The voice of Atlantic Beach property owners
Atlantic Beach, South Carolina is the last incorporated, Black-governed oceanfront beach town in the United States, a place of tremendous historical and cultural significance. Our community works tirelessly to preserve its character and keep it from being lost to the large-scale condo and commercial development that erased so many other historically Black beach towns.
STARD, Supporters of the Tyson Ancestral Restrictions on the Deeds, organizes around the restrictive covenants established by the town’s founder, George W. Tyson, in the 1930s, covenants that allow one residential dwelling per lot along the oceanfront and give property owners a shared voice in how the town grows.
We advocate for residential development in line with the Tyson deed restrictions, a walkable main street along the 30th Street corridor, and a coastline that stays unmarred by massive condominiums and hotels blocking the view of the Atlantic.
