06/06/2026
For the record, in regards to Purrfection Rescue It's not being sold to developers. There's a lot to this that is not being disclosed.
It's a huge undertaking with the county and DHEC and everything else. It takes a lot of money to get something like this started and it takes a lot of money to sustain something like this. It can't just be done with volunteers coming and helping clean or sending a bag of food. It's going to take hundreds of thousands of dollars to get this off the ground along with going through the proper protocols between the State and the county. Time is of the essence in regards to my own personal situation that all began when the mill closed and I lost my primary source of income.
I was under the impression that huge fundraising could be obtained in a short amount of time to pay for the land ( .75 acres) that was already scheduled to be subdivided and talks were already in the works with two interested friends of mine before I even met Bri One wants to put an Airbnb there, the other wants to build a mansion there and live there. Anyway, at this point I am going to stop Purrfection rescue from going next door and I'm just going to stay by myself here, turn into an actual 501c3 vs trying to be self funded. It was my misunderstanding of the fundraising and what would happen there. Bri had some great ideas...and she tried hard.
The land over there. I don't know what I'll do with it. Maybe I'll build a dog kennel and board dogs.
At this point it's up in the air. I do know one thing. I need income coming in or I can't survive here myself. My own place takes $6000 to $8,000 a month just to run properly between utility costs, maintenance of the buildings and proper care of the cats. That does not include the payment of the mortgage which is $2500. That is the reality of it all. Similar rescues have deep pocket donors as well as paid staff that run the place ... and even then, there can be issues.
My time is very restricted as I scramble to make money to keep (what I already built) going... and this is a private residence as well. Ultimately, it was my schedule that caused this to come to a point of both of us separating but... honestly, the more I dig into the costs, the fees, the possibility of fines ( huge ones per violation if ever occured), the routine government inspections, the regulations, the liability if anyone ever got hurt on the property, the scrutiny by the State on top of the County...I was already having my doubts of its success based on feedback I was getting from similar rescues and the issues they faced with public opens, State DHEC regulations, let alone county.
So sadly it's not going to happen on this extra land.
I am still here, I am not a greedy piece of sh*t...neither is Bri.
I will do my best to keep going.
