JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – Two new projects are one step closer to reality after James Island town council members voted to move forward on a family park and new culture center for residents. The waterfront park is set to be built at 1259 Mill Point Road, which the town will purchase using Charleston County greenbelt and hospitality funds, island officials said. Administrators said details about how residents can provide feedback on what they want from the park and how it can best serve the community will be released in the next few weeks. “Providing recreation and greenspace is one of the most important things we can do to protect our residents’ quality of life,” Mayor Brook Lyon said. “I want to thank Charleston County, members of the Town Council, and everyone else who came together to make this new park project possible.” The second project advanced by council members is an arts and cultural center on the Hillman Lot property that will be located next to the town hall. Leaders said the decision to build a new center came after town officials learned that the existing arts and cultural center requires extensive repairs that town taxpayers would have to pay for. Programming will continue at the current center while the new arts and cultural center is under development. “The old library building has served us well, but it just doesn’t make sense to keep pouring taxpayer dollars into a building the town doesn’t own,” Mayor Lyon said. “The new Arts and Cultural Center will give our residents the great facilities and programming they deserve without the exorbitant repair and maintenance costs at the current location.”