Business & Finance
Friends Of The Lowcountry Low Line Set For Community Input
By Barney Blakeney After more than eight years of planning, the Friends of the Lowcountry Lowline soon will be making community presentations about the proposed linear park that will transform the abandoned rail line that runs adjacent to I-26 on the peninsula into vibrant community spaces. The Friends of the Lowline was organized approximately eight…
Read MorePoll Managers Needed for the Democratic Presidential Primary
The Charleston County Board of Elections and Voter Registration (BEVR) is in need of additional poll managers for the Democratic Presidential Primary. “Poll managers have a unique opportunity to serve the community, meet their neighbors and become involved in the democratic process,” said Joseph Debney, BEVR’s Executive Director. Poll managers are compensated $135 ($60 for training and $75…
Read MoreTrident United Way announces free tax filing clinics are open
Trident United Way, in partnership with SC Thrive, have announced free tax filing assistance clinics are now open across the Tri-County. The clinics help people navigate the tax filing process to ensure their state and federal returns are properly filed. Last year, South Carolinians completed over 9,000 tax returns through SC Thrive. In the Tri-County,…
Read MoreU.S. Launches New Deal For Africa As ‘Growth And Opportunity’ Act Soon To Expire
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (known as “AGOA”) which aimed to assist the economies of sub-Saharan Africa and improve economic relations between the U.S. and the region is out of step with the new trade deals of the Trump administration. In other words, time’s up. A new economic plan is on the drawing board…
Read MoreA ‘Green’ Message Shakes Up The Industry At Mining Confab In South Africa
After years of defending dirty extractive industries such as the mining of coal, large mining companies seemed to have switched sides and joined the Greens, or so it seemed at the African Mining Indaba held last week in South Africa. At the Indaba, the continent’s biggest gathering of one of its most vital industries, the companies…
Read MoreIt Either Will Take Magic Or Voters To Affect Controversial Board Appointments
By Barney Blakeney The South Carolina National Action Network is among those locally protesting the recent Charleston Aviation Authority Board’s appointment of Charleston County Council Chairman Elliott Summey as the authority’s executive director. Summey, first elected to county council in 2008 is son of North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey and followed his father onto the…
Read MoreGM Prodigy Charles Muse Recounts his Rise to the Top of Auto Industry
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrowmMedia At 28-years-old, Charles Muse is already a significant player at General Motors. Muse, who serves on GM’s Program Engineering Management Team for Autonomous Vehicles, certainly counts as a prodigy. A graduate of Ohio State University Aerospace Engineering, Muse already has more than eight years of automotive…
Read MoreRalph H. Johnson VA Medical Center hosts Veteran job fair
The Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center is hosting a Veteran Job Fair on Thursday, Feb. 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the medical center’s main auditorium located at 109 Bee Street in downtown Charleston. If you are a Veteran searching for employment or a change in career, then this event is…
Read MoreLowcountry Local First Congratulates First Graduating Class of the Community Business Academy
Lowcountry Local First (LLF), a 501(c)3 nonprofit cultivating an economy anchored in local ownership, is inviting all entrepreneurs to participate in the Community Business Academy (CBA), a 12-week business planning and management program that is part of LLF’s Good Enterprises Initiative. Good Enterprises aims to be a catalyst for reshaping the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem to one that provides equitable opportunity for business ownership, in order…
Read MoreSouth Carolina Federal Hosts Retirement Workshops Through CFS
South Carolina Federal Credit Union will host seven complimentary workshops on retirement basics, presented by CUSO Financial Services, L.P. (CFS)*, beginning on February 10. In the workshops, CFS* investment advisors will educate attendees on how retirement needs have changed over the years and how they can successfully plan for their future. Each workshop will be…
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