SC’s newest start-up bank is beating 4-4 ​​in branch openings.work

4 years, 4 branches. No. 5 is mounted on the deck.

Beacon Community Bank hoisted a flag at a busy intersection in Mount Pleasant last week and opened its newest retail office.

Private Lender Shuttered regional bank Ben Sawyer and Chuck Dory Street locations in Sea Island Shopping Center.

“This new branch will offer both a convenient location for Mount Pleasant residents, as well as the ease of drive-thru banking.” CEO Brooks Melton said in writing.

Beacon has been the state’s first federally-backed startup lender for over a decade. It debuted in early 2018 on East Bay Street in downtown Charleston after raising approximately $34 million from over 320 local investors led by auto dealers. Tommy Baker of Baker Motor CompanyIt has since expanded its network of branches to Anna Knapp Boulevard, Mount Pleasant and Fairchild Street, Daniel Island. Three months ago, the company built the site for its future headquarters. Boone Hall Along US Highway 17 in East Cooper.

Next is our office in North Charleston. Beacon recently submitted plans to environmental regulators to build his fifth branch at 5270 International Blvd. tanger outletIt is scheduled to open in early 2023.

suppress unfriendly sailors

A cruise line that advertises its fleet of pleasure boats as “”Funship” We’re cracking down on passengers who take their idea of ​​fun a little too far.

carnival cruise lineits base sunlight the ship of Union Pier Terminal Downtown Charleston plans to fine misbehaving passengers up to $500, and if things get too out of hand, these passengers will either spend some time on the brig or be kicked off the ship on their next port call. I said it is possible.

Carnival said the move was in response to an increase in the number of passengers exhibiting “more agitated behaviour”. business insider.

Cruise lines recently added a clause to their ticket contracts warning passengers that “disruptive behavior will not be tolerated.”

“Guests who affect the comfort, enjoyment, safety or well-being of other guests or crew will be detained on board and/or disembarked at their own expense and will be prohibited from sailing on Carnival in the future,” it warned. state. In addition to fines, passengers may be liable for “reimbursement of costs incurred by Carnival as a result of their detention or disembarkation.”

A Carnival spokesperson told Business Insider that the problem is growing as disruptive behavior becomes more common in public places such as sporting events and amusement parks, as well as on cruise ships and planes. Hissy attacks inside are getting very bad. Federal Aviation Administration management proposes that airlines install a second cockpit barrier on commercial flights to protect crew and prevent passenger violence.

Thomas PlanteProfessor of Psychology Santa Clara University It’s getting worse in California due to the extremely high levels of stress Americans are feeling and political leaders who set an example of behavior by acting like “spoiled toddlers.” I condemn your actions.

“This is especially true when individuals who have behaved very badly are reinforced to avoid behavior without consequences,” Plante wrote. mercury news“If they are allowed to have tantrums, others will feel their bad behavior is justified. Then this behavior will become the new normal.”

Plante adds stress and can exacerbate bad behavior. “We should be ready for it,” he wrote.

double (milestone)

The only U.S. city to have both a commercial vehicle and aircraft manufacturer has had several reasons to celebrate in recent weeks.

Boeing Companybuild the 787 Dreamliner On October 5th, we celebrated 10 years since Jet took delivery of its first wide-body commercial jet at its North Charleston manufacturing campus.That day in 2012 Air India became the first airline to own a 787-8 Dreamliner built at the planemaker’s factory on Kokusai Boulevard.

The handover comes just three years after Boeing opened its Lowcountry plant. At the time, the plant shared 787 manufacturing duties with the plant in Everett, Washington. Last year, the company consolidated all Dreamliner production in North Charleston.

Air India’s delivery was the first to the North Charleston site, but the Everett factory has already delivered 27 Dreamliners, including the delivery to its first facility in Japan. rice field. All Nippon Airways September 26, 2011.

On the other side of town, mercedes benz van plant in Palmetto Commerce Park viewed 100,000 times sprinter The van will roll off the production line in late September. This milestone comes just about four years after his North Charleston factory became a full-fledged Sprinter manufacturer, building a popular commercial vehicle from the ground up. For more than a decade before that, the van factory reassembled Sprinters imported from the manufacturer’s headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany.

The locally-built Sprinter is perhaps best known as the online retailer’s primary delivery vehicle Amazonannounced orders for 20,000 units when the $500 million Mercedes-Benz vans factory opened in 2018.

home team headliner

of SC International Trade Conferencea leader in maritime and shipping around the world each fall wild sand dunes Resort The Isle of Palms didn’t have to look for this year’s headline speaker.

Dawn Staley, hall of fame Women’s basketball coach University of South Carolinawill be the keynote speaker at the 2022 event, October 17-19. Staley has led the Gamecock to his two national championships (2017 and 2022) and his four national championships. NCAA Final Four Appearances in the last seven years. Along the way, she was named National Coach of the Year three times. Naismith Player of the Year to earn Naismith Coach of the Year honor.

On Oct. 12, the Philadelphia native and former Olympic gold medalist said: Billie Jean King Leadership Award and Women’s Sports FoundationAnnual salute to women in sport.

Staley is expected to give trade conference attendees insight into leadership strategies that may come as a surprise to some.

“A lot of people think the X’s and O’s are the biggest part of coaching, but really very little,” she said in a recent interview. I’m trying to set up a platform where student-athletes can be disciplined. ”

Staley’s discussion will be moderated by Bakari Sellersa nationally renowned political analyst and frequent speaker CNN, best-selling author, and USC alumnus. His seller carved out his own path early on, Morehouse College graduated at age 16, University of South Carolina School of Law At 22, he became the youngest member of the Columbia State Capitol.he was a lawyer Strom Law Hard In Colombia since 2007.

The trade conference, now in its 48th year, has often turned to figures from the sports world to provide input on leadership.previous new york yankees manager Joe Torre last year’s speaker, ESPN Broadcaster Dick Vitale We hit the stage in 2019.

Annual trade conferences typically attract hundreds of shipping industry leaders.

peer review

Long-awaited redevelopment Union Pier Terminal came back to State Port AuthorityThis week’s agenda.

The Maritime Authority is inviting anyone interested in the project to its next community engagement meeting. It will be held in the gym on October 13th from 3pm to 7pm. Saunders Clyde Elementary School Located at 805 Morrison Drive. The SPA says no formal statements are planned, but it invites the public to participate and provide feedback.

This is the third of four ‘engagement’ sessions where the community can give their opinion on how to use Marine Terminal. carnival sunshine Cruise ships — can be converted back to public tax rolls for new uses. Another meeting is scheduled for October 27th, but the location has not been announced.

Among the ideas that have emerged for the property is a public park along the street Charleston Harbor, residential and retail applications, event venues, and tourism-related developments. Those unable to attend the meeting can email their comments to info@unionpiersc.com.

SPA hopes to be ready to sell Union Pier to developers by early 2023, but Sunshine plans to continue using it until the deal expires in late 2024. The existing passenger terminal will not be included in the land being sold and will remain. .

SPA plans to use the proceeds to repay debt and fund operations.

Sandwiched between Concord and Lawrence streets, Union Pier is marketed as one of the best waterfront sites available for development in South Carolina and the entire East Coast.

Adopted SPA Wild Dunes Resort co-owner row Prepare your site for the final auction. The agency also gave the company the right to match prices other potential buyers might offer, with an incentive of 9.5% of the sale price if Lowe declines.

Accelerating job growth

North Charleston’s Palmetto Commerce Parkway did not connect Radson Road and Ashley Phosphate Road until 2011.

Today, the approximately six-mile four-lane stretch through the industrial park is Daimler Vans Manufacturing When Boeing Companyinterior production facility.

The recent dedication of a $10 million, 80,000-square-foot commercial building, now based in Nashville accelerated courier 9585 Palmetto Commerce Parkway, North Charleston Alderman Trucking Business Ron Brinson He pointed to the growth in jobs that business parks have generated over the past decade.

In 2012, one year after the road was completed, the commercial park employed 1,700 people. That number has grown to 8,000 in the last two years. By 2025, he is expected to reach 10,000, Brinson said.