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Mount Pleasant Planning Committee advances short-term rental regulations
Mount Pleasant Planning Committee has voted to recommend regulations regarding short-term rentals in the town, moving the draft ordinance (.pdf) to the Planning Commission. “Everybody’s not going to do cartwheels out of that room, but we have to make the decision,” Councilmember Tom O’Rourke said at Monday’s Planning Committee meeting. “And I think what we […][...]
Trump includes $138 million for harbor deepening in budget
The Charleston Harbor deepening project was included in the president’s budget for the first time, providing federal dollars for dredging work. President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget set aside $138 million for more construction on the Charleston project. This federal money, if approved by Congress, wi[...]
650,000,000 reasons to check this website
We're sure you've heard about all the recent lottery winners in South Carolina. Seems like the state is getting more and more lucky, but you can probably hedge your bets against the odds of winning (it's more likely you'll be eaten by a shark than win the lottery), by checking a government website to see […]
Scott, Klobuchar launch Senate entrepreneurship caucus
Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., have launched the Senate Entrepreneurship Caucus to help address issues facing entrepreneurs and serve as a forum for collaboration. According to the Census Bureau, startup rates in the U.S. have fallen, from a total of 558,000 companies formed in 2006 to 414,000 businesses fo[...]
Goose Creek diving head first into economic development
Goose Creek is South Carolina’s eighth-most populous city, but Mayor Gregory Habib wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t realize it. “You know what your perception of the city of Goose Creek was, what it had been or how it was shaped,” Habib said last month at a Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce event[...]
Flooding permeates City Council meeting
Flooding was the focal point in Charleston City Council chambers Tuesday night, with long discussions on the city’s strategic plan, financing drainage solutions and an accusation that the mayor was using the City Council meeting to make a campaign speech. This was the first City Council meeting since Mayor John Tecklenburg’s State of the City […]
Summey focuses on recreation, development in State of the City
North Charleston has made strides over the last year to provide more recreational spaces for city residents, Mayor Keith Summey said during his State of the City address. North Charleston is building a three-gym athletic center off Remount Road and a new aquatics center, in partnership with Dorchester School District 2, near Ash[...]
S.C. brewers seek less restrictive regulatory environment
Breweries in South Carolina are once again pushing for more lenient regulations across the state, hoping to bolster the state’s craft beer boom. Chris Brown, co-owner of Holy City Brewing in North Charleston and president of the S.C. Brewers Guild, said this year’s legislative agenda is the biggest push the guild has[...]
Judge bars seismic permitting work during shutdown
A federal judge has barred the government from moving forward with seismic permitting and halted litigation surrounding the permits during the government shutdown. The Trump administration ruled to allow companies to perform seismic air gun surveying to determine whether oil or gas exists below the Atlantic Ocean floor; municipalities and environmental groups have filed lawsuits […]
Tecklenburg: Flooding an ‘existential threat’ to Charleston
Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg pointed to flooding as the city’s main concern for the second year in a row, imploring residents and councilmembers to recognize the importance of the issue. The mayor said in Tuesday’s State of the City address that a lot of progress has been made in other areas that he prioritized [...]
Folly Beach restricts ‘formula’ businesses
If you’re looking to buy a Big Mac, you won’t find it in downtown Folly Beach. And that will continue to be the case after Folly Beach City Council voted to bar so-called formula businesses in certain areas of the municipality. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance, a nationwide nonprofit that advocates for sustainab[...]
Lowcountry groups sue federal government to stop seismic testing
The federal government’s allowing of seismic blasting tests for oil exploration in the Atlantic Ocean has riled up coastal leaders. The Trump administration has given five companies the greenlight to perform seismic airgun surveying to determine whether oil or gas exists below the ocean floor. The process involves setting [...]
