Badcock Home Furniture & More at 1422 Boone Hill Road, held their Grand Opening Ceremonies on Tuesday, January 12. “We want to support the community,” said Chief Operating Officer Mike Price as he and Store Manager Adam Whelchel prese ... full story
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- Woodlands back under previous ownership
The Woodlands Inn is back under its previous ownership. Sheila Johnson, founder ... full story - Bank of S.C. welcomes Waring to staff
Jimmy Waring has joined The Bank of South Carolina at their Summerville branch a ... full story - Tri-County Regional Chamber of Commerce installs 2012 officers, board members
During the recent Tri-County Regional Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet/Install ... full story
Woodmen raise money for 2 causes
The Modern Woodmen raised funds for two community needs during the holiday season.
An equipment fundraiser for SheDevil Softball featured at “Rock-a-Thon” on Dec. 17. The group raised $1330 with a matching grant from Modern Woodmen&rsquo ... full story
Summerville man joins Adamus MediaAdamus Media, a design and advertising firm with offices in Mount Pleasant and Williamstown, N.J., announces it has hired Summerville resident Bruce Formhals as an account executive in its Charleston region office. In this position, Formhals wi ... full story
Payne joins Carolina OneJohn Payne, an avid kayaker who lives in Summerville, has elected to place his license with the Summerville Main Street office of Carolina One Real Estate. A lifelong resident of the Charleston area, Payne received his BA in Business and Economics fr ... full story
The Woodlands Inn is back under its previous ownership.
Sheila Johnson, founder of BET and owner of Salamander Hospitality, which acquired Woodlands in 2006, sold the Inn to Johnny Linton, a Summerville native and attorney with Duffy and Young LLC in ... full story
Summerville SCORE celebrates expansion Summerville SCORE will celebrate the expansion of its services at the Greater Summerville/Dorchester County Chamber of Commerce on Thursday at 11:30am with the cutting of a large blue ribbon to announce it will begin walk-in hours ... full story
Jimmy Waring has joined The Bank of South Carolina at their Summerville branch as a Loan Originator. Waring has been in the mortgage business for over 20 years and has deep roots in the Summerville community.
He will be lending on home purchase ... full story
During the recent Tri-County Regional Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet/Installation Ceremony, 2011 Board President Mike Norris administered the oath of office to 2012 President Vincent Martin, President-elect Chasity Avinger, Vice President Carlton ... full story
Globe-hopping entrepreneur Alastair James believes he can put his experiences to use smoothing out travel and social situations in a unique business whose basic idea is: the butler did it.
AJ the Butler, that is.
“It” in this case being ... full story
Say Cheese and show us your fish!“Say Cheese and show us your fish!” as The Charleston Angler 2012 Photo & Essay Contest kicks off.
“We’ve seen your faces in the store, now show us what you’ve been doin’ in and off shore. (Freshwater subjects ... full story
The Dorchester County Planning Commission will host five workshops throughout rural Dorchester County in January. The purpose is to learn citizens’ opinions on its revised rural zoning strategy. The Planning Commission invites you t ... full story
The Arts Business Civic Coalition of Summerville/Dorchester Co. is assembling a team of local and regional antique experts for the second annual “Critique My Antique” Event, from 1pm – 5pm on Sunday, January 15th at the Summerville ... full story
South Carolina Federal Credit Union will serve as the 2012 title sponsor for Charleston Coastal Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) for the third consecutive year.
As title sponsor, South Carolina Federal representatives have the opportunity ... full story
Sportsman Boats Manufacturing announces new facility in Dorchester CountyCOLUMBIA, S.C. – Sportsman Boats Manufacturing Inc., a maker of saltwater fishing boats, today announced plans to establish its new facility in Dorchester County. The $2 million investment is expected to generate 30 new jobs.
“We are ple ... full story
The Greater Summerville/Dorchester County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Rita C. Berry, President/CEO of the organization, has been elected to the 2012 Board of Directors of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. The South Carolina ... full story
The toughest employer-based illegal immigration law in the U.S. is coming to South Carolina on Jan. 1, a man with an inside view of the law said.
Jim Knight of the Office of Immigrant Worker Compliance in the S.C. Department of Labor, Licensing and R ... full story
Laura Elizabeth Pape has joined the Jerry Bacon Allstate Insurance Agency in North Charleston. Currently, she is a licensed Sales Producer.
Pape graduated in May of 2011 from the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South ... full story
Senator Mike Rose Applauded By SC’s Business & Industry Political Education CommitteeSenator Mike Rose was recently acknowledged by South Carolina’s Business & Industry Political Education Committee (BIPEC) as having ‘exceeded business and industry expectations’ in the 2011 legislative session.
“I pushed h ... full story
Connie Filippopoulou, owner and manager of New Beginnings Consignments, recently attended the National Associations of Resale Professionals fall seminar in Denver, Colorado.
NARTS is the world’s largest resale trade association. Carefully craft ... full story
East Shore Athletic Club to open in SummervilleEast Shore Athletic Club announces that it is opening its thirteenth location in Summerville in 2012. Located on Orangeburg Road next to Knightsville Elementary, the new club will hold the East Shore Athletic club name and will offer a state of ... full story
Entrepreneur workshop starts FridayThe 2011 Entrepreneur Development Workshop will be held at the Greater Summerville/Dorchester County Chamber of Commerce for three days beginning on Friday November 4th at 9am.
Registration is underway now through Friday Nove ... full story
Dorchester County School District 2 took a couple of hours to say thank you to its business partners in the community last Thursday.
The event, held Oct. 20 in Summerville High School’s cafeteria, was reception/drop in for area business partner ... full story
Small Business Saturday on November 26thSummerville D.R.E.A.M. ( Downtown Restoration, Enahancement & Management) urges you to plan your Holiday Shopping carefully. You may be one of the early birds out at the malls and the big box stores on Black Friday but on the following Satu ... full story
Corner store shut downSummerville shut down a business catty-corner to Alston Middle School last week amid police allegations it constituted a public nuisance.
Business owner Melanie Nolan and Town Prosecutor Ben LaFond appeared before Town Council during a special meeti ... full story
Vintage Swag gives backGiving is something the RN’s at Summerville hospital are accustomed to doing, and that giving and caring spirit follows them as they find items to restore, rejuvenate and up-cycle at the Vintage Swag, a Summerville vintage store located on Ceda ... full story
Nason Medical Center coming to SummervillePassers by may have seen only a sign and a backhoe lately, but if all goes well, the lot at the corner of Ladson Road and Midland Parkway will soon be the home of a new state of the art urgent care medical center: Nason Medical Center.
The 10,000 squ ... full story
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