Festival of wooden boat Problems at this year’s Wooden Boat Show are causing Georgetown City Council to look at creating a new policy to govern special events that are held on public property.
Georgetown Police Chief Dan Furr told Council at a recent retreat that his officers had to make several alcohol-related charges at the Wooden Boat Show which was held October 21 on Front Street.

“We will have to devote more officers to it. This is the first time we had a significant problem (at the Wooden Boat Show),” Furr said. “We need a special events policy that mandates that organizers of the events carefully manage what is going on. Very few cities in South Carolina allow alcohol on the streets for any reason.”
Council member Peggy Wayne, organizer of the annual Harborwalk Festival and Christmas Parade, said she welcomes tighter restrictions on public alcohol consumption.

“We don’t allow it at all at Harborwalk or the parade. We don’t want beer or wine or anything like that there,” Wayne said.
Mayor Lynn Wood Wilson asked city staff to draft a special events ordinance and bring it to Council for consideration. No time table was given for the creation of the new law.  ¶ 10:32 PM