The following is an update from Chad, I’On’s manager.
The I’On Company, SCDOT, and the Town of Mount Pleasant are now working together to create a new landscape design for the Mathis Ferry Roundabout.  DOT denied our initial request for an oak tree.  The I’On Assembly agreed to help with the design and planting should begin [...]

Filed under: I'On Group, I'On Real Estate, I'On Village on September 16th, 2008 | No Comments »

Having to start over from scratch is never something you’d wish on a city.  But, as they say, it’s not what happens to you that matters, it’s how you handle it (or something to that effect).  In the aftermath of Katrina, brave, dedicated people saw major opportunities for reform – the New Orleans public school [...]

Filed under: I'On Group, Mixson, Urban Sustainability on September 15th, 2008 | No Comments »

McMansion troubles got you down? Is that ever rising energy bill feeling more like a second mortgage? Try this on for size – tiny houses. This recent New York Times article describes the increasing popularity of the “small house movement” and explains why some people are opting for pads as small as 70 square feet [...]

Filed under: I'On Group, Mixson, Urban Sustainability on September 15th, 2008 | No Comments »

How much space do you think those metered parking spaces downtown take up?  How much space in any city is ceded to cars and their needs, instead of people and THEIR needs?  On September 19, you can catch a glimpse of what those parking spaces could become, if only we citizens would work together to [...]

Filed under: Charleston SC Green Living, Events, I'On Group, I'On Village, Mixson, Morris Square, Urban Sustainability on September 11th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I recently heard from the inventor of the Doublespace Bed, a freestanding (and that’s a big difference from most other space-saving beds) bed set that allows you to have a couch, office, or anything else you like, underneath your bed.  The bed stays up against the ceiling during the day, and at night, you pull [...]

Filed under: I'On Group, Mixson, Urban Sustainability on September 9th, 2008 | 1 Comment »