NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WIS) - Around South Carolina, military bases that are no longer in use are being transformed into new projects for the whole community.

Those developments are getting a new tool to help that happen while creating more affordable places to live in some of South Carolina’s fastest-growing areas.

“This tax increment funding that our legislature has made available is opening a lot of doors,” Gov. Henry McMaster said Thursday.

McMaster joined state lawmakers and local leaders to mark the implementation of a new state law , gathering inside what used to be a storehouse aboard the former Charleston Naval Base in North Charleston. The military base was once South Carolina’s largest civilian employer, but since its closure in 1996, there has been work to give the area

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