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May 9 Entrepreneurial Boot Camp is a success

Nineteen people from around the Lowcountry participated May 10 in a new Entrepreneurial Boot Camp offered by the Center for a Better South in Walterboro.

The class, taught by Earl Gregorich of the Columbia office of the S.C. Small Business Development Centers, offered insights to participants in starting small businesses and organizations, including how to deal with paperwork to register a business, finding funding, fundamentals of business plans, sales, marketing and more.

Gregorich led the May 9 class in Walterboro.

“Now I can move forward with confidence,” one participant said.  Another added, “I feel ready to apply for my LLC company and actually begin to move forward, versus contemplating how to make it happen. The comfort level of having a support team is liberating to move into action.” Continue reading “May 9 Entrepreneurial Boot Camp is a success”

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Rural leaning tower, Colleton County, S.C.

Leaning Tower of Colleton?
Leaning Tower of Colleton?

This slightly off-kilter grain tower in the western part of Colleton County along S.C. Highway 641 reminded the photographer’s daughter of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Along the edge of the Southern Crescent, Colleton County is split by Interstate 95, which makes it poised for growth.  Still, lots of the large county is rural.  Walterboro is the seat of government in Colleton County, which is home to 38,153 people, 21 percent of whom live at or below the federal poverty level.

Photo taken Oct. 1, 2014, by Andy Brack.  All rights reserved.

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Fading painted icon, Colleton County, S.C.

Fading flag, Colleton County, S.C.
Fading flag, Colleton County, S.C.

Across much of the South, overt symbols of the past, such as the Confederate battle flag, are slowly fading into the past, much like the paint on this barn at Confederate Farm in the western part of Colleton County, S.C., on S.C. Highway 641.

Along the edge of the Southern Crescent, Colleton County is split by Interstate 95, which makes it poised for growth.  Still, lots of the large county is rural.  Walterboro is the seat of government in Colleton County, which is home to 38,153 people, 21 percent of whom live at or below the federal poverty level.

Photo taken Oct. 1, 2014, by Andy Brack.  All rights reserved.

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Old barn, Jacksonboro, S.C.

Old barn in morning light, near Jacksonboro, S.C.
Old barn in morning light, near Jacksonboro, S.C.

Note how the early morning sunlight made this old barn pop out of the shadows along S.C. Highway 264 near Jacksonboro, S.C., in rural Colleton County.

Along the edge of the Southern Crescent, the barn reflects a time gone by in a county that is poised for growth because of its proximity to Interstate 95 and the Charleston metropolitan area.

Walterboro is the seat of government in Colleton County.  It is home to 38,153 people, 21 percent of whom live at or below the federal poverty level.

Photo taken Oct. 1, 2014, by Andy Brack.  All rights reserved.

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Cotton, Colleton County, S.C.

A bale of cotton (500 pounds) can make about 1,200 T-shirts, according to cotton.org.
A bale of cotton (500 pounds) can make about 1,200 T-shirts, according to cotton.org.

Old King Cotton is bustin’ out all over the South, including in this field near rural Ruffin, S.C., in Colleton County.

According to Cotton USA, about a third of the nation’s cotton is grown in fields from Alabama through Virginia.  According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, South Carolina ranked 10th nationally in production of cotton by growing 587,589 bales of the crop.  As a comparison, Georgia, ranked second to Texas, grew 2.7 million in 2012.

Photo taken Oct. 1, 2014, by Andy Brack.  All rights reserved.

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Another empty store, Colleton County, S.C.

Empty blue store, Colleton County, S.C.
Empty blue store, Colleton County, S.C.

Here’s another empty store just down the road from one we profiled a couple of days back.  It, too, is in Colleton County, S.C., just east of Walterboro on S.C. Highway 64.

Walterboro is the seat of government in Colleton County, a Southern Crescent county split by Interstate 95,.  The county is home to 38,153 people, 21 percent of whom live at or below the federal poverty level.

Photo taken September 2014 by Andy Brack.  All rights reserved.

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Swap meet, Colleton County, S.C.

Creative advertising, Colleton County, S.C.
Creative advertising, Colleton County, S.C.

If you’re looking for a “swap meet” — a gathering of folks who want to trade stuff that others might like — look no further than rural Colleton County east of Walterboro, S.C., on S. C. Highway 64.  According to this clever advertisement “vehicle,” there’ll be a swap meet here on November 1.

Walterboro is the seat of government in Colleton County, a Southern Crescent county split by Interstate 95,.  The county is home to 38,153 people, 21 percent of whom live at or below the federal poverty level.

Photo taken September 2014 by Andy Brack.  All rights reserved.

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Empty station, Colleton County, S.C.

Empty, old store, Neyles, S.C.
Empty, old store, Neyles, S.C.

You can see where gas pumps once lived outside this now-empty and deteriorating cinder block store in the Neyles community a few miles east of Walterboro, S.C.

Walterboro is the seat of government in Colleton County, a Southern Crescent county split by Interstate 95,.  The county is home to 38,153 people, 21 percent of whom live at or below the federal poverty level.

Photo taken September 2014 by Andy Brack.  All rights reserved.

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Farm buildings, Round O, S.C.

Farm buildings, Round O, S.C.
Farm buildings, Round O, S.C.

 

This old tin farm building and nearby short grain silos are in the unincorporated Colleton County community of Round O, which has numerous churches and a small post office. While these buildings look little-used, they are located next to the ACE Basin Milling Company, which seemed to be a busy place on the cold, gray January day when the photo was taken.

According to this Web site, Round O got its name because English settlers found it easier to call the chief of the Cherokee tribe in the area “Round O,” instead of his given name of Chief Attakullakulla, which apparently described a purple medallion tattooed on his shoulder.

About 750 people live in the Round O area.  Colleton County, a Southern Crescent county split by Interstate 95,, is home to 38,153 people, 21 percent of whom live at or below the federal poverty level.

Photo taken January 2014 by Andy Brack.  All rights reserved.

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Historic store, Sniders, S.C.

Historic store, Sniders, S.C.
Historic store, Sniders, S.C.

This historic store on U.S. Highway 21 about 10 miles west of Walterboro, S.C., was closed in January 2014, even though it looks well-kept and like it had been open recently.  Look closely and you can see a cat in front of the gray doors.

It’s harder and harder to find country stores like this that are open today.  Once as ubiquitous as mules, they’re dying out as more people move from rural areas to larger cities.

Walterboro, which has lost about 100 people since 2010, has a population of 5,309 people. 38 percent of whom live in poverty.  Walterboro is the county seat of Colleton County, a Southern Crescent county split by Interstate 95.

Colleton County, which also has a small piece of coastline, is home to 38,153 people, 21 percent of whom live at or below the federal poverty level.

Photo taken Jan. 4, 2014, by Andy Brack.  All rights reserved.