Chapin development has some residents worried [Video]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Since 2012, Lexington County residents have been promised that the Chapin Business & Technology Park would bring businesses, jobs, and positive growth to Chapin.

But 12 years later, the property sits empty except for a few roads, streetlamps, and a $615,000 fountain that former Lexington County Councilwoman Erin Bergeson once called a “sad example of wasting taxpayer dollars.”

While Lexington County continues to try and attract businesses to the technology park, a proposed development would see up to 43 acres of the site used for new homes.

The Town of Chapin Planning Commission held a special meeting Tuesday to continue discussion around the proposed development along Brighton boulevard that would add up to 400 new homes to the area.

The development could also bring additional business, shopping and dining options to Chapin if eventually approved.

Members of the public were welcome at the meeting as the commission worked their way …