Upstate Landmark Recognized for Keeping to the Grindstone

One is a four generation family business in the same location for over a hundred years. The other is a multinational corporation among the world’s largest manufacturers of polyester films. Outside of that, Mitsubishi Polyester Film (MPF) and Suber’s Corn Mill are just neighbors with each genuinely vested in the successes of the other, and […]

Walterboro’s Lowcountry Regional Airport Tees Up for the 2012 PGA Championship

As the Kiawah Island Golf Resort starts grooming the Ocean Course for the 2012 PGA Championship August 6- 12, 2012, the City of Walterboro tees up to show those coming to the Lowcountry late summer that there’s a better way to land. The Lowcountry Regional Airport (KRBW), just one mile from the city of Walterboro’s […]

CRESCENT Places: Dark Corner Distillery — Bringing Moonshine to the Sunshine (Part 4)

HOW YOUR WIFE DEALS WITH THE IDEA OF YOU MOVING FROM ELECTRICAL ENGINEER TO MOONSHINER When I went home to tell her, she knows my passion, my drive.  She’s seen it her whole life because everything I do I try to be the best at, like all of us.  Student body president, captain of the […]

CRESCENT Places: Dark Corner Distillery — Bringing Moonshine to the Sunshine (Part 3)

ESTIMATING THE COST OF STARTING A BUSINESS The total cost is higher to date.  The cost to manufacture is higher than we thought.  Everything else is in line.  We were pretty close.  I’d say we were 90% on with our guess.  One of our worst places we didn’t really expect to spend the money we […]

CRESCENT Places: Dark Corner Distillery — Bringing Moonshine to the Sunshine (Part 2)

JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS TO MAKE SHINE It’s a long process.  You’ve got all the good red tape if you’re going to make weapons or anything else like that — that’s what I compare it to – that we were going to make weapons, because it is a very big deal. The government wants their money […]

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