The Food & Drink Issue

Summer 2021

Whet your appetite and be prepared to satisfy your taste buds: Columbia is overflowing with amazing restaurants that are ready to serve you an unforgettable meal!

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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.

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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.”

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Summer Social Mission: Congaree Riverkeeper

“Our rivers are an amazing recreational asset to our communities and provide so many opportunities,” said Bill Stangler, Riverkeeper. “There’s fishing, paddling, tubing, birdwatching, nature photography, and more..."

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Authentic: Sue Doran

“I think it’s important for people to remember that this is something we want you to consider at home with your meals, and with your children’s meals, and your children’s schools,” she explains. “How can we eat more plant based, and less animal-based, in every segment of our lives? Because it’s good for our health, and it’s good for the environment.”

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