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...]
How Employees’ Well-Being Effects the Bottom Line: Good Health Is Good for Business
Shannon Depiesse, a triathlete enthusiast, floated the idea of a women’s team to participate in the local She Tris sprint triathlons to the company she works for, Meadors, Inc. Four of her colleagues signed up and trained together while Meadors supported and encouraged them. Meadors, located in Charleston, is in the business of high-end architecture, design, construction and … [Read more...]
All Aboard: A Day in the Life of a Yacht Captain
I am awakened by Mac McAnally’s “Coast of Carolina” drifting from my iPhone alarm. I click on the weather radio and listen: The weather will be favorable for today’s travels. I roll out of my bunk and start the coffee. At 5:25 a.m., I walk past my crewman’s door, “We are a go!” is all I need to say on my way to the engine room. I check the 30-plus gauges involved with the … [Read more...]
The Fight for Their Lives: Life After Cancer
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, followed by Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. While you’ll notice a flurry of light blue and pink ribbons in their respective months; colorful accents worn by celebrities, football players and newscasters, there are many who carry those colors in their hearts year-round: those fighting cancer, those lucky to have survived … [Read more...]
Clubhouses for Children with Cancer: Building a Place to Dream, Imagine and Play
Each year, the parents of approximately 15,600 kids will hear the words “Your child has cancer,” according to CureSearch for Children’s Cancer. Across all ages, ethnic groups and socioeconomics, this disease remains the No. 1 cause of death by disease in children. One local company is creating a ray of sunshine in the lives of children with cancer. For the past three years, … [Read more...]
The Do’s and Don’ts of Fall Gardening
The heat. Oh my gosh, the heat. August makes us beg for relief. We dream of feeling one cool breeze to let us know fall is a reality, that there will be a moment without humidity wrapping its sticky, warm arms around us. Ah, yes, the salvation of falling fall temperatures. But what about the garden that has been languishing in the heat with us? Its parched beds beg for our … [Read more...]