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The Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce (MPCC) and the Town of Mount Pleasant have joined forces once again. This time to encourage residents to support local restaurants and other food and beverage establishments. The third annual Dine Where You Live campaign begins on February 1 and will continue through the end of February.

“We’re excited to join forces once again with the MPCC for the #DineWhereYouLive initiative,” said Mayor Will Haynie. “We take pride in promoting ongoing support for Mount Pleasant’s restaurant community and shining a spotlight on the numerous contributions they make to our town.”

Dining locally supports the food and beverage establishments that are owned and operated by your friends, neighbors and family members and keeps dollars in our local economy. Every week, the Chamber will give away a $50 gift card for a Mount Pleasant restaurant to one lucky diner who posts a photo of their dining experience at a participating Mount Pleasant establishment on Instagram or Facebook and follows the instructions on how to enter.

Participating establishments include (as of 1/31/24):

Bon Banh Mi *

Burtons Grill *

Condado Tacos *

The Dolly Llama Waffle Master *

For All The Tea *

Graze Craze *

Grimaldi’s Pizzeria

Nautical Bowls

Nick’s German Kitchen

Nothing Bundt Cakes *

Ruby’s NY Style Bagels *

SAVI Cucina + Wine Bar

Sheffield’s Wine Bar *

Sommba

To enter the promotional effort:

1. Post a photo of your dining experience at a participating establishment on Instagram or Facebook.

2. Tag @mtpchamber, @experiencemp and the participating location.

3. Include the hashtag #DineWhereYouLive

“The annual Dine Where You Live campaign is a way for everyone to embrace the amazing flavors of our community. The MPCC is proud to once again partner with the Town of Mount Pleasant as we continue to support our local restaurants. We invite everyone to join us in this culinary adventure to savor our homegrown businesses. Participation in Dine Where You Live is open to all restaurants in our local community,” remarked MPCC President Kathi Herrmann.

For more information on how to sign up as a participating business and a list of already participating businesses, visit https://www.mountpleasantchamber.org/biz-where-you-live.

Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina (CCF) has five new members on its Board of Directors. These community leaders will play a key role in governing the strategic direction and decision-making of the Foundation.

“The new members join the board with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise, as well as fierce passion for philanthropy and dedication to serve the community,” said Board Chair Ronda Dean. “Many have served on CCF committees and their experience will bring fresh insight to our governance as we enter our 50th year.”

Stacy Davis is a CPA-VP and Assistant Controller at Blackbaud. Davis brings extensive knowledge of accounting, auditing, compliance, and corporate finance to the board. She is well-versed in CCF after serving on the Finance and Audit Committee. Davis is experienced serving on nonprofit boards and was a board member for YWCA USA from 2019-2021.

Dr. Cokeitha Gaddist is the founder and CEO of LifeStyle and Career Consults, the founder and CEO of HealthCare Consultants, and the Director of Operations, Health, Wellness, and Performance ICCE at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). She has a Ph.D. in Healthcare Administration and provides support to organizations in need of business development, research, and patient care. Gaddist joins the board with insight on CCF’s grantmaking after serving on the Grantmaking and Community Leadership Committee.

Vanessa Gongora is the Territory Director for Norsan Media’s South Carolina and Florida media assets. Gongora has a marketing background, with a passion for Hispanic marketing and entertainment. She is experienced working in the nonprofit space, serving as a Case Manager for Unaccompanied Minors for Lutheran Services Carolinas and fronteraTECH, a nonprofit providing pro bono legal services. She has received multiple awards for her work, including the 40 Under 40 distinction from Charleston Regional Business Journal. She currently serves as co-lead for the Coastal Immigrant Victim Coalition for South Carolina’s Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.

Mason Holland is an entrepreneur, and the former Chairman and Co-Founder of Benefitfocus. Holland is the founder, Chairman and President of American Pensions, Inc., the founder of Holland Properties LLC, and the Chairman and CEO of Eclipse Aerospace, Inc.

Christie Wootton is CFA, Managing Director, and Portfolio Manager at Greystar. Wootton oversees US Separate Account Portfolio Management and portfolios across a variety of asset classes, including conventional multifamily, life sciences, and single-family build-for-rent strategies. She is a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst Society of South Carolina and has served on CCF’s Investment Committee.

Coastal Community Foundation’s service area includes Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry and Jasper counties. To learn more, visit coastalcommunityfoundation.org or call (843) 723-3635.

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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — Mount Pleasant wants to showcase its local bars and restaurants as part of a Dine Where You Live initiative.

The hope is to keep local businesses in business and thriving.

"It's just really important to support local businesses," said Bon Dahling, the owner of Bon Bahn Mi.

Dahling's little restaurant has come a long way.

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"This small little bon me shop that started as a farmer's market stand in Marion Square 12 years ago," Dahling said, "[and] has grown into this so many followers and so many people who love the food."

Mount Pleasant wants to make sure local foodies keep their dining dollars local at places like Bon Bahn Mi.

"We know how important our local businesses are to our community," said Rebecca Imholz, who is with the Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce. "This is a way to showcase all the wonderful culinary experiences in Mount Pleasant."

Dahling added: "A lot of people know everybody. So it's real important to be around and know what's going, going on with all these small businesses and support small businesses."

Read more: "High-end dining on the way to a revitalized area in North Charleston."

That's the aim of the Dine Where You Live Campaign, singing a spotlight on destination dining just minutes from Mount Pleasant locals.

"It not only gives the restaurants an opportunity to promote themselves for free, but the community can participate," Imholz said. "All they have to do is when they see this hashtag dine where you live, posted on a restaurant's window or door post, taking a photo of yourself enjoying the cuisine at the restaurant, make sure that you go to social media and tag experience mp, then you're entered into a drawing, and we're gonna be giving away $50 gift certificates."

And the added ingredient of social media can give small businesses the added space they are looking for.

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"All the people who love our food follow us on social media," Dahling said. "We love to post all of our specials, all of our promos that we have going on. We always funnel it through social media because that's the best way to reach people other than face-to-face interaction."

Alan Freeman and Jeff Yurfest of The Shopping Center Group represented the buyer, Edens, in the sale of 104,000 square feet and 8.8 acres of retail space at Moultire Plaza on Coleman Boulevard and Simmons Street in Mount Pleasant.

GMB LLC sold the property for $28.5 million. Tim Wood and Woody Kapp of Meyer Kapp and Associates represented the seller.

Other commercial real estate transactions in the Charleston area include:

Jing “Julia” Donovan of Coldwell Banker Commercial Atlantic represented the tenant, Manqing Ye, in the lease of retail space at 1039 Johnnie Dodds Blvd. in Mount Pleasant. Mark J. Tezza of Kennerty, Ratner, Tessa LLC represented the landlord, Caro-Cal Associates LLC.

Hannah Kamba and Brent Case of Coldwell Banker Commercial Atlantic represented the tenant, Dulce Inc., in the lease of 2,404 square feet of retail space at One Nexton Blvd. in Summerville from The Shopping Center Group. Jeff Yurfest represented the landlord.

Robert Pratt of Re/Max Pro Realty represented the landlord, 113 N. Magnolia LLC, in the lease of 1,366 square feet of retail space at 113 N. Magnolia St., Suite A, in Summerville to Sip of the South LLC. Roy Oglesby of Carolina One Real Estate represented the tenant.

NAI Charleston veteran broker Will Sherrod recently facilitated the sale of a 23,755-square-foot former bank branch and additional office space on 3.7 acres of land at 201 N. Spence Ave. in Goldsboro, N.C. The property is located approximately one mile from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base and sits near N. Berkeley Boulevard, which is the main retail corridor serving the Goldsboro market.

Jenna Philipp of Palmetto Commercial Properties LLC represented the landlord, James Island Business Park LLC, in the lease of 15,315 square feet of industrial space at 1750 Signal Point Road to Jenna Mobile Philipp.

Caroline Boyce of Coldwell Banker Commercial Atlantic represented the tenant, Sweet Moon Bakery, in the lease of 1,200 square feet of retail space in Unit 12 at 5131 Dorchester Road in North Charleston. Vitre Ravenel Stephens and Taylor Sekanovich of Harbor Commercial Partners represented the landlord.

Hannah Kamba and Brent Case of Coldwell Banker Commercial Atlantic represented the tenant, Blue Clements Ferry Inc., in the lease of 4,000 square feet of retail space at 834 Foundation St. in Charleston. Fritz Meyer and Eric Meyer of Meyer Kapp & Associates LLC represented the landlord.

Hannah Kamba and Brent Case of Coldwell Banker Commercial Atlantic represented the tenant, Catrinas Nexton Inc., in the lease of 4,567 square feet of retail space at One Nexton Blvd. in Summerville. Jeff Yurfest of The Shopping Center Group represented the landlord.

Todd Garrett, Tradd Varner and Crawford Riddle of Harbor Commercial Partners represented the buyer, 2514 Oscar Johnson Road LLC, in the sale of 4,968 square feet industrial space at 2514 Oscar Johnson Road in North Charleston from the estate of Johnathan Uram for $785,000. Robin Pye of Carolina One Real Estate represented the seller.

Vitré Ravenel Stephens and Taylor Sekanovich of Harbor Commercial Partners represented the landlord, Fifty-Two Associates, in the lease of 2,750 square feet of retail space at 8410 Rivers Ave., Suites B and C, North Charleston, to Mulligan's.

Mark Erickson and Jarred Watts of Colliers represented Geopolymer International LLC in the leasing of 4,000 square feet of industrial space at 200 Varnfield Drive in Summerville.

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The Town of Mount Pleasant is considering a ban on new slab-built single-family homes in flood zones. Also known as “slab-on-grade” or “fill-and-build” construction, the method involves placing homes directly on a concrete slab foundation, which can make those buildings vulnerable to flooding.

The practice can also create a domino effect that impacts adjacent homeowners. When trying to ensure new homes reach a certain elevation above sea level, developers often will raise a plot by importing dirt. That practice, multiplied across an entire development, can dramatically shift the hydrology of an area and worsen flooding. Developers often clear-cut trees and other plant life that help capture and control flood water — further complicating an already problematic situation.

Charleston City Council approved an essentially identical ban in April. It was a years-in-the-making policy that involved input from local environmental organizations and developers, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center, one of the ban’s key supporters.

Mount Pleasant’s ban would only bar new slab-built homes in the 100-year floodplain. Those are areas that have a 1 percent probability of flooding in any given year.

The proposed ban would go into effect July 1, six months after Charleston’s takes effect. Katherine Gerling, Mount Pleasant’s floodplain manager, said the proposed timing of the ban was intentional.

“This effective date was chosen to kind of see how the city of Charleston is going to manage their ordinance,” Gerling said at a Dec. 13 meeting of Mount Pleasant’s planning commission, where the proposal was under consideration.

Planning Commission member Adam Ferrara expressed concerns that the ban could make it more difficult to build affordable housing in Mount Pleasant, which has seen rising rents and home costs as a result of a decadeslong population boom. Mount Pleasant’s population has roughly tripled since 1990.

“Just bear in mind, that does kind of go against the narrative of trying to build workforce housing that is single-family,” Ferrara said at the meeting. “That does create a cost burden to builders and to homeowners. I’m not saying that’s right or wrong, I’m just saying that is a result of what we’re doing.”

Despite those concerns, the commission passed the measure unanimously. The ban still needs approval from Mount Pleasant Town Council.

Also at the Dec. 13 meeting, planning commission members voted unanimously in support of a measure extending restrictions on new residential construction in Mount Pleasant. Town leaders enacted that measure in 2019 to curb traffic and strain on local resources in the growing suburbs.

“In response to people that said, ‘We need to have all this development because it’s the only way we’re going to keep real estate reasonable,’ — they are wrong,” commission member Kathy Smith said. “That argument only works when the supply and demand curves are in a state of equilibrium. As long as we are net positive in demand in Mount Pleasant, no matter what we do, prices will go up. You can build until your brains blow out, and the prices will go up.”

The proposed ban would extend the restrictions, which would only permit up to 600 new residences annually, until January 2029. The restrictions also still need approval from the full town council.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — Saving Hamlin.

That's the message from people living in the Hamlin Beach Community who showed up at Mount Pleasant Town Hall Wednesday night. The town’s planning commission voted to recommend the town council deny a rezoning request that would allow for new development.

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Multiple people dressed in red brought up their concerns with this possible rezoning to the planning commission.

“We are wearing this red because this is the blood, sweat, and tears that our ancestors have shed to get this land, keep this land,” said Myra Richardson. “And we are also still shedding blood, sweat, and tears to preserve, protect, and keep it for our children, and our great-grandchildren and everybody to come.”

Richardson told News 4 that a move like this would devastate Hamlin.

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Hamlin Beach is one of Charleston County’s many settlement communities seeking protection for its land, but people say it’s more than just that. They say it’s preserving the roots of the Gullah Geechee culture spanning for decades.

“I’m 51 years old, and I still live on the land, and I can trace my history back to my great-great-grandfather who was a slave living on that land,” said Cassandra Davis.

Land that could be rezoned, giving developers the green light to build new homes.

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Mount Pleasant’s planning commission unanimously decided to recommend denying the zoning request. That recommendation will go to the town council and a final vote will be in its members’ hands.

People living in Hamlin hope the council will also choose to protect their homes.

“Once they come in, one little project at a time, it'll be something that overflows, and it'll be uncontrollable. If you allow one person to do it, then you're not going to be able to deny the next applicant that comes through,” Richardson said.

Richardson said she also worries about development causing traffic and flooding issues. She thinks the rezoning request was extremely vague and fears it would give developers too much power.

Read more: "Mount Pleasant family responds to Charleston County's attempt to dismiss their lawsuit against them."

“You don't know what they want, you don't know what they were planning.”

The planning commission said it’s learning it must shift its focus to protecting the area’s neighborhoods; something the people of Hamlin are grateful for.

“They have just really come together with one sound, one voice to make sure that communities like the Hamlin Beach Community is protected,” Davis said.

The planning commission also mentioned Hamlin Beach is working to get its historic designation, and they wouldn’t want something like a new development to hinder that process.