Business

Mankiewicz Coatings to expand US operations with $25 million investment

In 2010, Daniel Island resident Peter Dietz stood with a small group of his employees and community members in a 25,000 square foot facility on Jessen Lane off Clements Ferry Road to celebrate the opening of the new Mankiewicz Coatings U.S. manufacturing site. For Dietz, managing director of the...

Business Briefs - November 19, 2015

Simmons Park Apartments construction and leasing update Leasing is well underway at Simmons Park Apartments, the massive new luxury rental residence at the corner of River Landing Drive and Seven Farms Drive. According to Laura Riss, leasing manager for the complex, just over 30 of the 269...

Three Crutches That Will Sink Your Leadership

A turkey is chatting with a bull, “I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree,” sighed the turkey, “but I haven’t got the energy.” “Well,” replied the bull, “why don’t you nibble on some of my droppings? They’re packed with nutrients.” The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that...

An eye for success: ten years with DI's optimistic optometrist

It’s awesome being at the front of the line. Unless what they’re giving away is sliced jalapeno, not iced cappuccino like you thought. And how lucky can you be to find yourself first in the queue for local concert tickets? Until you realize you’ll be traveling to Charleston, West Virginia to see...

Wonder Works' holiday 'Elfstravaganza' is this Saturday at the Belle Hall store

The holiday season is here, and that means festivals, shows, excitement and more! But one extravaganza of sorts to attend is a little more “elfie” than others. That being Wonder Works Elfstravaganza! This free, family festival will be held at Wonder Works in Belle Hall Shopping Center in Mount...

On Becoming a Relevant Leader

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way. - Nelson Mandela When Irving S. Olds was chairman of the U.S. Steel Corporation, he arrived for a stockholders’ meeting and was confronted by a woman who...

Angie Johnson elected VP of Finance for Charleston Trident Association of Realtors

Daniel Island Real Estate Broker Angie Johnson has been elected to serve as Vice President of Finance for the Charleston Trident Association of REALTORS; a 4,500 member organization. In this role, she will monitor the financial statements of the Association, present the proposed budget for Board...

Who's in that new building?

That’s right, readers, it’s another inquisitive title, only this one is not predestined to become a regular column (though it could, with all the new commercial development on the island…). This brief is about the newly-completed 1 Central Island Plaza, located just across Island Park Drive from...

Six ways to rise above your critics

To escape criticism- do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. – Elbert Hubbard A story is told of Winston Churchill and his extraordinary integrity in the face of opposition. During his last year in office, he attended an official ceremony. Several rows behind him two gentlemen began whispering. “That’...

Leadership Toolkit: When the Visionary Leader Meets the Strategic Leader

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. – Warren Bennis About 350 years ago, as the story is told, a shipload of travelers landed on the northeast coast of America. The first year they established a town site. The next year they elected a town government. The third year the...