Approximately 49,000 employees work in more than 4,000 businesses east of the Cooper River, according to ZIP Business Patterns (U.S. Census Bureau). Based on data provided by the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, 97% of these companies employ less than 50 employees, and 89% have less than 20 employees. The majority of them are local market-driven businesses like stores, … [Read more...]
Labor Day: A Local and Nationwide History
Twelve-hour workdays with few or no bathroom breaks. Pay that’s nowhere near a living wage. Children under the age of 12 working long hours in dangerous jobs. We wince when we hear of these conditions in third-world countries. But workers in the United States faced these same injustices for many years. In the Lowcountry, the hellish job of phosphate mining replaced the … [Read more...]
Butler & College, LLC: Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late
Butler & College, LLC assists businesses, individuals and families with their real estate and estate-planning needs with a focus on residential real estate transactions, commercial real estate and estate planning. One of the services they provide is to help individuals establish wills or trusts. Butler & College attorney Sarah Miller Smith, who focuses her practice … [Read more...]
Kia Country of Charleston: Driving the Lowcountry
Since 2003, Kia Country of Charleston has established a name for itself as one of the top dealerships in the Carolinas. A part of the Lee Motor Group, Kia Country of Charleston is the 2019 DealerRater.com Dealer of the Year and a recipient of its 2019 Consumer Satisfaction Award. “We are certainly not the biggest dealership and not the smallest dealership in the Carolinas, … [Read more...]
Automotive Excellence: Driven to Earn Your Business
If online reviews are any indication, Automotive Excellence is doing an excellent job of living up to its name. Customers want honesty, quality and fair prices out of an auto-service shop, and, according to their web writeups, Automotive Excellence consistently delivers on all three. With two locations to serve customers — one on Ben Sawyer Boulevard (originally opened on … [Read more...]
The Open Road Awaits: Low Country Volkswagen
Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer founded in 1937 to mass-produce a “people’s car,” has had an enduring presence in the United States since the 1950s. According to Low Country Volkswagen General Manager Bennett Gault, “VW offers The People First Warranty: A six-year/72,000-mile bumper-tobumper transferrable warranty you can drive easy with. It is the best warranty … [Read more...]
The Market at Mill Creek: Your One-Stop-Shop Day Out
Whether you’re heading out to do errands or just treat yourself, the Market at Mill Creek located on Highway 41 has dining, shopping and other service-industry businesses offering a myriad of options to plan a full day all in one location. A three-building complex located on 12 acres adjacent to the Dunes West subdivision, Lowes Foods, with its more than 48,000 square feet, … [Read more...]
Bubbles Gift Shoppe in Mt Pleasant: One-of-a-Kind Clothing and Gifts
While most 13-year-old kids are navigating their way through middle school and all the challenges that come with it, one local girl has navigated her way through opening her own unique business this summer and is now making quite a name for herself and her specialty store – Bubbles Gift Shoppe. Located in the Market at Mill Creek Shopping Center on Hwy 41, Bubbles is owned … [Read more...]
Mount Pleasant Roadwork Continues
Road and utility work is expected to be completed by the end of 2019 on Coleman Boulevard, bringing to a close a project that has affected the flow of traffic on one of Mount Pleasant’s major thoroughfares for more than two years. Motorists certainly won’t be sad to see the ubiquitous orange barrels and cones removed from the road that helps carry traffic from the Arthur … [Read more...]
First Building in Ferry Wharf Is Open for Business
It took him a decade to buy the land and a few more years before the first dirt was turned, but local developer Michael Bennett of Bennett Hospitality has unveiled the first installment in what eventually will be an innovative mixed-use project that looks out over Charleston Harbor. Ground was broken in 2017 on Ferry Wharf, which basks in the shadow of the Arthur Ravenel … [Read more...]