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Four stories chart Lexington County’s growth and ongoing efforts to adapt

Stories by The State journalists, with AI summarization

As new growth continues to push into Lexington County, local leaders continue working to adapt to new challenges facing the largely suburban and rural area near Columbia.

A former hotel is being transformed to provide housing for homeless families. In rural areas like Gaston and Batesburg-Leesville, developers have pushed to add hundreds of homes, showing continued growth in less developed regions. Meanwhile, the county council has enacted limits on housing types, including one measure it recently enacted, calling the situation an emergency.

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Workers take out old furniture from the Suburban Studios on Bush River Road on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Homeless No More, a local nonprofit, is working with Lexington County to re-purpose the property with 31 housing units for people transitioning out of homelessness. By Joshua Boucher

NO. 1: OLD LEXINGTON COUNTY HOTEL WILL SOON HOUSE HOMELESS FAMILIES. HERE’S WHERE

Located off of an area interstate, the transitional housing center will offer a wide variety of services and support. | Published May 1, 2025 | Read Full Story by Bristow Marchant

A preliminary sketch of the Valley Crest subdivision planned for the area along Fish Hatchery and Casa Dell Roads.

NO. 2: RURAL PART OF LEXINGTON COUNTY COULD ADD 300 MORE HOMES. HERE’S WHERE

Two new subdivision proposals join a growing swell of development activity in Lexington County’s farther reaches. | Published May 14, 2025 | Read Full Story by Hannah Wade

A preliminary plat of the Creekside Ridge subdivision planned for Batesburg-Leesville. By Screenshot from the Batesburg-Leesville planning commission

NO. 3: ‘LARGEST RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT’ IN BATESBURG-LEESVILLE’S HISTORY MOVES FORWARD

The proposed subdivision would bring nearly 200 homes to a rural part of Lexington County. Here’s where. | Published May 30, 2025 | Read Full Story by Hannah Wade

Mungo Homes, a South Carolina developer, intends to bring homes similar to these, from their Murray Village Community in Lexington County, to Charlotte.

NO. 4: LEXINGTON COUNTY LIMITS TYPE OF HOUSING, CITING DEVELOPMENT EMERGENCY. IS IT?

“An emergency exists as to an influx of development in the county,” one Lexington County Council member said. But do the numbers back that up? | Published July 1, 2025 | Read Full Story by Hannah Wade

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.