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Each year, Inc. Magazine publishes its list of the fastest-growing businesses in America — the Inc. 5000. To qualify, companies must be independent, privately-owned, domiciled in the United States, and meet certain revenue thresholds. Of qualifying companies, those with the fastest three-year revenue growth rates are selected.
An analysis was led by Brookings analysis of Inc. Magazine and Center for American Entrepreneurship data looking at what metropolitan area have the largest saturation of these companies.
Based on data compiled from 2011 to 2017, Charleston, South Carolina was ranked 13th for Inc. 5000 companies per 1 Million residents.
Eight medium-sized metros made the list (Boulder, Provo, Huntsville, Charleston, Trenton, Cedar Rapids, Durham, and San Luis Obispo), as did three small metros (Columbia, Charlottesville, and Fargo).
The Top 25 Cities based on Inc. 5000 High Growth Companies Per 1 Million Residents:
Often in the course of life we are brought together due to a single event in tragedy or celebration. Sometimes it is one pivotal moment that unifies the world for a point in time. These events remain in our memory bank for generations to come. The significance of these events may not be felt to its full impact right away, but over time they take on a whole new meaning that is personalized and manifested into some life changing path.
Every four years (now every two with the Winter and Summer Games separated) the world unites with the best athletes in the world representing the flag, culture, history, and beliefs of their motherland. Regardless of sport or finish, they stand in the forefront of an entire nation whether it is 3 million or 1 billion citizens. It is a burden that many spend their entire lives preparing for. The thought of spending most of your upright life practicing for a chance to show the world in just a few minutes or seconds that you are the best this planet has to offer is amazing. This is an overwhelming thought to have running through your head.
Nerves racing, expectations from all directions.
The Olympics are about dedication, passion, unification, music, pain, the stories, the lives and so much more.
What I can say is this, the Olympics are important to this planet for several reasons:
1. For three weeks every two years, we have a reason to believe. No matter what our economic conditions are, war, terrorism, poverty, fear or illness, we are glued to our smartphones, tablets and televisions to witness history.
2. It is motivational bliss. Millions of children and adults will pick up a racket again, get in the pool, play basketball or try a new sport and remind themselves of the importance of sport and fitness
3. Family – The Olympics brings family closer together sharing in the happiness and sadness of our fellow countryman and countrywomen.
4. Emotional roller coaster – We all have our own personal emotional ride we take on each and every day. For a few moments, we can put that aside and put our energies into becoming a fan of the world.
5. Peace – Does all global conflict stop during the Olympics? Of course not, but I like to think we try a little harder to fathom the idea of a world living together in harmony.
6. Memories – Whether you are a participant, coach, volunteer, host city or fan at the local pub, we will all take memories away from these games.
In the end, we will see who won the medal count, but we will have a lot of stories to share and memories made. I don’t now how many times I have been asked “what is the point of sports?” and the answer is simple…Everything!
Sports are about teamwork, competition, victory, defeat, growth, endurance, strength, intelligence, drive, passion, inspiration, desire, motivation and honor. They stand for all the qualities we can ever dream of having. To feel a little more; to work a little harder; to taste the blood of victory; to agonize in a moment of defeat is something you can’t effectively put into words.
If you ever meet an athlete, look deep into their eyes and you will know.
Enjoy some of the great moments from the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang.
If comedy, mayhem, gender role analysis on relationships, family and a tiny bit of inanimate object role playing is what you have in mind, the new Threshold Production of “Sense & Sensibility” will keep you on your toes for a wild night of entertainment.
This adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel reminds us that whether it is 1818 or 2018, the relationship struggles of men and women still exist in very similar ways. This remarkable cast of eleven, who assume thirty (30) different characters, each bring a unique blend of comedy and raw emotional bliss to the stage.
If multiple characters and costume changes were not enough for these actors, playing the roles of flowers, vases and dogs add more well designed silliness to the audience experience.
We hope we have piqued you interest. But wait, there is more.
Set in the countryside of England during the turn of the nineteenth century, this whimsical and poignant story centers around the Dashwood family and more importantly the sister’s Marianne and Elinor, who must face class struggle in the relentless pursuit of love.
During this two hour performance, I began to see the same nervous intuitions, awkward courtship and family pressures we all feel today as we pursue relationships and family. Though the narrative has changed from William Shakespeare to Nicholas Sparks, the themes have remained the same.
This story will open a box of thoughts and emotions that will take the audience down the vulnerable journey of love and romance.
The cast is comprised of local theatre veterans and newcomers that mesh integrally well in this ensemble. Among the stars in the sky, one actress shined brighter than all the rest. Tara Denton Howegner (Fanny Dashwood / Lucy Steele / Gossip) had remarkable presence on stage and almost single-handedly stole the spotlight in each scene she was featured. With her quirky facial expressions, charming overbite and over the top, energetically charged banter, Ms Howegner was a powerful force. Sometimes a role can define and actor or vice versa, but in this case, the actor transformed into the role from the opening harmony to the final bow.
On the other end of the spectrum, stage veteran Paul O’Brien brought a proper pronounced appeal to his role complimented with honor, romance and dignity. As Colonel Brandon, Mr. O’Brien brought balance to the mayhem of the gender and class struggles. With a tall stature, refined British accent and subtle demeanor, the role of the Colonel represented the traditional proper behavior of England masterfully.
There is something to be said for Jimmy Flannery as Mrs. Jennings that words may not be able to explain properly. Crazy perhaps? A little bit zany? Slapstick? Animated comical bliss? I think want to package all that together when describing his performance. Watching Jimmy Flannery in this role is like watching a finally tuned one person improv act that is right on cue. It was a lovely exercise in complete acting release.
Katte Noel, a graduating Theatre Performance major at the College of Charleston, played Marianne Dashwood beautifully. As a young vulnerable beauty crossed between love and the freedom of youth, she showed a wide range of emotion from glee to extreme sadness at a highly competent level. Ms. Noel has tremendous depth of skill and clearly has a long future ahead of her in live theatre.
Finally, Carri Schwab (Elinor Dashwood) represented the glue of this cast. Crossed between economic challenges, unrequited love and mature responsibilities, Ms Schwab carried herself honorably. The area where she really defined her performance came in the unspoken moments, where you could look deep into her soul and see the raw emotion she was feeling. There were several moments, she was stage left or right and sadness painted her face with sheer perfection. Her evolution throughout the performance was so well played out.
Congratulations Director Andrea Catangay, who managed to take eleven (11) actors and transform them into thirty (30) characters, dogs, vases and plants. That was a feat that is truly worthy of praise. Kristen Bushey and Emma Scott teamed up to lead the costume design. The use of color and detail played a critical role in the audience transformation to nineteenth century England.
We must also speak highly of Jennifer Metts, William Griffin, Aaron Andrews, Nat Jones and Madelyn Knight who filled out this cast, all adding a unique flavor to this mix of talented stage performers.
“Sense and Sensibility” is a beautifully energetic performance wrapped in Monty Python inspired comedy that will leave you very satisfied.
Financial services professional publishes ‘Perfect Day’ to turn stress into sanity
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Most entrepreneurs suffer from Lifestyle Deficit Disorder — they’re exhausted, stressed, overworked, and only give their loved ones the leftovers of their energy and time. Charleston entrepreneur Cokie Berenyi’s new book, “Perfect Day,” offers a cure for LDD, guiding business owners and professionals on how to turn stressed-filled days into perfect days of peace and clarity.
“I know first-hand what it’s like to be an entrepreneur struggling to keep all the balls in the air,” Berenyi said. “We’re focused on growing the business we love often at the detriment of our family, our hobbies, our health and our passions. This isn’t simply a ‘do better’ book. It provides tangible steps and guidelines for transformation. I really wanted to empower readers to redesign their life so they get the lifestyle they want and deserve.”
Published by Morgan James, “Perfect Day: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Curing Lifestyle Deficit Disorder and Reclaiming Your Business, Your Relationships, and Your Life” is available in paperback and as an e-book (March 1) on Amazon.
Using accessible language and engaging anecdotes from her client files, Berenyi takes entrepreneurs on a journey of self-actualization, helping them design their Perfect Day Pyramid. This book is a must-have guide for any entrepreneur who wants to turn everyday into a perfect day.
Berenyi has served the needs of individual and institutional clients and entrepreneurs through her financial services work since 1996. Founder of Alphavest, an industry pioneer that is right-sizing Wall Street one client at a time, Berenyi inspires investors and entrepreneurs with her vision and shares the stories of her many experiences leading clients through the financial and work-life balance maze.
Berenyi is a mother of two and the founder of two local nonprofits, therapeutic riding program Rein and Shine and She CLIMBS. She CLIMBS takes girls on mountain climbing trips building their confidence and self-esteem. Berenyi herself is working toward the goal of climbing the Seven Summits of the world.
“Perfect Day” is a companion to Berenyi’s Perfect Day Connect, an online course with videos and worksheets that walk entrepreneurs through the process of figuring out the deficits in their lives and how to bring all aspects into balance.
By sharing simple steps and strategies, Berenyi’s “Perfect Day” offers a powerful antidote to Lifestyle Deficit Disorder, revealing a path away from disillusionment and dissatisfaction to a life of purpose, joy and freedom.
“Perfect Day” is available on Amazon for $16.95 in paperback, and the e-book will be available beginning March 1.
Celebrate a “Perfect Day” at a book launch party from 6-7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7 at Wealth Enhancement & Preservation (formerly Red Triangle), 210-C Coming St. in Charleston. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
DIG SOUTH’s Wild Pitch invites innovative startups (from early to growth stage) to present their companies to an audience of top-shelf investors and DIG Innovation Conference presenters and attendees. Wild Pitch is the South’s Capitol of Capital.
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Footlight Players has hired long-time thespian Brian Porter as executive director of Charleston’s longest-producing theatre company. Porter spent the last decade on staff at Charleston Stage, most recently as director of administration where he oversaw daily operations of the professional theatre company.
Porter replaces Jane Broadwater, who retired in January after serving three years as executive director. She also was a member of Footlight’s board of directors before taking on the executive director title. Under Broadwater’s leadership, The Footlight Players expanded its theatrical season while providing opportunities for other theatres and performance groups to rent the Queen Street theatre during its off-weekends and summer season.
Porter has been performing on stage since childhood, earning a bachelor’s degree in theatre in performance from Purdue University in Indiana. After graduation, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, as a member of Playhouse on the Square’s Resident Acting Company. He then co-founded a theatre company in Michigan before relocating to Atlanta to pursue a career in media advertising. Porter maintained ties to local theatre and served as interim executive director of OnStage Atlanta.
After several years in Atlanta, Porter relocated to Charleston, working as media director of Davis Advertising before returning to his theatrical roots and joining Charleston Stage.
Now, Porter will take on the role of leading one of Charleston’s most prestigious community theatres. He plans to build on Footlight’s mission to provide quality and affordable community theatre as well as continuing to promote the theatre as a unique space for Charleston special events and performances.
“I am delighted to be a part of such an historical and dynamic theatrical fixture in Charleston,” Porter said. “I look forward to working with this exceptional team of artists to create something truly unique and beautiful for Charleston. I am confident I can bring a lot to the company and infuse it with my passion and love of the performing arts.”
Porter is also the co-founder of the local theatre company What If? Productions, which is now in its eighth season in Charleston. A celebrated artist and vocalists in Charleston (and current Best Actor nominee for the Charleston City Paper Best Of award), Porter has appeared on stage in many memorable roles in Charleston, including “Peter & the Starcatcher,” “Cabaret,” “Hedwig & the Angry Inch,” “The 39 Steps,” “Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story,” “Shear Madness” and “Hairspray.” He recently headlined his own sold-out cabaret show, “An Evening With Brian Porter,” as part of What If?’s popular Piano Bar Series.
About The Footlight Players The Footlight Players launched in 1931 with a series of one-act plays directed by Lt. Commander Charles Russell Price at the Charleston Navy yard. The series was such a success and drew such a following that The Footlight Players formally organized and incorporated in the fall of 1932. To this day, The Footlight Players continues to provide professional quality, affordable community theater for the Lowcountry at the historic Footlight Players Theatre, 20 Queen St. in Charleston. For more information, visit footlightplayers.net or call 843-722-4487.
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The Barbaedos Room is the restaurant at The Mills House Wyndham Grand Hotel in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Located on the foodie street (Queen Street between Meeting and King Streets) along with Husk and Poogan’s Porch, the Barbadoes Room serves fine American cuisine with Southern hospitality on a relaxed Caribbean atmosphere.
You can enter the restaurant from the inside of the Mills House Hotel or outside through the beautiful Fountain Courtyard, where you can also enjoy your food.
The inside is spacious and brightly lit with natural light from the glass walls separating the fountain courtyard.
The menu is not overwhelming, a simple one-pager broken down into sections: shared, soups and salads, and entrees. Portions are generous and prices are very reasonable.
When you’re trying the culinary creations of Executive Chef Justin Hunt, who has worked in places like Celebrity Chef Bobby Flay’s Bar American and Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry, you know you’re in for a treat!
When in Charleston, you must try She Crab Soup, a regional specialty that’s a cross between chowder and bisque using the region’s famous blue crab. The soup had a good amount of sweet blue crab meat on flavourful creamy soup.
She Crab Soup ($7) – lump crab salad, fresh chives; Oysters on the Half Shell; Seared Scallops
Our fresh oysters came from Rhode Island. I kind of wish we were served local oysters instead since Charleston has an abundance of oysters.
Oysters on the Half Shell ($22) – 12pcs with jalapeno-champagne mignonette and pepper vodka cocktail sauce
If you’ve been following my food journey on Instagram, you know how much I love scallops!
The scallops here are a must-order! Four pieces of perfectly seared scallops with caviar and black garlic brings a burst of umami in your mouth. With scallops this good, you might want to get shellfish with it. ?
Seared Scallops ($15) – sunchoke, radish, black garlic, horseradish, caviar
If you like pasta, their tagliatelle is made in-house and cooked al dente with generous portions of clams and black truffle, though I would’ve loved it more with less salt.
Tagliatelle and Clams ($26) – local clams, black truffle, turnip greens, chorizo
If you’re looking for quick and simple, or want a #foodporn photo for Instagram, you’ll want to try the Mills House Burger with its thick Rosewood Farms American wagyu.
You can really taste the difference in meat quality here unlike other wagyu burgers I’ve tried where the patty tastes just like normal burgers. The applewood bacon was also made perfectly crispy that it’s actually hard to not eat it on its own.
My 16-year-old cousin, who’s very picky with food and would choose not to finish something he didn’t like, devoured the burger in record time!
Mills House Burger ($15) – Rosewood Farms American wagyu, pimento cheese, applewood bacon, tomato jam, brioche
Another must-order here is their Pork Shank. It was fall-off-the-bone tender and very meaty.
As I mentioned, the prices here are very reasonable and the portions are good. This $22 pork shank is a clear example. We went to another restaurant the night before and tried the Pork Osso Bucco, which is also pork shank. For $26, the size was much smaller, and the quality was nowhere near as close as this one.
Southeast Family Farms Pork Shank ($22) – IPA braised, new potato, carrot, mushroom, pearl onion
If there’s only one thing you can order here, it’s the Delmonico Ribeye. It’s seriously one of the best steaks I’ve had. Perfectly cooked to my doneness, the steak was tender and very marbled all the way through.
Another important thing to note here is that this is 20oz of pure ribeye unlike other steakhouses where a big bone is part of the weight.
Travelling Foodie Tip: Ask for the sauce to be on the side instead. I find with this quality of meat, little to no sauce is needed but it’s still good to try the sauce to get a different flavour.
As we were there during the holidays, we were surprised to learn that their dessert menu changes.
Chocolate Cake ($7)
Since we went during the Christmas season, they had Eggnog Cheesecake to celebrate the festive season. It’s my first time having Eggnog Cheesecake and it was definitely a sweet way to end the meal.
Eggnog Cheesecake ($7)
The Barbadoes Room is definitely one of the rare hotel restaurants where we enjoyed every dish that we tried. Even my 10-year-old cousin, who barely cares about restaurants, remembers The Barbadoes Room and said I should recommend it to my followers.
Have you tried The Barbadoes Room? Do you consider it one of the best restaurants in Charleston, South Carolina?
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charleston Southern University has dedicated its baseball complex to honor a former player’s mother who was killed in the 2015 church shooting in Charleston.
The nearly $2 million complex dedicated at the school Monday is named for Sharonda Coleman-Singleton. She was one of nine people shot and killed at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston in June 2015.
Her son, Chris Singleton, played for Charleston Southern and was drafted by the Chicago Cubs last year.
The Coleman-Singleton Baseball Complex includes a building, a memorial plaza and a courtyard.
The first floor of the complex has a locker room, a training room and an enrichment center to help recruiting, coaching, player performer and the fan experience.
A memorial entitled “Love is Stronger” was dedicated to the nine shooting victims and their families.
Local dad writes, illustrates children’s book highlighting Holy City landmarks
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston landmarks and historic attractions are beautifully highlighted in a new children’s book written and illustrated by local designer and author Andrew Barton. “Heyward the Horse Loves Charleston, Of Course!” is the tale of Heyward M. Pinckney IV, a carriage horse in downtown Charleston.
Heyward takes visitors on a carriage ride past a variety of Charleston area landmarks and attractions, including Riley Waterfront Park, Rainbow Row, historic churches and the Charleston City Market. With his magical bow tie, Heyward is able to fly his carriage over the Holy City, pointing out the marshes, plantations and the beaches.
Local children will love seeing the landmarks they pass each day, and the book is a perfect souvenir for children who want to recall their Charleston visit during their evening storytime.
A father of two children under the age of 3, Barton has spent a lot of time reading children’s books. Combining his love of history and drawing, he decided to publish his own book focused on the city he’s called home for the last decade.
“When our children are born and raised in Charleston, they may not realize what a truly special city this is. I wanted to create a book that would be fun and imaginative while also highlighting some of the many landmarks and historic sites that are unique to the city,” Barton said.
Published by Timeless Tower Publishing LLC, “Heyward the Horse Loves Charleston, Of Course!” will be available in paperback for $10.99 and hardback for $18.99 on Amazon beginning Feb. 24 and at select Charleston area bookstores and retail outlets. Visit www.heywardthehorse.com for more details.
Join Barton for a book launch kickoff party and reading of “Heyward the Horse Loves Charleston, Of Course!” The event is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24 at Maxtrix Kids Rooms, 816 Johnnie Dodds Blvd. in Mount Pleasant. Purchase copies of the book and enjoy a balloon artist, children’s activities and more.
About the Author Andrew Barton is a designer, illustrator and children’s book author in Charleston, S.C. For more than a decade, Barton has created logos, illustrations and branded materials for a number of businesses and organizations, including the Cooper River Bridge Run, Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, Town of Mount Pleasant, Patriots Point, Charleston Wine + Food Festival and the South Carolina Aquarium.
Barton has a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, including graphic design and business, from the University of South Carolina Upstate. He lives in West Ashley with his wife and two young children. He enjoys history, painting and the outdoors.
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What I can say is this, the Olympics are important to this planet for several reasons:
