{"id":269822,"date":"2026-06-11T00:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/planned-chapin-technology-park-development-draws-crowd-to-public-hearing\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T00:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:20:09","slug":"planned-chapin-technology-park-development-draws-crowd-to-public-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/planned-chapin-technology-park-development-draws-crowd-to-public-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Chapin Technology Park development draws crowd to public hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/2026\/06\/11\/planned-chapin-technology-park-development-draws-crowd-public-hearing\/\">Planned Chapin Technology Park development draws crowd to public hearing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/2026\/06\/11\/planned-chapin-technology-park-development-draws-crowd-public-hearing\/\">https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/2026\/06\/11\/planned-chapin-technology-park-development-draws-crowd-public-hearing\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-11 00:07:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wistv.com\">www.wistv.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) &#8211; A crowded public hearing took place Wednesday before Lexington County Council, concerning a proposed development plan for Chapin Technology Park<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Residents took to the microphone, concerned over the proposed sale of Chapin Technology Park to a developer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Since it was constructed in 2015, the 200-acre property has sat empty aside from sidewalks, pavement and a water fountain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Development plans came and went with no deals made with a developer until recently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In April, Brighton Capital Partners, LLC submitted a contract that needs Lexington County Council approval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Included in the plans is a maximum of 600 homes, dedicating 25% of the usable acreage to job creation with a technology incubator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Andy White owns Brighton Capital Partners and is also the developer of Saluda River Club in Lexington, the inspiration behind this project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">White said his plans bring opportunity for residents in Chapin and Lexington County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cAn empty park just sitting there is a drag on the Lexington County tax payers \u2014 in fact it probably cost around $200,000 a year just to maintain it in addition to the $16 million they spent to develop it. It has been a drag on the taxpayers and we offered more than their investment in it. This will benefit the general taxpayer in Lexington County and will expand Chapin\u2019s tax space,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Not everyone agrees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Chapin Mayor Bill Mitchell along with residents of Lexington County voiced concerns for sewer limitations, traffic and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">They feel the original plan for the tech park is no longer active.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIs this bait and switch from a commercial to a mixed-use residential malfeasant plan really in the town\u2019s best interest?\u201d one resident asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cDo not ruin our quality of life for a real estate illusion,\u201d said another. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI respectfully ask you to reject this proposal and keep Brighton Park aligned with the purpose of which it was created,\u201d a third resident added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">White calls the development \u201csmart&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/2026\/06\/11\/planned-chapin-technology-park-development-draws-crowd-public-hearing\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planned Chapin Technology Park development draws crowd to public hearing https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/2026\/06\/11\/planned-chapin-technology-park-development-draws-crowd-public-hearing\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-11 00:07:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":269823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/gray-wistv-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/EGG2MZYAQRCYXAUKMC3JRIDUQ4.png?auth=9dca36c52888378842eed4a35fdd8dd99aad6d68d482890a54e27f529a217c76&width=1200&height=600&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[85],"class_list":["post-269822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269824,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269822\/revisions\/269824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}