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Smithey Ironware Expanding in Charleston County, Creating 22 Jobs

July 29, 2019 by 0 Comments
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Smithey Ironware Company, a designer and manufacturer of premium cast iron and carbon steel cookware, is expanding its operations in Charleston County.

The more than $2 million investment is expected to create 22 new jobs.  

Founded in 2015, Smithey Ironware Company transforms raw castings, with a surface similar to heavy grit paper, into elegant cookware pieces by both hand and machine. The company’s finishing manufacturing process involves hand-grinding, tumbling, machining, and seasoning castings.   

Located at 1465 Pipefitter Street in North Charleston’s Navy Yard, Smithey Ironware Company’s new facility will accommodate additional equipment, office space, and employees, while serving as the company’s headquarters.   Individuals interested in joining the Smithey Ironware Company team can visit smitheyironware.com.   

“Smithey was founded in Charleston for reason – we feel the city offers a great blend of access to talent, strong entrepreneurial culture, community business support and an enjoyable standard of living. We are excited to announce this expansion and look forward to this new phase of growth as we continue to build the next great American cookware brand!” – Smithey Ironware Founder & President Isaac Morton   

“It’s a special day when an existing South Carolina company announces plans to expand. I congratulate Smithey Ironware on this new investment and look forward to the company’s continued success.” -Gov. Henry McMaster  

“Seeing a homegrown South Carolina company expand its business is tremendous news. Smithey Ironware Company’s decision to increase its footprint in our state is a testament to the increasingly diverse economy we’ve cultivated here.” -Secretary of Commerce Bobby Hitt   “We are excited to congratulate Smithey Ironware Company and its leadership on the success it has found in Charleston County, and we look forward to seeing the impact of this investment.” -Charleston County Council Chairman Elliott Summey  

“North Charleston heralds its highly skilled workforce, and we pride ourselves on the unique companies making premium products by hand. When a chef in Los Angeles or Chicago is using a Smithey product, we’re honored to know that its origins are here in North Charleston. We welcome Smithey’s continued investment in our city, and we’re excited to see what the future holds for America’s most distinctive manufacturer of cast iron and carbon steel cookware.” – North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey  

“We are proud to have Smithey Ironware expand their manufacturing operations and headquarters in Charleston County. Access to a talented labor pool and growth opportunities at the Navy Yard Industrial Campus made it a natural choice for their leadership.” – Charleston County Economic Development Executive Director Steve Dykes

Smithey Ironware Official Website

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The Greatest Love Story – Original Poem

July 27, 2019 by 0 Comments
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By Mark A. Leon

We’re gonna be the greatest love story this small town has ever seen

To the highest mountains we will climb
Tasting the soft wet crystals of snow on the capped tip overlooking the heavens
As you lay your body up to mine, the smell of your worn denim feels like home
Sun setting into the night sky; your face a bright ball of love

Right now, I ain’t scared of dying as long as I spend every breath with you

Down by the river up on the tree together
Hoping the strength of the branch will win the battle against gravity
Watching the bark drift with the current
Kids splashing away their worries
Clouds giving the sun a temporary bed

On the open road, your hair blowing in the wind
With the spirit of a thousand horses, you rejoice with grace
Scenes of Americana racing at 85 miles per hour
The most beautiful picture in my mind
Forever branded in technicolor

In a crowed bar
In a world with no rhyme
Blues and greens mixed with black and white
You picked me
In the briefest of insane clarity, your heart took hold of mine

You looked me in the eyes
Two strangers in a strange land
Without direction; without a home

You looked deep past the cloudy mist of uncertainty and said this simple phrase, “ours will be the greatest love story”.

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Local Charleston Singer/Songwriter Katie Rose brings her soulful voice to the masses and she has a message to tell

July 27, 2019 by 0 Comments
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“Everyone knows what they need to do
But I still don’t have a clue
Stuck in a circle with no ends
Stuck in a cycle with no bends
I’m lost
No one can find me
She’s wonder
Burnt up like fire
I’m wonder
Moving to nowhere
But I will get there
I will find there” – Wonder – Katie Rose

About Katie Rose

Katie Rose played her first live show in 2011 at age 13, this young talent took the crowd by surprise performing unique covers of Ingrid Michaelson and even Adele.  From the moment she stepped on that first stage, Katie knew music was her passion and there was no looking back. Shortly after that first show, Katie Rose started experimenting with writing her own songs and discovered an even greater love than performing. Combining her unique and relatable songs with her surprisingly funny bits, Katie had begun to find her beat, and she was only getting started.

Turning her journey of self-discovery into music; the then 17 year old, wrote the album, Everything Yesterday. With the help of Eric Rickert and Jeff Leonard at Ocean Industries Studios, her songs became an anthem that Allen Foster from AXS calls, “music that lifts her fans up and makes them feel alive and eager to take on life”. Her collaboration with Jump Little Children’s, Jay Clifford on the song “Wonder”, prompted Magnet Magazine to gush, “Clean, crisp production brings out the best in Rose’s curious, beautiful voice and Jay Clifford’s gigantic string arrangements.” 

Ever refining her solo show in her hometown of Charleston, SC, Katie toured in 2017 with platinum-selling artist Howie Day, followed by a tour with nationally acclaimed band, Jump Little Children. She released a live EP, I Am, on Noisetrade from her Jump Tour November of 2017. In 2018 she toured with Carbon Leaf, opened again for JLC, and even did a mini-tour Vienna Teng. She also released her most recent single, Don’t Hold Me Down which was featured on SceneSC’s 2018 Sampler. Katie Rose looks forward to spending 2019 writing & recording, touring and sharing the musical love. She hopes to continue connecting with people through her relatable songs and quirky banter.

Lowcountry - Mount Pleasant, SC

Town of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Hosts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at New Town Hall Gym

July 26, 2019 by 0 Comments
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By Bethany Laven, Mount Pleasant Recreation Marketing Coordinator

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (July 26, 2019) – The Town of Mount Pleasant celebrated the completion of the new Town Hall Gym yesterday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Mayor Will Haynie, along with Councilmembers Gary Santos, Joe Bustos and Kathy Landing, were joined by partners in the completion of this capital improvement project, including Project Manager and Recreation Director Steve Gergick.

“It is with great pleasure that we open this wonderful facility for our citizens. Nothing warms the heart more than seeing dozens of children engaged in our popular camps,” said Mayor Haynie, pointing to the facility bustling with young children ages 5-10 attending a tennis camp.

“The new Town Hall Gym just opened, and it is already teeming with activities,” said Councilmember Santos. “The activities range from indoor tennis, basketball, volleyball and wrestling camps, to sock hops, fairs, open gym and summer basketball leagues. We have offerings for all types of athletes.”

The new gym can accommodate two full-size basketball courts, four side-to-side basketball courts, four volleyball courts, four pickleball courts and a wrestling mat. It hosts multiple activities that can be easily set-up with the retractable gym equipment.

The gym features a concession area and spacious lobby, men’s and women’s locker rooms, a family restroom, and outdoor restroom access for track users and participants in other outdoor athletic activities.

The gym is available for open gym time, summer camps, and team practices and games. To reserve open gym time at the new Town Hall Gym, contact Diana Drake at DDrake@tompsc.com.

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Charleston, SC Police Announce Stepped Up Presence in Response to Recent Incidents

July 26, 2019 by 0 Comments
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Charleston, S.C.–Due to a number of recent incidents, the Charleston Police Department has increased police presence in the Market Street and Waterfront Park areas.


Many of the offenders in these incidents appear to be older teenagers and young adults who initially came to the Market area to engage in illegal street peddling activities.

Among the recent victims have been participants in the city’s Palmetto Artisan Program.

As a result, the city will temporarily consolidate the existing Palmetto Artisan Program kiosks to a secure location in Waterfront Park, while the city finalizes plans for additional secure sales areas.

Ruth Jordan, manager of Charleston’s Minority Business Enterprise Office and Chair of the Palmetto Artisan Task Force said, “In making this change, our goal is to ensure the safety of the young people in our Palmetto Artisan Program. Consolidating to one central location will allow for greater supervision, while still offering the participants the opportunity to take full advantage of this outstanding program.”

MEDIA CONTACT:

Jack O’Toole, Director of Communications
Media Relations/Public Information
(843) 518-3228
otoolej@charleston-sc.gov

Lowcountry - North Charleston, SC

A Veterans Affairs Pharmacy in North Charleston received the largest amount of opioid pill nationwide in new data report released by DEA

July 26, 2019 by 0 Comments
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A Veterans Affairs pharmacy in North Charleston, S.C., received the largest amount of opioid pills of all pharmacies nationwide between 2006 and 2012, according to Drug Enforcement Administration data published by The Washington Post.

The VA Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (North Charleston) received 512.4 million pills between 2006 – 2012 (43% higher than the most of any other state facility). The next state highest after this facility was Kaiser Foundation Hospital’s consolidated Northern California regional facility (Livemore) with 353.6 million pills

Rounding out the top five were Kansas, Florida and Arizona.

Here is a list of the pharmacies that received the most pain pills in each state between 2006 and 2012:

Alabama

Senior Care Pharmacy (Northport) — 10.3 million pills

Alaska
Bernie’s Pharmacy (Anchorage) — 9 million pills

Arizona
Humana Pharmacy (Phoenix) — 43.2 million pills

Arkansas
National Family Pharmacy (Fort Smith) — 9.6 million pills

California
Kaiser Foundation Hospital’s consolidated Northern California regional facility (Livemore) — 353.6 million pills

Colorado
Omnicare of New York (Golden) — 13.8 million pills

Connecticut
Value Health Care Services (Cheshire) — 14.7 million pills

Delaware
Manor Pharmacy (New Castle) — 9.9 million pills

Florida
Walgreens Mail Service (Orlando) — 62.9 million pills

Georgia
Medical Arts Health Care (Conyers) — 7.9 million pills

Hawaii
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (Wailuku) — 5.8 million pills

Idaho
Sarmed Outpatient Pharmacy (Boise) — 5.4 million pills

Illinois
JHC Acquisition (Des Plaines) — 16.4 million pills

Indiana
Primary Care Center Pharmacy (Indianapolis) — 15.7 million pills

Iowa
Broadlawns Medical Center (Des Moines) — 5.3 million pills

Kansas
Veterans Affairs Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (Leavenworth) — 105.3 million pills

Kentucky
Value-Med (Paintsville) — 10.4 million pills

Louisiana
Northshore Disc Pharmacy (Slidell) — 15.7 million pills

Maine
Miller Drug (Bangor) — 15.7 million pills

Maryland
Drug City Pharmacy (Baltimore) — 16.3 million pills

Massachusetts
Injured Workers Pharmacy (Andover) — 34.3 million pills

Michigan
Omnicare of Southern Michigan (Livonia) — 16.8 million pills

Minnesota
Omnicare of Minnesota (Brooklyn Center) — 12.6 million pills

Mississippi
Don Waldron’s Mr. Discount (Meridian) — 10.2 million pills

Missouri
Interlock Pharmacy Systems (Florissant) — 9.8 million pills

Montana
Walgreens (Kalispell) — 4.1 million pills

Nebraska
Walgreens (Omaha) 3.8 million pills

Nevada
Lam’s Pharmacy (Las Vegas) — 18.3 million pills

New Hampshire
Neighborcare of New Hampshire (Londonderry) — 5.7 million pills

New Jersey
Partners Pharmacy (Springfield Township) — 15.7 million pills

New Mexico
Prime Therapeutics (Albuquerque) — 11.8 million pills

New York
BJK (Long Beach) — 14.7 million pills

North Carolina
Omnicare Pharmacy of North Carolina (Hickory) — 9.2 million pills

North Dakota
Gateway Pharmacy North  (Bismarck) — 28.2 million pills

Ohio
Humana Pharmacy (West Chester) — 15.7 million pills

Oklahoma
Langsam Health Services (Oklahoma City) — 10.1 million pills

Oregon
Kaiser Permanente (Portland) — 18.6 million pills

Pennsylvania
Enclara Pharmacia (Sharon Hill) — 28.5 million pills

Rhode Island
Phred’s Drug (Cranston) — 5.7 million pills

South Carolina
VA Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (North Charleston) — 512.4 million pills

South Dakota
Ameripharm (Sioux Falls) — 5.7 million pills

Tennessee
Reeves-Sain Extended Care (Murfreesboro) — 45.9 million pills

Texas
Omnicare of Forth Worth — 14.4 million pills

Utah
Superior Care Pharmacy (Salt Lake City) — 8.7 million pills

Vermont
HealthDirect Institutional Pharmacy Services (Williston) — 3.9 million pills

Virginia
Family Discount Pharmacy (Stanleytown) — 7.7 million pills

Washington
Evergreen Pharmaceutical (Tukwila) — 16.1 million pills

West Virginia
Strosnider (Kermit) — 13.2 million pills

Wisconsin
Omnicare of Milwaukee — 9.9 million pills

Wyoming
Walgreens (Cheyenne) — 3.8 million pills

To access more data from The Washington Post, click here.

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BoomTown Announces Two New Solutions: Success Assurance and Marketing Central

July 25, 2019 by 0 Comments
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New solutions will allow clients to enjoy even more ways to fuel their pipelines and ensure no opportunity is left behind

BoomTown, the leading sales, and marketing platform for real estate professionals, is excited to announce two new solutions, Success Assurance, and Marketing Central self-service advertising. 

Success Assurance offers the perfect mix of tools and services to handle lead generation, lead qualification and lead management, serving transaction-ready prospects to agents. Specifically, Success Assurance:

  • Combines BoomTown’s CRM technology with RealContact’s texting capabilities and a new calling service
  • Acts as an extension of a real estate team, with an ISA-like concierge responding to new leads 24/7, within 90 seconds
  • Enables agents to work with transaction-ready leads; leads are engaged and nurtured for up to one year from registration
  • Clients can customize scripts, monitor conversations and jump in at any time. 

“In just 90 days, we’ve already seen 170% ROI,” said Joe Garafolo of Waterfront Realty Group. “Knowing someone is reaching out right away is a huge relief and not having to waste time with bogus leads is very important for top-producing agents.”

BoomTown is also introducing Marketing Central, allowing clients to generate more leads and listing opportunities through a self-serve advertising portal. Marketing Central offers clients the ability to:

  • Build advertising campaigns through channels, such as Instagram and Facebook, to highlight active listings, promote open houses and showcase successfully sold properties
  • Create dynamic ads for real estate (DARE) to generate content that a lead would be most interested in 
  • Prove value to seller clients by showing how many prospects have viewed a listing

“Marketing Central allows brokers to easily leverage ads to generate more listings and increase lead volume, and Success Assurance provides the teams and tools to handle lead generation, initial lead response, qualification, and nurturing for up to one year, maximizing ROI from lead generation efforts,” said Grier Allen, CEO and President of BoomTown. “Success is seen by both growing your database and ensuring your leads are responded to quickly and nurtured effectively, so we’re excited to support our clients’ growth with these powerful new solutions.”

About BoomTown

BoomTown exists to make real estate agents successful. 40k+ of the industry’s top professionals trust BoomTown to grow their real estate business with easy-to-use technology that creates opportunities and turns them into closings. Capabilities include a customizable real estate website integrated with local MLS data, client success management, a cutting-edge CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system with custom marketing automation, personalized advertising and lead generation services, and a mobile app for agents on the go. BoomTown’s service offerings extend far beyond technology with coaching services from peers who have catapulted their growth with the system, lead qualification services to contact, qualify, and nurture leads, and dedicated advisors to offer personalized support at every step from onboarding and training to optimizing your business and planning for strategic growth. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, BoomTown has additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia, San Diego, California, and San Francisco, California. For more about BoomTown, visit boomtownroi.com.

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Women Entrepreneurs of South Carolina are seeking keynote speakers for 2020 Charleston, SC Conference

July 24, 2019 by 2 Comments
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WHO ARE THE RIGHT WOMEN to fill our 16 Keynotes in 2020?

  • 4 spots in Charleston, SC
  • 4 spots in Greenville, SC
  • 4 spots in Charlotte, NC
  • 4 spots in Raleigh, NC

More about us @ womenentrepreneursinc.comw

We offer successful women entrepreneurs a way to make the greatest impact in the shortest amount of time.

Unlike a networking group or happy hour, we’re a membership organization of women who have raised their hand to say, “I’ll help you, if you help me.”

With over 140+ women from 40 different industries, our monthly live and virtual events, led exclusively by women experts, make it easy for women to develop the skills they need to run a better business.

Forget watered-down resources and events that don’t provide a massive ROI for the attendees AND the speaker—we’re committed to high-quality content and authentic connections that make a difference.

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Top 40 Fastest-Growing Companies in South Carolina Named: 22 in the Lowcountry

July 23, 2019 by 0 Comments
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The 40 fastest-growing companies in South Carolina for 2019 has been announced.

Each year, the Roaring Twenties awards recognize the 20 fastest-growing large companies and 20 fastest-growing small companies in the state. Those winners have been invited to an annual event in Columbia honoring them and counting down to the top company in each category.

The awards ceremony and networking event will be held Sept. 26 at the DoubleTree on Bush River Road. Registration is available online.

Finalists were chosen and ranked according to growth and revenue. Company size was determined by gross revenue — small is $10 million or less; large is more than $10 million. Small companies must have had revenues of at least $500,000 each year for three years.

A formula awarded points based on dollar and percentage increases in revenue generated from S.C. operations from 2017 to 2018. This formula was used to create a level playing field among smaller and larger companies within the categories. Accounting firm Cherry Bekaert analyzed and verified the results.

This year, 22 of the 40 companies named were Lowcountry companies in Charleston, North Charleston, Summerville and Mount Pleasant

Large companies

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City of Charleston Releases Public Statement on July 19 Horse Carriage Incident

July 23, 2019 by 0 Comments
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Statement on July 19 Horse Carriage Incident


Charleston, S.C.– Today, city of Charleston director of Livability and Tourism Dan Riccio issued the following statement regarding an incident involving a Palmetto Carriage horse that took place this afternoon:
“At approximately 1:30 p.m. today, Palmetto carriage #142, pulled by horses Barnum and Bailey, was on a tour when Barnum tripped and fell to her knees while travelling on Pitt Street. Barnum was able to immediately rise to her feet unassisted, and Palmetto Carriage employees responded to the scene to assist.


“The carriage returned to the barn where City Equine Manager Shannon Tilman examined Barnum. Shannon observed minor abrasions on Barnum’s left front corpus, fetlock, elbow, and left hind hock. Palmetto Carriage notified a veterinarian to respond to the company barn and conduct a full exam.


“Dr. Katie Lowenstein from Edisto Equine Veterinary Clinic responded, conducted a medical assessment, reported that the horse did not suffer any significant injuries and treated the small abrasions. The doctor indicated that Barnum could return to work on Monday, July 22, 2019.

“No passengers on the carriage were injured during the event.”
The report on today’s incident will be released upon completion.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Jack O’Toole, Director of Communications
Media Relations/Public Information
(843) 518-3228
otoolej@charleston-sc.gov