Business

DI resident Arnie Freilich helps small companies SCORE

Small business is one of those concepts embedded in the American psyche. Despite the endless affection for Walmart and the McDouble, the citizens of this country love to hear about mom and pop stores or entrepreneurs making something of themselves with the sweat of their brows. It speaks to the...

Leadership in a Word: Wisdom

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. - Socrates A WORD ABOUT WISDOM In leadership, as in any other discipline, there’s an abundance of available knowledge. There are more voices speaking on the topic today than ever before. Be it books, magazines, podcasts, or blogs, the supply is...

Business Briefs - May 10, 2018

DOCKERY'S NEW GM ANNOUNCES HAPPY HOUR & SUMMER CONCERT SERIES Dockery’s has added a new general manager, Chuck Isenberg, to their team. Isenberg, who has over 25 years of hospitality experience, is leading Dockery’s in a community-centric approach to their business, introducing a happy hour, a...

Business News - May 3, 2018

DANIEL ISLAND FERRY TO OFFER RIDES ON THURSDAYS IN MAY The newly launched Daniel Island Ferry Service will offer jaunts to and from Waterfront Park in downtown Charleston on Thursday evenings in May. The service’s kickoff in April during the Volvo Car Open was “a tremendous success,” said co-...

Leadership in a Word: Limitations

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. - Les Brown A WORD ABOUT LIMITATIONS One of the challenges in leadership is learning how to leverage your limitations. The more you grow as a leader, the more responsibilities you acquire. This means you give up certain rights in the process. It’s...

Leadership in a word: Redemption

[No] matter what a waste one has made of one’s life, it is ever possible to find some path to redemption, however partial. - Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain A WORD ABOUT REDEMPTION The life of a leader is a life of many imperfections, failures and flaws. Then add to that all of the false...

Land use and zoning activities on Daniel Island

These are the issues being brought before the various City of Charleston boards and committees that are specific to land use and zoning on Daniel Island. For more information on any of these proposed actions, visit dineighborhoodassociation.org (click on “Land Use and Zoning Activity”). All...

Leadership in a word: Encouragement

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. - Ralph Waldo Emerson A WORD ABOUT ENCOURAGEMENT In a Gallup article entitled “Seven Things Great Employers Do (That Others Don’t),” the author’s introduction speaks to the rise in the number of employees who are...

Business Briefs - April 19, 2018

MUSC PRIMARY CARE TO OPEN PRACTICE ON DI MUSC Health plans to open a primary care practice on Daniel Island. According to Tony Ciuffo, a public affairs and media relations representative for MUSC, the new location will meet the growing demand of patients in need of primary care on Daniel Island....

Leadership in a word: Reading

Read to refill the wells of inspiration. - Harold Ockenga A WORD ABOUT READING Reading is imperative for every good leader. It’s how you learn, it’s how you grow. In short, it makes you a more rounded and better leader. So why aren’t more adults reading? Marissa Levin, writing in Inc. reports that...