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[krazeeboi]

jmmiller, on 31 January 2012 - 11:47 AM, said:

Economic Developments Under Way to Make Charleston a Worldwide Fashion Destination

• Top designers are setting up have set up shop on King Street, recently named one of the Top 10 shopping streets in America.
  
• Rosanna Krekel, a Lowcountry transplant from New York City, has launched a drive to put Charleston on the map as a fashion destination on par with New York, Paris and Milan.
  
• She's the regional director of Fashion Group International Charleston, a local nonprofit aiming to lure major designers to the city, establish an education component and possibly attract fashion- related business ventures to the Lowcountry.
  
• There are only 36 regions around the world with the Fashion Group International designation. Charleston is one of them.
  
• By joining the group, the Holy City is listed in the worldwide directory and members begin to exchange information.
  
• The city will attract well-versed speakers who can talk on big-picture issues such as retail, beauty and design, further punctuating the city as a place to do business in the fashion world.
  
  
  With the infrastructure in place, Krekel believes in five years Charleston will be as well known for fashion as it is for food, culture and tourism today.
  "What Spoleto has done for the arts here, Charleston could do it with fashion," she said. "I see us one day hosting international conferences. We love, love, love the city. We think it's the closest thing to Europe in America with its beauty and Old World charm."

http://www.postandco...on-fashion-map/

Interesting. While I wish Charleston well in this effort, it's hard to tell how much progress will be made in this area with its "sister city" as a competitor down the coast a piece which has a solid art and design school in place.

[jmmiller]

Charleston metro area is eighth fastest growing in nation

• From April 2010 to July 2011, the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville community grew by some 17,000 people, the Census Bureau reported.
  
• Fueling the growth has been the region’s good climate, relatively affordable housing costs and job opportunities, such as at Boeing.

http://www.postandco...20409459&slId=1

[ZUMAN]

CreateSpace, a company owned by Amazon, will be leasing the former North Charleston City Hall.  Initially 200 employees will be moving into the building with the possibility of increasing to 350 employees.  The city of North Charleston will be spending $2.5M to upfit the building to meet CreateSpace's needs.

http://www.charlesto...city-hall?rss=0

[jmmiller]

South Carolina is ambitious for more Boeing work

As they celebrate the rollout of South Carolina's first 787, local officials hope to quickly grow an aerospace cluster with vacant land, new roads and if necessary, financial incentives.

"...The new Boeing interiors facility opened in December is on Palmetto Commerce Parkway, a four-lane road finished just a year ago. Along the parkway's six-mile length, there are multiple turnouts that lead only to wooded land primed for commercial development.

Beside the Boeing interiors facility, a cluster of businesses has already developed. Next door, Daimler is assembling commercial vans. Across the street, Venture Aerobearings makes bearings for jet engines.

Adjacent to Venture, ground has been broken for a 110,000-square-foot airplane-structures plant for TIGHitco, a supplier to Boeing and other aerospace companies, that will bring 350 new jobs...."

http://seattletimes....scfuture28.html

[jmmiller]

jmmiller, on 31 January 2012 - 11:47 AM, said:

Economic Developments Under Way to Make Charleston a Worldwide Fashion Destination

• Top designers are setting up have set up shop on King Street, recently named one of the Top 10 shopping streets in America.
  
• Rosanna Krekel, a Lowcountry transplant from New York City, has launched a drive to put Charleston on the map as a fashion destination on par with New York, Paris and Milan.
  
• She's the regional director of Fashion Group International Charleston, a local nonprofit aiming to lure major designers to the city, establish an education component and possibly attract fashion- related business ventures to the Lowcountry.
  
• There are only 36 regions around the world with the Fashion Group International designation. Charleston is one of them.
  
• By joining the group, the Holy City is listed in the worldwide directory and members begin to exchange information.
  
• The city will attract well-versed speakers who can talk on big-picture issues such as retail, beauty and design, further punctuating the city as a place to do business in the fashion world.
  
  
  With the infrastructure in place, Krekel believes in five years Charleston will be as well known for fashion as it is for food, culture and tourism today.
  "What Spoleto has done for the arts here, Charleston could do it with fashion," she said. "I see us one day hosting international conferences. We love, love, love the city. We think it's the closest thing to Europe in America with its beauty and Old World charm."

http://www.postandco...on-fashion-map/

Charleston Garment Manufactory set to open doors

"The dream is to create a resource for fashion designers and individuals to use in developing and producing their clothing", said owner Heather Konnse. She hopes that the Manufactory will be an aid for drafting, consultations, garment construction, and education — aiming to streamline the Charleston designer experience.
http://charleston.th...nded-39101-0427