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the process. There are many Save energy and wear and tear
green initiatives in the state on your machine by shutting
from local blogs getting the down your computer when
word out to green businesses, you are done using it and in
green home builders and homes, the evenings before you leave
recycling programs, as well work. You’ll save an average
as, organizations designed of $90 of electricity a year.
to promote South Carolina The Department of Energy
agriculture and SC products. recommends shutting off your
Surely you have heard the buzz monitor if you aren’t going to use
on going green and if you want it for more than 20 minutes, and
to start getting involved and the whole computer if you’re not
doing your part, here are some going to use it for longer than
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Business Barter?
their inventory moving and our
customers shop for the most up
to date merchandise each
By Zach Hanebrink Barter Can Bring New
season. Carolina Barter
Customers: This enables you to
Exchange can deliver you
Barter is a form of trade where expand your market and
goods or services are traded buyers to move excess
maintain your cash-paying
for other goods and/or services, inventory, eliminating the
customers.
without cash being exchanged. advertising costs and heavy
Barter normally replaces money discounting otherwise needed to
Barter Conserves Cash: Barter
as the method of exchange in achieve this goal.
generates new customers Cont. next page
times of monetary crisis, or when
• Merchants accounted saving an
average of $32,700 using barter
and saw and average cash flow
raise of 18%.
Time to
astronomically higher as well, Of course, you should only
she says. But that doesn’t mean refinance if it saves you at least
Refinance
the low rates are a panacea for 3/8 on the rate and if you plan on
or the ills of the housing market. It staying in your home for at least
Buy !?
is only once home prices start four years, Kittle says. Along
to go up that we will finally see with good credit, proof of income
a light at the end of tunnel, and money by means of a down
Right now, mortgage rates are Corcoran says. Until that payment or equity in the home,
at their lowest level since 1971. happens, we are still going to there are certain things every
Think about that. Twenty-five have to crawl out of this mess. homeowner needs regardless of
years ago, homeowners were “[Low interest rates are] a not a interest rate levels.
paying as much as 18% on a lifesaver,” Corcoran says. “This
30-year fixed. Today it’s just is just a helping hand.”
a little over 5%.Combine that
About
adheres to the original 1912 part of the area’s boom, many
plan. developers have integrated
fitness centers and jogging trails
North This thriving city is home to the
North Charleston Coliseum,
into the communities. Parks and
Community centers also add
Charleston Performing Arts Center, &
Convention Center. This
to the beauty of these carefully
planned neighborhoods.
The city of North Charleston sits complex is home to the South
on the boarder of Charleston Carolina Stingrays, an ECHL North Charleston is home to
and Dorchester counties. North minor league hockey team, and several highly acclaimed
Charleston’s has almost is a major hub of cultural events “magnet” schools, including
quadrupled in population since and conventions for the Garrett Academy of Technology,
it’s conception on June 12, Tri-county area. Charleston County School of
1972, encompassing over 73 the Arts, and The Academic
square miles. With a population North Charleston’s climate has Magnet High School. The city
of over 85,000, North Charleston resulted in some of the most is also home to many well know
is the third largest city in South beautiful communities in the colleges inclueding, Trident
Carolina. area. Several major developers Technical College and
have entered the market over Charleston Southern University.
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