Preservation Society of Charleston

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  • Mike Olson – Biography

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    Mike Olson is the Membership Coordinator, and spends most days working in the PSC’s vast member database. He has spent his adult life living first in Boston, and then Charleston, two cities where history hides in plain sight.  Prior to joining the Preservation Society, Mike worked as a school administrator; before that, he spent nearly…

  • Amanda Cote – Biography

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    Amanda Coté is the Director of Finance and Operations and directs all day-to-day ongoing operations for the Preservation Society including financial management and human resource management.  Prior to joining the Preservation Society, she worked in nonprofit management for over 12 years, serving as the Director of Operations for the Charleston Promise Neighborhood, and the Director…

  • Preservation group’s concerns grow as Charleston booms

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    Read the original Live 5 story here. CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – As tourism and development booms in the Lowcountry and Charleston starts to rebound from the pandemic, The Preservation Society of Charleston says they have concerns on three main points. “Coming out of the first year-and-a-half of COVID-19, we’re seeing a real demand for land-use…

  • PSC Advocacy Forecast for 2022

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    Pressures for change in Charleston have reached a fever pitch. Demand for bigger, more intense new development, record-breaking tourism, and increasing flooding events and sea-level rise will continue to threaten our fragile, historic environment in 2022. Yet we remain optimistic. Change can be managed well when we leverage a passionate and engaged citizenry to persuade our…

  • Preservation Efforts on Jehossee Island

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    Drone photography of the c. 1830 Jehossee Island overseer’s house and rice mill complex taken in March 2021. Courtesy of Brent R. Fortenberry, Ph.D, RPA. To fully understand Charleston’s history, it is critical to study and interpret the under-documented landscape of slavery and rice cultivation in the Lowcountry. That’s why the PSC is working alongside…

  • Voices of Charleston – The Jenkins Family

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    By Courtney Theis, Acting Director of Advancement Since our inception in 1920, the PSC has relied upon public engagement on issues that matter most for Charleston. The organization’s grassroots principles and community-driven activism still form the foundation of our work today. The Voices of Charleston series tells the stories of residents, business owners, and entrepreneurs…

  • Voices of Charleston – Lois Daughtridge

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    By Courtney Theis, Acting Director of Advancement Since our inception in 1920, the PSC has relied upon public engagement on issues that matter most for Charleston. The organization’s grassroots principles and community-driven activism still form the foundation of our work today. The Voices of Charleston series tells the stories of residents, business owners, and entrepreneurs…

  • Voices of Charleston – Caroline Palmer

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    By Courtney Theis, Acting Director of Advancement Since our inception in 1920, the PSC has relied upon public engagement on issues that matter most for Charleston. The organization’s grassroots principles and community-driven activism still form the foundation of our work today. The Voices of Charleston series tells the stories of residents, business owners, and entrepreneurs…

  • Voices of Charleston – Beau Clowney & Kate Campbell

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    By Courtney Theis, Acting Director of Advancement Since our inception in 1920, the PSC has relied upon public engagement on issues that matter most for Charleston. The organization’s grassroots principles and community-driven activism still form the foundation of our work today. The Voices of Charleston series tells the stories of residents, business owners, and entrepreneurs…

  • All Eyes on King Street

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    Our Fall 2021 edition of Preservation Progress focuses on efforts to preserve resources on King Street, including the uses that add to its vibrancy as a cultural destination.  One highlighted initiative in the edition is a proposal before City Council to establish a Business Improvement District, or “BID.” If successful, the initiative would fund and empower the…