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GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCBD) – Chicken Salad Chick is set to open its highly anticipated location in Goose Creek next week with a week full of special giveaways.

The new location off St. James Avenue is the third to open in the tri-county by co-owners Julie Beville and Michelle Singleton of Sing Bev Hospitality. The other locations include Summerville and Mount Pleasant.

Chicken Salad Chick will open its new location on the morning of Tuesday, February 21. The first 100 customers who line up beginning at 7:00 a.m. will win free chicken salad for a year when the restaurant opens at 10:30 a.m.

Other giveaways are planned Wednesday through Saturday and include special merch from the popular restaurant:

• Tuesday, Feb. 21 – Free Chicken Salad for a Year – The first 100 guests will receive one large Quick Chick of chicken salad per month for an entire year, with one of those lucky guests randomly selected to win one large Quick Chick of chicken salad per week. Guests may arrive starting at 7 a.m. for grand opening day only.

• Wednesday, Feb. 22 – The first 100 guests to purchase a Chick Special will receive a FREE Chick Special on their next visit.

• Thursday, Feb. 23 – The first 100 guests to purchase a Chick Special will receive a FREE Chicken Salad Chick tote bag.

• Friday, Feb. 24 – All day long, Chick fans can enjoy buy two Quick Chicks and get one FREE!

• Saturday, Feb. 25 – The first 100 guests to purchase a Chick Special will receive a FREE commemorative Chicken Salad Chick cup and FREE drink with their meal.

“Michelle and I always say one of our favorite parts of bringing the Chick to new neighborhoods is the opportunity to positively impact the lives of our guests,” said Beville. “We’ve gotten to know our fans here in the Lowcountry over the past several years, and we know they rely on us for fresh, made-from-scratch meals they can enjoy with friends and family in our dining room or on the go. They also appreciate the warm hospitality of our restaurant teams and the way we support local organizations. We can’t wait to be their new go-to spot in Goose Creek.”

The restaurant will be open Monday through Saturday from 10:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC (BHGRE) announced on Thursday its affiliation with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Palmetto, which has offices in Charleston and Goose Creek, South Carolina.

Established in 2021 by Aimee and Terry Peterson, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Palmetto currently operates in the greater Charleston area, including Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester County.

“Our affiliated agents’ feedback is paramount to us and after surveying them, the overwhelming need became clear: better brand recognition,” Aimee Peterson said. “I am excited to affiliate with a brand that I grew up with and a name agents can stand out with.”

The firm has seen rapid growth recently, increasing from seven to 60 agents in less than two years, according to the statement. In addition, a number of agents in the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Palmetto team received the 2022 REALTORS of Distinction award from the Charleston Trident Association of REALTORS.

“Over the past two years, our company has grown exponentially, and so have our needs, notably the need for brand recognition and consolidated tools and resources,” Terry Peterson said in a prepared statement. “As a Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate franchise, we now have access to the brand’s strong name to help legitimize our company in the market even further…”

With this affiliation, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Palmetto will be able to integrate with the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate lifestyle programs, professional development and learning resources, and affiliated network, according to a press release.

“Their [Petersons] ambition and dedication to improvement for their affiliated agents speaks volumes and it represents exactly the type of people we’re most excited to work with,” BHGRE president and CEO Sherry Chris said. “We are confident in Aimee and Terry’s ability to promote well-managed growth and we can’t wait to help them continue to do so in the future with the power of the brand name behind them.”

Last month, Eugene, Oregon-based brokerage Equinox Real Estate affiliated with the franchise as Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Equinox. Better Homes and Gardens also promoted Jason Nicosia to the brand’s senior vice president of franchise sales in January.

BHG, a subsidiary of Anywhere Real Estate Inc., has a network of almost 12,600 independent sales associates and about 420 offices in the U.S., Canada, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Australia and Turkey.

Boeing Co. wants build a new parking space for the 787 jets it builds at its North Charleston assembly campus.

The aerospace giant this month outlined plans in a regulatory filing for a 10th stall where Dreamliners can be parked after they’ve gone through the production process.

The extra parking space would be on the southern side of the flight line that stretches along South Aviation Avenue. It would require a minor realignment to a road within Boeing’s campus.

The planemaker filed an application for a stormwater permit with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. That document notes that construction will take place on 9.1 acres and will not affect any wetlands.

The regulatory agency is taking public comments on the project through Feb. 27 and it isn’t clear when a permit might be issued. The project is still in the design stages, the company said.

The additional space is needed as Boeing continues to clear finished Dreamliner jets that had been placed in inventory for 15 months after minor production flaws were discovered. The company is working with the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure those planes are ready for delivery to customers.

Boeing, which consolidated all Dreamliner production to the Lowcountry plant in 2021, also plans to boost the number of wide-body jets it builds in North Charleston later this year.

Rework on the inventoried 787s is taking up half of the assembly line space at the South Carolina campus, one of the factors limiting the company to building one or two new Dreamliners per month.

A Boeing executive said during a Jan. 25 conference call with analysts that production should hit five per month by the end of the year.

“Boeing South Carolina is the home of the 787 program, and as the program and our business needs grow and change over time, we will plan for and make adjustments to our site accordingly,” the company said in a written statement.

Boeing grew its South Carolina workforce by 17.1 percent last year, to 6,465 workers, as it prepares for growth fueled by new orders from airlines trying to keep pace with an increase in international travel. The hiring brought local employment totals closer to pre-pandemic levels, with engineering and production staff added to further stabilize operations, increase output and invest in new products.

In December, United Airlines said it will buy up to 200 Dreamliners in the largest deal for wide-body planes in U.S. aviation history. Earlier this month, Air India announced an order for 20 787-9s as part of a historic commercial plane deal for up to 540 jets split between Boeing and rival manufacturer Airbus.

Boeing Co. has paused deliveries of the 787 jets it builds in North Charleston following an error in certification records provided by a supplier.

The wide-body planes are still being built at the assembly campus off International Boulevard, but no Dreamliners will be handed off to customers until the issue is resolved.

“In reviewing certification records, Boeing discovered an analysis error by our supplier related to the 787 forward pressure bulkhead,” the company said in a written statement.

The planemaker said it also notified safety regulators at the Federal Aviation Administration and “paused 787 deliveries while we complete the required analysis and documentation.”

The FAA said in a statement that deliveries will not resume until the agency “is satisfied that the issue has been addressed,” adding that it “is working with Boeing to determine any actions that might be required for recently delivered airplanes.”

The documentation issue, which Boeing said it discovered within the past week, is not a flight concern for Dreamliners that are already in service, the company said.

“We are communicating with our customers and will continue to follow the lead of the FAA,” Boeing said. “While near-term deliveries will be impacted, at this time we do not anticipate a change to our production and delivery outlook for the year.”

Reuters reported that Spirit AeroSystems supplies the forward pressure bulkhead for 787s but that company isn’t certain it’s at fault for the documentation problem.

“Based on the information we currently have and our interactions with Boeing to date, we believe it is too early to assert there was an ‘analysis error’ by Spirit,” the company told the news service.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Boeing hasn’t delivered a Dreamliner since Jan. 26 from the production line or from dozens that are being stored while the documentation issue is resolved.

The latest issue is not related to fixes Boeing is making to about 100 Dreamliners that were put into inventory after minor production flaws were discovered and deliveries halted in May 2021. Deliveries of the 787 resumed last August, but the repairs are time-consuming and the FAA must sign off on each plane before it is turned over to a customer.

Boeing currently builds about one Dreamliner a month while the joint verification work is being done. The company has said it hopes to boost production to as many as five a month in North Charleston by the end of this year.

The company has handed off 34 Dreamliners since deliveries resumed in August, including three in January. It has 516 orders in its 787 backlog.

A brand-new park opened in Goose Creek on Friday with the focus of being “a park built for everyone.”

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCSC) - A brand-new park opened in Goose Creek on Friday with the focus of being “a park built for everyone.”

The $9 million project, Central Creek Park, hopes to be inclusive towards everyone with volleyball and basketball courts, a splash pad, a food truck pavilion and pickleball courts.

Over 26,000 square-feet, ‘Debra’s Playground’ will offer a wide range of accessible activities for people with physical or visual disabilities. The surfacing is all wheelchair accessible, and the equipment is based on sensory items for everyone to enjoy.

Families who include children with disabilities were the first invited to play at the park after this morning’s ribbon cutting. Nicole Valentine, mother to her special needs daughter, says other parks have never really been concerned about including all the different aspects of sensory play before.

“It’s never really kept in mind the heart of all children to be fully inclusive, and even down to having the fence around for those kids who love to run,” Valentine says. “It’s very important and it does so much for parent’s safety concerns to be able to just come here, and you almost get a little bit of relief watching your children play and not be so stressed out.”

The City of Goose Creek hosted a tribute to the donors of the park ahead of the ribbon cutting ceremony. Goose Creek Recreation Director Crystal Reed addressed the city and sponsors after working for months on the development.

“Central Creek Park sets our community apart and creates opportunities to remove barriers, increase self-esteem, develop community culture where everyone benefits from health, fitness and social connections,” Crystal says. “Thousands of children and adults across Berkeley County of all abilities have benefited from our therapeutic recreation program over the past several years; because of you, we just raised the bar with Central Creek Park.”

Parents of children with special needs say that it means the world to them to see their children experience a park they can truly enjoy. Kathy Kackley, parent to Trista Kutceher, travel the U.S. together promoting inclusivity in parks and compared other parks to Central Creek Park.

“There’s something here for everyone; there’s something here everyone can do,” Kackley says. “We like to be inclusive in our play and in our life, and we are very appreciative that Goose Creek has stepped up and has a place for everybody to play together.”

Goose Creek Assistant Recreation Director, Nicole Herrera Murray, explains how the city worked to choose specific pieces of equipment for special needs children to use. After planning and researching for months, she says Friday was a dream come true.

“I’ve been dreaming of this day for a really long time. It’s really amazing to see everyone enjoying and hearing the screams behind us is just everything that I’ve ever wanted,” Murray says.

The public is invited to join in on the fun Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. or Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 47 Old Moncks Corner Rd.

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