Kettlesong Seeks
What is Happening?
A new mixed-use, nature-themed development south of I-77 on Mount Holly Road seeks to be annexed into the City of Rock Hill.
Why Annexation?
Kettlesong cannot happen without utilities. The City of Rock Hill is the only utility provider in the area. For this type of development, the city requires annexation before providing utilities. Thus, Kettlesong cannot happen without annexation.
Requirements for Annexation
To be annexed, property must be contiguous with city boundaries. Kettlesong is not adjacent to the city limits, therefore, in order for Kettlesong to be annexed, other properties must be annexed as well. (See map.)
Annexation requires 75% of the affected property owners to be signed-on. Most of the affected landowners have already signed legal agreements to be annexed by the city. These agreements have been in place since the property was purchased or since the property received the city’s utility services. Many of the other landowners are choosing annexation for the utilities, services, and most importantly, for the type of development it will bring (and the type of development it will prevent).
Craig Craze (current resident of the area) and Nik Radovanovic (planned resident of Kettlesong) are pursuing annexation for the Kettlesong development to happen. In doing so, they hope to get 100% agreement and participation from their neighbors (the affected property owners) not just on the needed annexation, but also, and more importantly, for creating a larger vision of how the area will develop over the next 20-30 years.
Annexation Process
How Will the Community Be Impacted?
Why Now?
Industrial and commercial development is coming to South York County. With the current strategic path put forward by the county, there is one pretty likely future for the area – warehouses, clear-cut neighborhoods, and spaced-out commercial strips that require cars to visit. This type of development will eat away at the rural quality of the surrounding communities. We’ve seen it just north of us on Highway 160 in Fort Mill. Unplanned and unmanaged growth results in a place where everything seems crowded, yet nothing is close or easy.
Kettlesong is a bold example of the type of development that could define the region over the decades to come if we exercise the will to guide it accordingly. Kettlesong is ready, funded, and queued up to become a reality, but it cannot happen without the utilities and the services that the city can provide. Therefore, Kettlesong must be annexed, and now is the time for action.
What is Kettlesong?
Kettlesong is a nature-themed development on 550 acres adjacent to Pinetuck Golf Course on the south side of Rock Hill, SC. The mixed-use development will include a variety of housing types, Class A office space, restaurant and retail centers, and a new campus of York Preparatory Academy. The community will be designed as walkable and outdoors-focused with ample walking and biking trails and open natural space. Kettlesong will set the tone and the bar for the development of the south side of the county – keep it rural, make it nice, welcome everyone.
