Meeting regional planning challenges By Bill Settlemyer Ironically, the current slowdown in new residential construction may have come at just the right time for the Charleston tri-county region. It opens what is likely to be a small window of time in which to bring more order to the path of future growth here.
A burning issue By Molly Parker “Sixteen, please.” Giving an order laced with a Southern drawl, Bill McCall Jr. directed the elevator operator seated atop a five-gallon bucket to take him to the top of the boiler tower, a critical piece of the fourth power unit under construction at Santee Cooper’s coal-fired facility in rural Cross.
Vought union vote could be watermark By Dan McCue When it opened for business last year, Vought Aircraft Industries’ North Charleston plant ushered in a new era of aircraft manufacturing in the Lowcountry.
S.C., Georgia to share in Jasper port By Dan McCue Governors Mark Sanford and Sonny Perdue met recently on a waterfront patio across the Savannah River from the historic district of its namesake city to make a little history themselves: the formal announcement of a rare, bi-state partnership to jointly build and operate a massive cargo container terminal on land Georgia owns in South Carolina.
Vought official concedes Dreamliner challenges By Dan McCue Vought Aircraft Industries’ fuselage plant in North Charleston is “among the riskiest, if not the riskiest” of Boeing’s major suppliers for its Dreamliner 787 project, a company official said earlier this month.
Business park to bring industry, retailers By Dan McCue An office and industrial property development company owned by H. Ross Perot Jr.—son of the Texas billionaire and onetime presidential candidate H. Ross Perot—is poised to begin construction of a 750-acre business park near Interstate 26 in Berkeley County.
Wenger takes flight when business is bustling By Molly Parker When a chef working for Steven Wenger’s catering company accidentally spilled oil on the well-manicured lawn of a client’s home, Wenger made a personal trip out to Rockville carrying just the right ingredients for an apology: a healthy plate of shrimp and grits, a bottle of Maker’s Mark, a shovel and some sod.
Coal-plant fires wrath, brings hope to Pee Dee By Molly Parker The new coal-fired power plant Santee Cooper plans to build on the edge of the Great Pee Dee River is either a “noxious behemoth” or the environmentally friendly key to economic vitality in rural Florence County, depending on whose turn it was at the microphone earlier this month.
Consultant: Freeways destroy cities’ values, vistas By Kathleen Dayton A recent presentation on urban planning and transportation filled a downtown meeting room and left the audience with one thought: Freeways are so yesterday.
MUSC spins biotech from lab to marketplace By Molly Parker Pearce Gilbert knew there was something to the complicated research project that crossed his desk on technology that could convert peptides into drugs to treat such conditions as pain and schizophrenia.
Biotechnology hopeful encounters a few speed bumps By Lindsay Street Failure is an option for many startup companies, and one South Carolina-based biotechnology company hoping to capitalize on shrimp shells has endured everything from a hurricane to hesitant investors.
Wound-repair gel approaches market By Shelia Watson FirstString Research Inc., a Charleston-based biotechnology company developing a wound-healing process, is ready to move into its clinical trial stage, which will include testing its product on humans.
New pay scales lead to raises for agency heads By Dan McCue Pay raises bestowed on some of the state’s top administrators by the S.C. Budget and Control Board on Nov. 6 were an unwarranted windfall, Gov. Mark Sanford said.
Rex: Jobs depend on school reform By Scott Miller Google Inc.’s prolonged search for employees highlights a push to reform the state’s education system to produce a more prepared work force.
State awards insurance policy using competitive bids By Dan McCue The state budget board on Nov. 6 gave a North Carolina company control of South Carolina’s catastrophic windstorm insurance policy, ending the 20-year practice of awarding the contract to the same company without competitive bidding.
Trident Health System kicks the smoking habit By Molly Parker Susan Shapiro is dying for a cigarette, yet sick of smoking. That might sound like a contradiction of sorts, but it’s an internal battle quite familiar to the hundreds of thousands of nicotine addicts who have sworn their last cigarette was the last, and then picked up another.
Ports CEO sees bright future beyond challenges By Dan McCue Even the best of times can be fraught with lingering challenges was the message delivered this month by the S.C. State Ports Authority’s top official about the Port of Charleston.
There’s more to this game than meets the eye By Elizabeth L. Boineau As the football season winds down, Super Bowl countdown begins, Atlantic Coast Conference basketball lifts off and professional hockey skates our way, many of us scramble to be spectators and don the logo, icon or colors of our favorite teams. What’s behind all this cheerleading?
Make the most of the annual office party By Barbara Poole Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, we are in the thick of the holiday season. There is a full menu of celebrations with both friends and family, as well as the infamous Office Party.
People in the News Jimmy Hyams has been promoted to branch executive at Southcoast Community Bank’s Sam Rittenberg Boulevard location. Hyams joined Southcoast Community Bank as a business development officer in December 2006.
Accolades & More The following attorneys were selected by their peers to be included in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Matthew J. Norton, Parker Poe; Susan Taylor Wall, Parker Poe; J. Sidney Boone Jr., McNair Law Firm; Lucas C. Padgett Jr., McNair Law Firm; M. William Youngblood, McNair Law Firm; Paul Dominick, Nexsen Pruet; David Hawkins, Nexsen Pruet; Molly Hughes, Nexsen Pruet; Harold Jacobs, Nexsen Pruet; Neil Robinson, Nexsen Pruet; Tom Tisdale, Nexsen Pruet; and Brad Waring, Nexsen Pruet.
Calendar NOV. 27: Mechanical Contractors Association of South Carolina, Coastal Area meeting. 6 p.m. at Cullum Mechanical Construction Inc., 3325 Pacific Ave., Charleston. Information: Stan Harbourt, 843-747-4100.
Today's Profile: George Benson, College of Charleston By Kristen Poland
Stepping out of the second-floor stairwell in Randolph Hall, the oldest structure on the College of Charleston campus, visitors find themselves in the midst of antique furniture pieces and ornate décor that capture the elegance and pride associated with South Carolina’s past. At the end of a hall, lined with artwork that tells the story of the college’s storied 237-year past, sits the president’s office. …
