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 mitigate area traffic affecting quality of life for many people daily. This business-led campaign spearheaded by the Charleston Regional Development Alliance (CRDA) is challenging employees to help lower traffic congestion by staggering work hours, ride sharing, using public transit, and other means. Well over half of employees drive alone to work (80%) or drive to work between the peak congestion period of 6:00-8:30AM (60%). Reboot the Commute is trying to educate employees about alternative ways to get to work to reduce this congestion. "Together, if we all do a little bit, we can solve our traffic problems and bring more work/life balance to our lives”, said Melanie Stith, Chair of the Reboot the Commute Action Team. Read more here...
Guide on how you can Reboot YOUR Commute!
Flooding an "existential threat" to Charleston
Living in certain areas of Charleston comes with the known fact that it is prone to flooding and poor drainage, and this is a priority concern for Mayor John Tecklenburg. In his State of the City address in January, he mentioned that not only do we have consistently high tides every year, but sea levels are also starting to rise, creating an "existential threat to our city”. He acknowledged that we need to act now to help manage this and proposed a plan that not only addresses infrastructure and resources, but also outreach, governance and land use as critical components to success. He also stressed that this "is going to require all citizens to come together and advocate for change ... for all of us to become a part of the solution." Read more here...
The Mayor's plan has since been put in motion with the help of Dutch Dialogues, international experts in flooding and urban design, with a public briefing held in early May and a week-long research and design study of the Charleston area scheduled for July. They initially plan to focus on the areas most prone to dangerous flooding such as "Church Creek in West Ashley, Johns Island, the undeveloped property where the old Cooper River bridges once stood and the downtown Medical District". In particular, they will look at the drainage around the area and new ways to approach this issue. “If we think purely of water being our enemy, of Mother Nature being our enemy, we’re going to lose that battle.” Read more here...
South Carolina Aquarium Awarded Nation's Highest Honor for Museums and Libraries
Recently, the South Carolina Aquarium and nine other venues were awarded the 2019 National Medal for Museum and Library Service by the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences for their outstanding work in "making a difference for individuals, families, and communities". Unlike many other aquariums, the South Carolina Aquarium does not focus on having a wide array of exotic life, but rather on trying to save injured and endangered species and on educating the community on the natural world and ways the community can help. “This award cements the South Carolina Aquarium’s indispensable role in connecting our community not only to the water, and to our natural world, but to each other,” said Jonathan Zucker, chairman of the Board of the South Carolina Aquarium. Read More Here...
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