The Medical University of South Carolina(MUSC) board of trustees has agreed to sell its Fort Johnson holdings at the northeastern tip of Windmill Point on James Island to the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust, which will place a conservation easement on the property to prevent any commercial or residential development, then donate the land to the DNR.
State Senator Chip Campsen was instrumental in securing both the Fort Johnson and May Forest properties. (May Forest from the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy). In the spring of 2021, he got fellow legislators to make an offer on the convent tract and the state purchased the 23 acres for $23.25 million.
At that time, they started looking at the adjacent Fort Johnson plot which had 1.58 acres. They bought it for a huge price, $3.5 million.
The sprawling yaupon (an evergreen shrub in case you're wondering like me) will be thinned out or cleared and eventually trails will be built with picnic tables, signage and water access.
Good News. --Old B-Runner
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