Here’s your chance to get involved and ensure you and your neighbors have clean air! The City of North Charleston is holding a public meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 6:30 pm to discuss the proposed expansion of Kinder Morgan, a massive energy transportation company which transports coal into Charleston.   The company doesn’t have the best environmental record, so it’s [...]
Filed under: Events, I'On Group, I'On Village, Mixson, Morris Square on September 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
In case you missed the story in Saturday’s Post & Courier, here’s an excerpt:
“People who think too much public space is devoted to parking set out to make their point Friday in an annual event known as Park(ing) Day, which in Charleston involved laying down sod and setting up lawn chairs and a pingpong table [...]
Filed under: Charleston SC Green Living, I'On Group, I'On Village, Mixson, Morris Square, Urban Sustainability, Videos & Photos on September 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »
Just to reiterate: Park(ing) Day 2008 was incredible! Alys Campaigne, our intern Jimmy, and I all had a wonderful time staking out parking spots for people. It was especially fun seeing babies and dogs enjoying themselves in what are usually such inhospitable places. It just goes to show the huge potential we have here in [...]
Filed under: I'On Group, I'On Village, Mixson, Morris Square, Urban Sustainability, Videos & Photos on September 22nd, 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 »
8 Marbel Lane, the last townhome in the acclaimed Upper King St. neighborhood of Morris Square, is still available at the reduced price of $673,700! With 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and a garage, this is downtown living at its best and most convenient. 8 Marbel Lane overlooks Simonton Park, and is just [...]
Filed under: I'On Group, Morris Square on August 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: I'On Group, I'On Village, Mixson, Morris Square, Videos & Photos on July 31st, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: Events, I'On Group, I'On Village, Mixson, Morris Square, Urban Sustainability, Videos & Photos on July 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
The Upper King Street newsletter tells me that Bret Lott will be signing copies of his new novel Ancient Highway from 1-3pm at Blue Bicycle Books this Saturday, July 19. Stop in and support an excellent local author. For more info, read the original post.
Filed under: I'On Group, Morris Square on July 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
Treehugger has had several posts in the last month or so about the latest Disney Innoventions Dream Home – none of them good. The home opened on June 17, 2008 in Disneyland, and to many, it’s a far cry from a dream. This house of the future, at 5,000 square feet, contains, among [...]
Filed under: Charleston SC Green Living, I'On Group, Mixson, Morris Square, Urban Sustainability on July 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
Robert Behre had some wonderful things to say about Morris Square in a Post and Courier article on Monday, July 7 – Behre highlighted, among other things, the emphasis on public space that is such a vibrant element of the Morris Square project. Simonton Park, the plaza, and even the streets are designed [...]
Filed under: I'On Group, Morris Square on July 8th, 2008 | No Comments »
