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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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NEWS: Center to offer 2 grant-writing courses for Promise Zone residents

One-day, intensive training sessions seek to catalyze requests for funding in region

JAN. 11, 2017  |  The Center for a Better South will offer one-day grant-writing courses in February and March by recognized professionals to help organizations improve skills for seeking federal funding available through the S.C. Promise Zone.

“We’ve heard in focus groups this fall from Jasper County to Barnwell County that people want specialized training so that they can apply for various federal grants that are available to organizations and communities through the Promise Zone designation,” Better South President Andy Brack said.  “Our new grant-writing sessions are the first of several entrepreneurial training opportunities designed to help people learn more so we can accomplish Promise Zone goals.” Continue reading “NEWS: Center to offer 2 grant-writing courses for Promise Zone residents”

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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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No service, Walterboro, S.C.

Closed dealership, Walterboro, S.C.
Closed dealership, Walterboro, S.C.

Despite the word “service” on this building outside Walterboro, S.C., there’s no service because this old Pontiac-Buick-GMC dealership is closed, just as many similar dealerships across the South closed during the recent recession.

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.

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Saturday morning, Walterboro, S.C.

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Two guys talking at the Hardee’s in Walterboro, S.C.

 

These two guys talk after a Saturday breakfast at the Hardee’s in Walterboro, S.C.  Across the South, fast food restaurants are taking the place of local diners where people have met for years to discuss community business and to gossip a little.

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.