RIVERDOGS’ CHARITY AUCTION A SUCCESS FOR STORM EYE

Charleston RiverDogs President Mike Veeck (center) talks with Sports Illustrated writer Gary Smith (right) during the RiverDogs’ seventh-annual “Kindness Beats Blindness” auction on June 10. The team estimates that with the success of this year’s auction, it will be able to match last year’s $50,000 donation to the Medical University of South Carolina’s Storm Eye Institute.

COASTAL CLASSICS CELEBRATES KING STREET OPENING

Coastal Classics, a high-end furniture dealer and the Lowcountry’s largest retailer of the South Carolina-manufactured Seabrook Classics furniture line, celebrates its grand opening at 511 King Street. Pictured, from left: Coastal Classics owners Jay and Cathy Spencer, and Seabrook Classics owners Greg and Harriett Bosiack.

MITIGATION AGREEMENT SIGNED FOR PROPOSED PORT EXPANSION

Representatives from the South Carolina State Ports Authority, city of North Charleston and Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities sign a mitigation agreement for the proposed port expansion at the former Charleston Naval Complex. The ports authority’s $4-million plan will fund a housing trust, career training center and health and education projects for communities near the port expansion site. Pictured, seated (l-r): Myrtle Barnett, president of Chicora-Cherokee Neighborhood Council; Michael Brown, president of Accabee and LAMC, Mayor Keith Summey, North Charleston; Thomasina Green, president of Union Heights; Bernard S. Groseclose Jr., president of the S.C. State Ports Authority. Standing (l-r): Rahim Karriem, LAMC member; Wannetta Mallette, city of North Charleston; William James, LAMC member; Coakley Hilton, president of Liberty Hill.

INVESTMENT BOARD JOINS WITH RADIO STATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO HELP PREPARE STUDENTS FOR EMPLOYMENT

The Trident Workforce Investment Board, Z93 Jams and the Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester county councils held the annual youth employment orientation for the Change A Life, Hire A Kid campaign on June 3. The orientation focused on the importance of a professional appearance and attire, resume writing, interviewing skills, where and how to obtain a job and how to keep a job once you get one. Pictured (from left, kneeling): Megan Shephard and Krystal Rollerson, Charleston County Grants Administration; (from left, standing) Davina Jones, Kayla Pinckney, Candice Friendly, Z93 radio personality Little Show, Brittney Simmons, Z93 radio personality Big Show, and Keosha Forrest.

LOCAL JOB DEVELOPMENT CENTERS PARTICIPATE IN OLDER WORKFORCE CONFERENCE

The Trident One-Stop Career System and the Trident Workforce Development Center participated in the recent conference “The 50+ Workforce 2020: A Blueprint for Innovation,” presented by AARP and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The goal of the conference was to re-integrating older workers into the Charleston workforce. Pictured, from left: Paul Connerty, director of Tridetn One-Stop Career System; John Snowden, Trident Technical College; and Gary Crossly, Trident Workforce Investment Board.

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