Meeting Charleston

In 2016, Going Places founder, Katie Blomquist, was a first-grade teacher in a low-income elementary school. She had a 6-year student named Jawan who wanted a bike for his birthday and it shocked Katie to learn he had never owned one. She wished she could buy him a bike, but that wasn’t possible on a teacher’s salary. It was something that Katie couldn’t get off her mind knowing Jawan was growing up without the joy of riding his own bike.As Katie started to ask around her class, she realized ...

Kristin Graziano is a highly decorated career Law Enforcement Professional, who has dedicated her life to the service of others. Kristin and her family are active members of Circular Congregational Church in Charleston, where Kristin serves voluntarily as the Director of Security. Kristin coaches the College of Charleston Women’s Rugby team and believes physical and mental toughness on the field and in life, breed compassionate and caring young adults. Also, Kristin is a successful real estat...

Joe Cunningham proudly represents South Carolina’s First Congressional District. The First District encompasses South Carolina’s Lowcountry, including Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, Kiawah, and Hilton Head. Joe is a proud father and husband and is serving his first term in the United States Congress.Joe currently serves on the House Natural Resources Committee and the House Veterans' Affairs Committee. The Committee on Natural Resources oversees federal conservation programs, establishes renewable...

Peyton Raybon is a graduating senior at Wando High School and an active member at Seacoast Church. She is a photographer with the Wando Tribal Tribune newspaper and a former captain on the Wando cheer team. Petyon sits down and tells us how she is active and protesting for change. She thinks some of the best places to start are both physical and emotional training for police officers, along with conversations in your home between your family, especially with children. She also walks us t...

My name is KJ Kearney and I’m a native and current resident of North Charleston, SC.•HISTORICALLY BLACK - I graduated from one of the greatest HBCUs to ever exist, South Carolina State University (@scstate1896) where I played football and was a member of the University’s very first Honors Program class.•I HAVE MY OWN DAY (KINDA) - In 2018 I wrote a proclamation for RED RICE DAY which was approved by the City of Charleston. The proclamation was created to formally recognize the culinary contri...

Chris Ranere and wife Nicole moved to Mt. Pleasant from the Midwest, where they both worked for a large software company. As 9-to-5ers are wont to do, the couple decided they were worn out from the "work hard, play hard" mantra of their job. Ranere says the beer bug bit him when he ordered a home brewing kit. "I studied electrical engineering and I started writing my own recipes. I have this mindset where I like to tinker and play, it was fun looking into the science." The Raneres did their r...

Liz Martin is the founder of The Charleston Weekender & co-founder of Cannonborough Collective. Everything got started in November 2015 as an online blog and shop designed to give you weekend feels all week long. What's better than living every day like it's the weekend!? Liz has done a little dabbling in A LOT of things along her crazy entrepreneurial journey- from speech therapy to interior decorating to opening a brick and mortar store in 2017. She loves sharing...

We met up with Chris Winn, co-owner of Tradesman Brewing, to share what they've seen over the past few months during the shut down, how breweries in the Charleston area are coming together to help each other and how they plan to re-open safely in the temperamental world of COVID.

We sat down with Judd Baker, owner of CryoEvolution. Cryotherapy has taken the concept of ice baths to another level, making recovery much faster and much more effective due to the lower temperatures.Extreme cold temperatures help the body recover quicker. Body temperature, blood flow and inflammation are immediately reduced, accelerating recovery and reducing pain. The effects can last for days.

Christian Senger sat down with us during the COVID pandemic to offer some inside and updates about what has been happening in Charleston County.