Charleston Currents – affordable housing

NEWS BRIEFS: One80 Place meets $24 million affordable housing goal

Staff reports | A recent $250,000 grant from Dominion Energy pushed One80 Place, a local nonprofit developing affordable housing for the homeless, over a $24 million goal to build more housing.

The multi-million-dollar project, known as 573 Meeting Street, will be a permanent home for more than 70 formerly homeless individuals, and the second floor will be a brand-new family shelter for women and children. Annually, One80 Place re-houses or prevents homelessness for nearly 1,000 individuals.

by Charleston Currents · 02/23/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

CALENDAR, Nov. 6+: Time to head to polls, see the lights, more

Election Day: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Head to the polls in Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Isle of Palms and other communities to cast your ballot in local elections. In Charleston, we encourage you to vote YES for a $20 million affordable housing referendum.

Holiday Festival of Lights: Nov. 10 through Jan. 1. Experience more than 2 million twinkling lights every evening at the 28th edition of the great, annual festival. More: HolidayFestivalofLights.com

Hort Harvest: 9 a.m. to 4:30p.m., Nov. 11, Magnolia Gardens and Plantation, Charleston. The attraction and Charleston Horticulture Society will present eight nationally-known gardening experts during this design, garden and grow event. Admission to the plant sale and produce sale is free. Garden admission is required for presentations and demonstrations.

by Charleston Currents · 11/06/2017 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

Mayor John Tecklenburg, left, speaks at an event earlier this month at Williams Terrace. At right are Charleston Housing Authority Executive Director Don Cameron and the agency's board chair, Edward Kronsberg.

BRACK: Vote YES on Charleston’s $20 million housing bond referendum

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Charleston needs more places for police, firefighters, teachers and seniors to live if we want to keep the fabric of our community diverse and strong. If there aren’t affordable places for people to live, we’ll keep heading down the path of becoming a historical Disney world for rich tourists and rich folks who want to have a second home here.

You can do something to keep Charleston vibrant by voting YES in a Nov. 7 citywide bond referendum that seeks $20 million to buy, build and equip safe and affordable housing for people and families with low to moderate incomes.

“We need more housing that working families can afford — firefighters, police officers, nurses, teachers and more,” Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg told us. “That’s why this bond is so critical to our city’s future, and it’s why I’m asking our citizens to support it on Nov. 7th.”

by Charleston Currents · 10/30/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

GOOD NEWS: From trick-or-treating to a referendum

Staff reports | With Halloween just around the corner, the health experts at Envolve, an integrated health care solutions company sent along these five tips to make sure you and your goblins have a safe night of trick-or-treating next week:

Travel together. Before your little ones head out for the big night, make sure there’s a plan in place for an adult or two to supervise the festivities. It can be challenging to identify young ones in the dark wearing similar looking costumes. Make sure there’s an established plan beforehand to meet at a familiar location in case your child or someone under your supervision somehow strays from the group during the trick-or-treat trek.

by Charleston Currents · 10/23/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

MORRIS: Let’s toot our horn

By Kyra Morris, contributing editor | 2016 spoke loudly of the desire for change. The message is real. Unfortunately, the answers are being overlooked.

The answers do not reside in the divisive behavior and climate that sells media and creates emotional drama. The answers can be found by looking at what positive things exist in the communities around us. There is concrete evidence that positive change can happen – is happening. I have witnessed innovative ideas that are making a difference in Nashville, Tenn., Greenville, S.C., Raleigh, N.C., Indianapolis, Ind., San Antonio, Texas, and right here in Charleston. It often is a choice we have to make to see the good over the bad.

by Kyra Morris · 01/02/2017 · 5 comments · Money, Views