Encouraging City-Wide Resiliency
The PSC advocates for policy and design that strengthens our community’s capacity to adapt and endure.
RESILIENCY
Flooding
In the past few years, we have experienced all-time record high tide flooding. Indiscriminate development and haphazard planning continue to have impacts that range from inconvenience to catastrophe. If we do nothing, Charleston will experience 187 days of tidal flooding by 2045. We must do more to protect residents and neighborhoods.
Livability
Zoning, land use, and design play an integral role in ensuring that Charleston remains a livable city for its residents. Affordable places to live, access to jobs and education, reliable public services, linkages to green spaces, multiple modes of transportation, appealing public spaces, enriching arts and culture, and inimitable character: these are what make a city great.
Authenticity
Preservation allows us to ensure that the lessons of the historic city continue to inspire and inform. The challenge we face is to provide a pathway for Charleston to grow and evolve while maintaining its unique sense of place. Through our advocacy on issues of historic preservation, zoning, land use, and design, the PSC works to ensure that what is vibrant and irreplaceable about Charleston endures.
Engagement
Our work is integrative. We confer with experts in the field, survey residents, communicate directly with City Staff, research innovative practices, and collaborate with local coalitions. Through these efforts, the PSC advocates for the best in historic preservation and thoughtful urbanism in Charleston. Stand up with us.