VIEWPOINT: Skyrocketing Rents Changing the Local Business Landscape
Nov 28, 2016
The following is reposted from the Charleston Regional Business Journal (Jan 9 – 22, 2017; Volume 23, No. 1): The rising cost of housing regularly grabs local headlines these days, and the subsequent impact to our citizens is the subject of frequent articles, forums, cocktail party conversations and… Read More
A time to be grateful
Nov 16, 2016
I can think of no better time for us to all be still, for just a moment, to take stock of all that we have to be grateful for. Even in times that seem so uncertain, where many are feeling unheard and those who have been disenfranchised for… Read More
Charleston County’s criminal justice reform group solicits community representation
Nov 16, 2016
Changes are underway in the practices of our local criminal justice system in an effort to create a more effective system. The men and women at the forefront of our system have been collaborating with community members and agencies around the County in order to design and implement… Read More
Lowcountry Local First wins national growth accelerator contest
Nov 10, 2016
Lowcountry Local First awarded $50,000 to fill gaps in Charleston’s entrepreneurial ecosystem Charleston, SC (November 10, 2016) — Local Works, Lowcountry Local First’s open-sector coworking space for entrepreneurs and start-ups, has received $50,000 for being a winner of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)’s annual Growth Accelerator Fund… Read More