Charlie Stone | Beaufort County Economic Development

Beaufort Commerce Park: An Overnight Success…10 Years in the Making

City of Beaufort Mayor Stephen Murray The remarks of Mayor Stephen Murray rang over an audience gathered at the Beaufort Commerce Park to witness a landmark day for the City of Beaufort: “I feel like it’s Christmas morning in the City of Beaufort. This has...

Lowcountry Fresh Market & Cafe, Combatting ‘Islands of Opulence and Seas of Poverty’ Through Social Entrepreneurship

by Charlie Stone

Grand Army of Republic Hall Spanish moss drapes itself over an unassuming white building with green shutters on Newcastle Street in Beaufort, South Carolina. The quaint building is known as the Grand Army of Republic Hall — a building rich with African American...

Woodworking, Sailing, and Community on the South Carolina Coast

by Charlie Stone

In May of 2019 the Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation was approached by Dan and Katy Perrin, the owners of a woodworking company with an affinity for fine craftsman work, sailing, community and the South Carolina coast. Woodworking had always been a...

Beaufort Commerce Park: An Overnight Success…10 Years in the Making

Lowcountry Fresh Market & Cafe, Combatting ‘Islands of Opulence and Seas of Poverty’​ Through Social Entrepreneurship

Woodworking, Sailing, and Community on the South Carolina Coast

Lowcountry Fresh Market & Cafe, Combatting ‘Islands of Opulence and Seas of Poverty’ Through Social Entrepreneurship