Community Interest
Enjoying Supporting Small and Saving Local
What is the face of small business in Columbia? Look no further than...
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Community Interest
Winter Social Mission: Congaree Riverkeeper
Throughout the year, we have highlighted the work done by our Social Mission partner for 2021 to keep the Broad, Lower Saluda, and Congaree rivers healthy and our waters clean...
Community Interest
Spotlight: The Coaching Kiva
House ready? Shopping done? Now where do you find yourself some perspective and self-healing?
Shopping & Retail
Your Guide to Local Gifting
To you, it's another item marked off your long list of gifts to buy for family and friends this holiday season, but to a small business owner...
Arts & Culture
Listen Closely…
Everybody’s got a story about the first concert that they ever went to, and around Columbia, you’ll often find that those stories include a local band or artist and a hidden hole-in-the-wall venue that you’d only know about if you were a local...
Arts & Culture
Fig Authentic: Caitlin Bright
Since 2011, the role of Tapp’s Outpost (formerly Tapp’s Arts Center) in Columbia’s arts ecosystem has been to nurture emerging and under-represented artists in our community...
Local Services
Thank you to our Small Business Champion!
This book would not have been possible without our small business champion—BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina.
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Fall Social Mission: Congaree Riverkeeper
Trahern Cook, also known as Easel Cathedral, has mastered the art of plein-air paintings like few other local artists...
Community Interest
Thank you to our Small Business Champions!
This book would not have been possible without our small business champions—BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Nephron, and WP Rawl. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.
Community Interest
Expanding Nephron’s physical footprint and community reach
“After the COVID vaccines came out, I said to my husband that we have to do it,” said Lou. “Can we fill vaccines and be a helper to COVID? If we can, it’s our American duty to do just that. It wasn’t in our schedule and it wasn’t in our forecast. They are just ideas that have popped up and we have embraced each opportunity as it comes along.”
