DI News History - February 28, 2019

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

The February 26, 2004 edition featured stories about rescued and displaced animals. Island veterinarian Lynne Flood wrote an article about displaced animals, including information about fox squirrels. Another article spotlighted the Keeper of the Wild.

In other news, Shoshanna Szuch won The Daniel Island News logo contest with a logo that featured island activities.

In business news, the Soda Water Grill (where Vespa is located today) held their second anniversary party on Daniel Island and over 60 people attended a “Doing Business with Your Neighbor Happy Hour” sponsored by three island businesses: All About Windows, A Closest Case and Daniel Island Design. The event was also supported by the Daniel Island Property Owners Association.

TEN YEARS AGO

In the February 26, 2009 edition, a story titled “Are you socially connected? Daniel Islanders plug in to online connections” revealed the impact that social media was having on island businesses and residents. In business news, it was reported that Hilton Garden Inn would break ground on Daniel Island with construction to begin in March, 2009. The new facility was to be located adjacent to the Hampton Inn, with an anticipated opening of summer 2010. This project never happened, although a Home2Suites is currently under construction at the corner of River Landing Drive and Fairchild Street. It was also reported that a new development known as Daniel Island’s “Town Square” – a 1.1 million square foot mixed-use facility with retail, residential and a hotel to be located in the empty fields on Island Park Drive – was to be completed in 2011, according to executives familiar with the project. While the plans changed somewhat over the years, parts of that project are well underway now.

FIVE YEARS AGO

The centerspread in the February 27, 2014 issue featured Water Mission International. According to the article, 25,000 people, including 4,000 children, reportedly die each day due to unsafe water and poor sanitation (that’s a little over 1,000 people an hour, or 17 people a minute). Charleston residents George Greene III and his wife, Molly, formed Water Mission International (WMI), a Christian engineering ministry dedicated to providing sustainable, safe water and sanitation to those in need all over the world.

In 2014, the safe water solutions, including the Living WaterTM Treatment System (LWTSTM), had been deployed to almost 50 countries and could purify more than 10,000 gallons of water a day for between 3,000 and 5,000 people. WMI also developed a mold for building latrines to cut down on sanitation-related illnesses and restore dignity.