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1 3 LO R DY, LO R DY T H E C IT Y ' S 4 0On June 12, North Charleston will cele-brate its 40th anniversary as a city. NorthCharleston Magazine sat down for a Q&Awith Mayor Keith Summey to reflect onthe city’s past, present and future.
2 4 C IT I Z E N O F T H E Y E A RThe Rev. Bill Stanfield serves the Chico-ra neighborhood as CEO of Metanoia, anonprofit that aims to develop youngleaders and to promote economicdevelopment and decent housing.
2 8 B E H E R E , B U Y H E R EThis edition's cover story takes a closerlook at Lowcountry Local First, a North-Charleston based company focused onkeeping home-grown companies happyand healthy.
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The Charleston Birth Place, one of theonly centers of its kind in the state,gives expectant mothers a safe andholistic option for childbirth. Nurse-midwives at the center are equippedto handle complications, can write pre-scriptions and have full access to thematernity area at nearby Trident Medi-cal Center so that they can move withthe mother to the hospital if needed.
4 2 FO U N DATI O N FO R TH E FUTU R EAmid dust and din, a cavernous70-year-old warehouse once used bythe Navy is being transformed to play akey role in the nation’s energy future.Sometime this summer, workers willjockey a 150-ton rig designed to test thedrive trains of offshore wind turbinesinto a massive hole in the floor of thetesting facility on the campus of Clem-son University’s Restoration Institute.
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If you haven’t seen the H.L. Hunley inthe past few months, you really haven’tseen it. Not the way it looked in 1864,when it became the first submarine tosink an enemy ship in combat. Localsand tourists alike have been flocking tothe Warren Lasch Conservation Centerto see the Civil War sub since engineersremoved it from the cradle that’s held itfor more than a decade.
5 2 AT T R AC T I O N SVisitors to North Charleston won’t everrun out of things to see and places togo. The city’s attractions run the gamutfrom a massive coliseum to a top-notchgolf course and a popular water park.
5 5 R E STAU R A N T P R O FI LE SHungry? Then belly up to the bar orgrab a table. North Charleston’s goteverything you need, from fast food totrendy restaurants.
The coverCover photo-graph by DanHale featuringNikki Seibert,(from left)Jamee Haley,Kate Gebler,and Kat Martinof LowcountryLocal First.
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Rob YoungRob Young, a Lowcountry freelance writer who works in North Charles-
ton, got to know the folks behind Lowcountry Local First for this edition'scover story (p 28). This North Charleston-based organization focuses its ef-forts on two main initiatives, “Buy Local” and “Eat Local,” through affiliationswith hundreds of local businesses, from retail shops and manufacturers torestaurants, farms and food-and-beverage suppliers.
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North Charleston Magazine and former deskeditor with The Post and Courier, has lived inNorth Charleston since 1996. She moved fromAlbany, N.Y., where for 14 years she was an edi-tor with The Times Union.
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lia, own Dreamland Im-ages. Both photographershave both been recog-nized for their work asphotojournalists and nowspecialize in wedding andportrait photography. For this edition, Danshot wonderful portraits for our cover story onLowcountry Local First and business profilesof the Charleston Birth Place (p. 38) and DiaperParties (p. 40).
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Post and Courier since 1990 and began cover-ing North Charleston last year. For this edi-tion, Robert caught up with the Rev. Bill Stan-field, the city's 2011 Citizen of the Year. (p. 24)
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Courier and the author or coauthor of sixbooks, including “Raising the Hunley.” For thisedition, Brian revisits the confederate subma-rine, now housed North Charleston (p. 46).
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rector of Integrated Marketing at CharlestonSouthern University in North Charleston. Forthis edition, John caught up with Mayor KeithSummey about the city's 40th birthday (p. 13).
Liz RennieLiz Rennie lives and works in North Charles-
ton, writing for several online publications.For this edition, Liz talked with the owners ofCharleston Birth Place (p. 38) and a local clothdiaper business (p. 40).
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week and then ask yourself: How many items were made or grown
here in the Lowcountry?
The folks over at Lowcountry Local First hope you see an oppor-
tunity to do more. This North Charleston-based company, headquar-
tered in the Navy Yard at Noisette, is the subject of this edition’s cover
story, “Be Here, Buy Here.” (p. 28)
We were excited to learn more about the buy-local champions
running LLF, and to share their story with our readers. Simply put, we
feel a kinship. After all, North Charleston Magazine is a local company,
too. We write about local subjects, depend on the support of local
companies and hire local writers, photographers and editors. “Local”
is the name of our game — that's where you find the great stories,
that’s how you make connections that matter.
Leaf through this edition and, hopefully, you’ll see what we mean.
You’ll see a story about how the city of North Charleston invested
in green energy by buying and installing wind turbines on the roof
of city hall (p. 12). Where is the company that makes these turbines
headquartered? North Charleston.
You’ll see images of happy revelers from throughout the Lowcoun-
try having a ball in North Charleston, some at a beer festival (p. 22)
and others at a St. Patrick’s Day celebration (p. 23). Who’s behind both
of these great events? Companies in North Charleston.
You’ll find an inspiring Q&A with the Rev. Bill Stanfield, whose local
nonprofit organization, Metanoia, helps develop young leaders and pro-
mote economic development in the city’s Chicora neighborhood (p. 24).
You’ll learn about a unique local birthing center (p. 38) and small-scale
cloth diaper business (p. 40). You’ll read about the dawn of what prom-
ises to be a massive, new local industry (p. 42), and the latest chapter in
the 150-year history of the Lowcountry’s most historic vessel (p. 46).
Want good stuff? As is often the case, you don't have to go far.
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BE HERE, BUY HEREFarmer Frank Simmons packs up pea-
nuts at the farmers market in Park Circle.Lowcountry Local First, a company based
in North Charleston, helps promote localbusinesses, including not only retailers
and manufacturers but also farmers, res-taurants and local farmers markets.
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Park Circle Old houses rockTHIS OLD HOUSE MAGAZINE RECOGNIZES NEIGHBORHOOD AS ONE OF THE BEST
Charleston may attract millions of tourists
because of its old houses, but North Charles-
ton’s Park Circle neighborhood has been
named one of this year’s “Best Old-House
Neighborhoods.”
The honor did not surprise many who live
there, including Tradd Gibbs, whose home is
in Oak Terrace Preserve and who runs Cork
Bistro on East Montague Avenue.
“Everybody knows everybody,” Gibbs said
recently while hanging out with two of his
friends.
Gibbs said he persuaded his wife to move
there from Mount Pleasant several years ago,
adding,“We wouldn’t live anywhere else. You
can be anywhere in Charleston in 10 or 15
minutes.”
The editors of This Old House magazine
chose Park Circle as one of 61 great spots,
based on architectural diversity, craftsman-
ship of the homes and the area’s preservation
momentum — plus walkability, safety and a
sense of community.
This Old House praised Park Circle for
its “hundreds of lovingly crafted — albeit
more modest and affordable — old houses
surrounding a 30-plus-acre park filled with
baseball fields, playgrounds, and a weekly
farmer’s market.”
It also praised the shops and restaurants
along East Montague Avenue, new area
schools and easy commutes.
Mayor Keith Summey, a longtime Park
Circle resident who built a new home there
several years ago, said the city is honored to
make the list.
“We consider it validation that Park Circle
and the city of North Charleston are truly a
great place to live, work and play.”
John Hohn, one of Gibbs’ friends, said the
sense of community is what mostly distin-
guishes Park Circle.
“There’s no reason to travel anymore. Any-
where you go you’re going to see someone
you know and have a great time.”
Source: The Post and Courier
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FAMILY TIMEAshley and Shaun Laursen take a walk
with son Cole, 1, and their dog, Rosco, onHatfield Street. The young family has livedin Park Circle for a year.
HOME, SWEET HOMEJerry Lahm kisses his wife, Kyle Lahm,
in front of their O’Hear Avenue home,where they’ve lived since 2008.
They’re actually wind turbines that the
city installed with help from a $57,000 federal
grant, and they promise to lower the build-
ing’s power bill, which currently runs about
$420,000 a year.
However, no one is sure exactly how much
the city might save.
That’s partly because the turbines were
installed recently, so there’s not much data to
date. It’s also because the original plan — to
install the turbines over the building’s heating
and air exhausts — is in limbo.
The air conditioners’ manufacturer said
it wanted to run tests before it would agree
to abide by its warranty if the turbines were
installed close to its units. Placing the turbines
near the exhaust could create back pressure
that could tax the fans.
The city originally projected the turbines
might generate $5,000 in savings a year if pow-
ered by the units’ exhaust, but North Charles-
ton Mayor Keith Summey said that number
will be lower.
“If it will offset the cost in five years, it’s a win
for us,” he said, noting the city has spent about
$13,000 of its own money on the project.
“The big thing is how long will it take to
recoup your investment?”
TAM Energy, a North Charleston business, sold
the units to the city, and the turbines are the first
it has installed in the Lowcountry — other than its
own building, President Jeremy Blackburn said.
Blackburn said the company has done most
of its business overseas and in other states
where utilities offer incentives for wind power.
“South Carolina doesn’t have a lot of incen-
tives. In fact, it doesn’t have any,” he said.
“That’s a deterrent. In New York and New
Jersey, they’re practically free.”
Source: The Post and Courier
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Harnessing wind powerELECTRICITY-SAVING TURBINES INSTALLED ON CITY HALL
THOSE DRIVING UP TO NORTH CHARLESTON CITY HALL THESE DAYS MIGHTWONDER: WHAT’S WITH THE BIG BLACK FANS ON THE ROOF?
The growing number of passengers at
Charleston International Airport will soon
have more places to park.
Work was expected to begin this spring on
the addition of 428 new parking spaces in a
wooded area adjacent to the existing surface
lot, behind the parking deck.
Construction will take a little over five
months on the $1.4 million job, which was
awarded to Sanders Brothers Construction
Co. of North Charleston, airport spokeswom-
an Becky Beaman said.
The surface parking lot extension near
International Boulevard will allow room in
the future for the airport to double the size of
its 1,200-space parking deck into the existing
surface lot.
The airport saw a record 2.5 million people
pass through its gates in 2011, 25 percent
more than the previous year. The number of
passengers is expected to double by 2030,
according to airport officials.
To handle the expected growth, the
expanded parking lot is just one of the many
construction projects people will encounter
at Charleston International over the next
four years as the 27-year-old terminal build-
ing undergoes a major makeover.
Work should begin by summer on expand-
ing the apron near the two concourses so
they can be extended, adding six new gates
to the existing 10.
The estimated $150 million airport expan-
sion project will increase the size of the
324,000-square-foot terminal building by
25 percent, including the addition of a third
baggage carousel.
Expanding the concourse throats and recon-
figuring the mostly unused federal inspection
station will allow more passenger screening
lanes to speed up lines at security checkpoints
and provide more space for workers.
Source: The Post and Courier
Making roomAIRPORT PLANS FOR MORE PARKING
GOING GREENRyan Johnson
with the city ofNorth Charlestontakes a look at oneof the turbinesatop City Hall.
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In June, north Charleston wIll Celebrate Its 40th annIversary as aCIty. a number of events are being planned, including a performance byearth, wInd and FIre at the north charleston coliseum. tickets are $25and $45. north charleston magazine sat down for a Q&a with summey toreflect on the city’s past, present and future.
Lordy, lordy,City turns 40!A Look bAck with MAyor SuMMey
B Y j o h n S t r u b e l
were you born In northCharleston?
No. I grew up in Cottageville, near Walter-boro. My family moved here in 1962 when Iwas in the 10th grade. We lived in WindsorPlace, which is down by Union Heights. Itwas a divided neighborhood. Windsor was awhite neighborhood and Union Heights wasa black neighborhood. This was all prior tointegration and communities being mixed. Iwent to Chicora High School (which is Mili-tary Magnet today).
where were you In 1972?I was living in Whipper Barony when
North Charleston became a city. My wife andI had been married for three years. It was aneighborhood that was part of the originalcreation (of the city). The city was foundedon the (June) 12th, and on the 26th we weremarried three years.
how do you Compare the CItyas It was In 1972 to what It Is In2012?
Actually, today the city resembles more ofwhat it was in ’72. The migration north, the an-nexation’s north, there was a lot of emphasisplaced on growth and not taking care of theoriginal old downtown. Watching that growthoccur both outwardly and now back inwardly,what I see in the Park Circle area resembleswhat was here when the city was founded. Itwas the lifeblood of the city at that time. It isan area that has come back; it’s an area that isgetting investment by young people giving oftheir time and energy to build a place wherepeople can raise their families.
when dId you FIrst entertaInthe Idea oF runnIng For mayor?
I didn’t think I was ready yet (in 1992). Iwas serving on county council. I had servedthree years on city council. I just didn’t thinkthe timing was right. To be honest with you,whoever took over after John Bourne (firstNorth Charleston mayor) was going to have adifficult task. He had been mayor for 19 years.
In 1994, you ran For the openseat when then-mayor bobbyKInard stepped down. why dIdyou deCIde to FInally run?
I saw a community that was changing. We
were getting a lot of negative press. We werefacing base closures then. I saw myself ina position where I could add back and en-hance the quality of life. I saw a communitythat I didn’t think my children were going towant to live in. It’s one of those things that ifyou don’t get involved in and try and fix it,you can’t complain.
I had to ask myself: “Am I going to get intogovernment full-time or was I going to get outof government?” I made the choice to run formayor, and I think I did it for the right reason, toenhance the quality of life. We’ve been blessed.
how has the CIty Changed overthe nearly two deCades you’vebeen In oFFICe?
I think our reputation as a livable commu-nity has enhanced greatly. We are a com-munity that is offering more quality of lifevenues, whether it’s through our parks, ourshopping adventures, or the recreation andamenities that we offer through the Coli-seum, Convention Center, Fire Museum orRiverfront Park.
We have reached the 40th anniversarymark and we’ve added maturity to who weare and what we are. But we’re still youngenough to be creative and inventive, and thatwill enhance the quality of life for the nextgeneration.
Is there a moment In the CIty’shIstory, a turnIng poInt, thatyou belIeve led to today’ssuCCess?
When we were able not only to decide tobuild a convention center, but to get Charles-ton County government to be a team playerin that and form part of that. That showedthat they felt that we were a community thathad potential to add to the quality of life ofthe community and surrounding areas.
you talK to north CharlestonresIdents and busIness own-ers every day. how do they Feelabout the CIty?
The sense of pride of being part of NorthCharleston because of the success they’vehad in their neighborhoods and in theirbusinesses. There is a sense of pride in NorthCharleston — and they’re willing to stand upand say so. That wasn’t always the case. N
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WHEN A BABY IS BORN AT TRIDENT MEDICAL CENTER (TMC) AND SUMMERVILLEMEDICAL CENTERS (SMC), A MEMBER OF THE NEWBORN’S FAMILY PRESSES ABUTTON, SENDING THE TENDER NOTES OF “BRAHMS’ LULLABY” THROUGHOUTTHE HOSPITAL FOR 15 SECONDS. THE LULLABY'S MELODY IS ONE OF THE MOSTFAMOUS AND RECOGNIZABLE IN THE WORLD, USED BY COUNTLESS PARENTS TOSING THEIR BABIES TO SLEEP.
Trident HealthWelcomesNewbornsin Many Ways
The new lullaby system, which has been
instantly popular is an unmistakable sign
of larger efforts at both hospitals to give
newborns the warmest welcome and best
care possible.
Because SMC is a favorite choice for
many local families in our growing area, it
recently expanded its nursery by 50 per-
cent. The Level 2 nursery, which is intended
for newborns who are sick or have special
needs, now allows for a “quiet-time area”
and encourages moms to spend more time
there. “They have a more welcoming space
to visit their babies and to engage in their
babies’ care,” says Trident Health neona-
tologist Dr. Arthur Shepard.
Noise-reducing ceilings make for a more
peaceful environment. Also, the SMC nurs-
ery added advanced technology such as
state-of-the-art cardiac monitoring and an
Accuvein © device that reduces the number
of IV and blood draw sticks in newborns.
New Giraffe Beds serve as radiant warmers
or incubators for critically ill patients. Plus,
the patented Baby Susan mattress rotates
360 degrees and can slide out for proce-
dures or to promote parental bonding.
Likewise, TMC looked to the latest re-
search on what its youngest patients really
need when it invested in new Panda Warm-
ers for newborns. The Panda bed bathes a
newborn in soothing warmth, helping to
avoid hypothermia, which may be even
more important to the baby’s outcome than
originally thought. Plus, the warmer has
built-in components for monitoring and
respiratory therapy – including the ability
to deliver blended oxygen rather than 100
percent oxygen.
“These beds represent state-of-the-art
integrated resuscitation stations,” says Dr.
Shepard. “We have everything that we need
essentially at our fingertips.”
In a larger sense, Trident Health will
extend its reach as a leader in neonatal care
as it participates for the first time in the
Vermont Oxford Network, a non-profit vol-
untary collaboration of health care profes-
sionals dedicated to improving the quality
and safety of medical care for infants and
their families.
The network includes more than 900
neonatal intensive care units around the
world, and will provide Trident Health with
a range of quality management tools, re-
search and other opportunities to continu-
ously improve how it cares for babies.
Trident Health has also introduced a
new digital “baby board” on billboards
throughout the Lowcountry. The display
showcases a different Trident and Sum-
merville newborn each day. “This gives
parents the option of sharing the joy of
their new addition with all of Charleston.
It’s pretty neat to see their reaction when
their baby’s face is on a billboard,” said
Bob Behanian, Director of PR and Market-
ing for Trident Health.
Two digital billboards in the regionwelcome babies born at TridentMedical Center and SummervilleMedical Center. Each day, a new
baby is featured.
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AT FIRST, GAY PROSSER BLAMED THE VOMITING AND THE PAIN IN THE MIDDLEOF HER CHEST ON A PREVIOUS BACK INJURY. SHE DID NOT CONSIDER HERSELF ACANDIDATE FOR HEART PROBLEMS. IN FACT, PROSSER – A 46-YEAR-OLD MIDDLESCHOOL MOM AT THE TIME – HAD RECENTLY DROPPED TO A SIZE 6.
Putting YourHeart in theRight Place It was the left arm pain that she couldn’t
explain, and when her symptoms persisted
through the night into the morning, she
decided to get checked out. Yet she down-
played her concerns to her husband and
insisted on driving herself 10 minutes to
Trident Medical Center because she didn’t
want to stop him from heading into work
or her son from going to school. She also
was in a state of disbelief. “I honestly never
thought it would happen to me.”
While she made it TMC and received
the lifesaving care she needed, she knows
now that the best choice that day, almost
six years ago, would have been to call 911
as soon as the persistent symptoms sug-
gested a heart attack. That way, she would
have received initial treatment as quickly
as possible from emergency responders
who also would have alerted TMC to pre-
pare for her arrival.
But Prosser says she didn’t want to upset
the apple cart, and the same could be said of
many women. One study of heart attack pa-
tients shows that, on average, women wait
22 minutes longer than men before going to
the hospital after signs of an attack, accord-
ing to “The Heart Truth” campaign by the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
“Women have the mistaken idea that they
are less prone to have cardiovascular dis-
ease than other diseases, but it is by far the
No. 1 killer of women,” says Dr. Woodfield of
Lowcountry Cardiology Associates.
Dr. Woodfield explains that it is critical
for anyone having a heart attack – whether
they are a man or a woman – to receive
emergency medical assistance quickly and
be taken to a facility such as TMC that has
a heart catheterization team that can clear
the blockage causing the heart attack and
restore blood flow. “We know that every
minute that passes during a heart attack
more permanent damage is happening to
the heart muscle,” he says.
Yet for women, heart attack symptoms
might be harder to pick up on, says Allison
Walters, Assistant Vice President for Cardio-
vascular Services for Trident Health. “It is
not always the classic chest pain,” she says.
Gay Prosser never thought shewould have a heart attack andinitially dismissed her symptoms.
Heart Attack WarningSigns for Women3Pressure, fullness, squeezing pain
in the center of the chest, spread-
ing to the neck, shoulder or jaw.
3Chest discomfort with light-
headedness, fainting, sweating,
nausea or shortness of breath.
3Upper abdominal pressure or
discomfort
3Lower chest discomfort
3Back pain
3Unusual fatigue
3Unusual shortness of breath
3Dizziness
3Nausea
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TWO YEARS AGO, TRIDENT HEALTH SAW A LOCAL NEED FOR
MORE SPECIALISTS TO HANDLE STOMACH AND INTESTINAL
ISSUES, AND IT LOOKED WITHIN ITS HCA HEALTHCARE FAM-
ILY TO HCA PHYSICIAN SERVICES (HCAPS) FOR HELP. “WE
FELT LIKE THE BEST THING TO DO AT THAT TIME WAS TO
BRING NEW RECRUITS TO THE COMMUNITY,” SAYS TODD
GALLATI, TRIDENT HEALTH PRESIDENT & CEO.
ExpandingPhysician Services
HCAPs helped attract Dr. Rya Kaplan and Dr. Robbie Taha to
the Trident Medical Center (TMC) campus, establishing Coastal
Carolina Gastroenterology & Hepatology. In addition, HCAPS
manages the practice so the doctors can focus on caring for their
patients without worry about day-to-day office matters. “Thanks
to HCAPS, we know we have hospital coverage for gastroenterol-
ogy that we can count on,” says Gallati.
Nationally, HCAPS operates nearly 600 physician practices,
and the number is expected to grow significantly. Locally,
HCAPS operates 13 practices with almost 30 physicians in North
Charleston, Summerville, Moncks Corner, James Island and
Walterboro.
The local group is a mix of internists, surgeons and other
specialists. For example, the new Charleston Heart Specialists
will feature electrophysiologist Dr. Darren Sidney. The unique
house-calls service Doc at the Door – which serves the elderly,
disabled and homebound from its base at the TMC campus – was
able to add a second physician after joining with HCAPS.
Patient satisfaction scores for HCAPS practices in the Charles-
ton region average 4.45 on a 5-point scale. Coastal Carolina
Bariatric Center, which specializes in weight-loss surgery at
Summerville Medical Center, was one of the top four scorers for
HCAPS practices nationwide in 2011.
“We have great physicians,” says HCAPS Area Practice Man-
ager Debbie Morgenweck. “While some have come here to fulfill
a special need, others were already longstanding members
of the community when they joined with us. Together, we are
delivering high-quality health care to patients across the South
Carolina Lowcountry.”
Dr. Darren Sidney, a cardiologistwho specializes in electrophysiologyis with Charleston Heart Specialists,a Trident medical practice
Dr. Robbie Taha of CarolinaGastroenterology and Hepatologyjoined the Trident team in 2011
Great CareRight Here
Moncks Corner and the sur-
rounding communities have been
off the beaten path when it comes
to specialized medical care, but Tri-
dent Health is helping to change
that with the addition of new doc-
tors to the offices at Moncks Cor-
ner Medical Center.
The offices already offered a
family practice, cardiologist and
allergist. During 2011, two OB-GYN
practices and a pediatrician moved
in. Plus plans have been made to
add an orthopedist (to focus on in-
juries or disorders of the skeletal
system, muscles, joints and liga-
ments) and a gastroenterologist (to
care for stomach and intestinal dif-
ficulties).
“The community loves it,” says
Ann Edlund, Director of Moncks
Corner Medical Center. “A lot of
people here have transportation
problems. This way they can get
needed specialty care without trav-
eling long distances.”
Moncks Corner Medical Center
also has stepped up its commu-
nity outreach programs. These
include its Lunch with the Doctor
series, church health fairs, weight-
loss classes and special events at
Moncks Corner Medical. For exam-
ple, Teddy Bear ER times are set up
so children can bring in their bears
for some TLC and learn that the ER
isn’t such a scary place.
A free CPR class held across the
street at Berkeley Middle School
drew a crowd of 150 and helped
participants as young as age 10
learn what to do when confronted
with a cardiac emergency. “Imme-
diately afterward, we had people
asking when we were going to have
another one,” Edlund says.
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THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL(DHEC) HAS APPROVED SUMMERVILLE MEDICAL CENTER’S (SMC) EXPANSION PROJECT.IN NOVEMBER OF 2010, SMC APPLIED TO DHEC FOR A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR A$26 MILLION FACILITY EXPANSION. THE STATE’S DECISION REINFORCES THE IMMEDI-ATE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL BEDS IN THE SUMMERVILLE AND DORCHESTERCOUNTY COMMUNITY.
ExpandingSummervilleMedical Center
This bed expansion, which the State rec-
ognized and predicted, is crucial to provid-
ing the community the quality health care
they need. SMC was disappointed to learn
that a competing hospital has appealed the
State’s decision, again delaying this neces-
sary expansion. SMC is the only hospital in
all of Dorchester County.
The 30-bed expansion will allow the hos-
pital to attract new specialists to the area
and further develop specialty care at the
hospital. The project will also allow SMC to
complete its goal of eliminating semi-pri-
vate rooms, which will provide all patients
with privacy, care and comfort.
In August, DHEC held a project review for
the expansion project. The review included
allowing a competing to present their opposi-
tion to the expansion project. SMC CEO Louis
Caputo says the State’s approval to build
sends a message that in South Carolina, the
patient comes first. “We are pleased the state
honored its own health plan and look forward
to getting started on this much needed proj-
ect focused on quality health care.”
The construction project will add 30
medical/surgical beds to the 94-bed facility,
convert 18 semi-private rooms to private
rooms, add an eight-bed critical care step
down unit and expand labor and delivery
rooms. Construction will take approximate-
ly 36 months to complete. It is estimated
this expansion will create 50 jobs within the
facility and 250 construction jobs.
The Summerville Medical Centerexpansion will add 30 beds andconvert 18 semi-private rooms toprivate rooms
It is estimated this
expansion will create
50 jobs within the
facility and 250
construction jobs.
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FACED WITH AGGRESSIVE PROSTATE CANCER, SUMMERVILLERESIDENT TOM HALL SEARCHED THE EAST COAST FOR THE BESTSURGEON. THAT EXTENSIVE SEARCH BROUGHT TOM HOME,WHERE HE FOUND DR. TED BRISSON AND TRIDENT HEALTH’SSOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY. “IT’S AGREAT FEELING TO KNOW THE VERY BEST WAS IN MY OWN BACKYARD ALL ALONG.”
Advanced Robotic SurgeryHelps PhysiciansSave Lives
Dr. Brisson had an excellent reputation, and Tom felt confident
placing his future in the doctor’s hands. “I wanted to go down this
road with someone that I trusted completely.”
Tom chose robotic surgery over traditional surgery after research
showed that robotic surgery requires a smaller incision and typi-
cally involves less pain, scarring and blood loss, while also promising
a quicker recovery. That was important to Tom, whose active life
includes drumming at his church and running – activities that might
have been put on indefinite hold with traditional surgery. Three years
after the surgery, Tom is still cancer free. “Cancer is like a big bad
bully. With the help of Dr. Brisson and robotic surgery, we were able to
land a couple upper cuts to cancer.”
Over the past three years, Trident has emerged as a pioneer in ro-
botic surgery, and in 2011, it performed 662 robotic procedures, twice
as many as any other hospital in the Lowcountry. The South Carolina
Institute for Robotic Surgery includes a team of 14 surgeons and doz-
ens of staff specifically trained to use the da Vinci Surgical System for
a wide range of procedures.
“It’s phenomenal – the volume, the outcomes. They’ve really done a
great job,” says Dr. Brisson, who credits Trident Health for its invest-
ment in state-of-the-art equipment and training. He says the da Vinci
system allows patients to have outcomes on par to a facility such as
Duke University or the Mayo Clinic, but with the personal follow-up
and care of a local hospital.
Tom has no doubt having robotic surgery in his own community
turned out to be the right decision for him. “It’s frightening to be diag-
nosed with cancer, but it’s great to know that there are other options
these days. Robotics was great for me. Now, I’m in a place to share my
story and educate others about the options they have.”
Tom Hall is healthy and activefollowing his robotic surgeryfor prostate cancer.
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Trident HealthCELEBRATES AWARD RECIPIENTS
Trident Health recently celebrated the notable work of seven employees,
physicians and volunteers by bestowing the company’s honored Frist Hu-
manitarian Award to six people, and the Trident Award to one.
The Frist Award is presented in honor of Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Sr., an HCA
founder. The award recognizes one volunteer, one physician, and one
employee at each HCA-affiliated facility who demonstrates extraordinary
concern for the welfare and happiness of patients and their community. It is
considered the highest honor an HCA volunteer, physician, and employee
can receive. Initial nominations by the individuals’ peers are reviewed by a
selection committee. This year’s winners were recognized at special ceremo-
nies held at Trident Medical Center and Summerville Medical Center.
The Trident Award is bestowed upon one individual, nominated by
peers and selected by Todd Gallati, CEO of Trident Health, who embraces
the Trident Health mission and values, and represents the organization’s
vision through action, thought and deed. This year’s Trident Award went to
employee Linda Stone.
This year’s Frist Awards went to employees Angie Wigfall and Jennifer
Schlette, RN; physicians David Castellone, MD, and Neil McDevitt, MD; and
volunteers Dick Prevatte and Caroline Stasikelis.
Special Section by Trident Health
clockwise from top left:
ANGIE WIGFALLManager of Health InformationManagement, Trident Health,25 years of service
JENNIFER SCHLETTERN, Manager of EmergencyDepartment, SummervilleMedical Center, 10 years of service
DAVID CASTELLONE, MDinternal medicine,Palmetto Primary Care Physicians
CAROLINE STASIKELISvolunteer, Summerville MedicalCenter, 15 years
DICK PREVATTEvolunteer, Trident Medical Centersince 2003, more than3,000 hours served
NEIL MCDEVITT, MDbariatric surgery,Coastal Carolina Bariatric Surgery
FRIST HUMANITARIAN AWARD reCipienTs
TRIDENT AWARDreCipienT
LINDA STONE
Service Coordinator,
Trident Health Engineering.
37 years of service (every day
Trident Medical Center has been open.)
Q+ANorth CharlestoN City CouN-CilwomaN Dorothy KiNg wil-liams says she has dedicated herlife to serving her community.Williams advocates for the city'sdistrict 6 and has been in officesince 1990. a retired coordinatorWith meals on Wheels and life-long resident of north charles-ton, Williams sat doWn to discussher accomplishments .
DorothyKing WilliamsCity CounCilwoman
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you've serveD oN CouNCil formore thaN 20 years. DiD youalways see yourself oN a pathtowarD CommuNity leaDership?
I've always been a role model for the chil-
dren in the community. I started out as the
cheerleading sponsor for the varsity and JV
cheerleaders at North Charleston High School.
… If the parents weren't able to take them or
the football players, basketball players or soc-
cer players to the games, I was always there to
take them.
I've been like the second mama for all the
children in the community. A lot of times, the
parents weren't able to do it, so I took on that
responsibility.
why City CouNCil?Two different sets of citizens came to me
on back-to-back weekends asking me to run.
They said they believed in me and that they
wanted me to do it.
I explained to them that I was not a politi-
cian, I didn't know anything about it, and
to let me study it and let me see what it's
all about. Then when I did, I saw that the
people in the area weren't getting what they
should have been getting. Then I decided,
"Hey, I'll be a voice for the people.”
you've worKeD with meals oNwheels for some time. what at-traCteD you to the program?
One of my goals was to open up a senior
citizens home for people in need. This oppor-
tunity came before me to get this job working
with the American Red Cross Meals on
Wheels. That was another thing that I believe
God put me there to do. It was solely wanting
to work with the senior citizens and helping
them. The city of North Charleston gave me
people that needed community service, and
I had these young people go out giving meals
to the senior citizens and talking to them.
You would not believe how rewarding it was
to these young adults to experience this. It
really helped a lot of them.
you speND a lot of your time lis-teNiNg to the CoNCerNs of yourCoNstitueNts.
24/7 — I make myself available to them.
They can call me 2 in the morning, 3 in the
morning, early in the morning, because
people have problems all day and all night.
I just put myself available to everyone
in my district and the whole city of North
Charleston.
how has beiNg aN afriCaN-ameriCaN womaN affeCteDthe way you relate to yourCoNstitueNts?
Very positive. The majority of my constitu-
ents are African-Americans, and they have
been suffering a lot as far as not getting things
accomplished in the past. They know that I
am a voice for them, and I speak for them. I
make sure that I fight for them. I inherited this
from my mother.
My mother was a role model in the commu-
nity. … She'd go fishing, and whatever fish she
caught we'd have to clean, bag it up and take it
around to the people of the community. … She
passed that on to me, so everything that I do
I do it from the heart. Not because of wanting
to be re-elected or because of politics, it's just
me.
I'm just a down-to-earth person who feels
the need to look out for people. This is why
the citizens came to me way back because
they said, “Ms. Williams, you protect our
children in school. You don't let anybody
take advantage of our children, and you
speak up. We need somebody like you to
represent us.”
what are you most prouD of?That I have been there suffering, and I've
come through it by being a strong female and
not depending on others. I've been on my
lowest, and by the strength that my mother
put in me, and the help of God, I've come
through it. N
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N ew C h o ppe rA retired U.S. Army helicopter with a rich history of
wartime flights and rescue missions has found a newresting place on the campus of a North Charleston
school. SPAWAR, which had been using the VietnamWar-era helicopter for a project, received the go-ahead to give it to Military Magnet Academy last
year, and the aircraft will be on permanent displayoutside the school on Carner Avenue. “I'd been pray-
ing for this for two years,” said retired Col. JosephDawson Jr. (right), commandant for the magnet mid-
dle and high school. “These are the kinds of thingswe want to do to show we are a military academy.”
By Tyrone Walker
City Scenespeople, places and events
To SUggeST AN eVeNT oR SUBMIT IMAgeS, SeND AN eMAIlTo [email protected]. FoR oNlINePhoTo gAlleRIeS, go To NorthCharlestoNoNliNe.Com
paC k o f paC hyd e rm sSix elephants that are part of Ringling Bros. and Bar-num & Bailey Circus make their way along Dorches-ter Road en route to the North Charleston Coliseum
earlier this year. North Charleston police blockedstreets as the elephants walked about two milesfrom Bennett Yard Road along Dorchester Road,
Interstate 526 and West Montague Avenue.By Tyrone Walker
Qu e st at ttCFort Dorchester seniorAnn Wylie takes her piz-zas to the oven duringthe culinary arts com-petition of the QuestChallenge at TridentTechnical College inNorth Charleston.By Tyrone Walker
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Halle lujaH , b e e r love r sOrganized by Coast Brewing Co. and the Charles-
ton Beer Exchange, the third annual Brewvivalbrought a gaggle of beer aficionados to North
Charleston earlier this year to sample more than80 varieties of brews. And much of it is rare,
ridiculously rare, including unusual barrel-ageversions, sour ales, one-off cask ales and gravity-
tapped beers. Festival organizers cap attendanceat about 2,200, and tickets to the relatively small
event usually sell out quickly. So act fast next year!By Marie Rodriguez
N eW Co m m u N ity C e Nte rAbout 50 residents, city officials and other guestsgathered early this year to celebrate the openingof the Green Grove Community Center (below), asmall white building at 2634 Bennett Yard Road.Green Grove is an old, established North Charles-ton neighborhood behind the CVS at DorchesterRoad and Leeds Avenue. By Dave Munday
martial arti stsRichard Doolittle (below, center) leads Charlie Hol-man and others during Tai Chi, a form of Chinesemartial arts, at Park Circle in North Charleston. "It'sa nice, relaxing place. There are a lot of birds andtrees," said Doolittle, who picks a different spot eachtime he holds an outdoor session on the first Satur-day of the month. By Tyrone Walker
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St. Pad dy ’ S dayA seething sea of green filled Montague Avenue
once again this year in the Old Village at ParkCircle. With Madra Rua Irish Pub leading the charge,
thousands of real and would-be Irishmen enjoyed anenormous St. Patrick's Day block party.
By Marie Rodriguez
Rev. Bill StanfieldCitizen of the year
Q+AB Y R o b e R t b e h R e
The Rev. Bill STanfield, 39, gRew up in gReenSBoRo, n.C., and he and hiS wife,evelyn, moved To noRTh ChaRleSTon’S ChiCoRa neighBoRhood 10 yeaRSago To do miSSionaRy woRk. They piCked The SouTheRn noRTh ChaRleSTonCommuniTy wiTh aBouT 2,000 ReSidenTS BeCauSe iT had The STaTe’S higheSTConCenTRaTion of Child poveRTy.
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Stanfield since has become an assistantpastor at St. Matthew’s Baptist Church onReynolds Avenue, but more people mayknow him for his work as CEO of Metanoia, anonprofit that aims to develop young leadersand to promote economic development anddecent housing.
Not everything has gone according to plan,but Metanoia has grown to see its annualbudget approach $900,000 and has seen itsshare of successes, in the neighborhood andbeyond. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Ber-nanke praised Metanoia in a recent speech,
and Stanfield has been named North Charles-ton’s Citizen of the Year for 2011.
He recently talked to North CharlestonMagazine about his life and work.
How did you and EvElyn startyour work in nortH CHarlEstonin 2002?
We spent a year just listening to folks. Out
of that is what birthed Metanoia. … We hate
to think of ourselves as an agency, even as an
organization. We really want to be thinking
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ourselves as a movement, as something that
involves lots of different people in the commu-
nity where they’re real stakeholders — where
they’re given a significant measure of control
over how we do our work. As a result of that,
our work has worked a little better than some
others do that don’t have a really good read of
what’s happening on the ground.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROMLISTENING?
Even in a community like this that has a
stereotype of being high crime and high pov-
erty and that sort of thing, the vast majority of
people are great folks who want what’s best for
their community, who are willing to give back
to their community, who want good opportuni-
ties for their children.
YOUR APPROACH HAS BEEN TO FO-CUS ON CHICORA’S ASSETS RATHERTHAN ITS PROBLEMS. WHAT AREITS ASSETS?
There are a lot of assets. I think the most im-
portant are its people, their skill sets and their
gifts and passions … of the people in the com-
munity that contribute to our own program. In
addition to that, there are hard assets, as well,
like location. I love living in this neighborhood
because I’m 15 minutes from everywhere.
There’s some history here. With a little bit of
imagination, you can drive through the neigh-
borhood and see that it has good bones for a
strong, healthy, vibrant community. What it
lacks is a certain measure of investment. Again,
a lot of it is the pair of glasses you put on in the
morning, so to speak, to look at the community.
We can look at an empty building on Reynolds
Avenue that we’re working on renovating as
an eyesore and a neighborhood problem, or
we could look at it as a place of potential. It is a
choice.
AS YOU APPROACH YOUR 10-YEARANNIVERSARY, WHAT HAS META-NOIA ACCOMPLISHED THAT HASMEANT THE MOST TO YOU? KEEPINGCHICORA ELEMENTARY OPEN? HELP-ING REDUCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD’SCRIME RATE?
Those accomplishment have been very
nice, and the recognition has been very nice,
but the biggest credit to me is when somebody
who lives in the community expresses a sense
of ownership over Metanoia and says, “This is
ours.” When they speak about Metanoia and
ALL SMILESCampers attend-
ing Metanoia’sFreedom Schoolpractice for a per-formance in 2011.
POSITIVE INFLUENCEStefone Smalls has some fun in Meta-
noia’s after-school program as he learnstraditional African dances in 2009.
Photographs by Brad Nettles (top) and Grace Beahm
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they say “we” rather than “they.”
That’s the biggest credit to me because that’s
the moment when I see that we’re trying to do
something pretty different than a lot of other
organizations. Ultimately, we don’t want to
be the heroes. We want the community to be
understood as the heroes, not the agency. If
the agency is the hero, then the community is
never going to be sustainable. It’s always going
to depend on the agency.
HOW DOES YOUR FAITH INFLUENCEYOUR WORK?
It is hard work, and there are days certainly
when you don’t feel that you’re making much
progress and to me that’s where faith actually
comes in. Because, at the end of the day, my
fundamental question isn’t about success. It’s
about faithfulness. Those are two different
things. Our society doesn’t always recognize
that. You can be faithful at something and be a
failure at it. You can also be successful and be
very unfaithful if you give up on your values.
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE WORDMETANOIA?
It means to make a positive transfor-
mation. It’s a word that gets translated as
“repent” in our New Testament, which is
not a particularly good word. Most English
speakers who speak of repentance feel guilty
about what they did yesterday. The word
“Metanoia” is more about a turning. It’s more
about leaving behind what you did yesterday
and turning toward something positive in the
future. If you break it down in Greek, “meta”
is “with,” and “noia” is “understanding.” So it’s
change with understanding, not just change
for change’s sake.
WHAT’S IN YOUR FUTURE ONCE YOURWORK HERE IS DONE? DO YOU FORE-SEE YOURSELF REPLICATING META-NOIA IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY?
I think my next incarnation will be work-
ing at a church or teaching somewhere. There
are a lot of things about what I do that I don’t
mind doing — payroll, accounting, all that sort
of stuff. One of the joys of what I do is that I get
a lot of hats, and it’s also one of the burdens of
what I’ve got to do.
WHAT ARE YOUR NEAR- AND LONG-TERM GOALS AS FAR AS WHAT META-NOIA DOES FROM HERE?
Short term, we’d like to continue on the
trajectory what we’re doing now. … Long range,
there’s certainly a desire to work myself out of
a job, to pass things along to the community …
to make the community sustainable, which for
me means trying to create as many of what I’ve
come to call “opportunity points” as possible.
With Metanoia, what we do is not try to do
is not focus on people’s needs and problems
but to create opportunities on a variety levels
for folks, so if they’re ready to move forward,
there’s a point that’s there that meets them that
they can step into, whether it’s job training or
literacy or homeownership.
HOW DO YOU SPEND SPARE TIME?My wife and I adopted two boys in Decem-
ber 2009. Family is very important to me. I also
garden and try to write. I find when I’m able to
plug into those things, work here is a lot better.
WHAT DID YOU FEEL ABOUT BEINGNAMED CITIZEN OF THE YEAR?
I was really humbling because a lot of
people do the work I get credit for. It was
gratifying to have genuine things said in a
positive light. If the city would have let me put
Metanoia’s name on it instead of Bill Stanfield,
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BIG PLANSThe Rev. Bill Stanfield explains plans
for the renovation of Metanoia’s ReynoldsAvenue building. The first floor will houseits Youth Entrepreneurship program anda cafe; the second floor will have sleepingquarters for interns.
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C O V E RS T O R Y
byPhotograph HaleDan
EATSLOCALBUYS,LOCALGebler,Kateleft),(fromSeibertNikki
teamtheMartin,KatandHaleyJameeFirst.LocalLowcountrybehind
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“I can remember to this day driving over
the Cosgrove Bridge five years ago and see-
ing the first Lowcountry Local First bumper
sticker,” says LLF Executive Director Jamee
Haley. “Now you see them all over the place.”
She’s right. The familiar Lowcountry Lo-
cal First logo — the script alternately set in
shades of orange, maroon and gold — seems
about as commonplace as the LLF attitude.
It’s simple, really: Shop local.
“I wish I had the foresight to gauge the
community’s awareness when we started as
compared to now. I think it’s grown tremen-
dously,” Haley says.
Haley and Matt Bauer founded the group
in February 2007. Bauer moved on to San
Francisco, but Haley’s still here, commanding
the nonprofit from LLF’s headquarters at the
Navy Yard at Noisette.
A small staff of four — three full time, one
part time — continues the charge, asking
that folks put just a little bit back into the
community.
“Jamee has done a wonderful job, starting
with and staying with the organization, and
being so enthusiastic,” says co-owner Trey
B Y R O B Y O U N G
H A S I T AC T UA L LY B E E N F I V E Y E A R S ?F I V E Y E A R S S I N C E T H E N AT I O N A L M OV E M E N T T O O K R O O T L O C A L LY.F I V E Y E A R S S I N C E T H E F O R M AT I O N O F L OWC O U N T RY L O C A L F I R S T, AN O R T H C H A R L E S T O N - B A S E D , P U L L - ’ E M - U P - B Y-T H E - B O O T S T R A P S O P -E R AT I O N I F E V E R T H E R E WA S O N E . S O , F I V E Y E A R S ? R E A L LY ?
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Behere,buyhere
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LOCAVO RE S
Lowcountry Local First focuses its efforts on twomain initiatives: Buy Local and Eat Local. The latteris a sustainable agricultural initiative designed togrow and support local food systems by connect-ing local farms, producers and apprentices to localrestaurants, institutions and consumers lookingfor farm-fresh food and goods. The organizationis affiliated with hundreds of local restaurants,farms and food-and-beverage suppliers, includingmany businesses in North Charleston that sharetheir commitment to supporting local businesses.Sesame restaurant in Park Circle, for example,uses fresh local produce in its dishes, includingthe salad above being whipped up by chef TaesPenland. Sesame also offers a number of locallybrewed beers on tap.
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Strock of Strock Enterprises, a family owned
full-service general contracting company in
North Charleston. “And it’s a hard job. She’s
telling people to do things they ought to be
doing anyway.”
T H E 1 0 P E R C E N T S H I F TIn the long run, LLF isn’t asking for much,
only a 10 percent shift in the way people
spend money. Just take a share of the capital
typically shelled out at non-local businesses,
the group says, and give it instead to locally
owned and operated shops.
It’s modeled after a well-known study con-
ducted in Grand Rapids, Mich. The assess-
ment determined that if the 600,000-person
populace reallocated 10 percent of their
spending from national to local businesses,
the results would be transformative: 1,600
new jobs, $50 million in local wages and an
additional $130 million invested into the lo-
cal economy.
“It’s sort of putting the joy back into your
money again,” Haley says. “Seriously, how
much joy is there in going to Walmart?”
More importantly, such change would help
the community retain its sense of place.
“We want to keep our areas and our homes
special, and if they become ‘Anywhere, USA,’
you won’t recognize one area from the next,”
Haley says. “Then you’ve lost something that
is more valuable than dollars.”
LLF is separated into two segments: Buy
Local and Eat Local. Buy Local seeks to
promote local, independent business owners
and farmers, and encourages consumers to
buy from the very same shops and farms.
Eat Local refers to LLF’s sustainable agri-
cultural movement, which hooks up local
growers and producers with local restaurants
and patrons. The initiative lends its support
through a variety of education, outreach and
apprentice programs.
The group counts 450 local businesses as
affiliates, according to the directory included
on the LLF website. LLF, itself, is a member of
Business Alliance for Local Living Econo-
mies, a national organization that promotes
buying locally produced food, products and
services. BALLE encourages a relationship-
based approach, drawing from more than 80
community networks in 30 U.S. states and
Canadian provinces.
About 22,000 independent businesses
make up its membership. But more than any-
thing, BALLE promotes a genuine, neighborly
business approach.
Photograph by Grace Beam
NORTH CHARLESTON COMPANYJamee Haley, executive director of
Lowcountry Local First, visits the NorthCharleston Farmers Market. Haley's orga-nization plays a leading role organizingand supporting local farmers markets.
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“That movement is growing tremendous-
ly,” Haley says.
The same can be said for LLF. It’s high time,
Strock points out.
“I don’t think it’s a matter of buying in to
the LLF philosophy,” Strock says. “I think we
— as a country — bought out, which is unnatu-
ral. I think we bought out of supporting our
neighbors, schools and churches, and those
things that made us great as a community.”
A n u n li k e ly b e n e fAc to rLLF’s greatest growth came from an im-
probable, insufferable source: The recession.
“Our organization really grew when the
economy went down,” Haley says. “The
business and community members started
to understand that we really need to work
within our own place to find an answer.
“Nobody wants taxes to increase. It’s such
a bipartisan plan for economic recovery. It
really resonates with people.”
Also: It’s absurdly easy to participate. For
starters, need groceries?
“Piggly Wiggly is a local grocery store, and
they’re in every community,” Haley says.
Automotive? “Think about your tires,”
Haley says. “Hay Tire, great service. Gerald’s,
same thing.”
Appliances? “Usually, a wholesale appli-
ance seller will match the price of the big-box
stores like Lowe’s or Home Depot,” Haley
continues. “And you’re probably going to get
better service.”
Bottom line: There’s a lot of easy, low-hanging
fruit (literally, as well) to be had. “I think that
people don’t put enough value in the impact
that their dollars have,” Haley says.
Eat Local, for example, offers a gaggle of
opportunities, starting with LLF’s Farm Fresh
Food Guide, which provides a wealth of
information regarding local farmers markets,
community supported agriculture programs,
farms and distributors.
“We’re constantly out there trying to col-
lect more information and update with new
people,” Haley says. “We’re trying to make it
as easy as possible for people.”
Accordingly, the Charleston Growers group
gathers farmers, producers, apprentices and
other supporting members who convene to
talk shop and share techniques. Meetings
involve varied and instructive topics.
Just in February, urban chicken owner
Chuck Hooker offered a primer on raising
backyard chickens, going over laws and
ordinances, and the best ways to select your
birds. Participants even got a chance to order
baby chickens.
During the spring, the docket will include
a beekeeping forum put on by the Charleston
Area Beekeepers Association, as well as a
discussion offered by the National Resources
Conservation Service on pasture-raised
chickens and hogs. The full schedule can be
accessed on the LLF website.
Also notable: LLF’s Growing New Farm-
ers Incubator Program, which has garnered
significant coverage. The program seeks to
train the next generation of farmers, offering
apprenticeships, farm incubation and con-
nections to reasonably priced farmland.
Through LLF, prospective farmers have
apprenticed on area farms since spring 2010.
But the incubator farm offers a different sort
of training, as the acreage includes plots at
the Clemson Experimental Station on U.S.
Highway 17. Five or so apprentices will be of-
fered the opportunity, beginning this fall.
“It’s going to be like a business incubator,
operating with shared resources and men-
tors who will help them develop the market-
place,” Haley says.
Once more, the initiative speaks to the
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LOCO FO R LOCALK.C. Rennie of Charleston Mattress, a LowcountryLocal First supported business with the motto“Built here, sold here.”
agricultural stewardship championed by LLF,
as the organization aims to harness human
and natural resources, and meet the needs of
today and the future.
“People have just become more aware of
where their food is coming from,” Haley says.
“And I think that people realize there’s truly a
sense of urgency in making sure we support
our existing farmers, and that we cultivate
our future generation of farmers as our cur-
rent generation ages.”
B U I L D I N G B U S I N E S S ,O N E M AT T R E S S AT A T I M E
But as easy as it sounds, buying local
requires a new — or perhaps forgotten — way
of thinking or conducting business.
Example: the Charleston Mattress store
and factory. Its logo — “Built here, sold here”
— sums up the LLF mantra. So does its story.
Justin H. Weil founded the factory in
1914, making mattresses and box springs
on Anson Street. The operation moved to
Meeting Street in the 1970s, then moved to a
65,000-square-foot facility in North Charles-
ton. Still family owned, the fourth-generation
company continues under the watch of
brothers Ritchie and Steve Weil and several
workers who have been with the company
for decades.
Husband and wife K.C. and Liz Rennie
(a contributor to North Charleston Maga-
zine), in conjunction with the Weil brothers,
operate the Charleston Mattress showroom,
which opened in August at 10 Storehouse
Row on the old Navy base.
The Rennies got on board with Lowcoun-
try Local First about the same time. For the
couple and owners of similar, small busi-
nesses, simple math shows the advantage of
buying local.
“When somebody purchases a mattress
from us, it’s built to order in three business
days,” K.C. Rennie says. “It’s created in the
factory by 12 people on the line. We have
managers, a delivery company and our truck
drivers. So if one person makes an order, it
affects 15 to 20 people.
“The same thing may happen elsewhere,
but our 15 to 20 people live here in Charles-
ton.”
The owners live in the community, as well,
meaning they have to stand by their product,
no small conceit when it’s as subjective as a
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mattress. The business model, in fact, might
be better built for today’s economy, and
accordingly, more resilient to the highs and
lows of Wall Street.
“Those big-box stores can monopolize
the prices and mattresses. We’re in a unique
situation where we can offer a comparable
product at a better price,” K.C. Rennie says.
“We can cut out the middle man, the shipping
and the big ad campaigns. And if you have
a significant problem with the product, it’s
pretty easy to speak to the decision maker.”
W h at o n c e Wa s , W h at c o u l d b eRennie’s is a position echoed by Strock,
one of the principals at Strock Enterprises.
“Everything about us is pretty local,”
Strock says. “If I’m downtown and need
material, I’ll call Hughes Lumber, and they’ll
have it to me in an hour. That saves me time
and money by them bringing it to me. You
could get that service from a big box, but the
delivery would take a week.”
And not only is Strock devoted to the LLF
cause, his support extends to the national level.
He buys New Balance sneakers — a few varieties
are made in the good ’ole US of A — and Red
Wing boots instead of Vasque. So of course, he
tries to shop local as much as possible.
“We’re all still consumers. We have our
needs and wants,” Strock says. “But it’s just
as easy and most times better to buy from
someone who’s your neighbor, and who
appreciates what you’re doing, who you are
and what it took for you to make the money
and take the time to buy something from
him.”
Most conversations with Strock about
manufacturing, or big-box retail strategies,
or about supporting local businesses and
the economy, quickly draw his passion. He
reduces it to a simple act, one perhaps not
morally binding, but, indeed, honorable.
“Our grandparents and great-grandparents
bought local goods,” Strock says. “But here
we are in this generation, and we believe
that if you’re not shopping at Walmart or
Staples or eating at Applebee’s, then you’re
not having a good time. You cannot possibly
be happy.
“Mass marketing and the media have
figured out how to lure people into these
big-box retailers, pony up their money and
leave the front door with a bunch of brightly
colored plastic.”
But he sees the trend slowing, and
people buying back into what once was.
“Things that are important,” Strock says.
“The country had crazy credit problems in
the ’90s and 2000s, and that made people
think they couldn’t be anybody unless they
had material goods. I’ve seen that attitude
wane a little bit, especially among younger
people.”
With any luck, those sentiments will
continue to fade. After all, LLF’s stats show
that for every $100 spent at a local store, $45
re-enters the community, as opposed to $14
from a national chain store.
“I think we’d like to get to the point
where an organization like LLF wouldn’t be
required. That would be the overall goal,”
Strock says. “Until then, you’ve got to keep re-
minding people to shop at Croghan’s, to shop
at Hughes Lumber, to shop at Wulbern-Koval
instead of Staple’s.”
As for now, the responsibilities of indoctri-
nation carry on for LLF and Haley.
“We’re not saying you have to buy 100 per-
cent local,” Haley says. “We’re just asking for
people to make a small shift in their lives. It’s
going to have a multiplier effect, and it will
be financially, emotionally and personally
more rewarding.” N
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M I DWI FECharleston Birth Placeowner and midwifeLesley Rathbun. Morethan 600 babies havebeen born at the centersince it opened in 2008.
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THERE’S BEEN A SHIFT IN THE WAY WOMEN HANDLE THEIR HEALTHOPTIONS, AND NORTH CHARLESTON IS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HOUSEONE OF THE PIONEERS OF THIS MOVEMENT. THE CHARLESTON BIRTH PLACEGIVES EXPECTANT MOTHERS A SAFE AND HOLISTIC OPTION FOR CHILDBIRTH.
A natural fitCHARLESTON BIRTH PLACE
Nurse-midwives at the center are
equipped to handle complications, can
write prescriptions and have full access to
the maternity area at nearby Trident Medi-
cal Center so that they can move with the
mother to the hospital if needed.
Mothers of all socioeconomic back-
grounds, and from as far away as the Up-
state, have made the decision to give birth
at the center, as information about the Birth
Place has spread, mostly by word of mouth
and through social media. Director Lesley
Rathbun (MSN, CNM, FNP) says that many
parents hail from the Park Circle area.
Rathbun says the typical patient is
intent on breastfeeding, interested in cloth
diapers, dedicated to imposing the lowest
impact possible on the environment and
has done her research.
More than 600 babies have been born at
the center since it opened in 2008. Due to
high demand and an ever-growing waiting
list, the 4,000-square-foot facility has plans
to double its space over the next two years.
One of Rathbun’s favorite stories is of a
young mother who realized she was not yet
mature enough to care for her baby, but who
was committed to giving her child the best
start possible. The teen arranged an open
adoption and invited the couple into the
birthing room to hold hands with her as she
labored in a warm bath. According to Rath-
bun, there wasn’t a dry eye in the building
that day. The young mother is now enrolled
in nursing school with hopes of becoming a
registered nurse-midwife. Her child is thriv-
ing in a loving home in the Upstate.
Even closer to home, young families are
growing every day with the help of the
Charleston Birth Place. Jason and Elaine,
residents of Park Circle, had Sarah there in
November.
“I can’t imagine a better birth experience,”
Elaine says. “We got to know all of the mid-
wives and trusted that they cared about our
family. They understood us. They cared for
us. We trusted them. I always felt safe and
nurtured.”
The current space houses two birthing
rooms. These are large, welcoming bed-
rooms with queen four-poster beds and
a private bathroom with a sink, spacious
shower and toilet. A central feature is the
large whirlpool tub where many laboring
mothers find comfort in a warm bath as
they move through the process. Fathers or
birth partners are welcome in the tub to
comfort the mother through her contrac-
tions. Another room that includes a bed
and basic amenities is located off the cozy
waiting area and can be reserved for family
members.
The largest baby born to date at CBP was
11.4 pounds and was born to a mother who
labored for three hours and pushed for only
10 minutes. Rathbun says this is the type of
B Y L I Z R E N N I E
B I RTH I N G ROO MA birthing room atCharleston Birth Place.A central feature is thelarge whirlpool tub.
Go green, babyNORTH CHARLESTON BUSINESSSPECIALIZES IN CLOTH DIAPERS
CLOTH DIAPERING HAS BLOSSOMED INTO MUCH MORE THAN A TREND.THIS OLD-FASHIONED TRADITION HAS BEEN RE-ESTABLISHED AS THE NORM INMANY CIRCLES. IT’S MORE COST EFFICIENT, BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT,SAFER FOR INFANTS AND ENCOURAGES POTTY TRAINING AN AVERAGE OF SIXMONTHS EARLIER THAN DISPOSABLE DIAPERS.
Katherine Lochinger, owner of Diaper
Parties, has two young sons and still finds
time to be available to her many clients. Her
in-home diaper parties are wildly popular
with expectant moms and are often ar-
ranged as baby showers. She also offers an
array of items ranging from organic clothes
and wipes to amber teething rings, carriers,
homeopathic medicines and more.
Lochinger says pocket diapers are the
most popular because of their absorbency
and easy-to-use design. There are no pins
or origami-like folding — simple snaps and
Velcro adjustments have made the world of
cloth diapering more accessible than ever.
The new designs have eliminated many of
the frustrations associated with cloth diaper-
ing. Cloth diapers are no more time consum-
ing than regular laundry, and sun makes the
best bleach for tough stains.
“The momentum for cloth has been grow-
ing steadily for the past 10 years, but it has
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boomed in the last two,” Lochinger says.
“The economy has been one factor, but also
day cares are now more aware of the bene-
fits and ease of use, and families are acutely
aware of chemical and environmental issues
associated with disposables.”
North Charleston holds a unique place
in the Guinness Book of World Records for
being a major contributor to a successful
bid to break the world record for simultane-
ously changing the most cloth diapers. Held
in honor of Earth Day, last spring’s North
Charleston gathering attracted 94 partici-
pants, the second-largest city attendance in
the United States. The worldwide participa-
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birth that would likely have been encour-
aged to induction (and probably a C-section)
in a hospital setting, but the mother and
baby did beautifully, at their own pace.
If complications arise, and the mother is
unable to have the baby in her private room,
Trident Medical Center is only steps away.
Mothers requiring surgery can be prepped
and ready in 10 minutes.
Research shows that 32 percent of
pregnant women who check into a hospital
facility in the United States have C-sec-
tions. The rate at the Charleston Birth Place
is 3 percent. The World Health Organiza-
tion recommends an ideal national rate
of C-sections between 10 percent and 15
percent.
When Rathbun first moved to Charleston
from Ohio, she scoured the Lowcountry for
a maternity floor that shared her views. Dr.
James Martin at Trident Medical Center had
been steering the maternity ward toward
a more holistic approach for several years.
The Birth Center was a natural fit with
Trident’s vision, and the partnership has
grown.
The health benefits associated with natu-
ral birth are well-documented. Some people
argue that a more relaxed and empowered
mother makes for a less complicated birth.
The subjective threshold of pain tolerance
and the benefits of natural preventative
care are sometimes murky, but are becom-
ing clearer each year.
But what about the financial bottom line?
Childbirth is the No. 1 reason for hospital ad-
mittance, and cesareans are the most-often
performed surgery in America. The billable
costs performed in hospitals today related
to childbirth total roughly $84 billion.
Giving birth at The Charleston Birth
Place is, on average, one-third the expense
of giving birth in a hospital setting. In fact,
a federal program called the Strong Start
initiative is encouraging mothers to seek
counsel from midwives and birth centers
to reduce preterm births and to save on un-
necessary costs.
As the area’s population continues to
grow and new families move to town, there
likely will be an increasing number of Low-
country residents who will be able to claim
that their start began at the Charleston Birth
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Th e n at u ra l wayTen-month-old Thadd Loichinger wears
cloth diapers while playing in clover atRiverfront Park in North Charleston.
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Buildingthe futureWIND TURBINE TESTING CENTER
Sometime this summer, workers will
jockey a 150-ton rig designed to test the drive
trains of offshore wind turbines into a mas-
sive hole in the floor of the testing facility on
the campus of Clemson University’s Restora-
tion Institute in North Charleston.
The unit, capable of testing turbines that
can produce 7.5 megawatts of power, will be
tested and online by year’s end. A second,
larger testing unit, one weighing 400 tons
and capable of testing turbines that can gen-
erate up to 15 megawatts will also be installed
— even though turbines that size have yet to
be built.
A 15-megawatt turbine could provide
power to about 6,000 homes. Using larger
turbines offshore would mean the same
power could be generated with fewer units
needing maintenance and repair.
The test facility also is being retrofitted to
withstand earthquakes and hurricanes.
Small earthquakes are not unusual in the
Charleston area. The turbine testing facility
is not far from a fault that caused the devas-
tating 1886 quake that killed more than 100
people. It’s been more than 20 years since the
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LAYI N G TH E FOU N DATIO NWork continued early this year inside the foun-
dation for a turbine testing rig at the ClemsonUniversity center under construction in North
Charleston (right). Sometime this summer a 150-ton wind-turbine test rig, similar to the one de-
picted below, will be installed on the foundation.
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last major hurricane hit the South Carolina
coast — Hurricane Hugo in 1989, a Category 4
storm that packed 135 mph winds.
When completed, the nearly $100 mil-
lion facility will be the world’s largest wind
turbine testing center and employ about 80
people. There are two other testing facilities,
one in Spain and one in Colorado, but the
Clemson test site will handle far larger units.
"We think there is an enormous potential
here," said John Kelly, executive director of
the Restoration Institute.
While there are no wind turbines in U.S.
waters yet, that’s the way the nation is mov-
ing, he said.
"As wind farms build offshore there will be
deployment sites. They are going to create
jobs and lots of jobs," he said. The Depart-
TH E FUTU RE FO R U. S . EA ST COA ST?A small boat passes through the windmills ofthe Thanet Offshore Wind Farm off the coast
of Kent, England. The UK's onshore and off-shore wind turbines produce enough energy
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ment of Energy estimates that the industry
could create as many as 20,000 jobs.
Earlier this year, the national Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management announced that
an assessment found there would be no
significant environmental impacts from issu-
ing wind energy leases in federal waters off
the mid-Atlantic coast. That clears the way
for energy lease sales off Maryland, Virginia,
New Jersey and Delaware.
Already there are two partnerships of
companies in Virginia looking to develop
wind farms in federal waters off the Atlantic
coast.
South Carolina is in a unique position to
help the industry. The deep water in Charles-
ton Harbor allows companies to bring their
turbines easily to the Clemson lab for testing,
and South Carolina could easily serve the
needs of East Coast wind farms through the
state’s shipping port.
Testing is key because it’s far more ex-
pensive to have something go wrong with
a turbine offshore and have to fix it at sea.
A 15-megawatt turbine would likely have
blades reaching 100 yards above the ocean
surface.
"We basically break them," Kelly said. "Our
job is to find the failure points so companies
can fix the failure points, which means when
the turbine is going offshore there is less
maintenance."
The U.S. Department of Energy gave Clem-
son $45 million in federal stimulus money for
the test facility, with state and private donors
providing another $53 million.
Clemson also plans a graduate center on
its 26-acre campus, meaning there will be
experts in wind technology, an attraction
that could draw manufacturers. Once it is
established, the industry will mean jobs in
manufacturing, deploying and installing the
wind turbines, and in logistics.
"There will be manufacturing near a port.
I hope it’s here. I would do everything in my
power to make sure it’s here. This is an ideal
location," Kelly said. N
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IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE H.L. HUNLEY IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, YOUREALLY HAVEN’T SEEN IT. NOT THE WAY IT LOOKED IN 1863, WHEN IT ARRIVED INTHE LOWCOUNTRY BY TRAIN TO BREAK THE UNION BLOCKADE OF CHARLESTONHARBOR. NOT THE WAY IT LOOKED WHEN IT LEFT SULLIVAN’S ISLAND ON FEB. 17,1864, WHEN IT BECAME THE FIRST SUBMARINE TO SINK AN ENEMY SHIP IN COMBAT.NOT THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE SEEN.
Locals and tourists alike have been flock-
ing to the Warren Lasch Conservation Center
to see the Civil War sub since engineers from
Parker Rigging removed it from the cradle
that’s held it for more than a decade. Even
Hunley scientists are raving about this new
perspective of the Lost Cause’s most fascinat-
ing relic.
“When it was lying on its side, it looked
squat and compact,” says Maria Jacobsen,
senior archaeologist on the Hunley project.
“Now we can see it as it should be seen. It’s
amazing how slender and menacing it is. It
means business.”
Sitting the Hunley upright is a major
step in restoring the 149-year-old subma-
rine, preserving it for future generations —
and perhaps unraveling the lingering
mystery surrounding the South’s secret
weapon.
P L A Y I N G
Right side upSCIENTISTS ROTATE HUNLEY SUB
B Y B R I A N H I C K S
Photographs by Grace Beahm (top and left)
T H E H U N L E Y ’ S STO RYFor the Hunley, necessity was certainly
the mother of invention. The South had gone
to war in 1861 without a Navy and no way to
catch up. The Union exploited this weakness,
blockading every major port in the South. In
Charleston, supplies became scarce as most
ships were unable to slip past the line of war-
ships guarding the harbor entrance.
With no way to build its own full-fledged
Navy, the Confederacy had to find new ways
to combat the U.S. Navy. First they created
the ironclad, converting the Merrimack into
the CSS Virginia — the ship that fought the
Monitor to a standstill off Hampton Roads in
1862.
As that historic battle was under way, a
couple of men in New Orleans were invent-
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TH E VI EW I N 1 86 3This image, provided by the Museum of theConfederacy in Richmond, Va., shows theConrad Wise Chapman painting of the Hunleyin Charleston in 1863.
ing a new technology.
The Hunley was named for Horace Lawson
Hunley, a Louisiana planter, lawmaker and
idea man. He may have gotten the idea for
a sub-marine boat from a newspaper article
written during the first year of the war, a
piece that suggested the only way to combat
the U.S. Navy was through stealth.
Hunley enlisted an engineer named
James McClintock to bring his idea to life.
McClintock built a small boat that carried
three men — one to steer, two to turn a crank
to drive the ship’s propeller. They called this
ship the Pioneer, and it had a short lifespan.
Soon after it was completed, the Union took
New Orleans and the Pioneer was aban-
doned in a canal.
Regrouping in Mobile, Ala., Hunley and Mc-
Clintock built a second submarine, learning
from the mistakes of Pioneer. The American
Diver carried a crew of five, doubling the
number of men powering the sub. On just
its second outing, the Diver broke free of its
towline and sank.
The Hunley, as investors in the project
named it, benefited from nearly two years of
research and development. McClintock built
this new submarine longer, faster and more
advanced than its predecessor. It was 40 feet
long, nearly 5 feet tall but a mere 42 inches
wide. It was sleek, and cut through the water
with a tapered bow. Water piped into two bal-
last tanks allowed it to sink; pumps expelled
the water for it to surface.
The submarine carried a crew of eight,
seven men devoted to propulsion and ballast
tank duties. It was launched in the summer
of 1863, probably July, and performed admi-
rably in tests on Mobile Bay.
Word spread fast, and the Confederacy
requested the boat be sent to Charleston.
The sub began its wartime service as a
privateer project, funded by men who hoped
to win bounties that rich Southerners offered
to anyone who could sink blockade ships.
Some of these men accompanied McClintock
and the sub to Charleston but were soon
disappointed.
McClintock understood the submarine
was a delicate machine, and it took a deft
hand to keep it afloat. He spent two weeks
testing it, much to the chagrin of local mili-
tary officials. The Hunley’s arrival coincided
with the beginning of the siege of Charles-
ton, when Union troops turned their guns
on the city, and there was little time to lose.
The Confederates seized the Hunley and ap-
pointed a military crew.
That crew, led by Lt. John Payne, was
doomed from the start. On Aug. 29, Payne
had his crew board the Hunley at the Fort
Johnson dock. Just before Payne climbed
through the forward conning tower — only 17
inches wide — a passing ship threw a wake
that flooded the sub’s crew compartment,
sending it plunging to the harbor floor. Payne
and two others escape. Five men died.
The Hunley was recovered by Confederate
officials in order to bury the dead. By that
time, Horace Hunley himself arrived and
asked to be given his sub. He brought in a
crew from Mobile, men who had been among
its builders, and decided to make himself
captain. On Oct. 15, 1863, Hunley set out from
Adgers Wharf. When the Hunley submerged,
it did not resurface. Hunley failed to close
TH E VI EW TO DAYThis is the new, less-obstructed view of theCivil War submarine H.L. Hunley after the trussthat used to house it was removed. The trusswas made to lift the Hunley from the seafloorin 2000, and had provided the housing for the149-year-old submarine until this year.
Photographs by Alan Hawes (top) and Tyrone Walker
Photograph by Brad Nettles
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the ballast tank valve, and the sub filled with
water, killing all eight men aboard.
As far as the Confederacy was concerned,
the Hunley was a failure.
After it was retrieved a second time, it
was due to be scrapped. But then Lt. George
E. Dixon arrived with one final plea to Gen.
P.G.T. Beauregard.
Dixon and an engineer named William Al-
exander had been intimately involved in the
sub’s construction and promised Beauregard
the right men could make it work.
Beauregard had a great deal of respect for
Dixon, who fought under him at Shiloh, and
allowed him to raise a new crew. The sub was
refurbished in Mount Pleasant and eventu-
ally moored at Sullivan’s Island. And there,
the third crew of the H.L. Hunley trained
for more than a month, taking the ship out
into the water behind the island, learning its
quirks, limitations and amazing abilities.
Finally, on Feb. 17, 1864, conditions were
right. Dixon set sail on an outgoing tide in
calm seas and within two hours was four
miles offshore, within striking distance of the
USS Housatonic. The submarine approached
the warship on the surface and rammed it
with a spar armed with a 90-pound charge
of explosives. A barb on the charge embed-
ded in the Housatonic’s hull and the Hunley
backed away, under fire from Union sailors
on the ship’s deck. When it was nearly 100
feet away, the charge exploded.
Five men were killed on the Housatonic,
and the ship sank within minutes. An hour
later, one of the Housatonic sailors spotted
the Hunley a short distance away, apparently
signaling Confederate troops onshore. No
one saw it again for more than a century.
FI N A L J O U R N E YTO N O RT H C H A R LE STO N
The Hunley was found in 1995 by a dive
team hired by novelist Clive Cussler. It
would be five years after that day before
a team of engineers and scientists pulled
the submarine from the ocean floor on
Aug. 8, 2000.
Since that day, the Hunley has called North
Charleston home. The scientists who run the
project, now administered by Clemson Uni-
versity, recovered the bodies of all eight crew
members and about 2,000 artifacts — every-
thing from used matchsticks to the gold coin
Dixon carried in his pocket. Many of those
relics are now on display at the Lasch.
TH E VI EW I N 2000The Hunley breaks the surface off Charlestonduring its recovery operation in 2000.
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When engineers removed that lifting truss
in January, it set into motion the last phase of
the Hunley’s excavation. More than a century
of hardened shell and sand cover its hull
now and will have to be removed before the
iron hull is put into a chemical bath meant to
extract 140 years of corrosive saltwater from
its skin.
But even that concretion can tell a little
bit more about what really happened to the
Hunley.
“We cannot expect to see the fingerprints
of the night it sank — the environment it sat
in was too dynamic,” Jacobsen says.
As proof of that, you only have to look at
the sub’s bow. It is curved, like an icebreaker
ship, and scientists initially thought it was
part of the sub’s decidedly modern design.
As it turns out, the bow was straight in the
1860s, and has been sanded down by years
of whirling sand around it. Jacobsen said that
removing the truss that cradled the sub has
made this even more clear.
The two biggest holes in the sub’s hull are
on its starboard side and were obscured by
the cradle until January. Now, Jacobsen said,
it looks as if those holes also were made by
scouring, rather than any battle damage the
Hunley might have suffered in 1864.
That fact could go a long way toward
dispelling some of the myths that have fol-
lowed the submarine on its journey through
history and put scientists on the right course
to discover exactly what did happen on the
night the Hunley made history.
And all it took was a better view. N
HUNLEY TOURS
When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays; noon to 5p.m. Sundays
Where: 1250 Supply St., at the old Navy basein North Charleston
Cost: $12. Call 1-877-448-6539 or purchase atat etix.com.
For more information, go to hunley.org
TH E H U N LEY ’ S H I D D E N S I D EThe two biggest holes in the sub’s hull are on itsstarboard side and were obscured by a truss un-til January. Scientists say those holes were madeby scouring sand, rather than any battle damagethe Hunley might have suffered in 1864.
Photograph by Grace Beahm
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AttractionsIN NORTH CHARLESTON
norTH CHarlesTon Coliseumand Performing arTs CenTer
5001 COLISEUM DRIVENorth Charleston’s premier event destina-
tion opened more than 18 years ago. This
state-of-the-art facility attracts top-name
concerts, sporting extravaganzas, skating
events and hockey games.
The Coliseum is home to the South Caro-
lina Stingrays, three-time defending Kelly
Cup Champions. As part of the ECHL, the
Stingrays were founded in 1994 and have
dazzled crowds with awesome displays of
Bigger and BeTTerImprovements at the North CharlestonColisuem and Convention Center includenew luxury boxes in the Coliseum.
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skating and stick-handling prowess ever
since.
The 3,000-seat North Charleston Perform-
ing Arts Center was added to the coliseum-
convention center complex in 1999. The
city recently completed a massive renova-
tion of the Coliseum, which included new
luxury suites, high-tech scoreboard and
7,400-square foot addition called the Mon-
tague Terrace.
For show times and more information, go to
coliseumpac.com.
WANNAMAKER COUNTY PARK8888 UNIVERSITY BLVD.
Wannamaker Park offers visitors the
chance to explore more than 1,000 acres
of beautiful woodlands and wetlands and,
in the summer months, enjoy a wildly
popular water park. Amenities include miles
of paved trails, picnic sites with grills, two
playgrounds, an off-leash dog park, a park
center with snack bar and rest rooms, a sand
volleyball court and horseshoe pits. Wan-
namaker also is home to Whirlin’ Waters
Adventure Waterpark, a seasonal attraction
that features slides, kiddie pools and wave
pools. For park fees and hours, which vary by
season, visit ccprc.com.
CIVIL WAR SUBMARINE HUNLEY1250 SUPPLY ST.
The wreck of the Civil War submarine
Hunley was lifted from the Atlantic Ocean
floor in 2000. The storied vessel had rested
there since 1863, when it sank with its crew
of eight men soon after participating in what
is widely referred to as the first sinking of
a naval vessel by a submarine. Now, this
unique piece of history is preserved in North
Charleston at the Warren Lasch Conserva-
tion Center.
Hunley tours are available every Saturday
from 10 a.m to 5 p.m. and Sundays from noon
to 5 p.m. The last tour begins at 4:40 p.m.
Tours are not available on weekdays — that’s
when scientists continue their preservation
work on the Hunley.
Tickets are $12 and can be bought onsite
or by calling 877-448-6539 or at etix.com.
Children under 5 are admitted free. For more
information, go to hunley.org.
FIRE MUSEUM4975 CENTRE POINTE DRIVE
The North Charleston and American
LaFrance Fire Museum and Educational
Center is next to the Tanger Outlet Mall, about
2 miles from Charleston International Airport.
This museum houses the largest collection of
professionally restored American LaFrance
firefighting equipment in the country. The
26,000-square-foot museum opened in 2007
and houses 18 fire trucks and priceless one-of-
a-kind firefighting artifacts.
Admission is $6; children 12 and under
get in free when accompanied by an adult.
Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday
through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. For
more information, go to legacyofheroes.org.
RIVERFRONT PARKOLD NAVY BASEMCMILLAN AVENUE TO HOBSON AVENUE
The rejuvenation of the former Navy base
and nearby Olde Village and Park Circle
POOC H PARKA visiting dog jumps to meet Bella, a shihtzu, and Raven, an Irish setter, who werevisting at Wannamaker County Park withBarbara Aler.
CharlestonScene.comNightlife galleries at
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neighborhoods represent one of the most
sweeping changes to the city of North Charles-
ton in recent years. The development of
Riverfront Park has been a key aspect of this
revitalization.
The park is open to the public year-round
and has become a favorite destination for
residents and visitors. Set on the banks of the
Cooper River, the park features a large board-
walk, fishing sites, charcoal grills, a covered
pavilion and dozens of picnic tables next to a
modern playground.
Public park hours are daylight to dark un-
less otherwise scheduled. For more informa-
tion, go to northcharleston.org.
THE GOLF CLUBAT WESCOTT PLANTATION
5000 WESCOTT CLUB DRIVENorth Charleston’s premier golf facility
was developed with the richest traditions of
Lowcountry golf in mind. The 27-hole course,
designed by Dr. Michael Hurdzan, captures
traditional flavor through low-flowing earth-
works, classic bunkering and native vegeta-
tion. The course also offers five tees per hole
for all levels of golfers.
Wescott’s antebellum-style clubhouse
can accommodate up to 300 guests and
ranks as one of the Lowcountry’s top event
venues.
The golf course is open daily 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
during winter months and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. dur-
ing summer months. Greens fees start at $31.
For more information, go to wescottgolf.com.
CITY ART GALLERY5001 COLISEUM DRIVE
The North Charleston City Gallery fea-
tures two-dimensional works by interna-
tional, national and local artists in a variety
of subjects and media. Exhibits are rotated
on a monthly basis and may feature two
or more artists in the gallery space each
month. Visitors can purchase prints, note
cards, jewelry and gift items made by local
artists.
The gallery is located in the common areas
of the Charleston Area Convention Center and
is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
DISC GOLFPARK CIRCLE
The Park Circle Disc Golf course is located
on the outer eight islands of the historic site
and runs around the entire perimeter of “The
Circle.” While technically nine holes, the
course can be played in two directions, offer-
ing a true “18-hole” experience.
Natural beauty combines with proximity
to the revitalized Olde Village district on East
Montague Avenue, allowing golfers to play
a round or two and then retire to the “19th
hole” at any of East Montague Avenue’s many
restaurants and bars.
Open play is Monday to Sunday, daylight-
dark. If interested in playing doubles, meet
at the No. 1 tee, Tuesdays at 5 p.m., for play
beginning at 6 p.m.
OLDE NORTH CHARLESTONPICTURE HOUSE
4820 JENKINS AVE.Managed by the Greater Park Circle Film
Society, the Olde North Charleston Picture
House presents films and shorts not gener-
ally shown in local commercial theaters.
With the mission to screen high-quality films,
educate the public and engage in community
development, the film society continues to
be an anchor for film and community in the
Lowcountry.
For show times and ticket information, go
to parkcirclefilms.org.
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DiningIN NORTH CHARLESTON
ANNA BELL’S10 STOREHOUSE ROW, 843-554-5333Situated in the Navy Yard at Noisette, Anna
Bell’s is cut from familiar cloth. The same folks
behind the Locklear’s restaurants in Folly
Beach and Mount Pleasant own the breakfast
and lunch bistro. Anna Bell’s accordingly
sticks to the tried-and-true, serving comfort
food in cozy environs. One could make a
pretty good meal just from the appetizers.
For your consideration: fried green tomatoes
with dill shallot mayo, tasty corn fritters and
baskets of hush puppies and corn bread with
honey butter. Other options include home-
made meatloaf, fried fish, buttermilk fried
chicken and oven-roasted pork loin dressed
in red-eye gravy.
THE BARBECUE JOINT1083-A EAST MONTAGUE AVE.,843-747-4567The Barbeque Joint keeps it simple over at
Park Circle, from its six wooden picnic tables
decked out with checkerboard tablecloths
to a chalkboard menu and one wall made of
corrugated steel sheet metal. The menu sticks
to the same, unfussy as can be, with barbecue,
chicken or a combo platter. The pulled pork
GOODBYE, AUNT BEA’SAunt Bea’s restaurant, a main-stay on East Montague Avenuefor 14 years, closed earlier thisyear. An Italian restaurant isslated to open in its location.
tastes dense and meaty, benefiting from the
three sauces available — vinegar, red and gold.
Mac and cheese, baked beans, red rice and
potato salad help spike the platters, along
with cool, crisp coleslaw and collard greens
touched up with smoky pieces of sausage.
Specials change up daily, and don’t forget
breakfast. The Joint serves up Southern-style
breakfasts to a cadre of loyal locals.
BIG BILLY’S BURGER JOINT5070 INTERNATIONAL BLVD.,843-747-4949At first blush, it’s an odd perch. But there it
is: a Bahamian-influenced burger joint in a
retail center with Quizno’s, La Hacienda and
Starbucks. At Big Billy’s, burgers made from
hormone- and antibiotic-free beef are topped
with lettuce, tomatoes and onions that were
raised in the state and cushioned by pillowy
buns from the Normandy Farm Artisan Bak-
ery. Plus, the mustard, ketchup, garlic mayo
and chipotle mayo are made in-house.
BIGHORN’S SPORTS GRILL7832 RIVERS AVE., 843-302-0963Bighorn’s Sports Grill embraces wild Western
ideals, corralling diners into a wide expanse
with promises of steaks, burgers, seafood,
chicken, ribs and barbecue. Bighorn’s, done
up with a mounted steer, other cowboy relics
and 50 high-definition and big-screen TVs.
The place counts 120 items — that’s right, 120 —
on its menu. Diners can flip through page after
page of popcorn shrimp, skillet cheese fries,
wing sampler platters, cowboy nachos, fried
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green tomato BLTs, Texas toast patty melts
and smoked chile butter grilled shrimp. Every
cowboy or cowgirl in your family will prob-
ably find a dish to satisfy their tastes.
CORK NEIGHBORHOOD BISTRO1067 EAST MONTAGUE AVE.,843-225-2675Cork comes courtesy of proprietor Tradd
Ashley Gibbs, a third-generation North
Charlestonian. He chose the bistro’s name to
recognize the sustainability of cork materi-
als, appropriate considering the restaurant’s
usage of refurbished or repurposed fixtures.
On whole, the exposed beams, raised ceiling
and chandeliers create a stylish backdrop.
A seasonal menu occasionally fixes on lo-
cal items, such as oyster mushrooms from
Mepkin Abbey, but also stretches to include
PEI mussels, North Atlantic wild salmon
and beef from the Painted Hills Ranch in
Wheeler County, Ore. An additional pair of
winners: the Croque Monsieur sandwich,
rich with gruyere cheese, black forest ham
and smooth béchamel sauce; and the roast-
ed pork loin sandwich, smeared with double
cream brie, a sweet onion marmalade and
grain mustard.
DIG IN THE PARK1049 E. MONTAGUE AVE., 843-225-5201The name for this new restaurant in the Olde
Village indicates it’s one of the sister restau-
rants of the successful Daniel Island Grille.
The menu mirrors that of its namesake, with
appetizers, sandwiches, salads and wraps
named for athletes, stadiums, coaches and
clubs. Clever descriptions, including the
prophetic “Tom Brady no ring this year” onion
rings, make for entertaining reading. The
sports bar ethos is expressed in wings, dips,
chips, nachos and poppers. Daily specials
allow the kitchen staff to express their cre-
ativity and trick out basics such as meatloaf,
grilled chicken and pasta.
DOE’S PITA5134 N. RHETT AVE., 843-745-0026Doe’s Pita is an enigma stuffed into a single-
family house on North Rhett Avenue. Two ladies
use a variety of slowcookers and other house-
hold kitchen gear to produce very tasty salads,
soups and sandwiches perfect for a picnic or
lunch at the office. Grab a quick bite at a tiny
table indoors, or picnic at the tables in the front
yard. The baba ganoush alone is worth a stop.
EVO1075 E. MONTAGUE AVE., 843-225-1796If you had an “Extra Virgin Oven” (“EVO”) pizza
in their early days, it was from the only place
you could get it: the trailer-based wood oven
that owners Ricky Hacker and Matt McIntosh
set up at farmers markets and street corners.
Now they have a slick, bright restaurant
producing the same crisp, well-dressed pies.
Ingredients are obsessively sourced locally,
and fresh and bright flavors are the results,
whether pizza, salad, soup or panini.
FLY BY PIZZA7013 DORCHESTER ROAD, 843-767-1515Fly By Pizza, named so because of its proxim-
ity to Charleston Air Force Base, carries a
cargo load of pizza pies, sandwiches and
salads. Its menu plays off the aviation theme
with items such as Air Force One, JAG, Phila-
delphia Freedom and Aviano (after the NATO
air base in Italy.)
GENNARO’S ITALIAN RISTORANTE8500 DORCHESTER ROAD,843-760-9875This is old-school American Italian at its best.
The decor hasn’t changed much in the 28
years Gennaro’s has been open, and the menu
hasn’t either. Think red sauce and meatballs,
veal and eggplant Parmesan, iceberg lettuce
salads and spumoni, and you’ve got a timeless
recipe for an Italian restaurant. A few newer
items are miniature “gourmet pizzas,” steak
and fish dishes and New York style pizza, but
the piccatas and marsalas and Bolognese are
all there, too. Prices are relatively gentle, and
the traditional dishes satisfy thoroughly. Get
a glass of the house red, a bowl of red and
spaghetti, and let the evening unfold.
GRINGO’S FRESH SOUTHWEST3032 W. MONTAGUE AVE., 843-718-2225Gringo’s, a self-styled “Kinda sorta Mexican-
ish” place, dishes up a familiar bill of tacos,
overstuffed burritos, quesadillas, fajitas,
nachos and taco salads inside crispy tortilla
shells. The restaurant fills up tortillas with
your choice of chicken, steak, ground beef
and tofu, along with rice and beans. These are
generously sized portions, straight up Ameri-
canized or “Gringo-ized” tacos and burritos.
JIM ’N NICK’S BAR-B-Q4964 CENTRE POINT DRIVE,843-747-3800Jim ’N Nick’s bills itself as a Southern kitchen,
blessing diners with such down-home
provisions as pulled pork barbecue, hickory-
smoked beef brisket, spare ribs and those
teeny-weeny, oh-so-cute and oh-so-addictive
cheese muffins. The restaurant has managed
to pull off a rare double feat, inspiring loyal
devotees and critical praise. The restaurant
cleaves to the ole grilling mantra of “low ’n’
slow,” cooking its pork shoulders for 20 hours.
The result: fine, tender, smoky bites, served as
a sandwich or as a meal with a pair of sides.
LA NORTENA TAQUERIA GRILL6275 RIVERS AVE., 843-225-7055By now, La Nortena might as well be consid-
ered el abuela of Charleston-area Mexican
restaurants. La Nortena provides traditional
Photograph by Teresa Taylor
HIDDEN GEMCheck out authentic Vietnamese food atPho No. 1, a restaurant tucked inside a gro-cery store on Rivers Avenue.
dishes such as al pastor, lengua (beef tongue)
and bistec (grilled beef steak) burritos, tacos
and platters. A quartet of free sauces served
tableside guarantee a strong first impres-
sion. One of the restaurant’s signature dishes,
carnitas La Nortena (seasoned chunks
of pork set with rice and refried beans)
provides confirmation. Be sure to check out
the restaurant’s carniceria, including these
considerations: chorizo, carnitas, carne seca
(dried beef), palomila (top sirloin) and ar-
rachera (skirt steak).
madra rua1034 eAst MoNtAgue Ave.,843-554-2522Much respect is given to Madra Rua, a pub
faithful to its Irish pedigree. The carefully
designed bar and restaurant features dark
wooden furniture, low ceilings, several
alcoves and, naturally, Guinness on tap.
Patrons take seats at the bar or settle into
snug booths to look over a menu containing
selections of Irish extract. The pub serves
such traditional Gaelic fare as shepherd’s
pie, corn beef and cabbage, and fisherman’s
pie, a dish of white fish and shrimp set with
mashed potatoes, cheese and a creamy
sauce.
manny’s mediTerranean Cafe3032 w. MoNtAgue Ave. 843-789-4350Manny’s Mediterranean Cafe focuses on pita
sandwiches, hand-tossed pizzas, authentic
Greek specialties and platters and, of course,
gyros. Long the restaurant’s top seller, Man-
ny’s roasts its gyro meat in a tall, vertical spit,
carving out the strips for inclusion on pita
bread, along with lettuce, tomatoes, onions
and tzatziki sauce.
marie’s diner5646 rivers Ave., 843-554-1250At first glance it may seem like most other
hole-in-the-wall “meat-n-three” restaurants,
but, trust me, this is a good thing. Order your
meat and sides, and the wait staff will pile
up your plate from the buffet line. Can’t
decide on one meat? Too many sides to
choose from? No problem. Marie’s is all you
can eat! Finished with your fried chicken?
Order up some pork chops! Polish off your
mac-n-cheese before the green beans? Just
hop up and get some more! Wash it all down
with sweet tea, loosen your belt a notch, and
consider a nap instead of heading back to
work.
markeT sTreeT saloon7690 Northwoods Blvd.,843-576-4116How do you prefer your barbecue? Smoked
over hickory? Splashed with vinegar sauce?
The Market Street Saloon Smokehouse and
Grill serves up its ‘cue with a side of show-
manship. The restaurant’s staff performs a
number of choreographed, boot-stompin’
dances each evening to complement the
joint’s blue-ribbon barbecue, beef brisket,
burgers and wings. The saloon draws from
all reaches of the barbecue landscape,
concocting sauces provincial to Orange-
burg, eastern North Carolina, Memphis and
Kansas City. No matter your taste, Market
Street makes for an ideal honky-tonk head-
quarters.
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mad ra ruathis irish pub in Park
Circle hosts themedparties through the
year, including a Biglebowski shin-dig.
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Mei Thai7685 A Northwoods Blvd.,843-824-8887Mei Thai draws from the East, capturing
Vietnamese, Cantonese, Thai and other
Asian flavors. The restaurant has won steady
business and standing from North Charleston
diners. At Mei Thai, the 101-item menu rustles
up a multitude of noodle-and-rice dishes, run-
ning the gamut of typical Thai tastes: peppery,
sour, salty and sweet.
Mikasa RooM aT TRidenT Tech7000 rivers Ave., 843-820-5097If you’re feeling a little down in the wallet
but crave a fine-dining experience, Trident
Technical College culinary students can help.
These students run a full food-service opera-
tion on campus in a sophisticated new facility,
and the public can dine most weekdays of the
fall school year. The two teaching kitchens
are visible from the dining room, and the
menus reflect students’ willingness to please.
Less sophisticated menus are a mere $8, and
the more complex a mere $12. Mikasa opens
and closes with the ebb and flow of college se-
mesters, so call ahead before making the trip.
nigel’s good Food3760 Ashley PhosPhAte roAd,843-552-0079Nigel’s Good Food aims to offer “just what your
soul needs.” The chopped Ol’ Skool Steak has
onions, bell peppers and gravy, and two sides,
while the Big Country Rib-eye is enough for
two. The appetizers mix in familiar Lowcountry
mainstays: fried okra; deviled crab cakes, pan
fried and accompanied with corn relish; and
fried green tomatoes crowned with creamy
grits, corn relish and roasted red pepper coulis.
The noisy oysTeR7842 rivers Ave., 843-824-1000One of several Lowcountry locations, The
Noisy Oyster is a place that has the look and
feel of a beachy seafood shack, no matter
how far it is from saltwater. Thatched roofs
and surfboards adorn the ceilings, tropical
ceiling fans spin lazily, and fishing imagery is
everywhere. The menu is, of course, mostly
about seafood and is served up in myriad
ways. Coconut shrimp, calamari, grilled tuna,
whole fried flounder, shrimp and grits, and
the favorite steam pot are but a few options.
Family-friendly, The Noisy Oyster offers food
and fun for everyone.
PaRk Pizza co.1028 e. MoNtAgue Ave., 843-225-7275Evo gets a lot of press for pizza in Park Circle,
but Park Pizza has made it to its first anni-
versary in the neighborhood making mighty
fine pizza, too, plus calzones, sandwiches
and salads. The shop is tiny, and in summer
heats up with the red-hot ovens running full-
blast. But there is sidewalk seating, a take-out
option … and Park Pizza delivers, too. Locals
(and the employees, surely) look forward to
cooler weather when Park Pizza might lose
their self-awarded title, “Hottest Restaurant
in Town!” Regardless, the casual yet profes-
sional attitude and fine pies make this a “hot
spot” no matter the season.
Pho #1 h&l asian MaRkeT5300-1 rivers Ave., 843-745-9623A restaurant inside a grocery store, Pho #1
serves pho: Big bowls of tasty broth packed
with noodles, meats and veggies. They only
take cash, so be sure to have some on hand,
and order as you begin your shopping. While
the noodles heat, peruse the wide array of
Asian produce, seafood and staple items. By
the time you’re done, your noodles will be
waiting for you. Eat in the dining area or have
it packed up to go; either way, by the time
you’ve squeezed your limes and topped the
bowl with Thai basil and chilis, you’ll know
why you see so many Asian folks eating here.
Pollo TRoPical chaRcoal gRill5335 dorChester roAd, 843-552-0015The smoke makes an undeniable first impres-
sion, drifting from the kitchen of Pollo Tropi-
cal Charcoal Grill, a small restaurant situated
in an old Dorchester Road strip mall. The
restaurant serves a terrific spread: full slabs
of pork and beef ribs, skirt steak, and half
and whole chickens. The key description is al
carbon, which relates to the choice technique
of cooking meat over coals. They’ve mas-
tered the method at Pollo Tropical, allowing
the smoke to provide real flavor. Beyond the
staples, the oversize platters also contain yel-
low rice, slaw, pinto beans, tortillas, bread, or
for an extra fee, fried yuca, plantains and fries.
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RAUL’S TAQUERIA & MEXICAN GRILL5634 RIVERS AVE., 843- 554-5433Raul’s cuts a flashy figure, decked out with red-
dish-orange walls, red booths and purple plas-
tic tablecloths. Several murals and an S-shaped
bar cut from light wood ring, distinguishing the
place from a run-of-the-mill Mexican eatery.
Another distinguishing characteristic? Raul’s
arsenal of authentic tacos, set with onions
and cilantro, red or green salsa, and wrapped
in corn tortillas. Choose from steak, chicken,
marinated pork or beef, beef tongue or fish.
SESAME BURGERS AND BEERS4726 SPRUILL AVE., 843-554-4903For burger devotees, Sesame holds uncom-
mon appeal. The restaurant builds everything
from scratch, including its half-pound, house-
ground burgers along with salad dressings,
pickles and, yup, the condiments, too. Choose
from the Italian burger, capped with fresh ba-
sil and bleu cheese; the Park Circle with sharp
cheddar cheese, coleslaw, barbecue sauce
and tomato; the South Carolina, slathered
in homemade pimiento cheese; or even the
Memphis, an Elvis-aided creation made with
homemade peanut butter, bacon and banana
slices. Of course, other selections deserve
mentioning, such as the buttermilk fried
chicken sandwich and char-grilled corn on
the cob. Ditto for the beer, a strong collection
of 60-plus varieties.
TEPPANYAKI GRILL5900 RIVERS AVE., 843-746-9882Teppanyaki describes a Japanese style of
cooking that uses a steel-top grill to prepare
food. But in North Charleston, they aren’t just
grilling. They’re frying and fricasseeing, stew-
ing and steaming, smothering and covering,
simmering and searing. The Teppanyaki Grill
and Supreme Buffet lives up to its promise,
cranking out a mountain of cuisine: sushi and
deviled eggs, macaroni and cheese and egg
drop soup, stuffed crabs and lo mein, Peking-
style spare ribs and pizza. The sheer expanse
is remarkable, counting upward of 200 items,
including the cook-to-order hibachi service.
WESCOTT BAR & GRILL5000 WESCOTT CLUB DRIVE,843-871-2135The 27-hole Golf Club at Wescott Plantation
provides an easy introduction to the Wescott
Bar and Grill, a well-appointed gathering spot
on the course grounds. A spacious clubhouse
houses the bar/restaurant, along with meeting
spaces and a pro shop. The menu is limited
but chocked with favorites: burgers, wings,
chicken fingers, quesadillas, pizza and grilled
flatbread sandwiches. Order the “Eagle,” an
appropriately titled half-pound Angus burger,
which is cooked to temperature, outfitted
with your choice of toppings and served on
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Farmers Market: Open Thursdays mid-
April through mid-October, from noon until 7
p.m. at Park Circle’s Felix C. Davis Community
Center. The market features locally grown
produce and herbs, cooking demonstrations,
nutrition classes and activities for children.
Maker's Market at Mixson: First Sunday
of every month at the neighborhood within
Park Circle. Artwork and unique, local crafts
and products. For more information, go to
mixson.com.
Village Antiques & Collectibles Show:
April 29, June 24-24, Aug. 25-26. Shows, held
11 a.m.–5 p.m. at the Felix Davis Community
Center, 4800 Park Circle, feature home de-
cor, fine antiques, furniture, collectibles, an-
tique guns, art, jewelry, rugs, crafts, vintage
toys and games, silver, pottery, china, silver,
salvage items, outdoor decor, vintage instru-
ments and more. Admission is $2, which
benefits The Spay Not Slay Endowment.
Free parking. For more information, contact
Lisa Reynolds at 843-740-2531 or lreynolds@
northcharleston.org.
North Charleston Arts Festival:
May 4-12 throughout the city. This nine-
day celebration of the arts, centered at the
Charleston Area Convention Center, is one
of the most comprehensive arts festivals
in the Lowcountry. The Main Event, held
May 5-6 at the North Charleston Performing
Arts Center and Charleston Area Conven-
tion Center, offers free admission and
parking for more than 40 performances. The
festival concludes with the Grand Finale at
NORTH CHARLESTON HAS IT ALL. VISITORS AND RESIDENTS CAN CHOOSE FROMCONCERTS AND SPORTING EVENTS AT THE COLISEUM, HOLIDAY FESTIVALS, LEAGUESPORTS AND EVEN LOCAL THEATER AND INDEPENDENT FILM VIEWING. TO SUBMIT ANEVENT FOR THE NEXT EDITION, EMAIL [email protected].
EventsIN NORTH CHARLESTON
D E S I G N WI N N E RElena Barna’s acrylicpainting “My Muse”has won the statewide2012 North CharlestonArts Festival DesignCompetition.
ARTS FESTIVALThe city’ nine-day celebration of the arts,held May 4-12 and centered at the Charles-ton Area Convention Center, ranks as oneof the most comprehensive arts festivalsin the Lowcountry, with multiple art ven-ues, live music and other entertainment.
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North Charleston Riverfront Park featur-
ing performances, children’s activities and
fireworks over the Cooper River. For more
information, go to northcharleston.org.
City's 40th anniversary: A number of
events are being planned, including a June
26 performance by Earth, Wind and Fire at
the North Charleston Coliseum. Tickets are
$25 and $45. Go to northcharleston.org for
updates on anniversary events.
Fourth of July Festival: The City of North
Charleston will host a July 4 celebration at
Riverfront Park. Entertainment includes a
fireworks display at dark, plus live music.
Attendance is free, and guests can bring lawn
chairs and blankets. No alcohol is permissible
within the park, but a variety of food vendors
will be available. Free children’s activities
include inflatable jump castles, games, play
area, giant sandbox and the water fountain.
EDUCTION, ARTS & CULTURENew Edition 20th Reunion: May 3 at the
North Charleston Coliseum. For ticket prices
and other information, go to coliseumpac.com.
Trace Adkins: May 3 at the North
Charleston Performing Arts Center. For
ticket prices and other information, go to
coliseumpac.com.
Straight No Chaser: May 4 at the North
Charleston Performing Arts Center. A cap-
pella superstars. For ticket prices and other
information, go to coliseumpac.com.
Anthony Hamilton: May 11 at the North
Charleston Performing Arts Center. For
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FOU RTH OF J U LYChildren attend-ing Fourth of Julyfestivities at NorthCharleston RiverfrontPark cool down in thepark’s fountain.
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Fiber/Quilt Workshop: May 29 at The
Meeting Place, 1077 East Montague Ave.
This fun-filled workshop explores several
techniques to create fabric collage. For more
information, go to northcharleston.org.
2011 Summer Children’s Theatre Series:
June 8, 10 a.m. at the Northwoods Park and
Recreation Cetner, 8348 Greenridge Road,
and 2 p.m. at the Felix C. Davis Community
Center, 4800 Park Circle. Adande Dance
Company presents African dance and drum-
ming. Reserve by calling the City of North
Charleston Cultural Arts Department office
at 843-740-5854.
Glenn Beck’s Unelectable tour II: June
9 at the North Charleston Performing Arts
Center. For ticket prices and other informa-
tion, go to coliseumpac.com.
alice Cooper’s No More Mr. Nice Guy
tour: June 11 at the North Charleston Per-
forming Arts Center. For ticket prices and
other information, go to coliseumpac.com.
2011 Summer Children’s Theatre Series:
June 29, 2 p.m. at the Felix C. Davis Communi-
ty Center, 4800 Park Circle. JAT’s Production
presents “Men of the Mountain.” Reserve by
calling the City of North Charleston Cultural
Arts Department office at 843-740-5854.
Intuitive Acrylic Painting: June 26 at The
Meeting Place, 1077 East Montague Ave. For
more information, go to northcharleston.org.
Comedian Jim Gaffigan: Aug. 9 at the
North Charleston Performing Arts Center.
For ticket prices and other information, go to
coliseumpac.com.
Lowcountry Jazz Festival Brunch:
Sept. 2 at the North Charleston Performing
Arts Center. For ticket prices and other infor-
mation, go to coliseumpac.com.
SPORtS aNd FItNESSAdult Basketball: Games played on
Saturdays at the Danny Jones Gymnasium
beginning at 2 p.m. The league includes nine
company teams. For more information con-
tact Mike Gillison at 843-745-1033.
Adult Softball: Spring/Summer and
Fall Leagues are based at MeadWestvaco
Kapstone Park Complex. Fall League meeting
is Aug. 15 at Park Circle. For more informa-
tion call 843-740-5801 or email cdambaugh@
northcharleston.org.
Disc Golf: Disc golf is played on the outer
eight islands around Park Circle Monday-
Sunday from dusk to dawn, continuously.
Tuesday night doubles are played beginning
at 6 p.m. Registration takes place at the No. 1
tee box at 5 p.m. For more information, call
843-740-5801 or email Jonas Card at CDGC@
bellsouth.net.
Flag Football: The North Charleston
Recreation Department along with the S.C.
Flag Football Association sponsor Men’s
Flag Football. The league is played at
MeadWestvaco/Kapstone Park. The league
includes spring-summer and fall seasons.
For more information on the league, con-
tact Cindy Dambaugh at 843-740-5801 or
email [email protected].
Tennis Leagues: Teams represent the
North Charleston Recreation Department and
participate on several different playing levels.
Teams play home matches and travel to other
local tennis facilities to compete. For more in-
formation, call Mark Manuel at 843-552-9446
(after 5 p.m.) or 843-767-0638.
Youth sports: The athletic programs
offered by the North Charleston Recreation
Department include football, baseball, soft-
ball, basketball and soccer. For registration,
schedules and cost, go to northcharleston.org.
Wounded Warrior Charity Golf Tourna-
ment: May 19 at The Golf Club at Wescott
Plantation. Pvt. John S. Bird is hosting a char-
ity golf tournament benefitting the Wounded
Warrior Project. For more information, go to
northcharleston.org.
MUNICIPaL MEEtINGSMost municipal meetings are held at North
Charleston City Hall, Buist Conference Room,
2500 City Hall Lane. For more information, ad-
ditional committee meetings and to check on
updated schedules, go to northcharleston.org.
Arts Advisory Committee: May 8, June 12,
July 10, Aug. 14.
Citizens Advisory Council: May 3, June 7,
July 5, Aug. 2.
City Council: May 10, May 24, June 14,
June 28, July 12, Aug. 9, Aug. 23.
Planning Commission: May 14, June 11,
July 9, Aug. 13.
Finance, Grant and public safety com-
mittees: May 17, June 21, July 19, July 26,
Aug. 16.
Recreation Advisory Board: May 23,
June 27, July 25, Aug. 22.
Zoning Board of Appeals: May 7, June 4,
July 2, Aug. 6.
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