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The Greater Summerville/Dorchester County Chamber of Commerce, The Town of Summerville and Director/Chief Instructor Avis MacLellan, The Model’s Studio, recently celebrated the grand opening of the studio at 821-A W. Richardson Avenue in historic downtown Summerville.
The Model’s Studio is a complete program for all ages offering essential tools to motivate, develop self esteem and succeed in any career choice. Courses are based on the principles of Positive Reinforcement—positive words spoken in a young person’s life enhance their dreams and desire for success in all things.
Businesses claim “Roaring 20s” awards
James MacDonald and other employees from Force Protection were at the Coastal Carolina Fair this past fall to show off one of the vehicles manufactured at the plant.
Force Protection, Inc. and Metalworx, Inc.— were recently awarded in “The Roaring 20” listing in the Charleston Regional Business Journal.
Nominated companies were qualified and ranked according to growth and revenue.  Companies had to be headquartered in Berkeley, Charleston or Dorchester counties, be
Everyone hopes for a healthy baby. As a mother of two and grandmother of two healthy children, Holly Jeffries, Vice President of Operations for Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union, wanted to do something for parents and children facing different and difficult circumstances.
”I love knitting and have created a variety of pieces for my own grandchildren,” says Jeffries. “I decided to make and donate these soft, colorful caps for preemies and babies in critical condition. I hope they will bring some comfort to the parents.” Jeffries goal is to make and donate one hundred comfort caps this year to the neonatal unit at Trident Medical Center.
It’s all systems go for the “Carol’s Home” extreme home makeover project happening in Dorchester county.
“Carol’s Home” is the brain child of the Charleston Trident Home Builders Association, which heard about Carol being attacked by a stranger and decided to help by building her a brand new, handicap-accessible home.
(Harleyville, S.C. - April 3, 2008)  Southern Color N.A. unveiled its
new 60,000 square foot cement coloring facility at Harleyville, South Carolina in