The Beaufort Gazette Add Comment The new city hall has yet to break ground; Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park is wrapping up a year's worth of repairs, and Bladen and Boundary streets are being prepared for makeovers.

But new Beaufort City Manager Scott Dadson discovered Wednesday that he inherited an even more pressing task -- resuscitating the potted plants in his office that are drooping, browning and beginning to shrivel.

It's been five weeks since John McDonough left to become city manager of Atlanta suburb Sandy Springs, yielding city operations and care of the office plants to city staff until Dadson assumed responsibility.

The former city manager of Buena Vista, Va., started work Wednesday, meeting the city's staff, filling his calendar with appointments and putting up a few pictures and plaques.

5,000 acres in Grays Hill and Seabrook and the other for a presentation by urban planning firm Dover, Kohl and Partners for changes to Boundary Street and the construction of a parallel road.

Dadson hasn't moved his wife and two young sons down yet from Virginia, but he did bring four of his 10 bicycles, though he doesn't ride semi-professionally anymore.

Today he bikes when he can, reads biographies of America's founding fathers and plays guitar, reminiscing of his college days when he played in bands.

It will be his turn soon, sitting with the City Council and listening to residents' concerns about the impact of growth and development on their lives.

"The human factor does not go away wherever it is," Dadson said. "It's just different places, different names." Contact Jason Ryan at 986-5532 or . To comment: beaufortgazette.com .

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