townes. The Townes will be located on the other side of the street of Old Boiling Springs Road closer to Buena Vista Way.

This development will be smaller in acreage than its sibling development for a total area of 4.59 acres. However, its density will be considerably larger as townhomes. In contrast, the Enclaves are single-family homes.

This development is planned for a total of 60 lots yielding a density of roughly 13 dwellings per acre. No one spoke against the development and its representatives returned to answer any questions. None were raised and the commission approved the development unanimously.

Monarch Meadows is a subdivision which would be split into three sections along Reedy Fork and Garrison Roads near Woodmont High School east of Piedmont.

The subdivision’s area will total 39.14 acres and plans for 39 lots, giving way to a density of roughly one home per acre.

The application came with a variance request for an internal access easement resulting from the subdivision’s topography.

No one spoke against the application. A representative of the subdivision and its engineer, Paul Talbert, answered questions. The commission asked for clarification on the variance application and the developers stated that the variance was due to the site’s proximity to a nearby creek which would render an internal access road infeasible.

In noticing the lack of opposition and the variance’s no-fault position, the commission approved both the subdivision application and the variance unanimously.

The Homestead at Griffin Mill is a proposed subdivision located along Griffin Mill and Fork Shoals Roads, near Interstate 185 south of Conestee.

The cluster subdivision would see a density of roughly 2.85 units per acre, with a proposed 82 lots on a total of 28.88 acres.

No one spoke in opposition of this application. The site’s engineer, Paul Talbert, answered questions. Commissioner Steven Bichel expressed discontent with the cluster design and density.

The commission denied the application in a 4-3 vote.

This application was brought before the commission for a variance from the front-building setback requirement set out in LDR Article 8.7 Table 8.1, which requires a 20-foot setback from the property line.

The homeowner stated in the application that a carport was built on the property that ended up being too close to the road to meet the requirement.

No one spoke in favor or against this variance although Commissioner John Bailey commented that approval would not set a good precedent. Despite that objection, the variance was approved by a 5-2 vote.

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The most recognizable Monarch butterflies fly on the treetop level along the state's best mountain ridges twice a year

Best time: May–July | mid September–early October

Each year, monarch butterflies travel more than 2,000 mi (3,218 km) one-way in search of a better climate. In the fall, they change their location from colder Canada and the US to sunny Mexico. And in the spring, they return to the north. In both cases, Asheville and the surrounding area are known as a usual stop of their journey. Around 300 million of them stay in North Carolina for a few weeks to enjoy their favorite milkweed and other nectar plants.

There are many North Carolina locations where you can watch butterflies, but the best of them are hidden in the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains. Hike to the Orchard at Altapass, Pounding Mill Overlook, Cherry Cove Overlook, Mount Pisgah, or Black Balsam. At these places, you are guaranteed to see butterflies in their comfortable humid environment.

Butterflies occur in the state twice a year: from May to July when they return from wintering and from mid-September to early October when they fly south.

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CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. — In our part of the world, monarch butterflies are best known for a few key traits: they depend entirely on milkweed plants to survive; they migrate each fall to Mexico; and their population is in trouble.

Now, the findings of a five-year study by South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) biologists suggest that coastal South Carolina is home to a unique group of monarchs that takes exception to some of these assumptions.

The recently published research indicates that monarch butterflies live year-round in South Carolina, relying on swamps in spring, summer and fall and sea islands in the winter. While these monarchs rely heavily on aquatic milkweed (Asclepias perennis) as a host plant for their eggs and caterpillars, they were also found to use swallow-wort (Pattalias palustre) – a viney relative of milkweed that grows near salt marshes and was previously unrecognized as an important host plant for monarchs.

“This research adds another layer of nuance to the fascinating story of the monarch butterfly,” said SCDNR associate marine scientist and first author Dr. Michael Kendrick.

The peer-reviewed paper, published recently in Scientific Reports, has its roots in the decades-long fascination one man has had for South Carolina’s butterflies. Longtime SCDNR biologist John “Billy” McCord (who retired from the Department as a fisheries biologist in 2010, only to return to focus on monarchs) first began capturing and marking monarch butterflies along the coast in 1996, which is when he began to take note of an intriguing pattern.

“I noticed butterflies at Folly Beach, South Carolina, in November and December when I thought they should be overwintering in Mexico,” McCord said. “Once I started tagging some of these butterflies, it became clear they were staying here throughout the winter.”

Researchers commonly study butterfly migrations using a capture-mark-recapture method. In this system, biologists or volunteers catch a butterfly using a net and apply a small sticker with an identifying number to its outer wing. If that individual is later recaptured, researchers can use its identifying sticker to determine how long the butterfly has been ‘at large’ since first being tagged and how far the butterfly has traveled.

For this study, McCord began tagging monarchs across both inland swamp and sea island habitats in January 2018. Over the next several years, McCord tagged 18,375 monarchs and documented aquatic milkweed as a host plant in swamps ranging from the Pee Dee watershed south to the Savannah River border with Georgia. At the same time, he worked to recapture tagged butterflies to determine how long they stayed in South Carolina and when they moved each season.

The results showed strong seasonal patterns. McCord captured monarch butterflies in every month of the study period, establishing that many monarchs are overwintering in South Carolina rather than migrating to the well-known sites in Mexico. Monarchs in this study were more concentrated in maritime habitats (i.e., barrier islands directly on the ocean) in winter but were widely dispersed across coastal plain swamps in spring, summer and fall.

McCord found aquatic milkweed and monarchs (either eggs, caterpillars, pupae or adults) in 18 different watersheds in the coastal plain. These shallow, swampy systems can be hot, buggy, and challenging to sample, which may partly explain why their use by monarchs has gone relatively unnoticed. Nonetheless, this new research shows just how important South Carolina’s swamps are to monarch butterflies, a finding that could inform land conservation in coastal South Carolina.

“The extensive use of inland swamps and maritime habitats by monarchs suggests that protections of these habitats may be critical to protecting monarchs in this region,” the authors wrote in the paper.

“Many questions remain to be answered, however,” said Dr. Kendrick. “More information on population trends and the full extent of the migration patterns of these monarchs will be important to developing effective conservation strategies.”

Citation: Kendrick, M.R., McCord, J.W. Overwintering and breeding patterns of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in coastal plain habitats of the southeastern USA. Sci Rep 13, 10438 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37225-7

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