Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Brad Nettles/Staff, The Meher Spiritual Center has only a few meeting spaces, including this former barn, where visitors are asked to remove their shoes and speak quietly, if at all. 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U.S. Route 17 forms the northern border of the town, leading northeast 4 miles (6 km) to the center of North Myrtle Beach and southwest 11 miles (18 km) to the center of Myrtle Beach. Copyright 2020 Nexstar Inc. All rights reserved. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Brad Nettles/Staff, Overnight guests at the Meher Spiritual Center must bring and prepare their own food. They built a small cottage between the highway and yacht basin so they could be close both to the wealthy people on the waterway and the potentially larger numbers of people driving down the main road from New York to Miami. The center describes itself as open to those "who love and follow Meher Baba, and for those who know of him and want to know more." The Indian spiritual figure lived from 1894-1969, and this center is remains a major site of pilgrimage to his followers. Reach Robert Behre at 843-937-5771. "If you got 10 Baba people in a room and asked a question, we'd all probably say something different," he said. Brad Nettles/Staff, Michael Tych has served on the Meher Spiritual Center's board and has provided architectural consultation on all its major projects since the 1970s. SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) - Surfside Beach is closer to resolving its portion of the Horry County hospitality tax legal battle. Due to COVID-19 recommendations and guidelines from health officials, we know more people are staying home this Thanksgiving. The mayor and town council members serve four-year terms. Briarcliffe Acres has a mayor and four-member town council. Brad Nettles/Staff, The northern end of the Meher Spiritual Center has the mid-20th century house where Meher Baba stayed during his visits. Briarcliffe was one of the first planned communities in the Southeast. "Some people want there to be more buildings. [8], Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Briarcliffe Acres town, South Carolina", "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990", Town of Briarcliffe Acres official website, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Briarcliffe_Acres,_South_Carolina&oldid=987293730, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox settlement with possible area code list, Articles needing additional references from January 2018, All articles needing additional references, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 November 2020, at 02:56. Others are merely curious. The center lost about 1,000 trees during Hurricane Matthew a year ago. In the town, the population was spread out, with 19.8% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 17.2% from 25 to 44, 35.5% from 45 to 64, and 24.3% who were 65 years of age or older. Elsewhere, a tobacco shed was moved and added to form a cabin. As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 470 people, 200 households, and 145 families residing in the town. All information United States cities and villages: Town Hall, Coordinates, e-mail address, mayor, population, map, tourism, activities, weather, hotel, real estate, company. Brad Nettles/Staff, The Meher Spiritual Center includes about 26 buildings, mostly cabins of different shapes and sizes. Briarcliffe Acres Mayor Huston Huffman, whose town borders the center's northern edge, said the town works well with the center. Get unlimited digital access for only $20 for 1 year. The per capita income for the town was $52,871. Sign up and get the day's biggest news in your inbox each afternoon. Atlantic Beach, SC 29582. abcouncilman@gmail.com . The special election was held after former mayor Huston Huffman died in July. Briarcliffe Acres - Homes for Sale. Information is provided exclusively for consumers’ personal, non-commercial use, that it may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing. HORRY COUNTY, SC (WBTW) - The Palmetto Poison Center is serving up food safety tips and sharing some preparation advice ahead of Thanksgiving. Followers don't observe traditional holidays, but Meher Baba's birthday on Feb. 25 and his death date on Jan. 31 are special days, as is July 10, the anniversary of when he took his vow of silence. Guests plan their own stay, though occasional programs, such as films, talks, devotional music and readings, are offered. She then deeded it to Baba, "from the heart," as asked. 5 people were in a home when a suspect opened fire. Homes for Sale in Briarcliffe Acres. Brad Nettles/Staff, One of many portraits of Meher Baba that can be found inside the buildings of the Meher Spiritual Center north of Myrtle Beach. Some of those people may be cooking the holiday meal for the first time. Increasingly, other residents brought histories, such as the then-industrialist Krampf, button-manufacturer Schwanda and developer Passow. It’s taken a water quality study, construction of a needed sewer system by neighboring Myrtle Beach and a years-long battle by Briarcliffe Acres’ officials to convince those homeowners to pay the steep sewer system fees and get rid of the septic tanks. Cops say they caught the shooter. It also features works written by Meher Baba and many of his favorites, such as Agatha Christie mysteries. Although the Grand Strand area has changed and been developed in the past 50 years, Briarcliffe Acres remains much like it was in the 1960s. Located in South Carolina region, the Briarcliffe Acres town is an a local administrative entity run by a mayor. Briarcliffe Acres is still a place of lakes, pine and scrub-oak forests and wild animals. This made possible the second renaissance of the community, the first having been its emergence from the Great Depression.).