The Myrtle Beach

As Plans continue to not unfold about what is to become of the Myrtle Beach downtown area in light of the closing of the almost sixty-year-old theme park known to all as The Pavilion, the city of Myrtle Beach is suing Burroughs and Chapin, for the beach area, in front of the Pavilion. Most if not all business owners in this area support the idea of a larger and more modernized boardwalk here and the city argues for the right to get started. At this time Burroughs and Chapin do not own this section of coastline. They do not pay taxes on it however; they have been involved with business franchises on this particular section of shoreline. As quoted in the Sun News on April 15, 2006 "It's just so there will be no dispute about who owns what," Kruea said. "As lawsuits go, this is about as friendly as they get." Mark Kruea is the city spokesman and the city is being very upfront in their reasons for this type of action at this time. As also made public in the Sun News The lawsuit states that the city "believes Burroughs and Chapin may claim that the public beach in question is owned by them and the public beach may be utilized as a private beach to accommodate their future development plans." Since Burroughs and Chapin are not disclosing what their "future development plans" are, the city of Myrtle Beach is doing all that it can to protect smaller local businesses and the guests that honor us by choosing to spend their Holidays with us year after year. We’ll keep you posted or log on to Myrtle Beach Online the website for the Sun News.