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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017

IT’S FOOTBALL SEASON AGAINPick A Side!

M P B U S I N E S S • C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T S • S P E C I A L T O W N H A L L S E C T I O N

KickingCancer’s Butt!Locals Share Stories Fall Flavor!

GOLDEN SPOONWINNERS INSIDE

Will MuschampFootball CoachUniversity of South Carolina Dabo Swinney

Football CoachClemson University

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2013

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ColemanBoulevard

The hearT ofMounT PleasanT

Ghostly Talesof East Cooper

family recipes

Couragelocal ladies

share sTories

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2014 BEST OF MOUNT PLEASANT BALLOT INSIDE. VOTE TODAy!

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DIVIDED!PreParing for football rivalry

DinnerFriends

Skip the Going Out; Keep the Gourmet

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Ed Barbee Speaks Out:

Flavors of Fall:Taste of

CharlestonReturns

Local Road Projects

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Love Without LimitsMOUNT PLEASANT’S FAVORITE MOMS

Girls with GUTS!What GlassCeiling?2014 Womenin Business

Family Road TripsAlong the S.C. Coast

The LowcountryHighrollers

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Bridge Run2013Graced ByWell-KnoWn Faces

Big Shrimpin’ Tales from the Past

Best ofMount Pleasant 2013 Results

InsIde!

LocalHurlerWaits His Turn

DIRECT MAIL DIsTRIbuTIonGrow your business by reaching East Cooper residents, including Mount Pleasant, Daniel Island, Isle of Palms and Sullivan’s Island.

Through Mount Pleasant Magazine, Media Services, Inc. is pleased to provide a winning combination: high-end print, direct mail, an informative website and social media exposure. Our mission is to offer Mount Pleasant and the surrounding islands a diverse mix of quality content while providing outstanding results for our advertisers by reaching East Cooper consumers.

Mount Pleasant Magazine has developed a MULTIMEDIA APPROACH to connect you with East Cooper consumers.

THE DIGITAL MAGAZINE

Readers can access the digital version of the magazine from 32 local websites. Through this network, tens of thousands of people access each issue’s digital pages. Additional distribution includes thousands of social media fans, who can read the online magazine through multiple websites, clickable from www.Facebook.com/MountPleasantMagazine. We also e-blast each issue of the digital magazine to 50,000+ readers online.

DIRECT MAIL, PRINT AND AN ANNUAL READERSHIP OF 486,000 PEOPLE*

Mount Pleasant Magazine is published six times a year. Copies are direct-mailed to subscribers, professional offices, businesses and select neighborhoods throughout East Cooper. (See a sampling of the neighborhoods to the right.)

Copies are distributed at more than 200 locations throughout East Cooper, including the free magazine racks at Harris Teeter, Publix, CVS and select stores and visitor centers in the Mount Pleasant and downtown area.

We also distribute Mount Pleasant Magazine at the Southeastern Wildlife Expo, Cooper River Bridge Run, business expos and other community festivals, shows and events.

*Our pass-along readership is four readers per copy, with an average readership of80,000 per issue.

TARGETED DISTRIbUTION

• All hotel lobbies East of the Cooper • Select hotel rooms East of the Cooper• Select vacation rentals • Select hotel rooms on the Charleston peninsula• Relocation packages • Asheville Regional Airport • Medical and professional offices• SC Welcome Centers

STATEWIDE DISTRIbUTION

Sanctioned by South Carolina Travel and Tourism, Mount Pleasant Magazine is distributed in all South Carolina Welcome Centers.

Belle Hall Plantation Beresford Creek Beresford Hall The Boulevard Brickyard Plantation Carolina Park Center Lake Charleston National Cooper Estates Creekside Daniel Island Darrell Creek Dunes West The Groves Hamlin Plantation Harbor Watch Hidden Cove Hidden Lakes Hobcaw Creek Plantation I’On Isle of Palms Long Point Marsh Harbor Molasses Creek Oak Haven Landing Oakhaven Plantation Old Village Landing Old Village Mount Pleasant Olde Park On The Harbor Park West Peninsula Planters Pointe Point Pleasant Ravens Run Renaissance On Charleston Harbor RiverTowne Seaside Farms Snee Farm Sullivan’s Island Sweetgrass Tides Wild Dunes

Mount Pleasant Magazine is direct-mailed to advertisers, doctors’ and attorneys’ offices plus homes in East Cooper neighborhoods, including:

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January/February The Best of Mount Pleasant

226,300 votes cast and counting! In this popular issue, we reveal who’s the BEST in Mount Pleasant, from retail to medical to restaurants, according to our readers. BestofMP.com

March/AprilNorth Mount Pleasant

Covering everything from golf to shopping and restaurants, this specialty magazine focuses on the fastest growing area of East Cooper. NorthMountPleasant.com 

March/April, July/August, November/DecemberLowcountry Cuisine

Published three times each year, distributed in over 1,000 hotel rooms and covering all the best that Charleston has to offer the culinary world, Lowcountry Cuisine features recipes, chef interviews, restaurant profiles and more. http://LCCuisineMag.com

May/JuneLowcountry Women in Business and Women in Real Estate

One of our most popular specialty magazines, Lowcountry Women in Business is a look at the savvy ladies of success around Charleston. Distributed year-round, it has become an indispensable resource for the entrepreneurial spirit. LCWomeninBusiness.com

May/JuneMount Pleasant Senior Living

Want to retire to beautiful East Cooper? Then you’ll love Mount Pleasant Senior Living! The ultimate guide to senior communities, health care and more, this will be your family’s go-to for the golden years. MPSeniorLiving.com

July/AugustCharleston Independent School Directory

Covering the best in independent education and distributed year-round, our Independent School Directory will help your family make an informed decision regarding your child’s future. CharlestonSchoolDirectory.com

July/August MP Pets

Your pets are important to you – and to us! Let MP Pets be your guide on how to take care of your four-legged family members. MtPleasant.pet

September/OctoberSmiling Faces

From orthodontists to dentists to oral surgeons, Smiling Faces is a popular resource for those seeking the best in oral health care. ChsDentists.com

September/OctoberMP Business

Mount Pleasant’s ONLY business magazine highlights some of the area’s movers and shakers and keeps readers abreast of current business news and trends. MPBusinessMag.com

2020 Specialty Magazines

All content is subject to change at the discretion of the editor or publisher.

2018 EDITION

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Meet the WinnersLearn Their Secrets to Success

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From Pet Care to Day Care It’s All Inside

EACh ISSuE IS PuBLIShED IN BOTh PRINT AND DIGITAL FORMAT

Horsing Around EQUESTRIAN CULTURE

Get Your Putt Over Here!PLAY SOME GOLF

Fields of DreamsThe New Shipyard Park

NORTH MOUNTPLEASANT

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Celebrating CHARLESTON Flavor

Dive InFavorite Watering Holes

The Food TubeCharleston’s on TV

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A Labor of Love

Local Writer Josephine Humphreys

MEET THE MEMBERS

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Breaking

“Boys’ Club” Barriers

Women in Tech

Meet Patty Scarafile

CEO of Carolina One

Women in Real Estate INSIDE!

FOREVER YOUNGSTAYING ACTIVEIN AGING p. 82

THE MEDICARE RUNDOWNp. 85

Happier Days AheadDEALING WITH DEPRESSIONp. 65

2018 EDITION

M O U N T P L E A S A N T

LIVINGSENIOR

Published by HEALTHLINKS CHARLESTON

INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

PUBLISHED BY MOUNT PLEASANT MAGAZINE

CUTE AS A BUTTON!A History of Uniforms

C H A R L E S T O N ’ S I N D E P E N D E N TSCHOOLDIRECTORYThey’re Playing Our SongHOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS MAKE MUSIC

A Love for LearningINDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

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FASCINATING

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of a local Savannah cat

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Get Selfie ReadyMeet Your Oral Health Professionals

2017-18 EDITION

Out of the Mouths of BabesAll About Baby Teeth

Pillow TalkA Local Tooth Fairy Tells All

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A Blessing and a Curse

Mount Pleasant’s PoPulation exPlosion

An Overnight Success?

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Celebrating Charleston Flavor

It's a Pizza PARTY!Get You a Slice

Host a GatheringTry these Recipes

2017-18 Golden Spoon Edition

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Food THAT SHIneSThis Year’s Golden

Spoon Awards

Whole Fried Local Snapper

Collard Greens, Pimento Cheese,

Green Tomato Bacon Jam

Dish provided by Grace & Grit.

Photo by Margaret Wright. Putting Pedal to the Metal HIGHWAY 41 PROJECTS

Have a BallPLAY SOME GOLFTHE SKY’S NO LIMIT Mount Pleasant’s Airport

Our Coastal CousinsAwendaw and McClellanville

NORTH MOUNTPLEASANT

33 COMMUNITIES INSIDE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DIRCTORY

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