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Funding remains an issue for small start-ups in the Myrtle Beach area

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:36 EDT

Last year, Theresa DeCindio set out to become the first entrepreneur in her family.

She drew up plans for the Critter Cottage, a pet-boarding facility.

Then she sought funding to make the business a reality.

Atlantic Beach Bikefest vendors report lower turnout, mixed success

Sat, 26 May 2012 22:42 EDT

Vendors at Bikefest in Atlantic Beach said turnout is lower than last year, though streets throughout the area were flooded by motorcyclists.

John Sketers, who was one of the founders of the rally in 1980, said the economy is still a factor for the crowds and vendors alike. He opens his property up to vendors who need tables. On Saturday, only one table out of at least 30 was being used. Sketers said some of the others had actually been claimed and paid for in advance, but the renters didn’t show up.

“The whole event is down as far as attendees and vendors and I would say the economy had a lot to do with that,” he said.

Business Pulse for Myrtle Beach area

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:53 EDT

ARRIVALS

• Drew Johnson has joined South Atlantic Bank as senior vice president-Georgetown County executive; Donna Murphy has joined as vice president-retail business development officer. Both bankers will work from the new Pawleys Island office in Waverly Place at 10593 Ocean Highway.

• Ashley Phillips has joined Immedion, LLC as a customer service manager.

Gulf fishermen reel from seafood troubles

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:10 EDT

Gloom infects the hard-working shrimp and crab docks of this gritty fishing town as the second full year of fishing since BP's catastrophic oil spill kicks into high gear.

Usually folks are upbeat and busy in May, when shrimpers get back to work in Louisiana's rich waters. This spring, though, catches are down, docks are idle and anxiety is growing that the ill effects of the massive BP oil spill may be far from over.

An Associated Press examination of catch data from last year's commercial harvest along the Gulf – the first full year of fishing since the 2010 spill – reveals merit in the fishermen's complaints. According to the analysis of figures obtained through public records requests, seafood crops hit rock bottom in the Barataria estuary, the same place where some of the thickest waves of oil washed in when a BP well exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.

IMAX won’t return to Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:23 EDT

The IMAX Theatre at Broadway at the Beach, which shut down in November, won’t reopen, but a new business will be moving into the former theater in time for the summer season, officials said.

Officials with the theater and Broadway owner Burroughs & Chapin Co. Inc. won’t say what will occupy the former IMAX space on the 21st Avenue North side of Broadway at the Beach, but said an announcement would be coming soon. The business will be operating for the summer season, said Patrick Walsh, B&C’s senior vice president of asset management and commercial leasing. He declined to give more details.

“We are talking to prospective operators about that,” he said.

Single-family homes, retail under way in Myrtle Beach area

Fri, 25 May 2012 19:10 EDT

Work continues on a planned development in Pawleys Island that will include single-family homes and stores.

The development, called Summergate, will have 83 single-family homes and five retail/commercial buildings on about 8 acres that could be used for offices, retail and restaurants. Georgetown County issued a building permit May 8 for construction of a Dollar General there.

Initially, the development was approved for 11 commercial parcels, but the County Council gave final approval to amendments in October that included reducing the number of commercial spaces from 11 to five and not allowing drive-thru restaurants, said Holly Richardson, chief planner with Georgetown County Planning and Code Enforcement.

IMAX Theatre won’t reopen at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach

Sat, 26 May 2012 07:04 EDT

The IMAX Theatre at Broadway at the Beach, which shut down in November, won’t reopen, but a new business will be moving into the former theater in time for the summer season, officials said.

“We are talking to prospective operators about that,” he said.

Real Estate| Apartment complex proposal to go back before Myrtle Beach City Council in June

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:23 EDT

A request by Burroughs & Chapin Co. Inc. to build an apartment complex on Robert Grissom Parkway likely won’t go back before the Myrtle Beach City Council until June.

The council gave first approval earlier this month to B&C’s request to annex 21.33 acres on Robert Grissom Parkway between 21st Avenue North and Mr. Joe White Avenue and rezone the property for high-density multifamily residential.

Council members were expected to take a second vote on the proposal at their meeting Tuesday, but B&C asked for it to be continued, city spokesman Mark Kruea said. He said it will likely go back before the council at its June 12 meeting.

Property sold in the Myrtle Beach area: May 6-12

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:26 EDT

Calabash, N.C., 28467

Land

9275 Riverdell Place, $14,000

Real Estate Pulse for Myrtle Beach area

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:31 EDT

• Mandy Becker with Remax in the Myrtle Beach area has been named one of Realtor Magazine's 30 Under 30.

• Lance Garrison has joined Beach Realty in Garden City Beach as a broker.

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