🌱 Patch AM: Will Fairmount Landing’s makeover push out your favorite local spots?

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In today's newsletter:

• Will Fairmount Landing’s makeover push out your favorite local spots?
• How a new DC bill could shield Mount Pleasant shrimpers
• How vulnerable is Mount Pleasant as Charleston slowly sinks into the sea?

Today's riddle: Last night I had a dream. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 62 and low of 42 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 67, low: 42.
• Monday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, with a high of 58 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New development coming to Fairmount shopping center, local businesses concerned (live5news.com) — Mount Pleasant has approved a major renovation of the Fairmount shopping center at U.S. 17 and Johnnie Dodds Boulevard, to be rebranded as Fairmount Landing. While upgrades promise modern storefronts and more greenspace, several beloved small businesses worry higher rents could force them out, raising concerns about the project’s impact on the community’s character.
   

• Rep. Nancy Mace reintroduces legislation to protect commercial fishing industry (counton2.com) — Mount Pleasant-based Rep. Nancy Mace is pushing federal legislation to give commercial shrimpers and fishermen disaster relief when foreign competition and price dumping threaten their livelihoods, not just when storms hit. Local industry leaders say the Protect American Fisheries Act could provide a crucial financial lifeline for South Carolina’s shrimp fleet and coastal communities as they battle misleading “local” seafood claims and global market pressures.
   

• This Beautiful U.S. City Is Slowly Being Claimed by Rising Seas (thetravel.com) — Mount Pleasant is part of the rapidly developing Charleston region that scientists say is sinking as seas rise, increasing flood risks for nearby suburbs and barrier islands. The piece explains how filled marshes, groundwater use, and sea level rise combine to worsen flooding, and outlines major mitigation efforts and what residents and visitors should expect in the coming decades.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday December 20

• Beach Lovers Book Club at Poe Branch Library
  Edgar Allan Poe Library , 1921 Ion Ave , Sullivan's Island
  10:00 am
• Let’s Draw from Life! Park Circle Community Building Sketch Tour
  Park Circle Community Building , 4800 Park Cir , North Charleston
  10:00 am
• Holiday Wreath Workshop — Smart Botanic Art
  The Creek Collective , 222 St James Ave , Goose Creek
  10:00 am
• Seasons Greetings with the Sea Island Dems
  John's Island Library , 3531 Maybank Hwy , Johns Island
  12:30 pm
• Holiday Chess Fest
  Baxter-Patrick James Island Library , 1858 S Grimball Rd , Charleston
  2:00 pm
• Dungeons & Dragons for ages 9-17 In-Person
  Goose Creek Library , Activity Room , Goose Creek
  2:00 pm
• The Poho Holiday Market
  The Charleston Pour House , 1977 Maybank Hwy , Charleston
  5:00 pm
• Music Bingo! — FREEHOUSE BREWERY
  Freehouse Brewery , 2895 Pringle St Suite B , North Charleston
  5:30 pm
• Christmas Vacation Trivia
  Fam's Brewing Co. featuring Famulari's Pizzeria , 1291 Folly Rd , Charleston
  7:00 pm
• North Charleston Pops - Sounds of the Season
  North Charleston Performing Arts Center , 3420 W Montague Ave , North Charleston
  7:30 pm
• A Christmas Carol
  Dock Street Theatre , 135 Church St , Charleston
  7:30 pm
• THE HAVE NOTS! HOLIDAY SHOW
  Theatre 99 , 280 Meeting St B , Charleston
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 526 is shutdown due to an incident this morning, and from what I’ve heard it won’t reopen till noon today.
  Just wanted to let everyone know roads are standstill all over Mount P., big bridge, downtown, and I26. UPDATE: 526 is now reopen (Nextdoor Sunchaser)
• As an FYI: we have a crisis hotline: the number is 988.
  That is a call or text number. Online: 988lifeline.org. And perhaps some others of us might make suggestions for those of our community who need a… (Nextdoor Enclave)

• Novant Health, Inc. posted a job opening for Billing Specialist II in Mount Pleasant. Apply here.
• Domino's Pizza, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Manager(7284-Park West) in Mount Pleasant. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mount Pleasant here.

🗞 Nearby News

Isle of Palms

• Below the surface work brings above-water relief on Isle of Palms (live5news.com)

Charleston

• Record-breaking numbers of flyers expected at Charleston International Airport during the holiday travel period (counton2.com)
• TeachCharleston - Ella Larson is fulfilling her dream of working with children (ccsdschools.com)
• Charleston County schools celebrate historic test score gains (live5news.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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