Business

DI attorney buys, refurbishes second Mellow Mushroom

The Mellow Mushroom in North Charleston located at Tanger Outlets, 4855 Tanger Outlet Blvd., is under new ownership and was recently refurbished. The owners of the existing Mellow Mushroom in Mount Pleasant, since its inception in December 2008, Daniel Island residents Walter and Katrina...

Smart leaders stay in their lane, avoid crashes, move forward

Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. – Jack Canfield I came across an interesting story not long ago about Roger Bannister. He was the first man in the world to run a mile in under 4 minutes. That was in May 1954. The next month,...

A settler’s mentality is stagnant leadership

About 350 years ago, the story is told, a shipload of travelers landed on the northeast coast of America. The first year they established a townsite. The next year they elected a town government. In the third year, the town government planned to build a road 5 miles westward to the wilderness...

Leadership and Life: Wisdom from the great Arthur Ashe

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. – Arthur Ashe The late Arthur Ashe was a remarkable man. He was a trailblazer in the world of tennis. He was the first Black person to win the men’s titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, the...

More of an experience than a place to shop

In need of a last minute gift, a special monogrammed item or home accessory, but don’t want to spend the extra money on gas? Daniel Island locals can stay close to home and stop in at Daniel Island Living and Home, conveniently located on Island Park Drive. Owner Neil Lucado always...

Leadership for such a time as this

“And where were you?” — Winston Churchill A story is told that in the early days of World War II, Winston Churchill called Britain’s coal miners together. A great crisis had arisen. The miners were not getting out enough coal to fuel the factories that produced the planes and ships they...

Charleston Digital Corridor launches Tech Life Podcast

The Charleston Digital Corridor recently launched its Tech Life Podcast to highlight entrepreneurs who are driving Charleston’s tech community forward, along with the wide cast of leaders supporting high wage economic development, education, and workforce development. Tech Life will be...

Building to Building: 146 Fairchild Street

Ever curious what the oldest commercial building is on Daniel Island? It’s “The Headquarters Building” at 146 Fairchild Street. Built in 1995 at the origin of island development, the Class A building was renovated in 2019 and stands at two-stories and 67,000 square feet. The site...

Becoming a generous leader

A story is told of a mother who wanted to teach her young daughter a lesson on giving. So she gave her daughter a quarter and a dollar just before going into church. “Put whichever one you want into the collection plate and keep the other for yourself,” she said. When they were coming out...

The pressures of leadership

I read a story about King Henry III of Bavaria, who, in the 11th century, grew tired of court life and the pressures of being a monarch. He made an application to Prior Richard at a local monastery, asking to be accepted as a contemplative and spend the rest of his life in the monastery. “Your...