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uto companies unable to adjust to the coming tide of change — electrification, autonomy and connectivity — will likely not survive the next decade. That was the perspective of Andraes Bareid, electric vehicle account manager for the ERP software company Qad, picked up from the auto industry in 2019. Bareid said the prediction was only amplified during this year’s struggles in the automotive sector as ships, heavy with cargo containers, stalled outside ports, and glistening lines of undriven cars awaited computer chips. The industry as a whole contracted by 16% in 2020, while the electric car market expanded by 41% year-over-year, according to the International Energy Agency’s 2021 outlook report. “Little did we know how the pandemic would act as a catalyst to this change,” he said. “It’s not only regulatory change, consumer behavior, supply chain shortages, but it’s also how we are choosing things differently.” Lightweight consumer vehicles tend to take the drivers’ seat when it comes to electric vehicles, but the past year has prompted a flush of investment in heavy-duty transit and commercial vehicle production. “The transformation is accelerating,” Brett Pope, electric vehicle director of Volvo Trucks North America, told the crowd at the 2021 S.C. Manufacturing Conference and Expo in November. “We clearly see that when we talk to our customers and talk to our customers’ customers.” Volvo Trucks North America, with headquarters in Greensboro, N.C., began manufacturing two electric tractors and a See ELECTRIC, Page 10
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Yes, South Carolina does grow Christmas trees
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he state known more for palmetto trees than live Christmas trees, actually grows a fair number of firs, white pines and other needle-bearing evergreens that are commonly decorated for the holidays. But of the more than 15 million trees that were cut as Christmas trees in 2017, the latest data available, only 0.18% come from the Palmetto State, data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports. North Carolina and Oregon produce the most cut Christmas trees in America, accounting for more than half of all trees produced each year in the U.S. However, a lot of farms contribute to the Christmas tree industry in South Carolina.
Christmas trees in the Southeast State
Number of farms
Number of cut trees
North Carolina
653
4,031,864
Virginia
343
474,902
Tennessee
74
54,005
Georgia
106
32,161
South Carolina
81
27,578
Alabama
48
17,038
Florida
55
13,968
Mississippi
51
12,889
Louisiana
32
11,545
Arkansas
18
7,938
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Census of Agriculture
15,094,678 Number of cut Christmas trees produced in the U.S.
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Christmas tree farms in the U.S.
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Christmas tree farms located in South Carolina.
1,697
Acres of Christmas trees in South Carolina.
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Transcom makes move to the Upstate Transcom’s U.S. officials have made their final choice, and a cross-community welcome had something to do with it. “Local government, big government, the business community, the academic community: everyone was there supporting this, and it was really the first time we’d seen that in a community, to have that diverse of a group spending as much time as they did with us,” Don Berryman, vice president and chief commercial officer of the company’s North American operations told GSA Business Transcom’s Greenville location will be its first in-person U.S. headquarters since the company spearheaded the Report during an interview. The Swedish call center company, work-from-home trend years ago. (Photo/Provided) located in Stockholm, whittled down its initial roll of 125 locations to a shortlist including Greenville for its U.S. brick-and-mortar corporate hub after a visit in October. The company shared its plans to hire 450 people at its 33,000-square-foot 650 Executive Center Drive office. The announcement came during a virtual Greenville Area Development Corp. event. “The South Carolina business community is outstanding,” Berryman said during the announcement. The Upstate market’s workforce and ability to attract employees were keystones in the company’s decision. Transcom needed a location where the company could expand up to 1,000 employees, a place “we think will be a great base of operations, a place where we will grow and, most importantly, one where our employees will love coming to work … where our clients like coming to — a community that they like to visit and don’t mind spending the days or weeks or even a month here while they’re training,” he said. Despite having been ahead of both the work-from-home and off-shoring curve, the company recognized that with a new U.S. contract, a brick-and-mortar American presence was the best way to connect with its largest market. “We found here in Greenville, a very positive environment,” Berryman told GSA Business Report in October. “Probably, most importantly, a workforce we can sustain for many years.” Transcom seeks to field complex customer service queries and recruit employees with perks such as a hybrid work model, a yet-to-be determined competitive starting wage and an upfit office environment with a café and gym, according to Kyla Starks, senior vice president of the company’s North American operations. “People want that flexibility to be able to work from home, but they want to have that connection too,” Starks said, adding that the workforce is searching for an in-person community. “How can you really connect to the community where your people are if you don’t have a base there?” Transcom has 30,000 customer experience specialists at 69 centers across 26 countries, delivering services in 33 languages for international brands in various industies. “Greenville County Council is pleased that Transcom, the global customer experience experts who use leading-edge technology and customer insight to provide excellent customer care, have chosen our community to launch and grow their U.S. operations,” Greenville County Council Chairman and Greenville Area Development Corp. board member Willis Meadows said in a news release. “We believe that the company is a perfect fit for our growing knowledge-based economy and wish them continued success.”
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Hampton-Preston greenhouse project to provide glimpse of history
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ne of Historic Columbia’s missions is to provide a thoughtful interpretation of area history, and its latest project is designed to get to the root of things. At the northwest corner of the Hampton-Preston Mansion and Gardens on Pickens and Laurel streets, the Boyd Foundation Horticultural Center is taking shape. Designed by Lambert Architecture + Construction Services with Cohn Construction Services serving as general contractor, the project will feature a state-of-the-art greenhouse where plants as historically accurate as possible to
the mansion, built in 1818, will be propagated. The center will also feature interpretative programming and serve as a base for horticultural research. “It’s really going to enhance the grounds department here as far as capabilities on the production end of things, but also on the interpretative end of things,” said Keith Mearns, director of grounds for Historic Columbia. “Previous to this project, the very back part of the Hampton-Preston property was really just vacant. There was nothing there and it was really just like a wasteland. And so aside from the building itself, the project is actually going to finish out the site.” The horticultural center will also tell visi-
tors its own story about the inhabitants of the mansion, which grew to be Columbia’s grandest residence under the affluent Hampton and Preston families, and the time periods preserved in the house and on its grounds. The Hampton-Preston mansion was home to several different owners following the Civil War before being extensively rehabilitated and opened as a historic site in 1970. “At the Hampton-Preston site, even though they cover a number of time periods inside, most of the discussion is centered around the Hamptons and the Prestons themselves, who lived in the house up to the Civil War,” Mearns
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urman University’s Anthony Herrera said he doesn’t want to be cliché, but he believes we’re headed into a new world order. “The pandemic accelerated what was happening, but what it’s done is in a way is it’s torn down all the walls, all the barriers, all the zoning lines globally for innovation and entrepreneurship,” he told SC Biz News. “Meaning, we
can recruit the headquarters for a company here in Greenville, yet never get any of the talent, because their talent could be all over the world. Or we could recruit all of the remote workers and never get the headquarters.” On one hand, it’s a catch-22 for economic development. But he also sees it as an opportunity to try something new to keep both startups and their employees in the state.
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Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in 2018, he said the main focus had been on undergraduate ventures. “We didn’t have a platform or resources on campus, and we certainly were not contributing into this space off campus,” he said. Now, in 2021, 60% to 70% of high school students want to study or be exposed to innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities while in college, he said.
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Schaefer Atelier is the epitome of a small business, owned and operated by myself. From conception to the final stitch, each and every good is created through my hands. I have sought out the highest quality hides from Tuscany, as well as tanneries here in the states to produce some of the finest leather goods around. From hand cutting each piece, burnishing hand-sewn wallet edges to smooth as glass, each and every leather good is built and designed to be a modern classic that will stand the test of time.
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Each leather good is made in small batches. By producing goods in limited amounts, I am able to focus my attention to produce exacting quality items before making them available to purchase. Lead times can range from four to six weeks for larger goods such as satchels and backpacks, or one to two weeks for wallets and accessories.
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My customers are a unique blend of people from all walks of life, whether local artists, tech workers, architects or film crew members. I have been able to reach people who appreciate handmade goods. I hope to be able to achieve a larger reputation of being able to produce high quality goods that not only look good now, but age beautifully. The Charleston community has a true love for, and produced some great local artists and artisans, and I hope to be able to be counted as one of them.
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Important Tax Related Provisions from the Largest Federal Infrastructure Investment in more than a Decade INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT
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The $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law November 15, 2021, will be the largest federal infrastructure investment in more than a decade. It will include $550 billion in new funding to rebuild roads, bridges, water infrastructure, resilience, internet and more. This law includes a few important tax related provisions that will affect many individuals and businesses.
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$110 billion for construction, repair, and research for roads and bridges $66 billion to upgrade and maintain the country's passenger and freight rail systems $65 billion to update power lines, prevent hacking of the power grid, and provide clean energy $65 billion to expand broadband in rural areas and in lowincome communities $55 billion for lead pipe replacement, chemical cleanup, and clean drinking water in tribal communities $50+ billion to protect infrastructure from cybersecurity attacks and address flooding, wildfires, coastal erosion, other extreme weather events $39 billion to upgrade public transit, create new bus routes, and increase accessibility for seniors and the disabled $25 billion for upgrades and expansions of U.S. airports, control towers, and control systems
The bill also includes a provision that amends IRC Section 3134 to terminate the employee retention credit on October 1, 2021, rather than the end of the year.
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Program to help former inmates strives to be 1st in U.S. By Alexandria Ng
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hen it comes to changing the course of one’s life, it’s not about expecting a full turnaround overnight; rather, just a pivot in direction. That’s according to Amy Barch, founder and director of the former Turning Leaf, now called Turn90 in a rebranding campaign. Despite its name change, the nonprofit organization headquartered in North Charleston still serves the same purpose — to work with men leaving prison to prevent rearrest and repeat offenses and to help transition them back into the workforce. “I’ve had other people tell me that they really love it (the new name),” Barch said. “And they instinctually understood why we changed our name to that, like this idea of, “We’re not doing it at all. We’re not trying to do the whole 180. We’re not trying to change what happens; we’re just trying to help people make a turn.” Part of the rebranding is also to set the organization apart from others. Turn90’s goal is to become the first nationally recognized evidence-based prison reentry program, Barch said, and a trademarked name is the first step. According to the Department of Justice, what makes an evidence-based program in the field of reentry includes shown effectiveness in reducing recidivism, or the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend, in multiple locations. “So you’re going to look at the program, and you’re going to use really high rigor at looking at data and control groups and determine the program doesn’t just do it one time, but that it can do it in multiple locations and multiple occasions run by different people,” Barch said. “No one’s ever been able to reach that standard, so based on our federal standard of evidence-based programming, we don’t have one yet for adult reentry programs.” To pursue the goal of becoming the nation’s first successful reentry program according to federal definition, expansion is another component. Though Turn90 was an idea and a development that Barch had invested more than 10 years into, she always knew she wasn’t content only running the program out of Charleston. In October 2019, strategic planning sessions with the board began to implement a replication model. This culminated in the opening of a Columbia location that took place at the end of October. By 2023, Barch said an Upstate location can be expected as well. At all locations, the model will look
“We have to execute the plans in front of us, which is to make Columbia successful and prove that it can be.” Amy Barch Founder and director, Turn90
Part of the Turn90 program includes transitional employment, where participants can work in the nonprofit’s screen printing shop to get reacquainted with the workplace. (Photo/Alexandria Ng)
the same — four months of cognitive behavioral therapy, case management and on-site transitional employment to create an opportunity for success in life after prison. This strategy has already taken hold at the Charleston location, where the program’s 22% of recidivism in the first three years out of prison shows a drastic reduction in comparison to the nation’s rate of a little more than 60%. Participants engage in 150 hours of curriculum, including daily classes and facilitation and guidance from program graduates who went on to becoming part
of Turn90 staff. In these sessions, students dive into exercises, such as sketching out timelines of events that led to their past actions, or role-play activities that get the entire class involved in skits comparing positive and negative consequences of various decisions. After graduation, each participant gets to apply learned job skills from the program as they are placed in a job with competitive wages, benefits and opportunity for advancement. All jobs start at a minimum of $14 an hour, and many of them are with partnering organizations
like the City of Charleston or with private manufacturing companies. “People’s lives are at stake, it’s not just me trying to reach a goal,” Barch said. “When we’re not successful, someone’s life takes a turn … so I want to be really thoughtful about it.” In being intentional with future plans, Barch said part of it is being mindful in infrastructure growth of the organization to make sure that participants will be supported with the right resources. With about 10 students enrolled in Charleston and about six or seven in Columbia, there are 12 members on staff to meet their needs — eight in the Lowcountry and four in the Midlands. “It’s a lot of pressure on the structure, so I have to be mindful about how fast we can grow as an organization,” Barch said. “We were a straight up, grind-out startup, and now we’re really trying to move into being an organization that can sustain itself and that can grow into becoming a premier national organization. I just want to be thoughtful about how far I can push us and how fast.” For the time being, the focus is on doing well with whatever is immediately in front of her, Barch said. “We have to execute the plans in front of us, which is to make Columbia successful and prove that it can be,” Barch said. “And to get enough funding and support and lessons learned from this single expansion to do a better job in the Upstate to get the evaluation underway and to have real data that proves this program can work. And then I think that sets us up for the next opportunity, whatever that is.” CRBJ
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Craft soda company expands operations on James Island By Teri Errico Griffis tgriffis@scbiznews.com
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ames Island is sparkling a little more, and it’s not just because of the Holiday Festival of Lights. A craft soda company is expanding its Charleston operations with plans to create 22 jobs. Cannonborough Beverage Company, located at 1750 Signal Point Road, produces craft sodas and mixers made from
whole ingredients including fruits, herbs and spices. Co-founders Matt Fendley and Mick Matricciano called the expansion a milestone for the company. “Not only will this new production facility allow us to expand our operations to keep up with growing demand, it will allocate newly renovated food production space for other food businesses and is an opportunity to give back to a community that has been so supportive of Cannonborough Sodas,” the co-owners said in a joint statement.
The duo came up with the original idea for fresh soda with natural ingredients nearly a decade ago in Cannonborough. They began operating their first production facility in 2014. “The generosity of Charleston area businesses to share their space, knowledge and experience with us over the last nine years has made a big impact on the company,” they said. “To be able to pay that forward to the next generation of food entrepreneurs in Charleston is
something we’re very excited about.” As part of the facility expansion, which is already in progress, the company will also add a commissary kitchen. “We’re pleased to see a local company not only expanding, but planning to source more agricultural products from South Carolina farmers,” Hugh Weathers, commissioner of agriculture, said in a statement. “This is a great example of the teamwork that makes agribusiness our state’s No. 1 industry.” CRBJ
Deadline nears for pandemic-related SBA loans By Melinda Waldrop
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pplicants for certain U.S. Small Business Administration loans are urged to submit applications ahead of a Dec. 31 deadline to ensure adequate processing time. The SBA is accepting COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan program applications and Targeted Advance applications until Dec. 31. Those applications will continue to be processed after that date until funds are exhausted; however, Supplemental Targeted Advance applications cannot be processed after Dec. 31,
according to a news release. The SBA is encouraging those applicants to apply by Dec. 10. Since the COVID EIDL program’s inception, it has approved nearly $300 billion in federal aid to sectors hit hard by the pandemic, including restaurants, hotels and gyms, according to the release. The SBA will accept and review reconsideration and appeal requests for COVID EIDL applications received on or before Dec. 31 within specified timeframes. “The COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan and EIDL Advance programs still have billions of dollars available to help small businesses hard hit by the
pandemic,” said Patrick Kelly, associate administrator for SBA’s Office of Capital Access. “More than 3.8 million businesses employing more than 20 million people have found financial relief through SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans. Key enhancements have been made to the loan program that will help our nation’s businesses recover and get back on track.” Enhancements announced in September included increasing the COVID EIDL cap from $500,000 to $2 million and allowing funds to be used for any normal operating expenses, along with a deferred payment period that delayed repayments
until two years after loan origination. The SBA also implemented a 30-day exclusivity window for approving and disbursing funds for loans of $500,000 or less. Eligible small businesses and nonprofits in all U.S. states and territories can apply for the loans. More information is available by calling SBA’s Customer Service Center at 1-833-853-5638 (855-4404960 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) or emailing DisasterCustomerService@sba. gov. Small business owners may also contact SBA’s Resource Partners by visiting www.sba.gov/local-assistance. CRBJ
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KOR Medical launches cannabinoid product line By Molly Hulsey
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harleston-based KOR Medical launched its cannabinoid physical and mental wellness product line across the United States today. Products include sprays, strips and transdermal creams made with cannabidiol, cannabinol and cannabigerol oils used as an aid for sleeping, relaxation or pain relief. All sublingual products, or those designed to be absorbed under the tongue, are nano-emulsified to accelerate absorption rate within the body, the company said. The neuropathic industry has put the cannabis flower to use for thousands of years, according to KOR, in the production of over 100 cannabinoids including cannabidiol, cannabinol and cannabigerol. Cannabidiol is a highly-purified non-intoxicating cannabis derivative associated with analgesic, anti-inflammatory and chemopreventive properties, according to the National Cancer Institute. Cannabigerol is also associated with antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective benefits, the National Institutes of Health said. In an effort to deliver cannabinoids at “the right amount for the right individual at the right time,” the company has partnered
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with Leaf411, which offers a free, tailored support service that connects customers with a cannabis-trained registered nurse. Research is underway to see if and how these molecules can impact anxiety, insomnia, chronic pain, anti-inflammatory diseases, seizures and other neuro-
logical conditions like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. KOR Medical was founded earlier this year by Charleston diagnostic company Vikor Scientific. KOR Medical hired on four senior executives with experience in the clinical
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Court rules for Michelin in $66 million injury lawsuit By Molly Hulsey
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Dorchester County court has ruled unanimously in favor of Greenville-based Michelin North America following a $66 million product liability case born out of a 2017 motorcycle crash. Plaintiffs in the case, Ron and Rose Nash, claimed that a malfunctioning tire, purchased from Asheville’s MR Cycles and manufactured by Michelin North America, caused the accident when it suddenly blew out on U.S. Highway 78 in rural Dorchester County, according to court documents. The accident resulted in “catastrophic injuries” for both plaintiffs, according to Michelin’s news release, and the permanent paralysis of Ron Nash, the driver. In 2019, Rose Nash submitted their complaint to the Court of Common Pleas, First Judicial Circuit in Dorchester County under allegations that both MR Cycles and Michelin were responsible for the injuries, lost wages and medical expenses of the plaintiffs. In closing arguments, counsel for the plaintiffs suggested that the jury should award them $66 million in damages, the news release said. Michelin denied the allegations and called for more evidence. The defendants also asked for application of the Economic Development, Citizens and Small Business Protection Act of 2005. According to a summary written by Collins & Lacey, the law ensures that defendants who are less than 50% at fault for a claim are only liable for the proportion of damages caused unless the defendant’s conduct is determined to be “willful, wanton, reckless, grossly negligent or intentional,” as alleged by the Nash family. The jury unanimously shot down
“While we sincerely regret this tragic accident... the evidence presented throughout the eightday trial showed that the accident resulted from severe under-inflation and improper maintenance of the Michelin tire, not a manufacturing defect.”
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plaintiff claims that either Michelin or MR Cycles were responsible for the accident, according to the Nov. 18 verdict. “Michelin respects the work the jury did to reach its decision,” the company said in a statement. “While we sincerely regret this tragic accident and the devastating effects it has had on the Nash family, the evidence presented throughout the eight-day trial showed that the accident resulted from severe under-inflation and improper maintenance of the Michelin tire, not a manufacturing defect. Michelin will continue to vigorously defend the world-class quality of its products and the high-level work of its engineers in these types of cases.” Charleston’s Yarborough Applegate represented the plaintiffs and Columbia’s Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough office represented Michelin North America in the case. Charleston firm Wall Templeton and Haldrup represented MR Cycles. CRBJ
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straight truck at a plant in New River Valley, Va., this year through a $400 million investment. Customer demand and a spike in e-commerce prompted the company to fast track the production of the electric regional, or day-cab, vehicle, Pope said. A $45 million grant from the California Air Resources Board also enabled the company to launch Volvo Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions, a three-year pilot project where the company uses battery-electric trucks and equipment to move freight between ports and warehouses in Southern California. “The diesel combustion engine is not going away,” Pope said. “It will be there, and it will continue in certain applications in certain regions of the world, in certain heavy, heavy-duty applications where it makes sense.” Earlier this year, the Volvo Group announced plans to go fully electric by 2030. A few years ago, the only large commercial EVs on the market were transit buses, according to a 2021 market report from M.J. Bradley and Associates. In 2021, companies can select from 40 different bus varieties. Close to 50 medium-duty and 29 heavy-duty electric vehicles populate the market today. And that number is only growing, especially in the Southeast. U.K.-based Arrival announced its $49 million investment in a microfactory for electric delivery vans in Rock Hill last fall, set to launch production during the second quarter of 2022. A few months later, it also tacked on a $41.2 investment at a microfactory in Charlotte, which will be able to assemble 10,000 delivery vans each year, according to the company.
“The transformation is accelerating. We clearly see that when we talk to our customers and talk to our customers’ customers.” Brett Pope Electric vehicle director, Volvo Trucks North America
An electric Volvo cab charges up before transporting beer in Manhattan. (Photo/Provided)
On Dec. 6, the company announced plans to invest $11.5 million in a high-voltage battery module assembly plant in Charlotte, capable of producing tailored replacements for customers. “By bringing the assembly of our proprietary high voltage battery modules in house, we’re striving to be as vertically integrated as possible,” Mike Ableson, CEO of Arrival Automotive, said in a statement. “This will enable us to have even greater control over the functionality and cost of our products and pass those cost savings on to the customer while also working toward our goal of zero waste production.” Mercedes-Benz invested $60 million in its North Charleston eSprinter van plant this year as well, while Oshkosh Defense announced its next-generation postal service vehicle production plant in Spartanburg in June. The $482 million U.S. Postal
Service contract includes between 50,000 to 165,000 battery-electric and low-emission internal combustion engine vehicles. “It’s simply amazing how fast that particular industry has transitioned to zero emissions with vehicles like ours,” said Mike Finnern, vice president of fleet customer success and EV product management at electric bus manufacturer Proterra Inc. Finnern had just returned to the company’s Greenville manufacturing center after visiting the American Transportation Association Conference and Expo in Orlando, Fla., where his team joked among themselves that “it was really hard to find a diesel engine in the entire 350,000-square-foot convention.” While bus electrification may lag behind consumer lightweight vehicles, he added that it ties in well with the sector’s needs with its stop-and-go usage, fixed
routes, depot-based operations and high mileage. Proterra went public on the New York Stock Exchange this year, garnered a contract with Miami-Dade County, Fla., for 42 electric transit buses and 75 chargers in June and began to power electric forklifts and top handling machines used at ports in July. “Getting to this point, it was almost a decade of infrastructure building at Proterra,” Finnern said. Targeted government recovery initiatives will play a major role in spurring on an expected 148.5% and 44.9% compound annual growth rate from 2020 to 2026 respectively for electric trucks and electric buses, according to Research and Market’s U.S. electric commercial vehicle market forecast. Federal infrastructure bill aside, Pope said most government investment in Volvo Trucks has come at the state level. “They’re not at a federal level at this point, but clearly we see certain states that are very active in this region doing incentives through carbon credit programs that help pave the way for the early adopters to prove that the solutions will work,” he said. CRBJ
Unemployed workers could actually be self-employed By Andy Owens
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aniel Island economist Stephen Slifer said that many workers who were let go or left during the pandemic might have chosen a different career path over their old job: Entrepreneurship. Slifer delivered his annual Economic Outlook Conference 2021 via video teleconference Thursday morning to local community and business leaders. Included in his forecast were data regarding the “Great Resignation,” which has been used to characterize businesses struggling to find talent during the pandemic. “Firms are having a really tough time getting enough workers,” Slifer said. “Employment is still four-and-a-quarter million below the pre-pandemic peak.” Slifer, who owns economics analysis
firm NumberNomics, said the 4.2 million people didn’t just disappear, and while stimulus checks might have accounted for a dip in the data for a time, that money didn’t last forever, and many seem to have gone into business for themselves. The economist pointed to payroll employment, which analyzes individual workers who are on a company’s payroll. “It doesn’t include self-employed workers,” Slifer said. “We do have another series of unemployment, which is called civilian employment. This is what goes into the calculation of the unemployment rate, and it happens to include self-employed people.” Specifically, as of October, payroll employment since the pandemic-era recession ended hit 18.2 million. Those are workers who are employed by businesses. Compare that to civilian employment,
which includes self-employed workers, that number hit 20.7 million in October. “Could it be that a lot of those folks that aren’t on the payrolls today kind of ventured off on their own and started their own business?” Slifer said. The latest data show 10.4 million job openings in the U.S., which is a record number. “They’re off the charts. ... These are firms looking for bodies, right? We’ve never seen anything like this,” Slifer said. “So perhaps if a lot of these people have chosen to start up their own business, maybe that’s one reason why firms are struggling so much.” Employment data show that of the 4.2 million workers missing from the pre-pandemic workforce, 2.5 million are self-employed, 1 million retired on rising stock market and home prices, and others might be exploring their options, he
said. He said a lot of workers have chosen to permanently leave careers in food and beverage, for example. “That’s kind of easy to do when you’re being paid not to work,” Slifer said. “If I’m a restaurant worker back in March of last year, and I get laid off – I am a line chef, for example – I’ve been doing long hours, kind of hot back in those kitchens. I don’t get paid a lot. It’s a great opportunity to kind of think about things and figure out what to do next.” He said with federal unemployment benefits having run out, many individuals may have sought training for another career path going forward and might be ready to re-enter the workforce. “My guess is a lot of these folks are going to be back on the job fairly soon,” Slifer said. CRBJ
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Delancey Street provided the Christmas tree in the lobby of North Charleston City Hall. (Photo/Andy Owens)
Organization sells trees to change lives, build skills By Teri Errico Griffis
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hristmas trees are a festive symbol of holiday fun for most. But for the Delancey Street Foundation, Christmas trees save lives. Dubbed the “last house on the block,” Delancey Street is a residential self-help organization for former substance abusers, ex-convicts, homeless and others who have hit bottom and have nowhere else to turn. Set up in five states after first opening in San Francisco in 1971, Delancey Street has operated a house in North Charleston for the last decade, taking in individuals and helping them turn their lives around with vocational training, basic work habits, community involvement and employment. Some of those jobs include selling Christmas trees every December on the organization’s temporary lots in Park Circle and in the West Ashley Target parking lot. Actually, the job is more of a privilege if you ask Delancey Street resident, Eric Meek. “It’s a rite of passage,” Meek said, noting newer residents don’t typically get the holiday opportunity. Residents work the lots 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week, selling trees, working cash registers and running security. This year, Meek is manager of the Park Circle lot, while fellow resident Harold Barnhardt runs the West Ashley location. “This is more or less a fundraiser for
us because we take no money from the state,” Barnhardt said. “We’re self-supported. We work. We’ve got jobs.” Each year, Delancey Street sets a goal of selling 1,200 trees from November until Christmas — or until they sell out. Their trees in particular are purchased for community decorations in North Charleston City Hall, around Park Circle and in Old Navy Base homes, such as the Admiral’s House. Finding that many trees, especially larger ones, was a challenge this year and as a result, prices have nearly doubled, but the lots are still as busy as ever, Barnhardt said. West Ashley resident Aimee Lassor has supported Delancey Street for years, first learning about the program through the organization’s moving company, which it runs in addition to landscape operations. “I feel like most of the tree places, they’re running a business. It’s just about selling the trees, and the money is a profit to somebody,” she said. “There’s nothing wrong with that of course, but when Delancey is selling trees to give back to this program that’s giving folks a second chance to be productive citizens, I definitely feel that’s important.” In addition to raising funds, tree sales create connections and provide networking opportunities for residents, Meek said. Many people who visit the lots have never heard of Delancey Street. Some leave offering residents jobs or even recommending someone who needs the program. “It’s great interacting with the public, the community, especially because Charleston supports us a lot,” Meek said.
“We get a lot of people that come through the lots, just people we’ve done jobs for, but a lot of people come and just learn about us for the first time.” Delancey Street residents include teenagers, senior citizens, men and women of all ethnicities. All have nowhere else to turn and a history that may have been written from drug and alcohol abuse or time in prison. Many are unskilled, functionally illiterate and have a personal history of violence and generations of poverty. Residents stay a minimum of two years, while the average member remains for four years, drug, alcohol and crime-free. “We take homeless, drug addicts, ex-cons, people out of prison. Just people that want to change their life. People down their luck,” Barnhardt said. “We like to say we’re the last house on the street. If you’ve got nowhere else to go, you usually want to go there.” That’s where the slogan of “Buy a tree, save a life,” comes from he said. “You’re helping change a life.’” About 90% of the 40 residents in the North Charleston house have come from jail or a court order, Barnhardt said. And each have various roles in the house. As an elder and third-year resident, Barnhardt has 17 residents under him who he mentors. Delancey Street’s mottos is “each one, teach one,” meaning each resident is responsible for learning something and paying a lesson forward, Meek said. Residents start at the bottom and work their way up, learning from more experienced residents, whether it’s how to fix cars in
their automotive space, how to work in a restaurant or how to wield a hammer for the first time. Through the program, residents receive a high school equivalency degree and are trained in three marketable skills. Since most have never held jobs, they also learn basic work habits, such as showing up on time, listening to a boss and getting along with coworkers. Residents additionally learn essential social and interpersonal skills that will help them to live successfully in the mainstream of society upon leaving. A skilled tradesman before he arrived at the house, Barnhardt said being a part of Delancey Street gave him structure and confidence — and a relationship with his family again. “Living the lifestyle I lived, doing what I was doing, it took me away from everything. I lost a lot of confidence in myself. I just lost who I was. Delancey Street basically built me back up, gave me a life, gave me a chance,” he said. “I used to like to say when I’d walked up to people’s front porch, they’d cut the lights off and act like they weren’t home. Now they call to check on me to see how I’m doing.” Stories like Barnhardt’s add support to Delancey Street’s mission when they buy trees during the holidays. “I’m a big believer in second changes, and I feel like it is a really cool thing to give people who had limited employment opportunity a chance,” Lassor said. “It’s wonderful to support them.” CRBJ
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College of Charleston establishes electrical engineering major By Rob Lyle
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he College of Charleston has launched its newest major, electrical engineering, for the fall 2021 semester. “We set up the program to support companies in the region, including Bosch, Mercedes-Benz Vans, Volvo, Boeing and Cummins,” said Sebastian van Delden, dean of the CofC School of Sciences and Mathematics, in a statement. “Our electrical engineering program focuses on autonomous electric vehicles — a market projected to grow from $50 (billion) to $500 billion dollars in this decade.” Faculty at the college will work alongside industry professionals to design and teach courses that will prepare its students for work in a range of disciplines, including but not limited to self-driving vehicles. Former visiting instructor of computer science, Kebin Xu, will serve as one of the program’s electrical engineering instructors. She is currently teaching a course on engineering programming and preparing a new one on computer organization and assembly language programming. “Both courses are very important for engineering majors,” Xu said in a statement. “They need project skills and domain knowledge to succeed. During their time at the college, they will have a strong mix of hands-on laboratory and theoretical courses.” Xu, a native of China, obtained her bachelor’s degree in electronics from Minzu University, a Master of Science in electrical engineering from Beijing Polytechnic University and a doctorate in electrical engineering from the Beijing
Professor Kebin Xu teaches a course on engineering programming. (Photo/Provided)
Institute of Technology. “With the hiring of our second rock star engineering faculty member, Dr. Kebin Xu, engineering at the College of Charleston is firing on all cylinders, and we are just getting warmed up,” van Delden said. “The program immediately enrolled a dozen freshmen on the first day of the fall 2021 semester. This immediate enrollment speaks volumes about the student demand for this program since it wasn’t officially approved until July 2021,
long after inbound students had applied and were accepted to CofC.” Upon graduation, electrical engineering students will have the technical and creative skills necessary to help develop the next generation of cars and other autonomous technologies, said Funke Oladimeji, director of CofC’s engineering program. Furthermore, scholarship support from partners like Boeing and Bosch will help grant students even more opportunities in the workforce.
“In addition to a traditional electrical engineering curriculum, students will have to take courses in automation, navigation, programmable logic controllers and control systems,” Oladimeji said in a statement. That well-rounded background will go a long way to shape the Lowcountry’s future generation of industry leaders and innovators. CRBJ
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Charleston tech company and CEO plead guilty to 20 counts of wire fraud By Teri Errico Griffis
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Charleston technology company and its CEO have both pleaded guilty to 20 counts of wire fraud. The pleas from Micfo LLC, a Charleston tech company, and its CEO, Amir Golestan, came midway through a federal trial after prosecutors presented evidence that Golestan took in millions by creating fictitious personas and companies and selling internet address rights he fraudulently obtained, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of South Carolina said in a news release. Through his scheme, Golestan pocketed roughly $3.5 million, with another $6.2 million waiting for him in escrow had he not been caught, the U.S. attorney said. Under each count, Golestan faces a
maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years supervision following imprisonment and restitution. Micfo faces a maximum fine of $500,000 under each count. “Like many corporate fraud criminals often do, Golestan made the mistake of assuming his scheme would not be discovered,” Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Columbia Field Office Susan Ferensic said in a statement. “Make no mistake, the FBI along with our local, state and federal partners, will work nonstop to uncover and pursue charges for criminals who adversely affect our internet infrastructure.” Golestan founded Micfo in Charleston in 1999, saying it provided web hosting and other internet services. Between February 2014 and May 2019, when Golestan and Micfo were indicted,
Golestan created 10 different, fabricated companies referred to as “Channel Partners.” Through the companies, Golestan obtained address rights to Internet Protocol version 4 addresses from the American Registry for Internet Numbers, the news release said. Like a street address, IPv4 addresses are numerical labels used to identify network computers. “Corporate wrongdoers often avoid accountability by obscuring their criminal conduct through complicated business procedures or by operating in areas unfamiliar to most people,” said Criminal Division Chief Nathan Williams, who prosecuted the case alongside Assistant U.S. Attorney Amy Bower, in a statement. “The world of internet resources is one of those areas. However, this case shows that the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office, along with other agency partners, are capable of
detecting complex crimes and prosecuting corporate and executive criminals.” District Judge Richard M. Gergel accepted the guilty pleas, but as of press time had not sentenced Golestan. Acting U.S. Attorney M. Rhett DeHart offered a special thanks to the FBI and ARIN, particularly ARIN’s Chief Customer Officer John Sweeting, General Counsel Michael Abejuela, and their outside counsel Steve Ryan and Sam Neel from McDermott Will & Emery LLP. “Corporate and executive malfeasance can be difficult to detect and even harder to prosecute, and this case is an excellent example of the success we can achieve in spite of this difficulty when we work with our federal and agency partners,” DeHart said in a statement. CRBJ
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Charleston Southern sets national record with giving program By Teri Errico Griffis
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“Just seeing the sheer excitement over pens… or soap because it smells so fragrant, or a picture of a family that packed the shoebox…how that impacts somebody. Those kinds of things change you.”
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harleston Southern University has set a national record — and the school to beat was CSU. For the third consecutive year, Charleston Southern packed more gift boxes for Operation Christmas Child than any other participating college or university, the school said in a news release. CSU has been participating in the volunteer program, run by Samaritan’s Purse, for 10 years, and in honor of the milestone, students, faculty and staff set a 10,000-gift goal. CSU exceeded with 10,924. The red and green shoebox-sized gift boxes are stuffed with items such as toys, toiletries, clothing, school supplies and a Gospel passage to be delivered to children ages 2 to 14 in counties around the world. Last year, CSU packed 5,248 boxes. Executive Assistant for the Vice President of Student Life Laurie Diel is the coordinator for the OCC project at CSU. She said the lesson is for students to remember the holidays are not only for receiving gifts, but giving them as well. “I think it’s awesome that we exceeded our goal, but what the Lord has shown me is that it’s not so much the number. The Lord is obviously using CSU for this moment in time,” she said in a statement.
Laurie Diel Coordinator for the Operation Christmas Child project, CSU
Charleston Southern University participated again this year in Operation Christmas Child, packing more gift boxes than any other college or university. (Photo/Provided)
Donations for the 2021 drive rolled in year-round, with gifts from students, employees, alumni, supporters and organizations. A mountain of stuffed animals was made possible by a PetSmart grant, and the Charleston Bridge Run provided T-shirts. Students held competitions to pack the boxes, with the library staff packing 116 per person and one student, freshman DJ Brummett, a criminal justice major at CSU, packing 402 boxes. He rounded up
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help from family and friends in his hometown of Myrtle Beach. “My initial drive was whenever I learned about the opportunity to go overseas and deliver the boxes and help out the kids,” Brummett said. “We brought back the supplies from Myrtle Beach to Littlejohn Parlor. I had about a dozen friends, and we had an assembly line in there just packing and stacking boxes.” In February 2020, just before the pan-
demic brought the world to a stop, Diel personally delivered boxes to Trinidad and Tobago, only furthering her mission. “When these children don’t even expect a gift, and they are surprised with a gift from Americans. The boxes are passed out, and they count down ‘3-2-1,’ and they open it together,” she said. “Just seeing the sheer excitement over pens… or soap because it smells so fragrant, or a picture of a family that packed the shoebox…how that impacts somebody. Those kinds of things change you.” CRBJ
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Lt. Edward Gamard Johns Island Fire Department What does every firefighter need? How about a degree in accounting from College of Charleston? A servant’s heart and desire to help people in need and contribute to his community led Gamard to the fire department, where he has worked as a firefighter, driver, advanced EMT and now lieutenant. He is described by peers as a patient, kind and humble individual who faithfully rescues victims from fires, vehicles and water accidents. He works long hours away from his family to ensure others are safe in emergency situations.
A 33-year Navy veteran, and 38-year EMT, Bouthiller is no stranger to heroics. The organization’s go-to clinician for complex ventilator transports, he is considered an expert in the field of safely transporting the most critical patients. A leader both by title and by the respect of his peers, he also serves as unofficial mentor-in-chief to paramedic newcomers here and in other MedTrust markets. Bouthiller says the pandemic has changed everything but the patients. No two are the same, he says, so each requires and deserves the highest standard of care from the entire team. “I am humbled to work with and lead a great group of people,” he says.
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Amanda Moon
Rev. Leon Maxwell
ATHLETIC TRAINER Roper St. Francis Healthcare
CHAPLAIN Roper St. Francis Healthcare
Moon has worked as an athletic trainer with Roper for more than six years and serves as trainer at Garrett Academy and RB Stall High School as well. It was at Stall where she very likely saved a boy’s life. During football practice a 13-year-old collapsed on the field. His pulse was faint. He was fading away. Amanda performed CPR, and when that failed to revive him, used a defibrillator to shock his heart. After one administration, the boy gasped back to life. Moon arranged to have him transported to the hospital where he recovered. That isn’t the end of the story. Amanda has continued following up, visiting him in the hospital and working with the pediatric cardiology team to determine a cause.
Maxwell visited the dying husband of a staff member and then the family as his health deteriorated, offering prayer, his ear and a caring heart. Three weeks later, he helped the family through the grieving process after the staff member’s father died. They showed their appreciation by asking Maxwell to lead the funeral service. Maxwell is active in diversity and inclusion issues, working with a group called Black Men in White Coats and with the social justice group S.C. Christian Action Council. He is a leader in promoting racial and cultural reconciliation. There’s no one thing that makes Maxwell special, his colleagues say. It’s everything. He is known throughout the Roper St. Francis system, and amazingly, he knows virtually every staff member’s name.
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Courtnay Thompson MARKET PRESIDENT Select Health of South Carolina The youngest person in company history to serve as a market president, Thompson has an impressive background. Educated in nursing, she worked as a registered nurse at the Medical University of South Carolina and earned the Palmetto Gold award, given to registered nurses who exemplify excellence in nursing practice and commitment to the nursing profession. Thompson combines her business acumen with the compassion and empathy of an RN. She is a champion for diversity, equity and inclusion at Select Health, and has demonstrated a commitment to integrating the social determinants of health into a whole-person approach to care. Thompson is active in community service, volunteering at high levels for Trident United Way, AmeriHealth Caritas, March of Dimes and others to make the Lowcountry a healthier and more just place to live.
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Luc Gagne
PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AND MAGNET PROGRAM DIRECTOR MUSC
RN MUSC MS-ICU
Furloughed by MUSC in the wake of the pandemic, Dr. Coyle had trouble sitting at home while the pandemic raged. So, she packed her bags and headed to New Jersey to assist a hospital in the epicenter of the virus outbreak. Her role was to care for the caregivers, ensuring that nurses had meal breaks, protective equipment and emotional support. Away from her family and unpaid by MUSC, she nonetheless continued to leverage her Charleston-area community contacts for the good of MUSC and its overwhelmed staff. She arranged to provide meals for health care workers, obtain scrubs for nurses, schedule blood donations with the Red Cross, and secure 1,200 pounds of moisturizing lotion and hand sanitizer. Coyle demonstrated that one person can make a huge difference.
You know your day is about to improve when Gagne arrives to begin the day caring for patients. And you know Luc Gagne has arrived because you can hear him. “Helllllooooooo! Gooooooood morning!” Gagne’s nominator described him in these words: “You know you have a coworker that does the right thing even when no one is looking, someone who cares more about others than himself, who never tires, gets grumpy or loses sight of the most important reason we come to work every day. He has never wavered from being anything other than compassionate, loving, driven and fantastic. Luc never sees obstacles - only solutions. In all my years in health care, I have never worked with a registered nurse like him. The dedication he gives to his patients, colleagues and this organization is something I have never experienced before. Luc is a legend here at MUSC.”
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Erin Hauhn Emergency Room Patient As the clinical health system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest quality and safe patient care while training generations of compassionate, competent health care providers to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. Close to 25,000 care team members provide care for patients at 14 hospitals with approximately 2,500 beds and 5 additional hospital locations in development, more than 300 telehealth sites and nearly 750 care locations situated in the Lowcountry, Midlands, Pee Dee and Upstate regions of South Carolina. In 2021, for the seventh consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health – University Medical Center the No. 1 hospital in South Carolina. To learn more, visit muschealth.org.
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Jessica Thiessen
Dr. Robert Oliverio
CHARGE NURSE Roper St. Francis Healthcare
VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF AMBULATORY CARE AND POPULATION HEALTH Roper St. Francis Healthcare
They say the true measure of heroism is when someone runs toward danger while everyone else is running away from it. Thiessen has done just that during the pandemic. Volunteering to work with COVID-19 patients from the pandemic’s outset, Thiessen has learned critical care in order to transition to the COVID ICU. She works nights, weekends and extra shifts to help with staffing shortages, and stays beyond her 12-hour shift when patients need her. Her kindness and compassion are evident all the time. She brought one patient clothes, and bought a stuffed dog for an elderly patient who missed her dog. “She’s superhuman,” says one co-worker, “and her super power is her endless energy and heart. We’re lucky to have her.”
The public has been hungry for information about COVID-19 the past year. Dr. Oliverio has delivered. As lead spokesperson for Roper St. Francis, he has responded to 55 media inquiries over the past 40 weeks. “The pandemic tested every aspect of our health system and showed us weak spots in our care net,” he said. “From day one we had to reexamine everything we did and re-engineer processes and systems as we were providing care.” In addition to his clinical duties, Dr. Oliverio helped create, implement and staff COVID testing sites alongside frontline workers. At one site, he donned personal protective equipment and tested patients while simultaneously leading a WebEx meeting online. This isn’t his first accolade this year. Teammates at Roper St. Francis recognized him for Most RSFH Spirit.
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Lowcountry Lung and Critical Care
Dr. Natalie Christian ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE AND GERIATRICS MEDICAL DIRECTOR MUSC’s Shem Creek Health Center at South Bay
When Dr. Scott Miller founded Lowcountry Lung, he envisioned a large, patientcentered health care organization that strived for innovation, patient focus and exceptional outcomes. He probably did not envision supply and staffing shortages, fear of being infected and the psychological toll of caring for gravely ill people during a pandemic. Trained in pulmonary diseases and critical care, the doctors of Lowcountry Lung staff the ICUs at various hospitals around the Lowcountry. They have toiled on the frontlines of the pandemic since March 2020. They view this as their job and nothing more. They consider themselves good physicians who care about their patients, but nothing extraordinary.
The pandemic brought some dark days to elderly people, particularly those in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, like the South Bay continuum of care community. Dr. Christian transitioned to house calls for the safety of patients during the peak of the pandemic. She has also spearheaded the vaccination campaign for staff, educating them against misinformation. She called the home of one vaccine-hesitant co-worker and walked through the value of vaccination both individually and communally. “It is rare that I encounter a provider that is 100% in it for the right reasons,” says a coworker. “Dr. Christian is that rare provider and MUSC and South Bay are lucky to have her!”
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Charleston Southern University Pandemic Task Force Where was the best place to hide from COVID-19 in the Lowcountry during the height of the pandemic? Believe it or not, it was a place where teens and young adults gather every day. Thanks to the work of the 30 faculty, staff and students leading CSU through nearly six academic semesters – including summers – 3,400 students got educated in the classroom without a single COVID exposure. How did they do it? Combining the latest research, strict health and safety protocols and ongoing communication campaigns they convinced the entire campus to adopt the Biblical ideal to love our neighbors as ourselves. All this, while launching numerous academic programs, like collegiate aviation and a chaplaincy center, and capturing two athletic league titles.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE PHYSICIAN Roper St. Francis Healthcare
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Dr. Kent Stock As lead infectious disease physician at Roper St. Francis, Dr. Stock is spearheading the hospital’s strategy on caring for COVID-19 patients. As spokesperson for the hospital on COVID issues, he helps translate complex science into simple concepts the public can understand. Dr. Stock gravitated toward infectious diseases during a time when AIDS was killing young people. His expertise has served our community during the pandemic. Leading an interdisciplinary team, he stands at COVID ground zero. He has treated 3,000 COVID patients and knows the impact of the virus vividly. He says, “When you’re in the killing fields, you do what you can to survive.”
Bodie
Since 2017, this six-year-old apricot Golden Retriever and his human Uber driver have been mainstays at MUSC. Everyone loves Bob and Bodie and are glad to see them. But there was that one day when a woman in her mid-20s lay dying of cancer, surrounded by her grieving family. Her mother requested a therapy dog and Bodie obliged. As the dying woman moaned in half-consciousness, Bodie slid his head onto the bed beneath her hand. For the first time that day, she opened her eyes – momentarily – while he nuzzled her. As Bodie and Bob left the room in silence, an elderly man sitting at the edge of the room thanked them for coming in to see his granddaughter.
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Beau Beau
Wendy Zettel and Beau Beau, a five-year-old petite Goldendoodle, have served 200 hours at the hospital – or 1,400 dog hours! Beau Beau is an expert at identifying who has doggie treats – and at bringing empathy and inter-species warmth to patients. Like that one time a man intercepted Wendy and Beau Beau and asked them to visit his wife. The couple had just lost their own dog. The woman was thrilled to see Beau Beau and to pet him over and over. Wendy returned the next day and the woman told her with wet eyes that their visit had been the highlight of her stay.
Mike Gunter
Gunter was tasked with what would seem to be an overwhelming task – reconfigure Roper Hospital to deal with a pandemic. Among his many duties, he coordinates all electrical and HVAC shutdowns, most of which take place on weekends. That’s during ordinary times. With the first COVID patients about to arrive, he had to convert 54 patient rooms into negative pressure rooms. He also converted two entire nursing units and half of two others to serve the needs of COVID patients in under two weeks. That’s an impossible deadline, so Mike got it done in two days. Of course, as COVID has waxed and waned, he’s reconfigured rooms back and forth as circumstances required.
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Mike Anderson
This award stuff is old hat for Anderson. Voted 2016 employee of the year at Bishop Gadsden, he sure hasn’t rested on his laurels. During the pandemic, Anderson used his HVAC experience to create a negative pressure room to protect COVID patients and those around them. Collaborating with team members, leadership, professionals in the HVAC field and the nursing staff, he built out the ductwork to ensure the safest environment possible for residents.
Shelton Gamble
Gamble is well-traveled within the Lowcountry, with more than 100 work sites spread from Charleston to Moncks Corner, where he has completed 925 work orders. That’s 925 opportunities to get something wrong, annoy the staff and interfere with someone’s work. But he’s done just the opposite. Staff at these sites know that the arrival of Gamble means a problem is about to be solved. His can-do attitude and warm communication style have endeared him to teammates everywhere he goes. “He is a consummate team player, willing to help the other off-site techs whenever needed,” says a co-worker. “Everyone that works with him has high praise for his work ethic.”
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Geni is not just a volunteer, she’s a COVID innovator. This retired chaplain, psychologist, registered nurse, nurse educator, grandmother and cancer survivor watched health care staff struggle with the impact of the pandemic and wanted to help in some way. So she sewed masks for neighbors, family members, schools, churches and area nonprofits at the start of the pandemic. When she learned that hospital staff were chafing behind the ears from maskwearing, she devised a crochet strip to protect the ear from the elastic mask band. Seniors wearing hearing aids were most appreciative. People saw someone wearing the mask extender and wanted to know where they could get one. In waiting rooms and grocery stores, the buzz was, “What is that and where did you get it? I need one.” In all, Geni has delivered more than 1,000 mask extenders … and she isn’t done.
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Alicia Jordan HEAD NURSE Camp Rise Above By day, Jordan coordinates the people who deliver the care to people with psychological issues. Every year, she looks forward to her role serving children with pediatric cancer at Camp Rise Above. That means organizing medications for 80 campers, responding to emergencies, comforting parents and generally being indispensable. “Without Alicia,” says the camp’s director, “we certainly would not be able to provide overnight camps to our populations.” Jordan sees it more simply. She says, “I look forward to camp each year. It is such a joy to be with the campers and volunteers.”
Blake is a five-year volunteer at Mount Pleasant Hospital who couldn’t be kept away even when she was sent home during the height of the COVID crisis. During the pandemic, she made and distributed 368 cloth masks for family, neighbors, volunteers and nurses. She dropped by the hospital weekly to check in on staff, and sent cards, texts and phone calls to those she knew were alone. Now that she’s allowed back in the hospital – all vaccinated, of course – Blake is the first person you see when you enter, directing visitors from the information desk with a smile and dose of warmth.
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Building economy Architecture, engineering and construction represent a leading economic indicator, which means that when movement happens in those areas, the economy begins to move, causing a ripple effect in other sectors.
Commercial construction in S.C.
The pandemic took a bite out of nonresidential, commercial construction across South Carolina and the Southeast, with few exceptions in 2020. Year 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Dollars $3,812,000,000 $5,765,000,000 $6,464,000,000 $5,639,000,000 $5,141,000,000
Commercial construction 2020 State Alabama Tennessee Virginia Florida Georgia Kentucky Mississippi N. Carolina S. Carolina Louisiana
The Ashley River Park in Dorchester County is an 85-acre greenspace with walking trails, dog parks, fishing pond and a number of other facilities near the Ashley River. Another project (at right) in North Charleston, includes a pedestrian bridge spanning Noisette Creek. (Photo, Rendering/Provided)
Millions of dollars flow into parks regional greenspace By Jenny Peterson
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ens of millions of dollars are being invested in parks and recreational spaces in the Lowcountry: $13 million in Dorchester County, $5.5 million in Mount Pleasant and $8 million in North Charleston. More projects come down the line every year as municipalities purchase land to develop parks, including an additional $45 million slated for regional projects in 2022. Even before the pandemic, the emphasis on parks and greenspace in the Lowcountry was picking up and finding support, said Lee Gastley, managing principal and landscape architect at Seamon Whiteside civil engineering and
landscape architecture firm. “There has been a better appreciation of parks in that they have really come to the forefront,” Gastley said. The development of parks and recreational spaces is big business, in both the public and private sector. Engineering firms have even created specialty areas within their firm for developing these types of spaces. “If a neighborhood is built today without a park component, then the return on investment is not going to be as high,” said Steve Dudash, landscape architect, urban planner and regional director of Thomas & Hutton civil engineering firm. “In the last five to 10 years, it’s been market-driven in that people want access to parks. It was trending up, but when COVID hit, it went exponential.”
Dollars $5.2 billion $8.4 billion $8.3 billion $23.2 billion $10.4 billion $5.9 billion $1.1 billion $8 billion $3.8 billion $6.3 billion
% from 2019 +8.3% +7% +0.4% -2.6% -6.6% -8.3% -13.5% -21.9% -33.9% -41.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Residential permits in S.C. for 2020
The Charleston-North Charleston region was the only statistical area to see a drop in residential permits from 2019 to 2020. Notable projects slated to open in 2022 include the Ashley River Park, a $13 million 85-acre public park in Dorchester County along the Ashley River, adjacent to Bacons Bridge Road. The riverfront property will feature trails, a fishing pond, pavilion, picnic shelters, playground, splash fountain, dog parks, ropes course, climbing wall, festival lawn and kayak launch. Another recreational project is the $8 million Battery Park Pedestrian Bridge in North Charleston which will connect Riverfront Park to future development on the northside of Noisette Creek. “You can feel that everyone is just chomping at the bit for these spaces,” Dudash said. See PARKS, Page 28
Metro Myrtle Beach Greenville Charleston Columbia Hilton Head Island Spartanburg Florence Sumter
Permits
% from 2019
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+50%
8,734,000 8,604,000 4,872,000
+29% -3% +46%
2,977,000
+31%
2,907,000 764,000 333,000
+35% +29% +8%
Source: National Association of Homebuilders
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Savannah developer secures 135-acres for logistics park
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Savannah real estate developer has purchased 135 acres of land adjacent to the Port of Charleston’s Leatherman Terminal with plans to build a high-speed logistics facility. Capital Development Partners said the land will be developed into a port logistics facility called Shipyard Creek Logistics Center to handle imports and exports, the company said in a news release. Specifically, Shipyard Creek Logistics Center will have cross dock terminals, container storage, warehousing and logistics facilities, the company said. The project is expected to cost more than $250 million. Capital Development Partners said 200 direct jobs and thousands of other jobs will be created from the center. John Knox Porter, CEO of Capital Development Partners, said the company was glad to be a strategic partner with the S.C. Ports Authority to give the company’s customers a competitive advantage. “Shipyard Creek Logistics Center is an opportunity to develop and invest in one of the most efficient logistics facilities in the United States,” Porter said in a statement. “North Charleston and the state of South Carolina have an outstanding labor base, strong leadership and world-class port infrastructure that can quickly serve a large part of the U.S. population.” The center is near the Leatherman Terminal, which opened earlier this year with an initial capacity of 700,000 TEUs, a standard unit of measure for shipping containers with 20-foot-equivalent units. The Leatherman Terminal also has a sec-
PARKS, from Page 27
Planners said an emerging trend in the parks space is incorporating event spaces that can add to the city’s revenue stream. North Charleston announced that Battery Park Pedestrian Bridge will allow for small outdoor weddings. The Ashley River Park will also have a “significant event component” for gatherings with opportunities to rent space, Gastley said. “An important consideration with a lot of public entities is designing facilities that can be revenue generators in and of themselves — not only serving their population, but other populations,” Gastley said. Another emerging trend in the parks space is adding dog parks. “If we’re doing any kind of larger park, almost one hundred percent (guarantee) a dog park is a component of it,” Gastley said. Pickleball courts are also being added to recreational spaces. Four pickleball courts are included in Phase III of the development of Mount Pleasant Memori-
Capital Development Partners plans to build a 135-acre, high-speed logistics facility near the Leatherman Terminal. (Photo/Provided)
ond phase for expansion planned that would increase the capacity further. “S.C. Ports’ Leatherman Terminal provides cargo capacity, fluidity and speed to market for shippers’ supply chains,” S.C. Ports President and CEO Jim Newsome said in a statement. “We are pleased to have Capital Development Partners as a strateal Waterfront Park, a $5.5 million project, slated to be complete in 2024. More recreational projects are coming down the line over the next few years. A 50-acre tract in Hanahan along Henry Brown Boulevard will transform into a multi-use park with fields and courts, nature trails and event space. At its October city council meeting, North Charleston passed a resolution to purchase 13 acres on Patriot’s Boulevard across from the North Charleston Aquatic Center. Plans include adding outdoor soccer fields and a senior center, according to TJ Rostin, recreation director. “As the new year hits, we will begin to plan and design for that,” Rostin said. North Charleston additionally approved $45 million to update its Park Circle recreational facility and Danny Jones recreational complex, Rostin said. The Park Circle facility will double in size, adding a Miracle League-type baseball field, an inclusive playground and parking. The Danny Jones facility improvements will completely replace the existing pool and basketball gym, Rostin said.
gic partner as they develop the adjacent site into Shipyard Creek Logistics Center. This is a unique opportunity to develop a port-dependent logistics center next to the country’s newest container terminal. Future tenants will benefit from Leatherman Terminal’s efficient operations, as well as the proximity to S.C. Ports’ future
“In the last five to 10 years, it’s been market-driven in that people want access to parks. It was trending up, but when COVID hit, it went exponential.” Steve Dudash Landscape architect, urban planner and regional director, Thomas & Hutton civil engineering firm
The nearby town of Summerville and Nexton neighborhood continue to add more green space and trails. Planners said challenges involved with developing parks include getting necessary permits near waterways. “Permitting is always a challenge,” Gastley said. “They’ve got some great people in permitting, but there’s just not enough of them, and that makes it dif-
rail-served intermodal cargo hub.” The Shipyard Creek Logisitcs Center is expected to open in 2022 with construction beginning on sit prep and the cross dock terminal, the company said. Capital Development Partners has properties in Savannah; Charleston; Newark, N.J.; and Houston, Texas. CRBJ
ficult to get permits in a timely manner. You want to bring a park online as soon as you can, and for a lot of these parks, it can take up to 10 months to a year just to get the permits. For a 25 or 30-acre park, between the design process and the permitting process and the bidding process, it’s reasonable to expect anywhere from a year-and-a-half to two years before construction can start.” Another challenge is that full funding is not always available for a project. Some public projects are contingent on referendums, which is why some parks get built in phases based on an overall master plan. “There are a lot of disciplines involved in developing any kind of park — geotechnical engineers, arborists, architects, structural engineers and mechanical engineers. There’s a tremendous amount of grading and drainage that goes into developing appropriate sports fields,” Gastley said. “COVID spurred people to recognize the importance of natural areas. I’m hopeful that this new appreciation of what parks can bring to a wider audience is going to be beneficial for the construction of parks in the future.” CRBJ
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harleston remains a popular destination, and the city’s expanding luxury hotel scene reflects that
trend. California-based Auberge Resorts Collection plans to debut its first planned luxury hotel in South Carolina come 2024 in the form of The Dunlin, located within the Kiawah River master-planned community on Johns Island. In partnership with real estate developer The Beach Co. and private investment and management company McNair Interests, the project is set to have a January groundbreaking. “The Dunlin will offer an unforgettable escape where guests can immerse themselves in the pristine natural setting of Johns Island and the culturally rich attractions of Charleston,” Auberge Chairman Dan Friedkin said in a statement. The Dunlin property will include 72 cottage-style guest rooms and suites and 19 villas, as well as a main lodge and porch, great rooms and a library lounge. Amenities encompass a pool with cabanas, full-service spa, community farmstead, and access to the community’s Spring House riverfront swim and fitness facilities. A riverfront restaurant with outdoor
The Dunlin, Auberge Resorts Collection will be located within the Kiawah River master-planned community on Johns Island. (Photo/Provided)
deck will also be available, as will two event spaces, including a 10,000-squarefoot indoor-outdoor event hall. “We are pleased to partner with Auberge Resorts Collection to create The Dunlin, which will be one of the most remarkable new resorts in the country,” Beach Co. CEO John Darby said. “Auberge has a terrific track record of creating the most unique hospitality experiences in the world, and this endeavor’s intimate setting will bring highly person-
alized service with a coastal experience inspired by the local environment.” Built into the Kiawah River community, which puts emphasis in natural surrounding elements, The Dunlin will consist of 2,000 acres of land with 20 miles of riverfront nature trails and marshlands. Guests will be able to participate in nature excursions on the property, including fly fishing, crabbing and boating, as well as paddle boarding, hiking and biking. Architect Robert Glazier was chosen to
design the resort, and Amanda Lindroth of Lindroth Design will lead the interior design of the property. Construction financing was provided by United Bank’s Charleston offices. Auberge Resorts Collection has 22 other hotels and resorts across the globe, recently winning accolades from Travel & Leisure’s 2021 World’s Best and Conde Nast’s 2021 Readers’ Choice awards. CRBJ
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Estimated completion date: December 2021 Estimated total cost of project: $8.31 million Project description: This project includes the construction of a mixed use/multi-family housing located adjacent to a residential area in a rapidly developing area of Meeting Street. It includes 36 multi-family residential units on three floors over street level retail and a parking garage.
Coastal Community Church 460 Arlington Drive, Charleston Developer/owner: Coastal Community Church, Charleston Architect(s): LS3P, Charleston General contractor: Hill Construction, Charleston Engineer(s): ADC Engineering, Hanahan (structural); DWG Engineering, Mount Pleasant (mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection); E.M. Seabrook Jr. Inc., Mount Pleasant (civil) Estimated completion date: 2021 Project description: This project consists of an approximately 12,000-square-foot expansion and 7,000-square-foot renovation to an education and support space building - the Coastal Kidz building. The facility’s new layout will provide adequate teaching space for their growing congregation, improved security and access control, and an enclosed courtyard. A new foyer/ atrium will connect the current worship facility to the new Coastal Kidz building. The Rumney 695 Meeting St., Charleston Developer/owner: Madison Capital Group, Charlotte Architect(s): Goff D’Antonio Associates, Charleston General contractor: Linden Construction, Mount Pleasant Engineer(s): SeamonWhiteside and Associates, Mount Pleasant (civil, landscape architecture); Saber Engineering, Charlotte (mechanical, electrical, plumbing); Britt Peters & Associates, Mount Pleasant (structural)
Camp Hall Campus 4A Fish Road and Volvo Car Drive, Ridgeville Developer/owner: Portman Industrial, Atlanta Architect(s): McMillan Pazdan Smith, Charleston General contractor: Frampton Construction, Ladson Engineer(s): LJB Inc., Charlotte (structural); SeamonWhiteside, Mount Pleasant (civil); PaulsonCheek Mechanical Inc., Atlanta (mechanical); Lewis Electrical Contractors, Alpharetta, Ga. (electrical) Estimated completion date: December 2022 Project description: This project totals 940,000 square feet and includes the construction of three industrial buildings at Camp Hall Commerce Park. The facilities will be constructed of tilt-up concrete wall panels with structural steel frames. Buildings A and B are approximately 220,000 square feet each with rear-loading layout, 32-feet clear height, 36 dock doors and two drive-in doors. Building C is approximately 500,000 square feet with a cross-dock layout, 36-feet clear height, 116 dock doors and four drive-in doors.
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Sagebrook Home - Charleston Trade Center 574 Trade Center Parkway, Summerville Developer/owner: The Keith Corporation, Charlotte Architect(s): McMillan Pazdan Smith, Charleston General contractor: Frampton Construction, Ladson Engineer(s): WGPM Inc., Charlotte (structural); Alliance Consulting Engineers, Charleston (civil) Estimated completion date: January 2021 Project description: This project includes the construction of a 430,920-square-foot cross-docked facility built with a 36-foot clear height, 50 dock doors and two drive-in doors. The site has 105 trailer parking spaces and 243 car parking spaces. Frampton is completing an interior upfit for incoming tenant Sagebrook Home, who will occupy the whole building.
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(structural); MECA, Columbia (mechanical, plumbing); ETi, Columbia (electrical); Red Falcon, Mount Pleasant (signage, graphics) Estimated completion date: February 2022 Project description: This project includes the construction of a 5,000-square-foot, 12-room clinic to serve as the newest of Charleston ENT and Allergy’s 17 locations. Construction is slab on grade foundations, cold formed metal stud bearing walls and wood roof trusses. The overall building form is based on traditional massing, especially that found on coastal barrier islands. Interior finishes include natural stained wood, quartz and stone countertops, and customized graphics. Tradepark East 6880 Weber Blvd., Ladson Developer/owner: Trinity Capital Advisors, Charlotte Architect(s): DMA Architecture, Winston-Salem, N.C. General contractor: Frampton Construction, Ladson Engineer(s): LJB Inc., Charlotte (structural); Reveer Group, North Charleston (civil); Erickson Associates, Savannah (mechanical); Eldeco, Greenville (electrical) Estimated completion date: April 2022 for Building One Project description: This project includes the construction of the largest building within Tradepark East, an 850,000-square foot industrial park at Palmetto Commerce Parkway. Building One, currently under construction, is cross-docked and will measure 342,160 square feet with 36-foot clear heights. Buildings Two and Three will consist of 174,720 square feet each and Building Four will be 145,600 square feet. Charleston ENT and Allergy: James Island 547 Folly Road, James Island Developer/owner: Charleston ENT and Allergy, Charleston Architect(s): SMHa, Mount Pleasant General contractor: Trident Construction, North Charleston Engineer(s): Thomas & Hutton, Mount Pleasant (civil); Ellinwood & Machado, Charleston
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Exemplar Oral Surgery 4986 Calvin St., North Charleston Developer/owner: Dr. Daniel Leach Oral Surgery, North Charleston Architect(s): Synchronicity Land and Architecture, Charleston General contractor: Choate Interiors, Mount Pleasant Engineer(s): Constantine Engineering Associates, Charleston (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) Estimated completion date: Winter 2021 Project description: This project includes the renovation of an existing medical practice from the inside out to serve as an oral surgery office complete with dedicated surgery rooms, recovery rooms, office space, a board room and patient lobby. The scope of work includes the replacement of light fixtures, flooring and ceiling. Medical gas systems are incorporated into all the operating rooms, and custom casework is included throughout the office.
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Charleston Water Systems Customer Technology Center 6330 Murray Drive, Hanahan Developer/owner: Commissioner of Public Works of the City of Charleston, Charleston Architect(s): LS3P Associates Ltd., Charleston General contractor: Choate Construction, Mount Pleasant Engineer(s): ADC Engineering Inc., Hanahan (civil, structural); RMF Engineering, Mount Pleasant (mechanical, electrical) Estimated completion date: Spring 2022 Project description: The 34,000-square-foot, two-story office building will include personal offices, conference rooms, break rooms and open workspace An Emergency Operations Center component on the property adjacent to the Hanahan Water Treatment Plant is also included in the scope of work.
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Charleston Endodontics - New North Charleston Office 5401 Netherby Lane, Suite 902, North Charleston Developer/owner: Charleston Endodontics, Charleston Architect: LFK Architects, Mount Pleasant General contractor: The Cornerstone Co., Mount Pleasant Engineer: Epic Engineering, Charleston Estimated completion date: October 2021 Project description: This project includes the construction of a new 1,900-square-foot endodontist office that includes contemporary finishes, a shiplap feature wall in the lobby and Patterson Dental equipment and cabinetry.
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Bedford Falls 430 Meeting St., Charleston Developer/owner: Bedford Falls, Charleston Architect(s): Craft Design Studio, Mount Pleasant General contractor: J. Musselman Construction Inc., Charleston Engineer(s): Constantine Engineering Associates LLC, Charleston Estimated completion date: December 2021 Project description: This project is a restaurant renovation with improvements to the exterior and interior spaces, including sitework with stucco, masonry and concrete. Interior architectural finishes include casework, framing, drywall, ceilings, insulation, painting, plaster, windows, doors, frames and hardware. Mechanical and electrical scopes are also included to provide a fully functioning restaurant. Liberty Center Suite 200 and 4th Floor Restrooms 151 Meeting St., Suite 200 and 4th Floor, Charleston Developer/owner: Liberty Office LLC, Charleston Architect(s): Goff D’Antonio Associates, Charleston General contractor: J. Musselman Construction Inc., Charleston Estimated completion date: January 2022 Project description: This two-part project
Salt Marsh Animal Hospital Freshfields Village, Kiawah Island Developer/owner: Salt Marsh Animal Hospital LLC, Johns Island Architect(s): LFK Architects, Mount Pleasant General contractor: The Cornerstone Co., Mount Pleasant Engineer(s): Epic Engineering, Charleston (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) Estimated completion date: December 2021 Project description: This project includes the construction of a modern animal hospital with contemporary finishes and three exam rooms with an X-ray machine onsite.
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Blanchard Machinery 151 Farmington Road, Summerville Developer/owner: Blanchard Machinery, Summerville Architect(s): LTC Associates, Columbia General contractor: Choate Construction, Mount Pleasant Engineer(s): Hensley & Goerling, Charleston (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) Estimated completion date: Fall 2021 Project description: This project includes the expansion of Blanchard Machinery’s 33,000-squarefoot facility by adding approximately 5,500 square feet of warehouse space and 5,200 square feet of office space. Along with expanding Blanchard’s facility, the existing office and warehouse received a complete interior upfit.
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Night Heron Park 4000 Sea Forest Drive, Kiawah Island Developer/owner: Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Kiawah Island Architect(s): Stubbs Muldrow Herrin Architects Inc., Mount Pleasant General contractor: Choate Construction, Mount Pleasant Engineer(s): Thomas & Hutton, Mount Pleasant (civil); Curry Engineers LLC, Mount Pleasant (structural); DWG Consulting Engineers, Mount Pleasant (mechanical, electrical) Estimated completion date: Summer 2022 Project description: This project includes the construction of an 8,500-square-foot market, which will be serviced by a full kitchen and receiving area. The market will serve residents and guests of Kiawah as well as provide service to the adjacent Night Heron Park pool. Interior features include quartz countertops, stained millwork, stained casework and tongue and groove ceilings. Construction also includes the renovation of the existing Night Heron Park Pavilion.
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Ingleside Medical Office Upfit 3700 Ingleside Blvd., North Charleston Developer/owner: Charleston Oral and Facial Surgery, North Charleston Architect(s): Heyward & Woodrum Ltd., Columbia General contractor: Boyer Commercial Construction, Columbia Estimated completion date: January 2022 Project description: This project includes a buildout of the second and third floors and a renovation of the existing first-floor space.
Dorchester County Emergency Operations Center 212 Deming Way, Summerville Developer/owner: Dorchester County Architect(s): Rosenblum Coe Architects Inc., Charleston; Manns Woodward Studios, White Marsh, Md. (associate architect) General contractor: Brantley Construction Co. LLC, Charleston Engineer(s): ADC Engineering Inc., Hanahan (structural); SeamonWhiteside, Mount Pleasant (civil); RMF Engineering Inc., Charleston (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) Estimated completion date: July 2022 Estimated total cost of project: $8,549,000 Project description: This project includes the construction of a new, single-story, 16,300-squarefoot emergency operations center with offices, control and assembly areas, with a 40-foot video wall, dormitory, kitchens, data center, radio room, equipment storage and communications tower. It will have structural fill, spread footing foundations, load bearing masonry with brick veneer,
Ashley Pines Animal Hospital 2636 Highway 17A South, Summerville Developer/owner: 9990 LLC, Mount Pleasant Architect(s): LFK Architects, Mount Pleasant General contractor: The Cornerstone Co., Mount Pleasant Engineer(s): Earthsource Engineering, Mount Pleasant (civil); Tobias West, Mount Pleasant (structural); Epic Engineering, Charleston (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) Estimated completion date: Summer 2022 Project description: This project includes construction of a newly developed site at the entrance to The Ponds community in Summerville, with a building that includes 3,000 square feet for the animal hospital and 4,100 square feet of two-story tenant space for medical, dental or office tenants. The building includes a Lowcountry architectural style with fiber cement siding, timber framed awnings and a decorative cupola.
Cross County Flex Building 7391 Cross County Road, North Charleston Developer/owner: TCC Properties LLC, Mount Pleasant Architect(s): GJS Architecture, North Charleston General contractor: The Cornerstone Co., Mount Pleasant Engineer(s): Cline Engineering Inc., Charleston (civil); Tobias West, Mount Pleasant (structural) Epic Engineering, Charleston (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) Estimated completion date: Summer 2022 Project description: This project includes the construction of 10,000 square feet of flex space for one 10,000-square-foot tenant or two 5,000-square-foot tenants. The site includes ample parking and laydown areas, while the building has 24-foot minimum eave heights, three 12-foot-by-14-foot drive-in doors, and one 10-foot-by-10-foot dock height door. Leasing is being conducted by Ferrer Commercial Real Estate Advisors.
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Commercial Property Management Companies Ranked by No. of Property Managers in the Charleston Area Company
Phone / Website / Email
Top Official(s) / Year Founded
Property Managers
Properties Managed / Sq. Ft. Managed
Adams Property Group 2298 Mount Pleasant St. Charleston, SC 29403
843-941-4001 www.adamspropgroup.com info@adamspropgroup.com
Franklin Adams, Casey Lowery 2008
16
9 584,316
Flex, income-producing, office, retail
Holder Properties 75 Port City Landing, Suite 100 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
843-409-0888 www.holderproperties.com fgray@holderproperties.com
Billy Cooke, Friend Gray 1980
12
9 830,000
Office, retail
Island Realty 1304 Palm Blvd. Isle of Palms, SC 29451
843-886-8144 www.islandrealty.com rentalsinfo@islandrealty.com
Alexander D. Stone 1977
11
520 -
Lee & Associates Charleston 960 Morrison Drive, Suite 400 Charleston, SC 29403
843-747-1200 www.lee-charleston.com leecharlestonhelp@lee-associates.com
M. Wade Allen 1999
10
81 3,700,000
Durlach Associates 1127 Queensborough Blvd., Suite 105 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
843-723-2801 www.durlach.com
John R.N. Durlach 1979
7
5 351,000
Office
Southeastern Management Group Inc. 151 King St. Charleston, SC 29401
843-577-8595 www.semgsc.com semg@semgsc.com
Chad Yonce 1997
7
88 729,587
Flex, health care, income-producing, industrial, land, multifamily, office, restaurant, retail, warehouse
Re/Max Pro Realty 9209 University Blvd. North Charleston, SC 29406
843-767-7777 www.remaxprorealty.org brenda.ray@remax.net
Velvaleen Thurber-Everett 2006
6
443 2,100,000
Agricultural, flex, health care, income-producing, industrial, land, multifamily, office, restaurant, sports, entertainment, warehouse
Beach Commercial 320 Broad St., Suite 600 Charleston, SC 29401
843-722-2615 www.beachcommercialre.com jdickerson@thebeachcompany.com
Kristine Schmitz, Jenny Dickerson 1945
5
39 1,288,046
Flex, income-producing, multifamily, office, restaurant, retail
Ravenel Associates 960 Morrison Drive, Suite 100 Charleston, SC 29403
843-768-9480 www.ravenelassociates.com info@ravenelassociates.com
Jules Deas 1985
5
105 -
Flex, income-producing, industrial, multifamily, office, restaurant, retail, warehouse
Coldwell Banker Commercial Atlantic 3506 W. Montague Ave., Suite 200 North Charleston, SC 29418
843-744-9877 www.cbcatlantic.com info@cbcatlantic.com
Brent A. Case 1986
4
105 959,695
Agricultural, flex, health care, income-producing, industrial, land, multifamily, office, restaurant, retail, warehouse
Lane Properties of Charleston LLC 746 St. Andrews Blvd., Suite B Charleston, SC 29407
843-769-9919 www.laneproperties.com administrator@laneprops.com
Mark C. Lane 1967
4
34 449,632
Flex, health care, income-producing, industrial, multifamily, office, restaurant, retail, warehouse
Avison Young - South Carolina Inc. 1315 Ashley River Road Charleston, SC 29407
843-725-7200 www.avisonyoung.com chris.fraser@avisonyoung.com
Charlene Massey, Christopher B. Fraser 1978
3
90 1,500,000
Flex, health care, income-producing, industrial, office, restaurant, retail, warehouse
Caldwell Commercial 4476 W. Leeds Place Charleston, SC 29405
843-367-7000 www.caldwellcommercial.com bob@caldwellcommercial.com
Robert Caldwell 2000
3
30 2,536,845
Flex, health care, income-producing, industrial, land, office, restaurant, retail, warehouse
CBRE Inc. 200 Meeting St., Suite 202 Charleston, SC 29401
843-577-0702 www.cbre.us/charlestonsc cindy.new@cbre.com
Stephen B. Smith 1992
3
30 4,900,000
Flex, income-producing, industrial, office, retail, warehouse
Johnson & Wilson Real Estate Co. 1830 Savannah Highway Charleston, SC 29407
843-486-1600 www.johnsonandwilson.com info@johnsonandwilson.com
Tiffany Johnson-Wilson 2000
3
1 -
Kennerty Ratner & Tezza LLC 1035 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite B11 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
843-388-9818 mark@krtrealestate.com
Mark J. Tezza 1989
3
24 325,729
Landmark Enterprises 311 Johnnie Dodds Blvd. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
843-884-8166 www.landmark-enterprises.com info@landmark-enterprises.com
Jon Chalfie, Jason M. Ward, Gene W. Blanton 1974
3
57 1,650,000
Agricultural, flex, health care, hotel, motel, incomeproducing, industrial, land, multifamily, office, restaurant, retail, sports, entertainment, warehouse
Alliance Commercial Property Management 141 Williman St. Charleston, SC 29403
336-383-5901 www.alliancecommercialpropertymanagement.com jimmy@alliancecompanies.com
James A. Black 2007
2
20 1,250,000
Flex, health care, income-producing, industrial, office, restaurant, retail, warehouse
Belk Lucy 636 King St. Charleston, SC 29403
843-856-4600 www.belklucy.com trey.lucy@belklucy.com
Blair Belk, Trey Lucy 2013
2
28 815,624
Bridge Commercial 25 Calhoun St., Suite 220 Charleston, SC 29401
843-535-8600 www.bridge-commercial.com info@bridge-commercial.com
Peter S. Fennelly 2017
2
22 2,846,157
Charleston Industrial 225 Seven Farms Drive, Suite 401 Charleston, SC 29492
843-377-8383 www.charlestonindustrial.com mike.white@charlestonindustrial.com
Michael G. White 2007
2
6 250,000
Colliers International 40 Calhoun St., Suite 460 Charleston, SC 29401
843-723-1202 www.colliers.com/en liz.mccary@colliers.com
Jim Garrett 1906
2
18 3,081,456
Creekbend Property Management 4036 O'Hear Ave. North Charleston, SC 29405
843-557-9840 www.creekbendpropertymanagement.com info@creekbendpropertymanagement.com
Sherry Hering 2002
2
1 600
Cushman & Wakefield 115 Central Island St., Suite 175 Charleston, SC 29492
843-724-0100 www.cushwake.com
Ed Kercher 1917
2
16 2,000,000
Flyway Management LLC 1640 Meeting Street Road, Suite 302 Charleston, SC 29405
843-735-5489 www.flywaymanagementsc.com management@flywaysc.com
Mauri Harrison, Lindsay N. Nevin 2004
2
56 124,100
Laurel Properties of Charleston LLC 742 Lakenheath Drive Charleston, SC 29464
843-224-1342 gerrymccord@gmail.com
Gerry McCord 1975
2
2 3,000
NAI Charleston LLC 141 Williman St. Charleston, SC 29403
843-720-4944 www.naicharleston.com info@naicharleston.com
Thomas M. Boulware 2017
2
14 994,506
Flex, health care, income-producing, industrial, office, retail
Palmetto Commercial Properties LLC 578 E. Bay St., Suite A Charleston, SC 29403
843-577-2550 www.palmettocommercialproperties.com info@pcpsc.com
Eddie Buxton, Joe Keenan, Richard Morse 1996
2
57 921,427
Agricultural, flex, health care, hotel, motel, incomeproducing, industrial, land, multifamily, office, restaurant, retail, sports, entertainment, warehouse
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Types of Properties Managed
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Agricultural, flex, health care, hotel, motel, incomeproducing, industrial, land, multifamily, office, restaurant, retail, sports, entertainment, warehouse Flex, income-producing, industrial, office, retail, warehouse
Flex, health care, income-producing, land, office, restaurant, retail, warehouse Agricultural, flex, health care, hotel, motel, incomeproducing, industrial, land, multifamily, office, restaurant, retail, sports, entertainment, warehouse Flex, industrial, land, office, warehouse Agricultural, flex, health care, hotel, motel, incomeproducing, industrial, land, multifamily, office, restaurant, retail, warehouse Income-producing, multifamily, office, retail Flex, industrial, land, multifamily, office, restaurant, retail, warehouse Flex, hotel, motel, income-producing, multifamily, office, restaurant Multifamily, office
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Commercial Property Management Companies Ranked by No. of Property Managers in the Charleston Area Company
Phone / Website / Email
Top Official(s) / Year Founded
Property Managers
Properties Managed / Sq. Ft. Managed
The PrimeSouth Group LLC 418 King St., Suite 201 Charleston, SC 29403
843-722-4450 www.primesouthgroup.com clprice@primesouthgroup.com
Christopher L. Price 1996
2
40 600,000
Income-producing, industrial, office, retail
Twin Rivers Capital LLC 656 Ellis Oak Ave., Suite 201 Charleston, SC 29412
843-722-9925 www.twinriverscap.com jj@twinriverscap.com
Jeffrey J. Lamberson 2002
2
11 70,000
Flex, income-producing, industrial, land, office, restaurant, retail, warehouse
Ziff Real Estate Partners 210 Wingo Way, Suite 400 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
843-724-3500 www.ziffcre.com ajones@zpi.net
Tim Walter, Curt Schade, Christian Chamblee 1991
2
29 2,017,543
Flex, income-producing, industrial, land, office, restaurant, retail, warehouse
Choice Realty Inc. 8550 Dorchester Road Charleston, SC 29420
843-991-4848 www.wefindspace.com jonathanlee@choicerealtyusa.com
Jonathan C. Lee 2004
1
1 24,000
Flex, income-producing, multifamily, office, retail
Commercial Investment Group LLC 1910 Capri Drive Charleston, SC 29407
843-406-7979 www.cominvestgroup.com pjd@cominvestgroup.com
P. John DeStefano 2006
1
3 60,000
Flex, income-producing, industrial, land, multifamily, office, retail, warehouse
Dunes Commercial Properties LLC 835 Coleman Blvd. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
843-881-5600 www.dunesproperties.com realestate@dunesproperties.com
Luiz T. Yamashita 2015
1
50 50,000
Office, retail
East Bay Co. Ltd. 215 E. Bay St., Suite 504 Charleston, SC 29401
843-577-9060 www.eastbaycompany.com info@eastbaycompany.com
Hilton Smith 1965
1
3 125,000
Multifamily, office, restaurant, retail
Holcombe, Fair & Lane 1071 Morrison Drive Charleston, SC 29403
843-722-2642 www.hflcharleston.com info@hflcharleston.com
Charles G. Lane 1927
1
40 781,000
Agricultural, flex, health care, income-producing, industrial, land, office, restaurant, retail, warehouse
Maybank Properties LLC 1 Cordes St. Charleston, SC 29413
843-740-9202 www.maybankproperties.com mmcfall@maybankproperties.com
David Maybank, Michael G. McFall 1997
1
21 1,500,000
Raven Cliff Co. LLC 706 Meeting St. Charleston, SC 29403
843-371-4564 diane@ravencliffco.com
Michael Wooddy 2006
1
2 250,000
Office, restaurant
Strategic Asset Management 353 N. Shelmore Blvd., Suite 200 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
843-416-1062 www.readvisors.com hmyers@sreadvisors.com
Harris Myers 2004
1
18 625,000
Flex, income-producing, industrial, office, retail, warehouse
Weichert Realtors Palmetto Coast 1035 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite 2B Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
843-375-2075 www.weichertpc.com admin@weichertpc.com
Annalisa Jordan 2001
1
1 3,000
The Commonwealth Co. Inc. 171 Church St., Suite 300 Charleston, SC 29401
843-577-8877 www.thecommonwealthcompany.com commonwealthjimm@prodigy.net
James R. Moring 1997
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-
Hotel, motel, income-producing, land, restaurant
JLL - Jones Lang LaSalle 701 E. Bay St., Suite 308 Charleston, SC 29403
843-805-5111 www.jll.com/charleston ciarra.cunningham@am.jll.com
Lee B. Allen 1939
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-
Flex, industrial, office, retail
Because of space constraints, sometimes only the top-ranked companies are published in the print edition. Although every effort is made to ensure accuracy, errors sometimes occur. Email additions or corrections to research@scbiznews.com.
Types of Properties Managed
Income-producing, industrial, land, office, warehouse
Income-producing, multifamily
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New Refuel Market opens in Point Hope community Refuel Market, a gas station and convenience store chain headquartered in Mount Pleasant, recently added a location to its portfolio of 170 stores across the Southeast. Located at 1701 Clements Ferry Road, the new store will include offerings such as freshly prepared, Southern-inspired dishes.
ZRP Storage Opportunity Fund closes on $50 million equity raise
Ziff Real Estate Partners has closed on $50 million of equity to launch the ZRP Storage Opportunity Fund. The fund will use a value-add strategy to acquire and expand existing storage properties, redevelop non-storage structures into Class A storage facilities and develop new ground-up storage properties. Over the past decade, the Charleston-based company has accumulated more than $250 million of self-storage investments, totaling 1.5 million square feet across 18 properties in six states.
SC Historically Black Colleges and Universities launch apprenticeships
Ishpi Information Technologies Inc., a defense and federal cyber and information dominance company, announced a milestone in its commitment to solve the cybersecurity skills shortage and increase the participation of women, minorities and veterans in high wage, high technology IT and cybersecurity occupations. ISHPI is collaborating with S.C. State University, Integer Technologies LLC, a Columbia-based provider national security solutions, and the Urban Institute, a thought leader in workforce development and apprenticeships, to design, launch and implement degree apprenticeship career pathways. Benedict College and Voorhees Col-
lege have also signed a memorandum of understanding to join the S.C. HBCU Consortium.
RE/MAX office opens on Daniel Island to sell commercial, residential
RE/MAX Platinum opened Dec. 1 on Daniel Island. Located at 162 Seven Farms Drive, Suite 235, the new office employs five residential and commercial real estate professionals and is the only RE/MAX brokerage on Daniel Island. There are plans to hire 20 new agents in the upcoming year.
CSU beats donation goal, sets new national record
Charleston Southern University students, faculty and staff set a 10,000-gift goal for its Operation Christmas Child initiative this year, and in their 10th year of packing boxes, the campus exceeded that goal with 10,924 gifts. Supplies are donated year-round by students, employees, alumni, supporters and organizations. This is the third year in a row of beating their own national record for the most shoeboxes packed by any college or university.
Ellis Family Wellness LLC is now open in West Ashley
Ellis Family Wellness, a holistic health coaching practice, recently opened and is currently offering both in-per-
son and virtual consultations for individuals and families. Dr. Sarah Ellis, an integrative nutrition health coach and naturopathic doctor, opened Ellis Family Wellness to fill the growing desire for holistic options to promote health and well-being in the Charleston community. The office is in the West Ashley Shoppes plaza at 946 Orleans Road, Suite 1011.
Home Telecom awarded Outstanding Corporation Philanthropy Award
Home Telecom was awarded the 2021 Outstanding Corporation of the Year award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, presented to them at the National Philanthropy Day Celebration at the Charleston Gaillard Center. The Outstanding Corporation Award honors Home Telecom as a philanthropic community leader, whose financial support, mentorship and investment in internet access and economic development has served as a beacon of community support across the tri-county region. Home Telecom supports a variety of causes, including the Carolina Youth Development Center, Dorchester Children’s Advocacy Center, Trident United Way, American Red Cross, American Heart Association, HALOS, Clap Your Hands, Habitat for Humanity of Berkeley County, Camp Happy Days and Ark of S.C.
SeamonWhiteside has appointed Russ Seamon as president and Joe Bryant, Gary Collins, Jason Munday and William O’Neal as vice presidents. Seamon is a graduate of The University of Georgia, where he received a bachelor’s degree in the School of Environment and Design. He has been with SeamonWhiteside for more than 18 years. Bryant is a graduate of Clemson University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering. He has been with the firm for 15 years. Collins received a bachelor’s degree from Ryerson University in Toronto and his master’s degree in landscape architecture from North Carolina State University Raleigh. He has been with the firm for 10 years. Munday is a graduate of The University of Georgia College of Engineering and has been with the firm for more than 15 years. O’Neal graduated from Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering and has been with the firm for the past more than 16 years. Liollio Architecture has welcomed six new team members to its studio: Ryan Bing, Jeremy Eaton, Kelsey McKenna, Tom Wales, Rajan Mistry and Tammy Griffin. Bing graduated from Colorado College with a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and a master’s degree in architecture from Clemson University. Eaton graduated from Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture and earned a master’s degree in architecture from Clemson. McKenna also earned a master’s degree in architecture at Clemson. Wales, who will
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CONSULTING S.C. Community Loan Fund has appointed Nate Barber as CEO. Barber was selected after a nationwide search led by the board of directors. He recentBarber ly retired from South State Bank after 18 years as their community development officer and community reinvestment officer and has more than 25 years of experience in community development finance. He has been a longtime SCCLF ally and supporter and was instrumental in the first bank investment made in SCCLF’s predecessor, Lowcountry Housing Trust. Throughout his career, he has also worked as an educator, teaching college business courses and leading a small business development center. Dee Norton Child Advocacy Center has hired Lindsay Taylor to her new role as director of development and communications. As a certified fundraising exec-
The Charleston Metro Chamber recently announced Dr. David J. Cole as the recipient of the 2021 Joseph P. Riley Leadership Award, which was presentCole ed at the Chamber’s Member-Bration on Dec. 3. Dr. Cole, as the Medical University of South Carolina’s president, leads the state’s only comprehensive academic health system.
HOSPITALITY Wild Dunes Resort has hired Monica Bennett as event operations manager, Austin Blake as chef de cuisines at its Oystercatcher restaurant, Thalita Smith as chef de cuisines at Coastal Provisions and Joshua Smolik as general manager at Coastal Provisions. Bennett comes from Calamigos Ranch in California, where she has held several different positions since 2005, including director of operations, general manager and director of events. At Wild Dunes Resort, she will be responsible for executing events and ensuring all logistics requirements are carried out according to plan. Blake began his career at The Salamander Resort in Virginia, where he was promoted to sous chef within three years. Smith began her culinary career in 2012 at Mount Washington Resort in New Hampshire. Smolik has worked in the hospitality industry for 11 years and previously served as the general manager at Monza Pizza Bar, Del Frisco’s Grill and Henrietta’s at the Dewberry. At Coastal Provisions, he will plan and direct all restaurant operations.
INSURANCE New York Life recently announced that Hope Sullivan and Lushen Evans, agents in the Charleston office, have been appointed to the 2021 Executive Council of New York Life. Sullivan has a Master of Science in education and a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics. She spent almost eight years teaching prior to joining New York Life and works with multiple charity organizations that benefit schools around the Lowcountry. Evans earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the College of Charleston and a MBA from the Citadel Graduate College. He has been a New York Life agent since 2019.
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While there are good reasons for the current inflation rate, such as supply and demand, that does not make paying higher prices on almost everything any easier on the family budget. However, there is one dramatic exception to higher FRANK costs. An exception KNAPP that can provide huge savings on the one thing that everyone should have — health insurance. But it is not all health insurance that is costing less. Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance continue to rise for employers and employees as happens every year. The health insurance cost exception is on premiums paid for plans obtained through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace. In South Carolina, individuals are now saving an average 40% on quality health insurance policies. Nationally, four out of five consumers are now paying $10 or less a month for full coverage plans. In fact, individuals who are barely keeping their head above water with incomes of between 100% and 150% of the federal poverty level are now paying zero premiums on great-benefit health insurance through the federal Marketplace. Small business owners and higher income employees are also finding that they can pay less for comprehensive individual policies, plans that they could not afford before. All this good news is the result of two federal rule changes that went into effect in March of this year. First, the income cap for receiving premium assistance in the federal Marketplace has been lifted. Prior to this year, to qualify for any premium subsidies that make policies more affordable one could not have an income over 400% of the federal poverty level. As a result, many small business owners have turned to low-benefit, shortterm policies. They paid less in premiums but found out that the policies had little benefit except for hospitalizations. That income limit is now gone. The second rule change was a significant increase in the premium subsidies themselves, which has resulted in consumers paying far less for good policies as described above. My organization, in a partnership with the SC Primary Health Care Association
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“In South Carolina, individuals are now saving an average 40% on quality health insurance policies. Nationally, four out of five consumers are now paying $10 or less a month for full coverage plans.” (SCPHCA), is educating small business owners about their opportunity to save on health insurance through the federal Marketplace. While neither the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce or SCPHCA sells health insurance, we are both dedicated to helping all South Carolinians become aware of the new access to premium assistance and dramatic decrease in what they will pay for individual policies. Small business owners are also being encouraged to educate their employees about the now no-cost or low-cost health insurance through the Marketplace. These entrepreneurs understand that a healthy employee is a more productive employee. Having health insurance is an important way of achieving this outcome. Assistance to understand the federal Health Insurance Marketplace, compare a variety of plans available, and enroll can be obtained in two ways.
The SCPHCA is funding sixteen navigators across the state thanks to a federal grant. These navigators work for non-profit community health centers and are helping consumers review health isurance plans available to them in the federal Marketplace and assisting with enrollment. There is no cost for the service. Consumers can also receive assistance from insurance agents/brokers registered with the federal government to enroll in these policies. Consumers opting for this help need to make sure that they are working with someone who is going to show them plans from all four insurance companies with policies on the Marketplace, not just policies offered by only one company. Most of these professionals do not charge for their services since they are compensated by commissions from the insurance companies. Navigators and registered agents/bro-
kers in South Carolina can be found on HealthCare.gov. Small business owners can also call the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce at 803-252-5733 to have questions answered and be connected with a navigator. Membership is not required nor is there a fee for the service. The open enrollment period for the Marketplace runs until Jan. 15. Enrollment after this date is limited to only those who have experienced some significant change in their life. While inflation is impacting all of us, obtaining a health insurance policy through the federal Marketplace just might save you enough money to cover all your other higher costs ... and then some. CRBJ
Frank Knapp is the President and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce.
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DAY IN THE LIFE LOWCOUNTRY OYSTER CO. Following his career as an angler in Mount Pleasant, Trey “Cricket” McMillan founded LowCountry Oyster Co. in 2017. McMillan and his team farm year-round in the waters of the ACE Basin in Green Pond. Oysters are sold to restaurants, markets and through e-commerce shops, and soon can be purchased daily from Lowco’s downtown Charleston warehouse.
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McMillan and Beverly Chopan wash oyster hatchlings in Lowco’s on-site nursery. Hatchlings, which are transported from a Virginia farm, can be as small as grains of sand. They nest in buckets with mesh bottoms as water is pumped from the ACE Basin to nurture them daily.
Lowco uses sustainable cage farming techniques to hand-raise oysters, which take a year to harvest. After relocating from the nursery, oysters are placed into mesh bags where they spend about six weeks maturing together. As they outgrow the bags, oysters are pulled out and divided by size into larger containers until they are ready for market.
Retrieved oysters are put into a turning tumbler that chips off edges and strengthens the muscles. As they tumble, they fall through holes of increasing widths into red crates. Depending on size, oysters are either placed back in the water to grow stronger or are pulled for market.
Matured oysters measuring 3 inches are pulled out and examined by hand for density and defects. These are then prepared for market, 90% of which is Charleston restaurants. Customers can also purchase oysters on Lowco’s website for overnight delivery.
Hundreds of mesh cages are set up through Lowco’s leased areas of the ACE Basin, tucked away from boaters and disturbances. Cages contain six mesh bags each and are flipped every six weeks, allowing nature to feed off the barnacles.
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