The Greater Charleston Business Alliance will host its annual meeting on September 23-25 at the Embassy Suites - Convention Center in North Charleston. For information regarding this event, please contact LaQuista Dempsey at Charleston County Minority Business Development Office - (843) 958-4011. Click here for information.
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The Town of James Island in conjunction with the Island Sheriffs' Patrol (Charleston County Sheriffs' Office) will sponsor its first National Night Out on James Island. This event will be held on Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Please join us for an evening of community building partnerships and lots of fun for the kids. For more information, click here.
The contract for construction of the sidewalk on Jerdone Street and Stiles Drive (which will connect the Fort Johnson Sidewalk to the Mikell Drive Sidewalk), has been awarded and construction is scheduled to begin next week when the Notice to Proceed is issued. There will be a couple weeks of preliminary activity; such as site marking, utility location and location photography while Anson...
Notice is hereby given that the James Island Town Council will hold a Public Hearing regarding a proposed amendment to its 2015-2016 Fiscal Year budget. Thursday, July 23, 2015 6:00 P.M., Town Hall, 1238-B Camp Road, James Island, SC 29412 If adopted by Town Council, the proposed amendment will provide funds for purchase of a Town Hall by lease-purchase agreement and the maintenance of a reserve...
The regular meeting of Town Council is on July 9 at 7:00 PM. The agenda is here.
The victims of the horrible crime at Mother Emmanuel AME have now been laid to rest, including Tywanza Sanders, who was a graduate of our own James Island Charter High School. The members of the South Carolina Legislature who represent James Island have all stated their support for removing the confederate flag from the statehouse grounds I have written Senator Campsen, Senator Thurmond...
The James Island Public Service District is holding a public hearing on its 2015-16 budget on Monday, June 22 at 6:30 PM at their 1739 Signal Point Road Facility. http://jipsd.org/MeetingAgendas/06.22.2015_publichearingagenda.pdf The proposed budget includes a 2 mill (4%) property tax increase. It is based upon switching from 2 day a week to one day a week garbage pick-up in January. The second...
The Town of James Island will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at the Town Hall, located at 1238-B Camp Road. A Public Hearing will be held on the Town's Comprehensive Plan, 2015 Update. Please click on the agenda link for the meeting packet.
The July meeting of the Town of James Island Council will be held on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, located at 1238-B Camp Road, James Island. The August meeting will resume on the third Thursday. MEETING PACKET
Give us your "Castoffs" The Town of James Island is accepting fabric materials to be converted into "Castoff Quilts". What is a "castoff? Damaged fabric Flannel shirts with a worn collar A tablecloth with a stubborn stain that won't wash out That old kitchen towel calendar from years long gone Pants with a long tear in the legs Clothing stained with water-based paint Cloths too good to throw away...