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Buy Local Week: A celebration of local and a chance to shop, eat, and just have fun
By Ken Hawkins on Sunday, 29 November 2009 - 6:56pmDubbed "a celebration of our local heroes" Lowcountry Local First is putting on its annual celebration of local business. Read more stories on this subject in our Lowcountry Local First topic page.The idea is to promote shopping in the local... More
Black Friday is upon us once again: Here's the local take
By Ken Hawkins on Thursday, 26 November 2009 - 8:28amAs you plan out your day of deal plundering tomorrow at the big box empires, don't forget than many local shops are also pulling out some stops to get you shopping. To that end, the Charleston City Paper has a nice roundup; read it here. The... More
Show your support for local parks at the Colonial Lake Fall Festival
By stepaheadinc on Monday, 2 November 2009 - 10:47amOn Sunday, November 8th from 12 to 5 p.m., Charlestonians are invited to come together at Colonial Lake to celebrate the Lowcountry's public parks. Local businesses will be out in support of Charleston's parks and the Charleston Parks... More
Lowcountry Local First working to keep the money at home
By Amanda Click on Thursday, 4 June 2009 - 4:51pmLowcountry Local First is officially launching the 10% Shift Campaign, a grass roots effort designed to promote locally owned, independent businesses in the current economic recession. Jamee Haley, Executive Director of the Lowcountry... More
Dan on the '10% Shift' meeting and why you should buy local
By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 18 February 2009 - 11:19pmTonight there was a meeting and lecture about how spending 10% in the local economy can be a massive boon to, well, the local economy. If you weren't able to make it, fret not, Dan over at Xark! has you covered. An excerpt: The shtick for the Local... More
Business 'just fine' in the Cannon/Spring Street corridor (part 2)
By Geoff Marshall on Tuesday, 10 February 2009 - 12:21pmWe're back with our second part of our profile of local businesses in Charleston's oft-overlooked Cannon/Spring street corridor. [gmap markers=blue::32.79174813202901,-79.94283199310303 |zoom=13 |center=32.792866498138174,-79.94317531585693 |width=... More
Lecture on local economy with Laury Hammel
By Charlotte Gutman on Thursday, 5 February 2009 - 1:24pmLowcountry Local First will host a lecture by Laury Hammel on Wednesday, February 18, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at One Cool Blow to discuss the transformative ‘10% Shift,’ an attempt to keep local businesses and farmers afloat in this bad economic climate... More
Business 'just fine' in the Cannon/Spring Street corridor
By Geoff Marshall on Friday, 23 January 2009 - 11:15amThe global economy is failing, local businesses are closing down, it's doom and gloom for Charleston isn't it ... isn't it? [gmap markers=blue::32.79174813202901,-79.94283199310303 |zoom=13 |center=32.792866498138174,-79.94317531585693 |width=220px... More
Vinyl record-love offers hope for Charleston music stores
By Ken Hawkins on Thursday, 31 July 2008 - 11:44pmWith the recent troubles in the realm of local music stores, a resurgance in vinyl listening and sales is raising of hopes of salvation. The Post and Courier talks about the topic: "We're definitely seeing more interest in vinyl lately," says Mike... More
