A ccording to Webster’s, an “expo” is a “public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions, as in the Paris Exposition of 1878.” According to Frank Frazier, the Mount Pleasant Business and Community Expo “is a great event for small business people and entrepreneurs because it draws a terrific crowd.” That’s Frank Frazier of Merrill Lynch, who also … [Read more...]
A Ride to Remember: The Carolina Coast Surf Club
I stood on the rain-soaked deck at The Windjammer on the Isle of Palms, my hands tightly gripping the wood handrail. I was fixated, entranced even, by the sheer power of the ocean. A late-spring storm surge had kicked up waves; they rose gradually then crashed violently in an avalanche of foam and white water. My mind returned to a state of reality when I … [Read more...]
Her Story – Mount Pleasant Author Pens New Book
Some writers are fortunate in the fact that they recognize a great story while it is still taking place. Thus they are able to procure all the moments, conversations and other portions of life that will help formulate their masterpiece. It's also no surprise that when it comes to family stories, the origins often take place in a kitchen, where food and fellowship are vehicles … [Read more...]
Meeting the Challenge – Dennis O’Neill
The field of law is complicated, structured by laws and rulings yet fluid and malleable as it applies to human behavior. Some areas of law can be routine, such as real estate, with its mounds of paperwork and figures. Others, including criminal and civil cases, are much more complicated, and the pathway to satisfactory results can be ambiguous. But, no matter the area of … [Read more...]
Third Time’s the Charm
Make Plans to Attend the 2013 Business and Community Expo. In its first two years, the Mount Pleasant Entrepreneur and Business Expo gave local companies, professionals and organizations an excellent opportunity to market their products and services to residents and visitors. Throughout the day, attendees and vendors exchanged ideas and contact information with one goal in … [Read more...]
An “Ole” Favorite: Ye Ole Fashioned Ice Cream & Sandwich Cafe
You can believe Bryan Cole when he tells you he built his business, because that’s exactly what he did. In 1994, long before Mount Pleasant grew to become the fourth largest municipality in South Carolina, Cole surveyed a cinderblock building on Highway 17 and had the vision that it could become the site of a successful restaurant. Paying no attention to advice from friends … [Read more...]
“Let’s Be Exclusive” Dennis Walczuk Bonds with his Customers
Dennis Walczuk of Exclusively Bimmers fell in love with the BMW brand before it was cool. “Back in 1976, my brother and I started a BMW repair business in Los Angeles,” he said. “No one really knew what they were; they had not gotten popular yet. I worked with my brother’s business until about 1981, and during that time I developed a life passion for BMW.” Walczuk moved to … [Read more...]
Mikell Law Firm: Getting People To A Better Place
For Jason Mikell, being a lawyer is about giving his clients his full attention and helping them through a difficult time in their lives. Those values aren’t something Mikell learned in law school at the University of South Carolina. They are the product of “the way my parents raised me,” he said. He gives his clients 100 percent of his attention – whether it’s a minor … [Read more...]
A Bump in the Road: Experience Makes a Difference
Everyone encounters inconveniences as they travel down the highway of life, from unexpected visits to the dentist to major appliances that no longer work right to minor traffic accidents. The experienced staff at Mount Pleasant Collision can’t make your teeth stop hurting or convince your refrigerator to hang on for a few more years, but they can make sure your trip to the body … [Read more...]
Hudson’s Import Service: Mount Pleasant, SC
As spring engulfed the Lowcountry in 1978, Jimmy Carter was well into his second year as president of the United States, the Dallas Cowboys, led by Roger Staubach and Tony Dorsett, were the reigning Super Bowl champions, a gallon of regular gasoline cost in the neighborhood of 63 cents and Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, was still little more than a dot on the map along Highway … [Read more...]