May I suggest you publish a comprehensive list of the businesses, including the name as well as details about the goods/services/industries. That would be very helpful.

Still shopping at the Kmart! That store has improved a lot in the last year or so. That store had been looking pretty sad before, but now it's clean, the floors shine, and the lighting is nice and bright. The shelves are well-stocked and the prices are good, too. They must have a new manager running the place.

I'll buy here instead of dealing with the long lines at Walmart.

... the same small businesses that will be put OUT of business by the Big Boxes they want to bring to town. CONTRADICTORY CLOWNS. Your two faces are really showing, boys.

Maybe Mayor BS and Demoura should have published another Editorial in the Post and Courier for no one to read, again... Stop trying to justify your wreckless actions. We understand, and we WILL make the necessary changes to save whats left of our TOWN.

I agree with Donna. A list of Locally owned and operated businesses would be nice addition to the Patch site.. I suggest contacting Lowcounty Local First to compile that list. Patch + LLF could be a match made in Local Heaven.

Let's start with just a list of the businesses on Bowman. How hard can that be?

This has also really messed up our CARTA 401 East Cooper Connector bus route, forcing a detour which keeps it off schedule, sometimes missing it's connections. Ridership is way down. We've also had all the important bus stops around this intersection which had benches and got heavy use torn up. We have promises we'll have benches when this is over, but nothing real has happened yet.

Little Caesars, K-Mart... I dunno what else is there. I still go to those stores when I need cheap pizza or Craftsman tools.

An important note that yesterday, in a conversation with Director of Transportation Brad Morrison, he indicated the bridge would be completed within two weeks. Good news for the businesses affected by the construction!
Ken Glasson
Mt Pleasant Town Council

There is also quite a few businesses in the Bowman Business park. And a little farther down, there is a TV repair shop and a ceramics store. There's actually quite a few stores there that more people could go to, but have been thwarted once they remember that they can't get there from Hwy. 17. It is a long way around. Seems like it could have been done with a temporary bridge of some sort or a partial shutdown with the new brdige next to it. I'm sure it all has to do with funding. Coming back from reduced income for 5 months is all but impossible. God bless those guys for sticking it out. I have a feeling they will have a hard time surviving even once the bridge is open. Apologies from free enterprise American/South Carolinian/Charlestonian/East Cooper resident.

We obviously need more 'funny' signs. Yeah, thats it... more signs... HURRY!!!

This is also affecting the small businesses on Chuck Dalwey. People heading north on 17n have no way of knowing how to get onto Chuck Daw;ey as ther has been no sign, nothing for the past several months indicating how to get onto Chuck Dawley. how about a little help here! How much can one sign cost??? I am collecting and paying taxes for the improvement but if this continues for much longer i will not longer be in business to collected taxes to contribute to this recontruction. To top if off there has been a crack down on any extra signage that we might pay for ourselves and put out to try and help our business. I feel that Mount pleasant is more interested in attracting big box business than keeping small independant business.

I saw a bunch of signs sitting in the median around the 526/17 interchange. Hopefully will be up soon to eleviate some of the confusion in that area.