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Dorchester County schedules ceremony to mark construction at Port 95
Dorchester County will break ground officially soon on the Port 95 Business Park at the 1,300-acre Winding Woods Industrial Park on Highway 78. The ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. on Oct. 26 at the site near St. George. Branded “Port 95 Business Park” to emphasize its location near the Interstate 95 distribution route […]
Black Food Truck Festival returns for fall event
The Black Food Truck Festival is returning this fall to celebrate Black businesses and culture with food and family friendly entertainment. Tickets are on sale now for the two-day festival on Nov. 19-20 at the Exchange Park fairgrounds in Ladson. The springtime festival drew 15,000 people from all around the Carolinas, which generated more than […]
Check out a gallery of Forty Under 40 honorees
The Charleston Regional Business Journal celebrated the 2022 Forty Under 40 honorees on Sept. 16 at the Charleston Gaillard Center. The event honored professionals under age 40 from around the Charleston area for their professional success and involvement in the community, drawing honorees from a mix of industry, professional and service sectors. Nominations came from […]
Encore Bank moves into Charleston market
Encore Bank celebrated the grand opening of its first full-service branch in South Carolina on Sept. 14. They have taken 5,800 square feet of space inside the Lumberyard building on Summerville Avenue in Charleston’s Upper Peninsula. Owned by RCB Development, the renovated Lumberyard building is a reclaimed warehouse. “We love the charm of this building [&hellip[...]
Firm begins construction on build-for-rent development in Charleston
By Krys Merryman Construction for a build-for-rent multifamily development in North Charleston has begun. The Cottages at Ingleside will be a 260-unit residential community within the master-planned development of Ingleside, which will sit on approximately 25 acres about 15 miles north of downtown Charleston, according to a Capstone Communities news release. CBI Construction Services, [...]
Software company Blackbaud purchases Kilter
Blackbaud, a cloud software company based in Charleston, has acquired activity-based engagement platform Kilter. The acquisition will allow Blackbaud to expand activity-based peer-to-peer fundraising engagement and grow the ways individuals can connect with the causes they care about through activities they love, according to a news release. Blackbaud will leverage Kilter to supp[...]
Frampton completes work on veterinary office
Frampton Construction Co. LLC, a full-service construction firm, has finished design-build work on a veterinary hospital facility for New River Veterinary Specialists, according to a news release. Located on a 5.2-acre site in Hardeeville, the emergency and specialty hospital provides 24/7 advanced animal care to Jasper and Beaufort counties and the surrounding areas. The roughly [&hel[...]
CRDA names treasurer and secretary for 2022 board
William A. Russell III, principal with the Charleston-based accounting and business advisory firm Jarrard Nowell & Russell LLC, will serve as treasurer and secretary and finance committee chair for the Charleston Regional Development Alliance 2022 Board of Directors.This is Russell’s third year serving on the board of the CRDA. In his new post, he will […]
D1 Training reaches the Lowcountry with Mount Pleasant site
D1 Training has opened a facility at 1220 Ben Sawyer Blvd. in Mount Pleasant, its first in the Lowcountry. The company has more than 60 group fitness centers in operation and more than 120 additional locations in development, according to a news release. The facility’s sports science-backed training regimen, led by certified trainers, aims to […]
Memorial garden honors victims, survivors of Mother Emmanuel attack
The Susie Jackson Freedom Memorial Garden opened to the public on June 17, the seventh anniversary of the racist attack at Mother Emanuel AME Church. Jackson, at 87, was the eldest of the nine congregants killed during evening Bible study in 2015. An all-season Charleston garden, the memorial includes a water feature as well as […]
Joint Base Charleston hosts Hiring Our Heroes job fair
A job fair called Hiring Our Heroes-Joint Base Charleston presented an opportunity for transitioning service members, veterans and military spouses earlier this week. The last job fair like it took place in 2017. This year’s event more than tripled in attendance numbers with more than 70 employers showcasing their company’s opportunities to perspective employees, according […]