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Generation Charleston to Host Holiday Open House
Eat, drink, mingle and shop – all for a good cause.
Generation Charleston is staying home for the holidays. Join us from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3 starting at Taylor Books.
Pick up your shopping pass and GC discount offers to use at the following businesses:
- Art Attack on Hale St.
- The Art Emporium
- The Consignment Company
- Ivor’s Trunk
- Mission Savvy
- The Purple Moon
- Stray Dog Antiques
- Tops Off Barber Shop
Each store will stamp your pass, and when it’s full and you’ve shopped all you can, return the pass at Taylor Books, where it will be entered to win valuable door prizes. You don’t have to be present at 7:30 p.m. to win.
The cost for GC Holiday Open House is $10, and proceeds benefit the GC College Summit scholarship.
The Open House is a great opportunity to network and find that perfect gift at one of downtown Charleston’s unique businesses.
Avoid the Stress of Black Friday at Downtown ArtWalk
Join us the day after Thanksgiving as nine businesses open their doors to showcase the best of Charleston!
You’ll find some fanastic holiday gift ideas.
Participating businesses include:
Art Emporium
Stray Dog Antiques
Gallery Eleven
Annex Gallery Taylor Books
Good News Mountaineer Garage
Chet Lowther Studio
The Purple Moon
Romano & Associates Law Gallery
Visions Day Spa
Take a stroll downtown and enjoy the best of what Charleston has to offer.
Click here to download a map for Downtown ArtWalk.
Christmas Parade Scheduled for Dec. 4
The annual Charleston Christmas Parade is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. The city invites you to be a part of the celebration. The parade lines up on Court Street under the Interstate ramp near Piedmont Road.
Last year, the parade featured brightly illuminated floats, horse drawn wagons, bands, clowns, antique autos, colorful marching groups and of course the one and only Santa Claus. The Charleston Town Center once again will be judging the floats shortly after 9 a.m., and awards will be presented as floats pass the “Review Stand” in front of the Town Center’s Court Street entrance.
Parade Rules
Route Map
Parade Application
Picture Gallery
Parade Float Guidelines
It’s Trick or Treat Night!
It’s trick or treat night in Charleston, and it’s another part of East End Main Street’s HallowEast celebration.
It’s another opportunity to celebrate the holiday and the community!
Take an Autumn Walk This Evening
Join us from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday as nine businesses open their doors to showcase the best of Charleston!
Thursday’s ArtWalk also represents the grand opening of Gallery Eleven’s new space at 1025 Quarrier St.
Participating businesses include:
Art Emporium
Stray Dog Antiques
Gallery Eleven
Annex Gallery Taylor Books
Good News Mountaineer Garage
Chet Lowther Studio
The Purple Moon
Romano & Associates Law Gallery
Visions Day Spa
Take a stroll downtown and enjoy the best of what Charleston has to offer.
For more details, visit www.charlestonartwalk.com.
The next ArtWalk is scheduled for Nov. 26.
Art Walk Highlights
Art Emporium
“Emphasis on Red New Abstract Paintings by Emily Roles and Traci Higginbotham” will be the feature at Art Emporium and will run through Nov. 13.
Good News Mountaineer Garage
The East End Pet Food Pantry is sponsoring an art exhibit focusing on the perspective of pets at the Good News Mountaineer Garage during October’s ArtWalk.
This show will feature art about pets and art for pets. More than 20 artists are participating.
The purpose of the show is to raise awareness of the East End Pet Food Pantry and the plight of needy pets and pet owners.
Patrons are encouraged to bring donations of pet food and supplies to the opening. Well-behaved pets are allowed to attend. Local artist and teacher Rebecca Burch will have students available to pet sit dogs if their owners want to visit other galleries that evening.
We’re Recruiting Zombies!
Zombies have infiltrated the East End and organized a parade to celebrate their victory during HallowEast. Join us Oct. 29 (either as a zombie or spectator) for this first-time event in Charleston. Please visit www.HallowEast.com if you’re interested in being converted for the Walk.
The Zombie Walk starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Charleston Area Alliance, 1116 Smith St.
And visit East End Main Street’s Facebook page for details about becoming a zombie for the Walk.
The walk begins at the market and moves along Smith Street.
It ends at Mary Price Ratie Greenspace, where EEMS will host a Horror Film Fest, presented by Electric 102.7 and featuring two classic horror films to be shown on the eastern wall of the Fairfield Inn on Washington Street. Bring the family out for this first-time event. The Film Fest runs from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
HEPC Announces Job Opening
Children’s Fun Run Scheduled for Sept. 3
The Children’s Fun Run is scheduled for Sept. 3, the day before the Charleston Distance Run.
Registration for the Fun Run starts at 5:30 p.m. at the Capital. The free race begins at 6:15 p.m.
Ages 4 to 6 run a quarter mile. Ages 7 to 12 run 0.6 miles.
Click here to download a registration form.
Call (304) 348-6860 for more information.
The Charleston Distance Run starts the next morning at 7:30 a.m.
East End Main Street to Share Grocery Store Study Findings
East End Main Street wants to share the results of a recent grocery store feasibility study with the public.
The EEMS Grocery Store Task Force hired Scott Day of Urban Development Services in San Antonio, Texas, and Josh Blood of CLUE Group in Washington, D.C., to conduct a district- and city-wide study and market analysis for a grocery store on Charleston’s East End.
They will present their findings at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Charleston Area Alliance, 1116 Smith St.
The public is invited to attend the presentation. Those interested in attending should RSVP no later than 10 a.m. Aug. 23 to DCoffman@CharlestonAreaAlliance.org.
Questions? Contact EEMS Program Director Ric Cavender at RCavender@CharlestonAreaAlliance.org or (304) 340-4253.
Charleston Plans Welcome Sign
The story below appeared in yesterday’s Charleston Gazette.
By Jim Balow
Eighteen feet tall and about 40 feet long, the new sign along Greenbrier Street will be pretty hard to miss. And that’s exactly the point.
The “gateway” sign, which will spell out “City of Charleston” in letters up to 30 inches high, is intended to welcome visitors to the capital city. And in case anyone might think they’re near the ocean, the sign adds the words “West Virginia.”
If all goes well — designers are in final safety negotiations with the state Division of Highways — the sign could be erected this fall.
“The city of Charleston and the Charleston Area Alliance identified this as one of the major gateways into the Charleston,” said David Gilmore, land development services manager with GAI Consultants. “That’s where we have visitors coming into the city, especially from the airport.”
Gilmore got the design job about two months ago. His firm has gained a high profile around town lately as the prime civil, structural and architectural consultants on the riverfront projects — the canopy and stage at Haddad Park, the nearly completed overlook and canopy at the foot of Court Street and the soon-to-be-built floating boat dock.
“The assignment was to design a gateway that was iconic, that used natural regional materials identifiable to the area that kind of harked back to the area’s history. We wanted something simple and attractive, not something you’d see in other towns.
“The other requirement was to design something that could be scaled down to be used at other places around the city.”
Except for a few details, Gilmore’s work is nearly done. “It’s been approved by all the parties involved. We’re wrapping up some final decisions on material choices with the Department of Highways. We’re working with them to get final signoff on the materials.”
Gilmore’s original concept called for a steel beam, about 40 feet long, 18 inches high and a foot wide, running parallel to the road. DOH officials thought the beam could create a hazard if a vehicle ran off the road, so he’s come up with alternatives.
“Some sort of lightweight material — a thinner-gauge metal, like aluminum,” he said.
The uphill end will be anchored in a mound of boulders. The other will be supported by a stone monument, 18 feet tall. “It will be cut stone, sandstone, in an ashlar pattern typical to that seen in buildings around town.” (more…)