2018 Westie Awards
When discussing West Ashley, the term “revitalization” gets bandied about quite frequently. But our beloved parish is in the midst of something much greater than a revitalization. It’s going through a renaissance! This is a cultural rebirth, people. And you can’t have...
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There’s a Plan in Hand
Last week The City of Charleston released it’s Plan West Ashley Draft Report, which deals with reshaping, growth, and preservation in West Ashley. The 258-page report is the culmination of ideas generated by community members through several public input sessions and...
While Mommy Is Out
Every child has experienced the fear of a new babysitter arriving and wondering if mommy will return. Every mother has felt a tug at her heart when leaving an upset child. To ease those fears, local author and West Ashley mom Teri Errico Griffis wrote While Mommy is...
The Cellar Experience
Although we’re currently seeing growth in the West Ashley food and beverage business sector, Cellar Experience owner and operator Wendy Keefer once lamented the lack of options for those residents on this side of the drawbridge. Keefer wanted to offer regularly...
Get Your Last Taste Of Summer
As we begin the slow, sometimes painful descent into fall, you will likely see fewer and fewer summer beers available in stores and on taps, many being replaced by the darker and more robust autumn fare. By September, most of us in the south are quite ready for the...
Blueprint of a Renaissance
West Ashley’s revitalization is popping up in more spots than a new Whole Foods Market or Citadel Mall’s reinvention. Some of West Ashley’s rebirth is emerging in smaller, more personal bites. Like the investment Matteo Rapallini is making by moving his architecture...
West Ashley Flashback: Moving To The Country
James Woodrow McDonald lived on Cumberland Street in downtown Charleston with this wife Nellie Myers McDonald when they decided they wanted to move to the country. This was a popular dream for many who lived on the peninsula and St. Andrew’s Parish was the area known...
More Than Just Lip Service
We’ve all done it. Whether it’s singing into our hairbrush microphones or just fantasizing in front of the mirror that we’re our favorite singer when our song comes on the radio. Lip syncing is an age-old guilty pleasure that predates other revered art forms such as...
State of The School Address
As West Ashley High School heads into its 17th year as the public flagship high school within the West Ashley Community, questions abound. Parents and community members wonder how will the school respond to issues relative to student discipline in 2016-17? What...
A Little Taste Of Autumn
We’ve made it to September. And sure just last week I was complaining about “season creep,” but this month I generally think of as the turning point. While the fall equinox may still weeks away, what does that day really mean in the south? Late September could be...
Having a Ball in the Mall
Local developer Richard Davis is attempting to slam-dunk one of the most vexing problems faced by suburban America: What are we going to do about our dead mall? All across the country, shopping malls have come to the end of their commercial lifespan and communities...
