March 1994 -- Sun City Hilton Head selected as the name for the project. Hilton Head Island officials, including Mayor Frank Chapman, aren't pleased. "We've written them letters, asking them not to do it," he said. Hilton Head Island Mayor Pro Tem Frank Brafman calls it "deceptive advertising for something that's 15 miles away. It's devious."

April 1994 -- Acres of pine trees are cleared on Del Webb property.

June 1994 -- The Jasper County Council approves a development plan for Sun City Hilton Head. Among other things, the deal includes $300,000 for Jasper County and $87.50 per building permit above the regular cost of a permit.

August 1994 -- Del Webb buys an additional 377-acre parcel where it plans to build an another 600 houses. Beaufort County renegotiates its impact fees.

September 1994 -- Del Webb buys Eagle Field in Bluffton to save it from being dug up by an excavation contractor. The Bluffton Eagles amateur baseball team has called the field home for a quarter century.

November 1994 -- Del Webb agrees to forgive a $200,000 loan to Beaufort County and collect $300 per Sun City Hilton Head home sold as part of a renegotiated development deal. The amendment comes after the Legislature rules that, effective in 1997, Beaufort County had to hand over to the state money collected through the county's 0.25 percent real estate transfer fee. The fee was expected to bring in an average of $375 per Sun City home.