Neighborhood Update from Chad Besenfelder, I’On’s General Manager

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 [...]

Park(ing) Day in downtown Charleston

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 [...]

I’On Progressive Home Tour and Lowcountry Boil Sept. 4

Join us in I’On on September 4 from 5:30 to 7:30pm for a Lowcountry Boil and tour of 6 beautiful I’On homes.  You’ll enjoy a progressive dinner with appetizers, the boil, and desserts at different homes as you move through the tour.  The builder of two of the homes will be on site to answer [...]

I’On continues to “hold its own” in a slow market

So the Post and Courier reported today in the cover article of the Business Review.  As the numbers show, despite the overall market slump, I’On’s home sales are down only slightly from last year, compared to the Charleston region as a whole, which has endured declines of 30-50% from the real estate boom peak.  For [...]

Not just an outdoor room - but an outdoor DINING room

Ever hosted an outdoor dinner party?  How about one smack in the middle of your sidewalk or street?  Well, this article in today’s New York Times Home and Garden section says that many New Yorkers have literally taken their entertaining to the streets, hosting everything from “backyard” barbecues to lavish dinners on 18th century tables in what [...]

Critical Mass in Charleston

Critical Mass is a world-wide bicycling movement that started in San Francisco in 1992, in which bicyclists gather together regularly for community rides around their cities. We’re lucky enough to have one here in Charleston, SC, which meets the last Friday of every month at 5:30 in Cannon Park, downtown (at Calhoun [...]

Vince’s latest real estate report

 
Market Report for the 5-month Period ended May 31, 2008.
The Charleston real estate market continued its downward slide through the spring.  Based on MLS data, the five-month period ended May 31, 2008 recorded the lowest number of transactions since the recessionary period of 2001.  Total transactions were down 35% from the [...]

I’On and Mixson Win PRISM Awards

Last week, I’On and Mixson were presented with PRISM (Prestigious Results in Sales and Marketing) awards, one for I’On’s brochure and one for Mixson’s website. The I’On brochure was designed by Elizabeth Horton at decorum, a local design firm, with Meghan Alexander of Vivid PR supplying the text. If you’d like to see [...]

Go Green Charleston’s been compost-blogging too!

If you want to find out even more about composting this season, check out this post from Go Green Charleston. There’s some great info here!

New construction pictures from Mixson

The latest from our site manager, Damien:

Make sure to stop by when you get the chance!