Mount Pleasant Magazine Sept-Oct 2018

mp business www.MPBusinessMag.com | www.BestOfMP.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com MPB W hat in the world is the Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce? And what exactly does it do? Fair questions, in part because the Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce didn’t exist until recently – January 2017 to be precise. Of course, its roots trace back considerably further. The first organization targeted to businesses in our town was the East Cooper Merchants Association, founded in 1992. In 1996, it became the Mount Pleasant Business and BY BILL FARLEY Business and More TheMount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce Photos provided by the Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce. Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce President Chris Staubes, right, talks with Councilmen Gary Santos, left, and Jim Owens during the 2017 Business and Community Expo.