New Park Circle store focuses on locally made goods; jeweler opens in Hampton Park area

Neighborly in North Charleston will showcase local retailers from an owner who knows a bit about locally owned businesses.

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Charleston loves to support its small businesses, and a new Park Circle store by Lowcountry Local First 's founder will bring various ventures under one roof. Neighborly will open its doors at 1042 East Montague Ave. on Nov.

30, Small Business Saturday , offering new and vintage gift items, household goods and furniture from local vendors. The store is owned by Jamee Haley , who has an educational background in fashion and textiles, coupled with her experiences living in New Zealand, Australia, St. John in the U.



S. Virgin Islands and on Nantucket Island. She is also founder of Lowcountry Local First , a nonprofit that supports locally owned businesses .

She stepped down in 2021. Giddyup! Charleston to soon have the only Ford Bronco showroom on the East Coast The store, next door to Pinky & Clyde's Arcade Bar , will carry a range of items from popular Charleston brands like J. Stark , Smithey Ironware , Susan Gregory Pottery , Heart of Gold and BR Design Co .

, alongside artisanal finds from Haley’s travels, such as organic handwoven blankets from Portugal. "Neighborly feels like the culmination of what I have been working on and taking joy in for the past 16 years, supporting local businesses, travel, and design, and Park Circle is my neighborhood,” Haley said. The shop will also serve as home to her Hue Interiors , a local design business , which will provide Neighborly with another layer of design services, pop-up events and workshops.

Johns Island distillery eyes November reopening, while West Ashley deli calls it a wrap A new jewelry shop is open for business near Hampton Park . AL&EM , named for owners Alex Klaes and Emily Hill , is a small business in a small space. The store measures just 250 square feet in the newly renovated Hampton Pharmacy at 37 Cleveland St.

, near Rutledge Avenue. Klaes, a goldsmith, and designer Hill will join new tenants such as Sightsee coffee shop, Nette women's boutique and Wake Refill . The duo specialize in custom engagement and wedding bands , as well as custom jewelry creation, stone sourcing, heirloom jewelry reworking and more.

All jewelry is created in-house by Klaes. Nebraska-based Scooter's Coffee is expanding its Lowcountry footprint. Grab a mug and get in line at a new Ladson-area coffee shop.

Scooter’s Coffee is the latest tenant at Barkley Palmetto Commerce Park , 9585 Palmetto Commerce Parkway. Founded in 1998, the Bellevue, Neb.-based franchise has expanded into 23 states.

Scooter's has other locations in South Carolina, including North Charleston, Orangeburg, Columbia, Greenville and Sumter. 82 years later, coffee, retailers come to vacant pharmacy near Hampton Park Give your pet a doggone good time with a spa day. Chill & Groom recently opened at 102 Gosling Way in Summerville’s Carnes Crossing development.

The business offers grooming, bathing and nail-clipping services for cats and dogs. The Acosta family, which owns the business, has 26 years of experience in the grooming business. Chill & Groom is open 8 a.

m. to 2:30 p.m.

Monday and 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.

m. Tuesday through Saturday. Boone burger shack cooks up plans for latest Charleston-area outpost Autobell Car Wash will offer veterans and active-duty service members a free ride-through exterior wash or an equivalent credit toward another option at its five locations in South Carolina on Veterans Day , Nov.

11. The company has 90 sites throughout the Southeast and mid-Atlantic region. Its South Carolina washes are in Charleston, Johns Island, North Charleston and Summerville.

Autobell also will donate $1 from every sale of its "Rain Repellent Special" to the American Red Cross to assist with Hurricane Helene relief efforts. Starbucks released four new holiday-themed cups Nov. 7.

The start of the holiday season has become more and more controversial. Is it Dec. 1? The day after Thanksgiving? Halloween? Starbucks has joined the conversation, kicking off its holiday menu and cups , tumblers and mugs at stores nationwide starting Nov.

7. The menu hasn't been released yet, but internet sleuths suggest it could include a cranberry flavored drink, an iced gingerbread oatmilk chai, a peppermint mocha, caramel brûlée and sugar cookie almond latte. As an added gift, the Seattle-based coffee chain shared it will no longer charge extra for customizing beverages with nondairy options like soy, oat, almond and coconut.

Mount Pleasant residents agree new pool is a win, but some say the location is all wrong A Louisiana chicken-fingers chain with several South Carolina locations is teaming up with rapper and entertainer Post Malone for two weeks. Through Nov. 16, Raising Cane's will offer a limited edition, double-sided poster for $1.

99 with a combo meal. Proceeds will benefit Notes for Notes , a nonprofit the singer selected to provide youth free access to musical instruments, instruction and recording studios. Rising Cane's has four locations in the Palmetto State: Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, Summerville and Clemson.

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