Posts filed under Charleston



Charleston in the News - January 2021 Edition
Posted Fri, Jan 1st 2021 10:05 am
Local Saltwater Hydroponic Farm is the First in the Nation  Did you know that you can grow plants in saltwater? Well, Sam Norton, founder of Heron Farms, has just created the country's first ind...

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Charleston in the News - December 2020 Edition
Posted Tue, Dec 1st 2020 12:05 pm
1,500-acre Tract Added to Francis Marion National Forest Thanks to the efforts of three local entities, the 8,100-acre Francis Marion National Forest will soon expand to encompass the 1,500-acre...

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Charleston in the News - November 2020 Edition
Posted Fri, Oct 30th 2020 8:25 am
Volvo Car Stadium Announces Renovations and Modernization  After 20 years of the Volvo Car Stadium hosting many memorable events on Daniel Island, Ben Navarro, owner of the Charleston Tennis...

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Charleston in the News - October 2020 Edition
Posted Fri, Oct 2nd 2020 11:45 am
Boeing to Consolidate 787 Dreamliner Production in Charleston Area Great news for Charleston! Following an in-depth feasibility study, Boeing has just announced that it will consolidate producti...

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Charleston in the News - September 2020 Edition
Posted Tue, Sep 1st 2020 1:00 pm
  The Fastest-Growing Companies in Charleston Charleston continues to show it's strong entrepreneurial spirit! The 2020 Inc. 5,000 list includes 29 companies from the Charleston metro area that...

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Charleston in the News - August 2020 Edition
Posted Sat, Aug 1st 2020 1:00 pm
  Port of Charleston, South Carolina & the Southeast to benefit from U.S. supply-chain changes Putting all your eggs into one basket is never a good idea. According to a newly released internatio...

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Charleston In The News (July 2020 Edition)
Posted Wed, Jul 1st 2020 2:25 pm
U.K. Automotive Manufacturer ARKONIK, LTD. Selects Charleston for its First U.S. Location and North American Headquarters(Charleston Regional Development Alliance) The region’s fast-growing auto...

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Charleston in the News - June 2020
Posted Mon, Jun 1st 2020 1:00 pm
Charleston Businesses Get a Double Whammy Many of the downtown restaurants, retail shops and hotels that normally would have been serving a high volume of out-of-town visitors at this time of ye...

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Charleston in the News - May 2020
Posted Fri, May 1st 2020 12:05 pm
COVID-19 Pandemic - Update & Recovery Efforts Although Governor McMaster further extended South Carolina's State of Emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic into the middle of May, we are beginnin...

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Charleston in the News - April 2020
Posted Wed, Apr 1st 2020 8:25 am
We Are All in This Together!  There are many resources available to help us navigate through this very challenging and uncertain time brought upon us by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some even provide us...

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Charleston in the News - March 2020
Posted Sun, Mar 1st 2020 2:45 pm
Conceptual study released on the proposed Lowcountry Lowline There's news about the Lowcountry Lowline, a linear park system proposed for the defunct rail corridor that runs along the high-gro...

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Charleston in the News - February 2020
Posted Sat, Feb 1st 2020 6:20 pm
Local Band Wins Grammy for Best Regional Album in American Roots Charleston band Ranky Tanky formed in 2016, released its first album in 2017, first performed on TV in March 2019 on the Today sh...

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Charleston in the News - January 2020
Posted Wed, Jan 1st 2020 2:00 pm
Boone Hall Plantation Placed Under Conservation Easement  One of Charleston's beloved tourist attractions, Boone Hall Plantation, has recently been placed under a conservation easement. In 1955, W...

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Charleston in the News - December 2019
Posted Mon, Dec 2nd 2019 1:00 pm
Academic Magnet Recognized as a Top STEM School  Academic Magnet High School is no stranger to receiving national awards for the amazing work their staff and students do. Recently, Newsweek reco...

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Charleston in the News - November 2019
Posted Thu, Oct 31st 2019 9:25 am
Charleston is the Number 1 Moving Destination According to Realtor.com  Realtor.com just completed an analysis of "Top Moving Destinations" and found that many people from the Charlotte, Atlanta, ...

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Charleston in the News - October 2019
Posted Tue, Oct 1st 2019 2:25 pm
What "Bigbelly Bins" in Charleston Mean for the City! Have you noticed the new trash cans downtown? Before Hurricane Dorian made its appearance in early September, the City placed 100 new solar-po...

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Top 10 Reasons Some People May Not Like Charleston, SC - Revisited
Posted Fri, Sep 13th 2019 3:01 pm
Back in 2009 I wrote a blog post on the top 10 reasons some people may not like Charleston, SC (read below) which got more than 17,000 views! Ten years later, it's time to update this list. What wo...

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Charleston in the News - August 2019
Posted Fri, Aug 2nd 2019 1:00 pm
Charleston County's Academic Magnet High School is No. 1 in National Ranking of Public High Schools On April 30th, U.S. News & World Report announced that the Academic Magnet High School (locall...

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Charleston in the News - July 2019
Posted Mon, Jul 1st 2019 4:00 pm
College of Charleston Gets a New Innovative Course of Study While the College of Charleston teaches many disciplines, its main objective is to be innovative. Yet the most innovative career opt...

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Charleston in the News - June 2019
Posted Sat, Jun 1st 2019 2:05 pm
Reboot YOUR Commute to Reduce Traffic Many local businesses - representing more than 39,000 total employees combined - are encouraging what they call "Reboot the Commute" in an effort to help ...

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