Going once, going twice… By Kathleen Dayton Something was going on at 1701 Canyon Oaks Drive and the neighbors were curious.
They came from next door and down the street, some pushing strollers, to see what was going on under the white tent that had been pitched in the driveway of the three-bedroom, three-bath lakeside home.
In-migration poised to stoke Charleston’s economic future By Dan McCue When Tom Finnegan left the Lowcountry to pursue a career 14 years ago, he wasn’t sure what the future held, but he always had an inkling that no matter how circuitous it was, the route he followed would lead back home.
Testing ground By Dennis Quick Earlier this month, Dorchester County became the South Carolina testing ground for a new asphalt-paving innovation created by MeadWestvaco Corp.’s Specialty Chemicals division in North Charleston.
Fingered for growth By Dan McCue The founders of the Sticky Fingers chain of barbecue restaurants have sold an undisclosed interest in the business to a Charlottesville, Va.-based private equity firm to finance an expansion that could take the company nationwide.
‘Creative class’ will turn Navy base into urban gem By Dennis Quick Slowly, steadily, you can see it happening. Artists and artisans are setting up shop on a piece of North Charleston turf that 13 years ago doomsayers pronounced dead when the Base Realignment and Closure Commission blew taps over it.
Charleston Police Department’s new chief ready to lead By Kathleen Dayton When Greg Mullen was sworn in as Charleston’s new chief of police, he was finally stepping into the role he had been preparing for his entire life.
South Carolina ‘tour d’education’ draws crowds By Bill Settlemyer I didn’t plan it this way, but the last four weeks turned into a personal “tour d’education,” running from the continuing efforts around the state to pull public education up by its bootstraps to exciting developments in higher education.
2007 is the year to solve South Carolina’s workers’ comp crisis By Jay W. Ragley Over the last month, I have met with more than 200 small-business owners in seven South Carolina communities, including Charleston, to discuss the condition of our state’s workers’ compensation system.
The South and Democrats By Andy Brack A Maryland political science professor this week wrote a provocative column for Salon.com that suggested the national Democratic Party needed to write off the South.
College students stay for the education, leave for jobs By Lindsay Danzell South Carolina will lose a majority of college graduates to other states, according to a new study by Greenville Forward, a nonprofit organization geared toward economic development in the Upstate.
Residents fail to put brake on trucking facility By Jessica Johnson Residents banded together to block a trucking facility from locating near homes on Duncan Chapel Road and U.S. Highway 15 north of Harleyville.
Paying someone to deck the halls for you By Kathleen Dayton Poor Clark Griswald. The bumbling character portrayed by Chevy Chase in the 1989 Yuletide comedy “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” could have used some help with his holiday decorations.
Access road last major issue facing port expansion By Dan McCue S.C. State Ports Authority President and CEO Bernard S. Groseclose had a simple but direct message for South Carolina lawmakers in the State of the Port address he delivered Nov. 14: Resolve access road issues related to the new $600 million terminal planned for the former Charleston Navy base, or risk crippling one the state’s most important economic development tools.
Panel: State must face oil, gas drilling possibilities By Dennis Quick If the federal government passes legislation allowing oil and natural gas drilling off South Carolina’s coast, how much revenue would the state receive from these energy resources?
Lost sight, not vision By Lindsay Danzell With tears rolling down her cheeks and her eyes in a fixed stare, Alicia Chisolm made no attempt to hide her pain as her voice wavered against the noise in the cafe.
Trade isn’t slowed by radiation inspectors By Dan McCue A year after U.S. Customs and Border Protection installed radiation portal monitors at Charleston’s three container terminals, the inspection program is being hailed as an unqualified success by what some might consider a surprising source: the region’s motor carriers.
Bridging the gender gap in personal finance By Kathleen Dayton Debt is debt, a credit score is a credit score and everyone knows to save for retirement. So why should financial planning be any different for women than for men?
Netrepreneurs: Making money on the Web By Shelia Watson Having a Web site is a critical success factor for a business, no matter how large or small. The Web site is often the first glance the customer has of the company, as well as the company’s “face” to the world.
Netrepreneurs: Yardsticks for Web effectiveness By Shelia Watson Web statistics are useful for measuring the effectiveness of your Web site for the customer or viewer. WebTrends Inc., which provides analytical reports on the Web, noted these useful marketing-relevant indicators.
S.C. Federal Credit Union rolls out business services By Dan McCue South Carolina Federal Credit Union is reinventing and rebranding itself by starting a business services wing to better meet the needs of its members and the communities it serves.
Do you want to be a philanthropist? By June Bradham Q. I read about philanthropists like Ted Turner, Linda Ketner and Anita and Jerry Zucker. What advice might they give to me if I want to become like them?
A positive attitude sets the tone for business success By Ted Albenesius You probably remember the childhood story “The Little Engine that Could.” The same power of positive thinking can help you overcome the inevitable obstacles that can stand in the way of becoming a successful entrepreneur.
How are you limiting yourself? By Barbara Poole I want to ask you a couple of rather ambitious questions for an 800-word column: What’s possible in your career and in your life, and how are you limiting yourself with respect to achieving those possibilities?
What’s the best way to make my quota every month? By Jeffery Gitomer Every sales person has a quota, and for most, it looms at the end of the month. Figure out a way to make it in your first week instead of your last week.
Accolades & More Lafarge Cement won the 17th annual SCE&G Industrial Cup golf tournament. Lafarge’s net score was 55 for the tournament, which was held at Miler Country Club in Summerville.
People in the News N. Brock Collins, Jennifer L. North and Jonathan A. Marcantel have joined the faculty of Charleston School of Law.
Calendar NOV. 30: National Council on Readiness and Preparedness. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at Gaillard Auditorium Exhibition Hall. Cost: $35 before Nov. 16; $40 after. Information: www.ncorp.org/charleston.
Giving Back Azalea Sertoma teams with Dorchester Habitat
Azalea Sertoma Club presented Dorchester Habitat for Humanity with a check for $1,500 to help the organization build homes and hope for people in need throughout Dorchester County.
