BATTERY ISLAND ROW provides 6 select residents with a choice never before offered in Charleston - a neighborhood of detached, single family homes arranged around a modern eco-friendly lifestyle. The focus at Battery Island Row is a better quality of life. All facets of the development focus on Green Building techniques and construction principles based [...]
Designed around a collection of urbane streets and lanes, Mixson is designed as a sustainable walking neighborhood in the heart of Park Circle. Its compact homes, shops, parks, and courtyards incorporate details inspired by cities around the world and pairs them with the latest green technologies and materials that will age gracefully over time.
Despite a down economy and a scaled-back slate of offerings this year, early ticket sales for Spoleto Festival USA have been surprisingly strong, officials say.
Within the first five days of opening for sales, the festival sold 17% more than in the same period in 2006, the festival’s strongest year to date for sales.
“We’re buoyed by [...]
Tickets are still available for Charleston Area Convention and Vistors Bureau’s “Be a Tourist in Your Own Town” promotion. Be a Tourist in Your Own Town pass offers local Tri-County residents free one-time admission to 37 area attractions and discounts at 24 restaurants during the month of January 2009. Tickets may currently be purchased at [...]
WADMALAW ISLAND — Scott Newitt had this dream for years: He wanted to make his own vodka.
He was doing well, working since 2000 as a general manager for a large wine and spirits company along the South Carolina coast after spending 10 years as a regional manager for Gallo wines.
But he kept coming back to [...]
Oysters on the Point on January 10th from 2 - 6 pm. There is something for everyone. $7 buckets of oysters, hotdogs, and hamburgers. Kids activities, art walk, build your own Bloody Mary Bar, wood burning fire pits, and s’mores. Live music featuring Plane Jane. Free admission
Directions
Sponsored by:
Charleston Harbor Resort
Captain Morgan
Smirnoff
Eye Level Art
Other Brother [...]
Sarah Chang - Violinist
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the puppeteer Basil Twist and the Westminster Choir are among the participants in the 2009 Spoleto Festival, scheduled for May 22 through June 7 in Charleston, S.C. The festival, in its 33rd season, will also include a new production of Charpentier’s opera “Louise,” the festival debut [...]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — One of the country’s largest apartment management companies is expanding its South Carolina-based operations after acquiring a Texas firm.
Charleston-based Greystar Real Estate Partners announced Monday its acquisition of JPI Management Services, the management division of JPI of Irving, Texas. The purchase price was not disclosed.
The purchase will expand Greystar’s operations to 140,000 [...]
COLUMBIA — South Carolina was the 10th-fastest-growing state from July 2007 to July 2008, according to U.S. Census Bureau state population estimates released this week.
The state grew by 1.7%, from 4,404,914 to 4,479,800 people.
South Carolina also ranked 10th in terms of actual peopled added, with 74,886.
Utah was the nation’s fastest-growing state during the past year, [...]
When I think of Christmas, I think of the stuff often found under trees: toys and books and computers, DVD players and colorful paper.
I don’t mean the Christmas tree. During the holidays in my neighborhood in New York, I see this stuff left under the spindly, anemic black trees that line sidewalks, waiting to be [...]
