By Saturday, March 26, 2005
* Charleston's forts, plantations and other attractions, mystified by declines in attendance, now know what ails them * Space at the dock gets scarce as more slips are sold; More and more, public dock space is slipping away * Lighthouse funding hopes dim; Corps of Engineers lacks money to start Morris Island project -Charleston Post and Courier, 3-27-05
* Efforts to build sand-retention devices aimed at replacing a portion of a sea wall on Daufuskie Island are moving forward -Beaufort Gazette, 3-27-05
* Half the money generated by Beaufort County's bed tax this year will go to the tourism marketing efforts of the county's three chambers of commerce -Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 3-27-05
* As Ponte Vedra Beach nears build-out and demand for a Ponte Vedra address remains high, condominium conversions have skyrocketed, slashing the number of rental
-Ponte Vedra Leader, 3-25-05
* A project to renourish 3.4 miles of eroded beachfront at Navarre Beach will cost more than $11 million, an increase of at least $2.4 million because of new damage from Hurricane Ivan. Nevertheless, plans are proceeding to begin pumping ashore more than 2 million cubic yards of sand from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-26-05
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