Payback By Dan McCue Twenty years ago, it was a controversial proposal championed by a mayor whose record of accomplishment was growing, but whose national reputation as an enlightened urban planner was still very much ahead of him.
Home-staging trend gives sellers help in buyer’s market By Kathleen Dayton Ashleigh Walters is helping home sellers put their best features forward, a necessary endeavor for sellers looking for an edge in today’s buyer’s market.
Collaboration name of the development game By Dan McCue Attorney Bobby Pearce paced his office at the Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough law firm in downtown Charleston, punctuating his sentences with frequent physical and verbal gestures to the historic district outside his sixth-floor window.
Graffiti costs businesses customers, profits By Shannon Cavanaugh A spray-painted skeletal arm and hand reach out to customers who walk past businesses along King Street. Tourists looking at historic buildings in downtown Charleston notice graffiti along a second story.
South Carolina Chamber of Commerce leads effort to build greater business clout in Columbia By Bill Settlemyer Earlier this month, I attended the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce’s “2006 Coastal Grassroots Network Regional Meeting.” Held at the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce’s headquarters, the meeting was billed as an “open forum allowing business leaders to voice their issues and concerns regarding the state’s business climate.”
State swimming in expired board positions By Andy Brack There are 13 pages of vacant, expired or soon-to-be expiring positions on state boards and commissions, according to a list of 103 organizations the Secretary of State’s office tracks.
Housing trust awards $300,000 for affordable housing By Dennis Quick The Lowcountry Housing Trust has awarded more than $300,000 to seven agencies planning to build 116 units of affordable housing throughout Charleston County.
Major expansion afoot for Johns Island airport By Kathleen Dayton Increased tourism at Kiawah and Seabrook islands has spurred plans for a new aviation facility at Johns Island’s Charleston Executive Airport.
Contractor doing level best to become world trader By Dan McCue For Matthew Montgomery, a native Charlestonian and for 29 years a builder of custom homes, a brand new life in international trade is beginning at an age when most successful men begin to settle down and think about improving their golf scores.
Plan for African American museum approved By Dennis Quick Charleston’s proposed International African American Museum, which has been in the making for the past five years, is beginning to take shape.
Former Pinehaven shopping mecca to shine again By Kathleen Dayton The shops are shuttered, the parking lot is cracked, the outparcels are empty and a mound of trash grows suspiciously behind what was once the Charleston area’s finest shopping venue.
Executive Gifting: Gift-giving etiquette By Holly Fisher Cindy Grosso, founder of the Charleston School of Protocol and Etiquette Inc. and a nationally recognized etiquette expert, offers the following tips for giving gifts to clients, supervisors and co-workers.
Executive Gifting: Outside the box If you don’t feel like shopping or wrapping, here are some gift ideas from local businesses, nonprofit groups and area attractions, including annual memberships, event tickets, gift cards and honorary donations. Most businesses will mail these to the recipient upon request.
Executive Gifting: All wrapped up When in need of a great gift idea, you can’t go wrong with books, the latest gadget or a basket of Charleston treats.
More shops planned along Dorchester Road By Jessica Johnson The Dorchester Road corridor will grow by another string of shops near the point where Summerville and North Charleston meet.
Johns Island’s loss is Summerville area’s gain By Jessica Johnson The Noisy Oyster restaurant chain quietly left Buzzard’s Roost Marina on Johns Island after a Washington, D.C., developer bought the boating facility along Maybank Highway.
New legislation seeks to cure Sarbanes-Oxley ills By Shelia Watson For smaller public companies bemoaning the high costs of complying with rigid accounting and reporting requirements, relief could be in sight thanks to legislation proposed in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
NOAA makes novel use of pharma-based software By Shelia Watson The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration purchased a license for a sophisticated software system that is typically used in the pharmaceutical industry to conduct research at its Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, located on James Island.
Navigational Sciences restructures for growth By Shelia Watson For most people, a vacation is refreshing, relaxing and rejuvenating. For Eric Dobson, a recent vacation was life-changing. Or at least company-changing.
Poplar Grove sales sizzle, starts further development By Dennis Quick Prospective well-to-do homeowners are eyeing and buying property in Poplar Grove, the 6,000-acre former rice plantation in the Hollywood-Red Top area off Savannah Highway along Rantowles Creek.
Today’s cash register rings loudly in online marketplace By Elizabeth Boineau Years ago the shrill of cash registers rolling in the dough and phones ringing off the hook were cause for celebration of solid cash flow, possibly even leading to those cherished year-end bonuses.
Build your courage muscle to make a career change By Barbara Poole I recently spent a week with my 77-year-old Aunt Betty, a modern pioneer woman who lives alone yet is surrounded by friends in the northern reaches of the Canadian prairie.
Cruising the dangerous river of denial By John Carroll Perhaps you’ve heard that denial is not a river in Egypt. The practice of denial in business could be as long, as winding and as treacherous as that famous river. But while the Nile sustains life and business for many in the region, denial in your organization spells nothing but trouble.
People in the News Richard A. Brisbin has been named vice president of the Southeast Region for L-3 Titan Corp.
Accolades & More Travel + Leisure Golf magazine named Kiawah Island Golf Resort the top resort in the United States.
Calendar SEPT. 21: MIT Enterprise forum. 7 p.m. at the Tate Center for Entrepreneurship. Topic: Global entrepreneurship: Inefficiency as opportunity in the developing world.
Giving Back Sea Island Habitat opens satellite store on Edisto Sea Island Habitat for Humanity has taken a step onto Edisto Island by opening a Resale Store at 487 Highway 174.
Photo Finish MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BREAKS GROUND ON NEW DENTAL CENTER The College of Dental Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina celebrates the groundbreaking of its new clinical education center.
News Briefs Santee Cooper completes construction of state’s first solar power site Santee Cooper has completed construction on South Carolina’s first solar Green Power site, and is planning an Oct. 31 unveiling of the project.
