Solarize South Carolina

You know, we have friends who installed solar panels on their home a few years ago.  It's a century+ old home in North Columbia.  It took them LOTS of fighting with public service, SCE&G, lots of research but eventually, they got what they wanted and were allowed to install the system.  It was a long process and involved a good bit of heartache, but they were passionate about it and it ended up paying off.  I hope that James' efforts will make solar energy production and use more accessible to everyone. We should all have choices and if an environmentally responsible choice is possible, we should be able to make it easily. Check out this article:
 http://www.thestate.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article36092907.html

Restoration of the Arcade Building

I was so excited to read this article today. The Arcade building is beautiful and has been overlooked by Columbia.  My accountant's office is located in the Arcade and I must admit, it's rather depressing when I go there because there are so many empty suites. You can almost imagine what it must have looked like back in the day with the hustle and bustle of shopping and dining in this new concept building.  I grew up hearing stories about this mysterious "Underground Columbia" too. That would be so cool to have it open back up, although I wonder about fire code, egress, etc.  We shall see...