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Updates from Charleston's Business & Neighborhood Services
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HEY, NEIGHBOR!
AUGUST 16, 2019
Here's what's up in the city, courtesy of Business & Neighborhood Services.
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Following a disaster, 90% of smaller companies fail within a year unless they can resume operations within 5 days. Visit our new site to find resources to help your business prepare and recover from a disaster. (Thank you to our Mayoral Fellow, Zeke Jones, who compiled resources for us this summer!)
https://www.charleston-sc.gov/disasterprep4biz
City of Charleston Updates
Join us this Saturday, August 18, for the First Day Festival! Charleston will welcome thousands of students and their families to receive free school supplies, discover student support services, learn about healthy snacks, and enjoy festival entertainment, activities and more.
City Weekly Public Meeting Schedule
2019 MOJA Festival Call for Juried Art Submissions
City Files Suit Against Opioid Manufacturers & Distributors
Palmetto Artisan Biz Camp: September 27
Tiny Tails at Tiedemann Park
Join the Adopt-a-Drain Project! 
Registration for Fall Adult & Youth Tennis Program
Registration for Fall Swim Lessons Opens Saturday
James Island Sizzlin' Seniors Fall Trips
Support CFD at the Battle of the Heroes Baseball Tournament!
Learn about CPD's Family Violence Unit
Office of Cultural Affairs presents Without Regard to Sex, Race or Color and HBCUs: Creating Power Through Education
Therapeutic Recreation: Unified Tennis
Just in time for the new school year! Our Traffic and Transportation team recently completed this raised crosswalk outside of Sanders-Clyde Elementary School to keep students safe as they travel to and from the building.
Happy #CityHallSelfie Day from Mayor Tecklenburg and his Special Projects Assistant, John Mitchell! Who else was able to stop and take a selfie at 80 Broad on Thursday? 
As our youth sports community continues to grow, the Recreation Department is seeking additional coaches. Volunteer coaches are the backbone of our program and we can't do it without you! If interested, please contact Bethany Doman and specify the sport and area.

Since 1980, URISA's ESIG Awards have recognized extraordinary achievements in the use of geospatial information technology that have improved the delivery and quality of government services. This year, the City of Charleston will be receiving an award for “Carriage Alerts Mapping Platform (CAMP): Real-Time GIS to Manage Tours & Equine Waste”. The team will be recognized during the Awards Ceremony at GIS-Pro 2019 in New Orleans next month. 
CFD Weekly Safety Tip
(Bonus) CFD in History: In Magnolia Cemetery there is a plot that belonged to the Aetna Volunteer Fire Co. (the Old Irish Volunteers) which the company used for the burial of its members and their families. The plot has several graves dating back to the 1800s. When the CFD was formed in 1882, the volunteers donated all of their assets to the new department including this plot, which was one of those assets. There are two small fire hydrants located on the front corners of the burial plot that were placed there by the CFD in the 1970s. The original footstone, pictured above, reads: "Volunteer Fireman, a kind remembrance is not too much to ask." Photo and background material courtesy of CFD Asst. Chief (ret.) Raymond Lloyd.
Community Events & Updates
Trident Tech offers free tuition for over 70 programs
Small Business Accounting Workshop
Women Owned Business Grant Opportunity
TEDxCharleston seeking idea makers for 2020 event
Small Business Disaster Preparedness Workshop
SCORE Workshop: Grants To Develop Innovative Products
Charleston County Auditor Homestead Exemption Campaign Update
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