A recent article in Business Week highlighted some of Charleston’s local businesses and supporters of buying local. According to the article, 130 cities or regions now have “buy local” groups, which represent about 30,000 businesses.
Lowcountry Local First (LLF) and their [...]
Southern Living Shares Its Favorite Charleston-Made Goods
A recent Southern Living article highlights several of its top picks for locally-made items, many of which are truely unique to the Charleston area.
Sweetgrass baskets, Gullah Gourmet entrees, woven ties, bicycle cards, joggling boards, reclaimed walnut lamps, benne wafers, cartwheels [...]
Charleston Featured as Mother Nature Network’s “Destination of the Week”
The cool environmentally-focused website, Mother Nature Network, featured Charleston as their “Destination of the Week” in late February.
The article plays up the sustainable tourism aspects of Charleston, like green transportation, local and organic served at local restaurants, Charleston’s first soon-to-be [...]
Firefly Heads Cross Country to Promote Charleston’s Own Sweet Tea Vodka
Firefly Distillery packed into an RV and hit the road recently for the “On the Fly” tour. Fireflyers David Childs and Andy Whitfield will take the Firefly RV across the county for the next six months to share Charleston-own Firefly [...]
CONTINUE READINGCharleston Folding Kayak Company’s Boat in Green Home
Folbot, the 77-year-old manufacturer of folding kayaks made right here in Charleston, is excited to have one of their boats on display in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry’s Smart Home: Green + Wired, which reopened on March 4. [...]
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