Last night, June 30, the Morris Square and I’On Group community got together to celebrate the completion – and dedication to the City of Charleston – of the piazza and Morris Square’s park, Simonton Park. It was a beautiful evening, with excellent food from Bohicket Barbecue, incredible musical entertainment from Leah Suarez, and gorgeous paintings [...]

Filed under: Events, I'On Group, Morris Square on July 1st, 2008 | No Comments »

This summer, starting on July 12 and ending August 16, the Charleston Dept. of Recreation is holding a disc golf tournament! So come on out – Frisbee enthusiasts, hackeysackers, natural athletes, general sports lovers, and people who think disc golf is a hippie sport but it looks fun anyway – and register by e-mailing Doyle [...]

Filed under: Events, I'On Group, Mixson on June 18th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

See photos from Jason Cronen here. Mixson’s inaugural street party, thrown in conjunction with Green Drinks Charleston, was a major success, with people coming from all over the Charleston area to talk green, drink green (local organic beer from Coast) and be green at the second largest LEED for Homes project in the US. Several [...]

Filed under: Events, I'On Group, Mixson on June 13th, 2008 | No Comments »

Saturday, May 10th saw the bounding, bouncing entrance of about 50 dogs to Mixson’s brand new dog park, and WOW was it a fun time! There were labs, basset hounds, golden retrievers, mutts galore – plus a litter of seven or eight puppies! Jennifer, one of Mixson’s agents, kept a kiddie pool full of water [...]

Filed under: Events, I'On Group, Mixson on May 12th, 2008 | No Comments »

Don’t miss it: on Saturday, May 10 from 10am to noon, Mixson’s dog park is having its grand opening! With coffee and doughnuts for the people, and treats and toys for the dogs, it’ll be a fun-filled morning of playing, running, tumbling, and general exuberance. Meet some new neighbors, and maybe a new doggie companion: [...]

Filed under: Events, I'On Group, Mixson on May 5th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

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 Voodoo Lounge, [...]

Filed under: Charleston SC Green Living, Events, I'On Group, Mixson, Urban Sustainability on April 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »

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, [...]

Filed under: Events, I'On Group, Mixson, Videos & Photos on April 1st, 2008 | No Comments »

Mixson’s presenting a fashion show this year at Charleston Fashion Week–and as those of you who know Mixson will gather, it’s not going to be your average stick-figured models in international couture affair. The invitation below comes from our friend Ambergre Sloan over at Charleston’s Most Unique, also a sponsor of the evening: Join us [...]

Filed under: Events, I'On Group, Mixson on March 13th, 2008 | No Comments »

Alys, our marketing VP, sent me the invite for this event, and it looks like fun–if you’re going to be in Charlotte on March 11, you might want to take a look! Here’s the info: AVOIDING THE McMANSION MELTDOWN: THE OPTION OF URBANISM Strange days are upon the residents of many a suburban cul-de-sac. Once-tidy [...]

Filed under: Events, I'On Group on March 5th, 2008 | No Comments »

Well, Mixson’s art and music extravaganza came and went without a hitch (sort of…one of the venues’ gas lines went out, canceled their evening’s performance), and we’re ever-grateful for the press we got in the City Paper and the P and C Preview Section , as well as Thea Riley’s wonderful write-up on her blog [...]

Filed under: Events, I'On Group, Mixson on February 19th, 2008 | No Comments »