Rosemont residents Monday night elected the Rev. Christopher X. Buggs as president of the Rosemont Neighborhood Association along with a slate of six other new officers.
Rosemont sits on the Charleston Neck area between the Lanxess chemical plant, which emits a foul odor, and the long-planned Magnolia project, which is expected to bring thousands of new residents to Rosemont’s doorstep in the coming decades.
After the vote, Buggs, associate pastor of the New Bethlehem Baptist Church on Wadmalaw Island, said his first priority is “to get the board trained on the bylaws so we can execute the priorities of the community.”
Other officers are: Beverly Montgomery, vice president; Jennifer Curry, secretary; Sylvia Mack, assistant secretary; Gloria Montgomery, treasurer; Tyler Dugas, assistant treasurer; and Tasia Stevenson, parliamentarian.
Buggs replaces Nancy Button, long-time association president, who didn’t seek re-election.
With new community leadership, Rosemont is poised to receive nearly $1 million in federal, state and city grants through the non-profit Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities (LAMC) to mitigate threats from sea level rise, storm water flooding and pollution.
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