# Southern Lowcountry Regional Board 10:00 AM

The Southern Lowcountry Regional Board meeting, held October 28, 2026, covered regional transportation, housing, child care, and resilience initiatives. The board received an update on the Beaufort County transportation referendum, including county outreach through electronic billboards and mailings; NP Strategies was identified in connection with the billboard effort. An ICE engineering representative was present regarding engineering and design of Jasper County roadways. No roadway contract award, bid approval, or procurement vote was reported. The board also heard that the TriShare child-care pilot is seeking grants and aims to begin serving children in the first quarter of the coming year. A regional resilience collaboration discussed pursuing funding opportunities, including federal funding, and the scale of related infrastructure needs was noted.

Members discussed a proposed resolution asking state lawmakers to clarify and amend property-tax exemptions associated with affordable-housing claims, citing potential local revenue losses of about $400,000 for one property and roughly $1.3 million in a separate example. The resolution was presented for review and possible adoption by individual jurisdictions; no adoption vote occurred at this meeting, and members were encouraged to send edits and contact state legislators and the Municipal Association of South Carolina. The board did vote to reappoint Victoria Smalls as the Beaufort-Jasper Housing Trust’s LOCO representative. Data-center ordinances and state legislation were proposed as future meeting topics.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Transportation
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 28, 2026

### Sources
- [Southern Lowcountry Regional Board 10:00 AM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQcz79BuEok) - BCTV