Two new officials from around the state earned their Master of Business Licensing designation from the SC Business Licensing Association. They are Kristy Carge, Town of Bluffton; and Stacee Freeman, City of Folly Beach.
A study of retiree moving patterns in 2025 by the moving service website Hire a Helper found that South Carolina ranked first among all states in net growth of residents age 65 and older. The state had a net gain of 5,427 residents in this age group, coming in slightly ahead of Texas at a net gain of 5,156. The retirees coming to South Carolina largely came from North Carolina, Florida, New York, Georgia and Pennsylvania. Of the top 200 cities for retiree growth, South Carolina had four: Myrtle Beach, Greenville, Summerville, Columbia and Charleston.
Travel + Leisure magazine’s most recent rankings of the top 15 beach towns to live in year-round included the Town of Hilton Head Island at No. 1. The list included the City of Charleston at No. 10, noting the presence of beach downs in its greater metropolitan areas such as the City of Folly Beach, City of Isle of Palms and Town of Sullivan’s Island. The publication’s list places the South Carolina cities in the company of such cities as Malibu and Laguna Beach in California, Naples and Vero Beach in Florida and Newport, Rhode Island.