Eco-fashion in the NY Times Magazine

It’s getting bigger and better every day: the eco-fashion trend got some coverage in Sunday’s NY Times Magazine (4/27/08). While I’d be thrilled if fur – even from a brush-tailed possum, apparently a “scourge” in Australia – never, ever, was called “fashion” again, compiling a list of sustainable fabrics and materials available to designers [...]

Great post on “pay as you drive” car insurance…

While surfing the Planetizen blog, I came across a very cool posting on the possible benefits of per-mile car insurance. Josh Stephens, the author, has some great points about how pay as you drive – in other words, the more miles you drive per year, the more you pay in insurance – could work [...]

Movie Review: The New Urban Cowboy

Any of you who are in the know when it comes to New Urbanism have probably already heard of the New Urban Cowboy, aka Michael E. Arth. He’s the mind behind New Pedestrianism, a more extreme form of New Urbanism in which pedestrian lanes instead of streets are the main connectors, with garages and [...]

Mixson at the CYP Get on the Bus Tour

Mixson was the proud sponsor of the Charleston Young Professionals’ Get on the Bus Tour, a biodiesel bus tour through North Charleston’s “eco-enclave.” The bus stopped at Mixson, so everyone could take a peek at what a sustainable neighborhood of the future really looks like. The tour ended with a reception, catered by [...]

New construction pictures from Mixson

The latest from our site manager, Damien:

Make sure to stop by when you get the chance!

Mixson’s First Mini-House Makes its Debut at Earth Day Celebration

Although we don’t foresee building many more of these, I think everyone who saw Mixson’s little house at the Park Circle Earth Day Festival, on April 19, has to agree that it turned out just gorgeous. Thanks, of course, to the dozens of young artists who lent their talent with sidewalk chalk to its [...]

Market Report for Quarter Ended March 31, 2008

The first three months of 2008 have come and gone. They were rocky ones for the local real estate market. I’On fared relatively well, but there were few bright spots in the Charleston region.
Tri-County Area
1st Quarter transactions for the Charleston/Berkeley/Dorchester County area were down 26% to 1,964 transactions from the 3,058 transactions in the [...]

Charleston Farmers’ Market Returns

The 2008 Charleston Farmers Market starts up again this weekend, on April 12, in Marion Square downtown as always. I can’t wait–one of the vendors there sells the most incredible blackberries I’ve ever had. They’re huge, 2 inches long sometimes, and perfectly sweet and juicy. The Lowcountry must have some awesome [...]

Mixson presents the Side Show: uber-chic, incredibly fun, and completely local

The Mixson t-shirts were just a part of the fashion extravaganza on Saturday night, and although they didn’t walk the runway, they still flew off the Mixson table. Don’t be surprised if you start seeing them on some of the most fashion-forward people strutting around downtown…
The stereotype of “local” and/or “green” events as small-time, hokey, [...]