Business

Tech Savvy Kids celebrates a decade of engaging and inspiring learning

Preparing children for the future and getting them excited about using 21st century skills is the mission at Tech Savvy Kids Club Preschool and STEAM Learning Center. Founder Melissa Brown said, “We provide a non-traditional learning environment, and our STEAM curriculum offers a different unit...

Farina Law Firm celebrating 10th year of practice

September of 2019 will see the start of the 10th year of practice for the Farina Law Firm of Daniel Island. To celebrate and thank the greater Charleston community over the course of the coming year, the firm will be donating to five different charitable organizations on behalf of its clients....

Business Briefs - September 12, 2019

THEOBALD FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC HOSTS SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE Dr. David Theobald and Theobald Family Chiropractic recently sponsored the practice’s 21st annual School Supply Drive. Clients that donated supplies received a complimentary adjustment. The waiting room was filled with book bags, pencils,...

Pay attention to the small things

“I can do small things in a great way.” - James Freeman Clarke Dwight Morrow, the father of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, once held a dinner party to which Calvin Coolidge had been invited. After Coolidge left, Morrow told the remaining guests that Coolidge would make a good president. The others...

Island Expressions to celebrate a grand re-opening on Sept. 25

Daniel Island’s favorite framing and go-to gift stop will host a re-opening event the end of September. Recently Island Expressions changed hands, but new owners Pete and Dyan Heineck don’t plan on straying far from the store’s winning formula. Longtime customers of the Daniel Island mainstay will...

Help wanted: Good followers

“You have the blood of a great warrior. To lead, you must also learn to follow.” - E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings I once read the story of a young woman who wanted to go to college, but her heart sank when she read the question on the application that asked, “Are you a leader?” Being both...

On becoming a natural leader

“I yam what I yam and dats all that I yam.” - Popeye the Sailor Man An insightful story is told of baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams. In his prime as a player in the 1940s-50s, he was known as a "natural hitter." He was once was asked about this natural ability and replied, "There is no such...

Business Briefs - August 22, 2019

CALLING ALL SONGWRITERS! Dockery’s, the Daniel Island restaurant, brewery, and music venue, is looking for talented songwriters. The business is conducting a songwriting contest for local artists that will run through Sept. 13. Entrants to the contest will have their songs judged by three world-...

JW Aluminum settles in to new Daniel Island headquarters during 'transformational year'

Tucked away on the fourth floor of The Landing office building on Fairchild Street on Daniel Island, executives with JW Aluminum (JWA) are quietly forging a promising new future for their company. The corporate team relocated to the new 22,000 square foot space this summer from Goose Creek, where...

Embracing the hard things in leadership

“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.” - Amelia Earhart Recently, our nation and the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first moonwalk by Neil Armstrong. Years before that historic moonwalk, President John F. Kennedy in a rousing speech at Rice University,...