Charleston Currents – 2019

Archive for January, 2019

FOCUS: Flagship-Bridge incubator opens with 20 tech businesses

Staff reports | The Charleston Digital Corridor has opened the Flagship-Bridge, a tech-focused business incubator that is housing 20 tech companies. The development of the facility in downtown Charleston at 385 Meeting Street was necessitated due to the redevelopment of the property that formerly housed the Flagship and Flagship2, according to a press release

The Flagship-Bridge office is approximately 14,000 square feet on a single floor and contains 22 offices of various size configurations, two conference rooms and a sprinkling of open areas for co-working and team collaboration.

Some of the new business services now being offered by the Charleston Digital Corridor at the Flagship-Bridge include monthly co-working memberships, virtual offices and mail handling services exclusively for tech companies.

by Charleston Currents · 01/28/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

BRACK: Early books are first step to education reform success

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | If you want real education reform, give a free book a month to every child under five in South Carolina.

It’s a common-sense, quick, practical, affordable and proven investment that can make more of a difference than most of the fiddle-faddle in thick policy papers. It’s low-hanging fruit. And it’s easily achievable because there’s a delivery network already in place. It’s something Gov. Henry McMaster and legislators like GOP House Speaker Jay Lucas and Democratic Sen. Vincent Sheheen should embrace now.

by Andy Brack · 01/28/2019 · 1 comment · Andy Brack, Views

GOOD NEWS: Feb. 8 symposium to focus on 2nd Amendment, gun policy

Staff reports | Two Duke University law school professors will kick off a Feb.8 symposium that examines the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in a new and positive light. The conference at the Charleston Music Hall, which includes other law professors, attorneys and a state representative, is hosted by the Charleston Law Review of the Charleston School of Law and the Riley Institute at Furman University.

by Charleston Currents · 01/28/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

Cummins Theological Seminary, Summerville, S.C.

MYSTERY PHOTO: Lowcountry-style building might be tough to identify

A reader sent in this red-roofed Lowcountry-style house, which makes sense because it’s located in the Lowcountry. But what and where is it? Hope this one isn’t too hard. Send your guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our previous mystery, “It’s not a resort,” sparked some interesting guesses, such as a golf clubhouse on Kiawah and a visitors’ center in Berkeley County. But the image was of the main laboratory building at the Baruch Institute in Georgetown County …

by Andy Brack · 01/28/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

1/28, full issue: Flagship center opens; Early reading is key; More

IN THIS ISSUE | Jan. 28, 2019

FOCUS: Flagship-Bridge incubator opens with 20 tech businesses
COMMENTARY, Brack: Early books are first step to education reform success
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston Gaillard Center
GOOD NEWS: Feb. 8 symposium to focus on Second Amendment, gun policy
FEEDBACK: Readers appreciate King’s principles, frosted on overdevelopment
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lowcountry-style building might be tough to identify
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: South Carolina’s opera houses
CALENDAR: Three workshops this week on rapid transit

by Charleston Currents · 01/28/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering a speech.

FOCUS: Remembering Dr. King and 6 principles that guided his work

By Elliott Brack, special to Charleston Currents | As we observe Martin Luther King Day, it’s fitting to review the King Philosophy. Dr. King viewed three evils, that of poverty, racism and militarism that he said formed a vicious cycle. He felt these were intertwined and were barriers for reaching his nirvana, what he called the “Beloved Community.”

Let’s look at his thoughts in this area, this taken from his view as recorded at The King Center in Atlanta and available on the Internet.

Fundamental tenets of Dr. King’s philosophy of nonviolence are described in his first book, Stride Toward Freedom. The six principles include: …

by Special to Charleston Currents · 01/21/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

View of a 2016 caucus in Alaska. Via Wikipedia.

BRACK: S.C.’s role in 2020 presidential process is big, really big

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | South Carolina will again play an outsized role in picking the next presidential candidates for U.S. voters. It’s where the political rubber hits the road.

In large part, the story is told by the numbers …

by Andy Brack · 01/21/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

PHOTO ESSAY: Neglecting part of our history

By Don Campagna, special to Charleston Currents | During World War Two, Charleston was homeport for 23 Army-operated hospital ships and was where 75,000 of those most grievously wounded in the European and African campaigns returned to America.

But now, Palmetto Railway, a division of the S.C. Department of Commerce, is in the process of demolishing buildings on the National Register of Historic Places that are located in the Charleston Naval Hospital Historic District in North Charleston.

by Andy Brack · 01/21/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Photo Essay, Photos

GOOD NEWS: Food bank distributing food to furloughed federal workers

Staff reports | The Lowcountry Food Bank is is making food distributions for federal employees who are furloughed or who are working as essential employees but not getting currently paid and in need of food.

by Charleston Currents · 01/21/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

PHOTO MYSTERY: It’s not a resort

It may look like a beach resort, but it’s not. What is it and where? Send your guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo

Our previous mystery, “Maybe this one will be easier,” was, in fact, easier for photo sleuths than the earlier mystery. This photo, taken by Charleston-area photographer Josh Corrigan, showed a beautiful silhouette of the lighthouse on Sullivan’s Island. Thanks to Ellis Creek Photography for providing the image.

by Charleston Currents · 01/21/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos