In its recent meeting, Colleton County Council heard from Charles Bright, a member of the Ritter Community Revitalization Project. The Ritter Community Revitalization Project is a nonprofit LLC organization that was established in 2019.
During last week’s county council meeting, Bright spoke to council and asked council to consider supporting the Ritter community and its needs for a new community center.
“Our purpose is to restore community unity and to build a community center that will support educational, social economical, job development needs of our residents,” said Bright. In the Ritter community, Bright said a large percentage of the population is living at or below the poverty limit without proper access to basic resources.
“It is our duty to help them and improve their standards of living through education and job skills development,” Bright said. “I was born and raised in Ritter. It used to be a vibrant town with stores, businesses and schools. We need to try to restore the community to what it once was.”
Bright went on to request financial assistance from federal and state funds to help Ritter community leaders build a “future for residents.” Bright said these funds and grants could also “make a real difference in the lives of the Ritter community.”
Colleton County Council made no decisions on this matter and no votes were taken.
