Mount Pleasant Magazine Nov/Dec 2021

11 www. ReadMPM. com | www.MountPl easantMagaz i ne. com | www.MountPl easantPodcas t . com I f you live in Mount Pleasant — or, for that matter, anywhere along the Carolina coastline — often you’ll hear conversations about how many northerners are relocating to our area. Sometimes, they’re less-than-positive. However, let’s look at what some of our northern neighbors have brought to the Lowcountry throughout the years. Take a short drive north to Georgetown County and you’ll find Atalaya Castle. Constructed in the early 1930s, Atalaya was the winter retreat of New York residents Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington. Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet is home to many of works of art including featured pieces by Anna Hyatt Huntington. In 1936, another New York resident, Henry Luce, publisher of Time, Life and Sports Illustrated magazines, purchased 3,000 acres in Berkeley County for a retreat and hunting lodge. A portion of this property is now home to Mepkin Abbey, a working monastery that is home to Trappist monks. I feel our northern neighbors have helped to bring some history, style and adventure to our coast. Yes, it includes growth, and some of our readers would label it as too much. I prefer to look at the positives that come with sharing our little pocket of the world with new residents. I would like to challenge you to focus on the blessings of living in this place that we call “home.” Take time to soak in the sights, smells, sounds that are South Carolina’s coast. As a friend recently commented while enjoying lunch along Shem Creek…“it’s like we live in a post card.” This is one of the reasons the Carolina coast is growing so much. Remember: we have control of our state of mind, we need to use that control to preserve our culture and lifestyle, no matter how much we grow. We need to take our lead from Darius Rucker as he says: “In my heart I’m always there, where they drink sweet tea, and they raise you to be polite, no changin’ who I am, no matter what state I’m in, I’m in a Southern state of mind”. U ntil next time, Bill Macchio Publisher • Publisher@MountPleasantMagazine.com publisher’s note Vol. 11, Issue 6 • November/December 2021 PUBLISHER/EDITORIAL DIRECTOR BILL MACCHIO Publisher@MountPleasantMagazine.com MANAGING EDITOR ALLISON SHERMAN EDITOR, MARKETING CONTENT THERESA STRATFORD COPY EDITOR DENISE K. JAMES ART DIRECTOR DANA COLEMAN PRODUCTION MANAGER BETHANY LONG AD DESIGNERS KIM HALL REBECCA SOTTILE BETHANY LONG WEBMASTER GEORGE CONKLIN BRIAN SMITH GENE PHAN WRITERS ALLISON SHERMAN • THERESA STRATFORD COLIN MCCANDLESS • EILEEN CASEY BILL FARLEY • JULIA RYAN • JEN GLEKAS ANNE SHULER TOOLE • CHRISTINE STEELE CATHERINE WATERS • MARY COY ALYSSA DISALVO • ZELDA BRYANT KATHY BENNETT PHOTOGRAPHERS JEREMY COLLEY • MARK STAFF JENN CADY • JEANNE TAYLOR SALES MANAGER CULLEN MURRAY-KEMP Cullen@MountPleasantMagazine.com INDEPENDENT MEDIA CONSULTANTS ANDY BIMONTE Andy@MountPleasantMagazine.com CHRIS LONG Chris@MountPleasantMagazine.com MANDY WILLIS Mandy@MountPleasantMagazine.com BRAND AMBASSADOR STACEY MCLOUGHLIN ADMINISTRATION & BOOKKEEPING GINGER SOTTILE DISTRIBUTION U.S. POST OFFICE • HARRIS TEETER • PUBLIX • CVS Mount Pleasant Magazine is published locally by a team of independent contractors. Mount Pleasant Magazine is published six times per year by Media Services, Inc. 1013 Chuck Dawley Blvd., Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Copyright © Media Services 2021. All rights reserved. Reproduction electronically or in print format without the expressed written consent of the publisher is strictly prohibited and a violation of U.S. copyright laws. Inquiries to: Mount Pleasant Magazine P.O. Box 22617, Charleston, SC 29413 843-881-1481 Info@MountPleasantMagazine.com CONS T RUC T I ON CERTIFIED MASTER BUILDER, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS 93 Socie y Street, Ch arleston SC 29401 | 843.388.4674 | kingandsocietyconstruction.com CONS T RUC T I ON ER BUILDER, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS , Charleston SC 29401 | 843.388.4674 | kingandsocietyconstruction.com Dana Coleman, Mount Pleasant Magazine’s Art Director, and I sharing a moment in the office.