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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

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

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

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

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering a speech.

1/21: King’s principles; 2020 presidential race; Neglecting history

IN THIS ISSUE | Jan. 21, 2019

FOCUS: Remembering Dr. King and the 6 principles that guided his work
COMMENTARY, Brack: S.C.’s role in 2020 presidential process is big, really big
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston RiverDogs
PHOTO ESSAY: Neglecting part of our history
GOOD NEWS: Food bank helps workers impacted by shutdown
FEEDBACK: Send us a good, snippy letter
MYSTERY PHOTO: It’s not a beach resort
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gov. Martin F. Ansel
CALENDAR: Parade, breakfast are highlights for MLK celebration

by Charleston Currents · 01/21/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue, Uncategorized

FOCUS: King Day events in Charleston to continue Jan. 17

Staff reports | While area churches held services commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy on Sunday, community events and celebrations get started in earnest Thursday, Jan. 17, with the MLK Racial Equity Institute.

The nationally-recognized sessions will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Jan. 17 and Jan. 18 at the College of Charleston’s North Charleston campus, 3800 Paramount Drive, just off Interstate 526. Leaders and others who attend will work to understand institutional racism and will ““come away with dramatically changed worldviews,” according to YWCA Greater Charleston.

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by Charleston Currents · 01/14/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

GOOD NEWS: Chamber offers six priority areas for state legislature

Staff reports | The Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce recently unveiled its 2019 legislative agenda with six priority issue areas ranging from taxes and education to workforce housing and the state’s fiscal health.

by Charleston Currents · 01/14/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

MYSTERY: Maybe this one will be easier

Whew. The last mystery was so tough that only two people even guessed. So maybe this one will be easier. 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: Only the super photo sleuth, George Graf of Palmyra, Va., had the stick-to-it dedication to identify last week’s mystery as the new Baxter Patrick James Island Public Library currently under construction.

by Charleston Currents · 01/14/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

1/14, full issue: King Day events; a great “Beach” read; More

IN THIS ISSUE #11.10 | Jan. 714 2019

FOCUS: King Day events in Charleston to continue Jan. 17
COMMENTARY, Brack: New “Beach” read offers critical conservation, political insights
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
GOOD NEWS: Chamber offers six priority areas for state legislature
FEEDBACK: Send us a good, snippy letter
MYSTERY PHOTO: Maybe this one will be easier
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Artist Jonathan Green
CALENDAR: Charleston Jazz Festival starts Jan. 24