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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Charleston’s hairiest residents have been getting a lot of attention lately. No, we don’t mean that to be rude–we mean members of the Holy City Beard & Mustache Society. My former sociology teacher, Paul Roof, founded this club three years [...]

WALK Gallery, the inspiring effort to place local artwork in vacant buildings, is shifting it’s purpose. As their one-year anniversary approaches, WALK has decided to align itself with “like-minded organizations.” We blogged about WALK Gallery last November, and the first [...]