DI News History - October 19, 2017
TEN YEARS AGO – New hotel for DI?
In the October 18, 2007 issue of The Daniel Island News, in business news it was announced that a group of investors (DI Partners, LLC) planned to add a new, environmentally-friendly Hilton Garden Inn to the Daniel Island landscape. The facility would join the group’s other properties, the Hampton Inn and former Queen Anne’s Revenge, to create an interconnected campus bordering Fairchild Street and the I-526 Mount Pleasant ramp. Premier Hospitality Group, currently managing the Hampton Inn, would oversee the new hotel’s operations. Although the hotel project was eventually scrapped, there are currently plans to build a Home2Suites hotel on the site.
In sports news, the Ninth Annual East Cooper Meals on Wheels Charity Golf Classic took place at RiverTowne Country Club. The event is one of two annual fundraisers that support the distribution of midday meals to homebound individuals living east of the Cooper River. Major tournament sponsors were Outback Steakhouse, Miracles R Us, Atlantic Bank and Trust, and Ginn Sports Entertainment. They led 75 generous businesses and individuals in funding an afternoon of unforgettable golf that raised more than $40,000 to benefit our most vulnerable neighbors.
FIVE YEARS AGO – Daniel Island goes pink!
In the October 17, 2012 issue of The Daniel Island News, we featured businesses on Daniel Island showing their support for Race for the Cure participants with colorful, inspirational pink designs on their local storefronts. Qwik Pack and Ship owner Tom Pomposelli called the event “a family affair” and reported that he always enjoys getting in on the fun. His co-worker, Tee Stanley, created the store’s personalized “Race for the Cure” window design, while Pomposelli and his wife took care of the painting.
“I just love that all the businesses on the island get behind it,” said Pomposelli, of the festive storefronts.
In other news, former City of Charleston Mayor Joe Riley told a large group of citizens he would like to see more tax credits given to developers of affordable housing communities in urban areas. He used two low-income complexes on Daniel Island to make his case before a group of local leaders, developers, residents, and members of the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority (SCSHFDA). He explained that affordable housing developers like the Humanities Foundation are able to submit applications each year for a share of the available low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC), which provide a dollar for dollar tax credit for housing developments in the United States. In recent years, however, most LIHTC funding in South Carolina was directed to rural areas, and not to urban regions such as the City of Charleston, said Riley. The mayor asked that the SCSHFDA not overlook urban areas, as needs can be equally great there, he explained. “In urban areas, where there is apparent affluence and economic activity, there is really a counter veiling pressure for affordable housing. Land becomes more expensive in urban areas. It’s more costly to produce affordable housing and we have a huge need. We have a huge need here in the City of Charleston,” said Riley.