Oct 22 2011
East Montague Avenue
North Charleston, SC
USA

Together with Olde North Charleston Merchants Association, the North Charleston Artist Guild is presenting PARKTOBERFEST, an outdoor arts festival along East Montague Avenue in downtown Park Circle.

A section of East Montague will be blocked off from traffic on Saturday, October 22 (2:00pm to 6:00pm) as NCAG artists display and sell their works. In addition, the festival will include great local food from Park Circle restaurants, live music, and activities for kids, which means fun for the whole family. Join us and support the arts in North Charleston!

FREE ADMISSION – FREE PARKING

More information: http://www.northcharlestonartistguild.org/

Beginning Nov 6th and continuing every Sunday after from 10am-2pm, Mixson will host a Maker’s Market!
Local Artists, Craftsmen, Growers & Producers are welcome to participate in a FREE Market.
To inquire about details and application, send an email to:

events@mixson.com

Oct 22 2011
East Montague Avenue
North Charleston, SC
USA

Together with Olde North Charleston Merchants Association, the North Charleston Artist Guild is presenting PARKTOBERFEST, an outdoor arts festival along East Montague Avenue in downtown Park Circle.

A section of East Montague will be blocked off from traffic on Saturday, October 22 (2:00pm to 6:00pm) as NCAG artists display and sell their works. In addition, the festival will include great local food from Park Circle restaurants, live music, and activities for kids, which means fun for the whole family. Join us and support the arts in North Charleston!

FREE ADMISSION – FREE PARKING

More information: http://www.northcharlestonartistguild.org/

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Deal reached to keep vets on former Navy base
By Robert Behre

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The homeless veterans being housed on the former Charleston Naval Base won’t have to move this month after all.

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Photo by Brad Nettles

‘All’s well that ends well,’ said Melissa Kelly, director of the nonprofit Chesapeake Health Education Program, which will continue to allow homeless veterans to be housed on the former Charleston Naval Base.

State Sen. Robert Ford and Rep. Wendell Gilliard, both Charleston Democrats, helped broker a new lease deal that will allow the Chesapeake Health Education Program to remain at the base.

The lawmakers acted after The Post and Courier reported that the nonprofit group was planning to move its veterans housing because it couldn’t strike a deal with S.C. Public Railways, a division of the state Commerce Department, that had bought the base property at a foreclosure sale last year.

The failure apparently stemmed from a communications gap.

The new lease, agreed to Monday, will allow the nonprofit to continue to lease several Manley Avenue duplexes at no cost for at least three more years, providing it pays all insurance and maintenance costs.

“We broke the news to some of the veterans, and they were just elated,” Gilliard said. “We felt that was a big accomplishment.”

Ford praised S.C. Public Railways head Mike McWhorter for being accommodating. The agency previously had communicated with the nonprofit through its lawyer.

McWhorter said he was glad Ford and Gilliard got involved and helped get a resolution with the Chesapeake people.

“They had a perception that we didn’t want them there or we wanted a bunch of money for them being there, and that simply wasn’t the case,” McWhorter said.

The nonprofit was planning to move its veterans to a smaller set of buildings it bought off Ashley Phosphate Road.
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Melissa Kelly, director of the nonprofit program, said she wished both sides could have sat down earlier to talk, “but all’s well that ends well, and we’re happy to have more of a partnership with them.

“I think their impression was wrong of us, and I think our impression was wrong of them,” she added.

For the veterans, being able to remain at the base will give them a quieter, more park-like setting and a quicker commute to treatment programs at the Veterans Affairs health center in Charleston.

Chesapeake first moved into the former officers’ family duplexes in 1996 through the McKinney Act, a federal law that gives homeless providers free access to surplus federal property. The law no longer applies to the S.C. Public Railways’ property.

Copyright © 1995 – 2011 Evening Post Publishing Co..

The Post and Courier logo
Deal reached to keep vets on former Navy base
By Robert Behre

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The homeless veterans being housed on the former Charleston Naval Base won’t have to move this month after all.

photo

Photo by Brad Nettles

‘All’s well that ends well,’ said Melissa Kelly, director of the nonprofit Chesapeake Health Education Program, which will continue to allow homeless veterans to be housed on the former Charleston Naval Base.

State Sen. Robert Ford and Rep. Wendell Gilliard, both Charleston Democrats, helped broker a new lease deal that will allow the Chesapeake Health Education Program to remain at the base.

The lawmakers acted after The Post and Courier reported that the nonprofit group was planning to move its veterans housing because it couldn’t strike a deal with S.C. Public Railways, a division of the state Commerce Department, that had bought the base property at a foreclosure sale last year.

The failure apparently stemmed from a communications gap.

The new lease, agreed to Monday, will allow the nonprofit to continue to lease several Manley Avenue duplexes at no cost for at least three more years, providing it pays all insurance and maintenance costs.

“We broke the news to some of the veterans, and they were just elated,” Gilliard said. “We felt that was a big accomplishment.”

Ford praised S.C. Public Railways head Mike McWhorter for being accommodating. The agency previously had communicated with the nonprofit through its lawyer.

McWhorter said he was glad Ford and Gilliard got involved and helped get a resolution with the Chesapeake people.

“They had a perception that we didn’t want them there or we wanted a bunch of money for them being there, and that simply wasn’t the case,” McWhorter said.

The nonprofit was planning to move its veterans to a smaller set of buildings it bought off Ashley Phosphate Road.
Additional coverage
Military news and events

Melissa Kelly, director of the nonprofit program, said she wished both sides could have sat down earlier to talk, “but all’s well that ends well, and we’re happy to have more of a partnership with them.

“I think their impression was wrong of us, and I think our impression was wrong of them,” she added.

For the veterans, being able to remain at the base will give them a quieter, more park-like setting and a quicker commute to treatment programs at the Veterans Affairs health center in Charleston.

Chesapeake first moved into the former officers’ family duplexes in 1996 through the McKinney Act, a federal law that gives homeless providers free access to surplus federal property. The law no longer applies to the S.C. Public Railways’ property.

Copyright © 1995 – 2011 Evening Post Publishing Co..

Join us for a fun & informative event to help insure that Charleston is on it’s way to becoming a truly bike able city! Holy City Bike Coop, Charleston Moves and Mixson team up to present a forum for bike safety and education.

A bike scavenger hunt kicks off the evening – come win cool prizes for your bike! The Grand Prize is a bike & helmet from Charleston’s Affordabike!

After prizes are awarded, HCBC and Chas Moves take the floor for bike safety tips geared towards bicyclists & motorists.

Bar by Ice Box opens at 8:30pm and DJ Rocky Horror brings the dance party til 10pm!

Strada Cucina, Wholly Pops and Snap’en Dogs are bringing the grub!

So pump up your tires, oil that chain and peddle on over Saturday Sept.18 at 6pm!!

Join us for a fun & informative event to help insure that Charleston is on it’s way to becoming a truly bike able city! Holy City Bike Coop, Charleston Moves and Mixson team up to present a forum for bike safety and education.

A bike scavenger hunt kicks off the evening – come win cool prizes for your bike! The Grand Prize is a bike & helmet from Charleston’s Affordabike!

After prizes are awarded, HCBC and Chas Moves take the floor for bike safety tips geared towards bicyclists & motorists.

Bar by Ice Box opens at 8:30pm and DJ Rocky Horror brings the dance party til 10pm!

Strada Cucina, Wholly Pops and Snap’en Dogs are bringing the grub!

So pump up your tires, oil that chain and peddle on over Saturday Sept.18 at 6pm!!