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SBA Announces Murray Compton of North Charleston as one of the South Carolina Small Business Person of the Year Finalists
The Small Business Administration South Carolina District Office announces the following finalists for the 2013 South Carolina Small Business Person of the Year award: The South Carolina Small Business Person of the Year winner will go on to compete for the national title during National Small Business Week, which runs June 17-21 this year. For more information on National Small Business Week, visit www.sba.gov/nsbw. All South Carolina award winners will be honored on Thursday, May 23, at the 2013 Salute to Small Business event in Columbia presented by the SBA, the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Coalition for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. In addition to the awards ceremony, the Salute will also include a small business procurement matchmaker, exhibitors and a dedicated networking space. For more information on the Salute event, visit www.scsalutetosmallbiz.com. |
Summerville Mayor Proclaims May 4 Summerville Cares Day of Service
Pictured left to right: E. Les Cooper, President of the 11 Lowcountry Congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Rita Berry, CEO Summerville/Dorchester County Chamber, Mayor Bill Collins, Larry Weatherford of The Weatherford Financial Group, and Pat Raynor, Public Information Officer for Dorchester District Two School District. Summerville Mayor Bill Collins proclaimed May 4 as Summerville Cares Day of Service in a ceremony in Town Hall on April 18. The Town-wide service program is intended to improve the community by conducting a variety of projects for organizations and facilities that struggle to help those in need in Summerville. In the inaugural Day of Service in 2012, 335 volunteers completed 28 projects throughout the town. Joining Mayor Collins in the proclamation signing ceremony were other founding members of Summerville Cares Day of Service: Rita Berry, CEO of Greater Summerville/Dorchester County Chamber of Commerce; E. Les Cooper, President of the 11 Lowcountry Congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Larry Weatherford of The Weatherford Financial Group, and Pat Raynor, representing Joe Pye, Superintendent of Dorchester School District ll. These founding partners spearheaded the event last year that attracted volunteers from 15 organizations and 21 sponsors who donated food, supplies, equipment and money for the projects. Read more. |
The Chamber Launches Mobile Site to Benefit Members, Residents, and Visitors
To engage the increasing number of smart phone users, The Chamber has launched a mobile website. "We are committed to promoting our Chamber member's businesses and saw a huge need to make information about them available to smart phone users" said Chamber President/CEO, Rita Berry.
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It has a complete business directory of Chamber members that is "click-to-call" enabled for most smart phones. It also includes the Chamber's Events Calendar, Job Postings, and Hot Deals. Of particular interest to both residents and visitors are Hot Deal coupons. These are coupons offered only by Chamber member businesses. Businesses that choose to use them may elect to accept Hot Deals as a sort of e-Coupon where no paper is wasted in the process---the consumer merely displays the coupon via their phone at the point of sale.
The mobile site is available at 
