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Folly Beach chooses a Texas-based policy group to take on short-term rental study
Folly Beach City Council selected a policy group out of Austin, Texas, to study the island’s short-term rental cap on Oct. 13.
Folly Beach residents want STR study to consider ‘scrapping the cap.’ Will the city consider it?
The city will pick a firm to study possible changes to the island’s short-term rental cap. Some are concerned the study won’t include one of the most common suggestions: scrapping the cap altogether.
South Carolina beach home where opera ‘Porgy and Bess’ was written receives historical marker
The Folly Beach home where “Porgy” novelist DuBose Heyward collaborated with George Gershwin to bring the opera “Porgy and Bess” to life received a historical marker on Sept. 25.
Folly Beach agrees to move short-term rental lawsuit to SC Supreme Court
Folly Beach City Council narrowly voted to have the S.C. Supreme Court consider its appeal in a recent lawsuit about the city’s short-term rental rules and limits.
Folly Beach short-term rental legal drama could be heading to SC Supreme Court
The legal dispute over Folly Beach’s short-term rental law could be transferred to the S.C. Supreme Court. Attorneys for the plaintiffs suing the city filed a request to transfer the case on Sept. 18.
Folly Beach moves to roll back, then reinstate, short-term rental limits with key change
Folly Beach City Council made the first move needed to repeal and replace its short-term rental ordinance with a nearly identical version on Sept. 8.
Folly Beach City Council passes a 6-month moratorium on new short-term rental licenses
Folly Beach City Council voted on Aug. 26 to enact a short-term rental moratorium until a planned study of the city’s challenged ordinance is complete, a roughly 6-month timeframe.
Folly Beach will appeal short-term rental ruling, passes moratorium on new permits
Folly Beach will appeal a decision from a Charleston County judge who struck down the city’s short-term rental cap and permit fee.
Folly Beach’s Sand Dollar sells for $2.4M to Upstate real estate developer, temporarily closes
Just months after it hit the market, the Sand Dollar bar on Folly Beach has officially sold to a Greenville real estate developer and property owner known for the attention-grabbing "Trap Church."
Folly Beach to vote on appealing short-term rental ruling and stop issuing new permits until 2027
City leaders will gather on Aug. 19 at 2 p.m. on Folly Beach to vote on whether the city will appeal a recent ruling striking down the island’s cap on short-term rentals.
Folly Beach’s Center Street work wrapping up after a construction-filled summer hit local businesses
Work on Folly Beach’s Center Street to replace its stormwater system is almost done after a construction-filled summer that many stores lining the city’s main stretch said was rough on summer business.
Drunk driver who killed bride on wedding night whines like child about arrest in new footage
Jamie Lee Komoroski, now 27, was bar-hopping in Folly Beach, South Carolina, before she got behind the wheel of her rented Toyota Camry and slammed the car into a golf cart carrying the bride, groom and two...
Editorial: Folly should study short-term rental impacts — not just once, but regularly
Folly Beach should study the effects of the short-term rental market, and its cap on licenses, not only now — but regularly.
Folly Beach weighs future of short-term rental cap with proposed study
Three years after voters approved Folly Beach's controversial short-term rental cap, city leaders are preparing to take a closer look at whether it's working or not based on home values, rental prices and to...
Folly Beach adds trash collection stations where beachgoers can help clean as they go
Yellow baskets can be found across Folly Beach as part of new trash collection stations for beach cleanups.
Folly Beach wants to use AI cameras to track erosion and tourism. Some leaders have questions.
Folly Beach could install new cameras throughout the island to collect and analyze data on erosion, shoreline change and tourism numbers. They would be the first community in the state to work with the start...