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The King Street Marketing Group and Hall Management Group are pleased to welcome Katarina Fjording, Volvo Vice
President, Purchasing and Manufacturing, America to Small Business Lunch at Halls Signature Events Thursday March 8.
Katarina is responsible for establishing an industrial footprint in the Americas and the build-up of Volvo Car's first US production facility right here in Charleston.
Volvo Cars is investing more than $1 Billion in the Berkeley County facility, its only North American manufacturing site at the Camp Hall Industrial Campus off Interstate 26. The first S60 is scheduled to roll off the assembly line next summer.
Please Note: This luncheon was rescheduled from January, and due to the overwhelming interest in Volvo Cars, it has been re-located to Hall Management Group's newest facility, Halls Signature Events which is just off East Bay at 5 Faber Street, directly behind Slightly North of Broad (S.N.O.B.)
Once the plant is up and running at full capacity, with 3,900 employees, it is expected to produce about 60,000 vehicles per year in Berkeley County, with that rate rising to about 150,000 per year by the time the XC90 is introduced into the production line.
Katarina has more than 28 years of global industrial operations experience from Europe, Asia and America. Katarina's international experience spans product and tooling development, purchasing and manufacturing as well as being an automotive supplier to European premium brands.
A mechanical engineer, she began her career in Volvo as a design engineer on the Volvo 850 model. She has held several senior positions within Volvo Car including Director New Model Programs, Executive Director Manufacturing Engineering Asia and most recently Vice President Manufacturing Asia, overseeing the build-up of the manufacturing operations in China.
Katarina is a board member of Sunfleet Car sharing since 2011. She also serves as an executive board member of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, and serves on the boards of the American Red Cross and Cradle to Career. She has previously lived in the US while working for Ford Motor Company in Detroit and Chicago. A native of Gothenburg, Sweden, she enjoys the outdoors, including sail racing and hunting.
Located in the heart of historic downtown Charleston on a cobblestone street, Halls Signature Events is a 6,900 square-foot space, perfect for corporate meetings, cocktail and dinner receptions, welcome parties, weddings, rehearsal dinners and holiday parties for up to 250 guests. There is a city-owned parking garage located right next door for your convenience.
Tickets are $31 per person for the luncheon. Doors open at 11:30 AM and lunch is served promptly at noon. Limited seating provides an intimate experience with each speaker. Click here for ticket Information or call the 24/7 ticket hotline at 1-800-838-3006.
The King Street Marketing Group and Halls Chophouse are pleased to welcome Dr. Peter von Wartenberg, Senior Vice-President of Robert Bosch Thursday, February 1 at Small Business Lunch at Halls.
 The Stuttgart-based company is one of the Charleston region's largest private-sector manufacturers and is one of its oldest international businesses.It opened its Lowcountry plant in 1973 with 105 workers. Over that time, Bosch has invested more than $625 million under seven separate expansion plans. Today it has nearly 2,000 employees.
Robert Bosch, LLC is one of the world's largest automotive suppliers. The company's Charleston-area operation, which has been expanded seven times since 1973, manufactures diesel and gasoline fuel injections systems, ESP/ABS brake systems, and
 exhaust gas treatment systems. There is also product development on site for adapting products to North American market needs. The plant is also a center of competency for some material applications.
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Each month, Small Business Lunch at Halls features a distinguished speaker from the business, civic or political arenas upstairs at Halls Chophouse with an imaginative three-course meal prepared by Executive Chef Adam Jakins.
Tickets are $31 per person plus tax and processing fee for the luncheon. Doors open at 11:45 a.m. and lunch is served promptly at noon. Limited seating provides an intimate experience with each speaker.
Halls Chophouse is located at 434 King Street in downtown Charleston. Convenient parking is available at the Visitors Center Garage on Ann Street between King and Meeting Streets.
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The King Street Marketing Group and Halls Chophouse are pleased to welcome Brooks Melton, Chief Executive Officer of the Newest Bank in the United States, Beacon Community Bank of Charleston as our guest speaker Thursday, January 11 at Small Business Lunch at Halls.
This is exciting news for all of us in the business community, the first newly formed bank in Charleston since 2009. In the last 10 years the number of small, locally-based community banks in Charleston has dropped from seven to one.
Beacon Community Bank will be about this community, providing for the financial needs of underserved professionals, small to medium sized businesses, real estate investors and developers.
The Board of Directors are people you know including Bill Hall, Sr., Hall Management Group, Lt. Gen. John Rosa, President of the Citadel, Tommy Baker, CEO Baker Motor Company, Medal of Honor Recipient Maj. Gen. James E. Livingston and Nancy Elizabeth Hardwick, Exec. V-P Booz Allen Hamilton. So please join us for this lively presentation.
Each month, Small Business Lunch at Halls features a distinguished speaker from the business, civic or political arenas upstairs at Halls Chophouse with an imaginative three course meal prepared by Executive Chef Adam Jakins. Of course, there is a full-service, cash bar for your enjoyment.
Tickets are $31 per person for the luncheon. Doors open at 11:30 AM and lunch is served promptly at noon. Limited seating provides an intimate experience with each speaker. Click here for ticket Information or call the 24/7 ticket hotline at 1-800-838-3006.
Halls Chophouse is located at 434 King Street in downtown Charleston. Parking is available at the Visitors' Center Garage on Ann Street between King and Meeting Streets, the Camden Exchange Garage between John and Hutson Streets, or at meters on the street.
The King Street Marketing Group and Halls Chophouse are pleased to welcome Mike Seekings, Charleston City Council Member and Broad Street Attorney, as our guest speaker Thursday, December 7 at Small Business Lunch at Halls.
Councilmember Seekings will tell you, in no uncertain terms, what's on his mind about traffic, tourism, flooded streets, city signage, downtown development and more.
In 2015 the Board of the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA), unanimously elected Seekings Chairman of CARTA. He has served on the Board since 2010 and is a partner in Leath, Bouch & Seekings, LLP.
Seekings is beginning his third term on City Council for District 8 and ran unopposed in the last election. He is an avid runner and cyclist and a champion for making the city's streets, bridges and sidewalks safer and friendlier for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Each month, Small Business Lunch at Halls features a distinguished speaker from the business, civic or political arenas upstairs at Halls Chophouse with an imaginative three course meal prepared by Executive Chef Adam Jakins. Of course, there is a full-service, cash bar for your enjoyment.
Tickets are $31 per person for the luncheon. Doors open at 11:30 AM and lunch is served promptly at noon. Limited seating provides an intimate experience with each speaker. Click here for ticket Information or call the 24/7 ticket hotline at 1-800-838-3006.
Halls Chophouse is located at 434 King Street in downtown Charleston. Parking is available at the Visitors' Center Garage on Ann Street between King and Meeting Streets, the Camden Exchange Garage between John and Hutson Streets, or at meters on the street.
The King Street Marketing Group and Halls Chophouse are pleased to welcome Helen Hill, CEO of the CACVB, as our guest speaker at Small Business Lunch at Halls Thursday, November 2. Tourism is South Carolina's biggest business.  And, under Helen Hill, nearly 6 million people will visit the Charleston area in 2018, resulting in job earnings of $1.4 billion and a regional economic impact of over $3 billion.
"We have fundamentally changed where our visitors are coming from in the last few years," says Hill. "The majority of our visitors were coming from within a six-hour driving radius before we started our air service push in 2010. Now, New York City is No. 1."
Selling Charleston As Charleston
"The reality is, we have a lot of history in Charleston that's not pretty," says Hill. "We're not selling a modified version of the Old South in hoop skirts. We are a real place, and we want to show visitors who we really are."
Hill believes it's this sincere approach to tourism that has put Charleston squarely on the traveler's map. The destination has received numerous awards, including No. 1 City in North America in Travel + Leisure's World's Best list for the past seven years and Conde Nast Traveler Reader's Choice as No. 1 City in the U.S. from 2011 through 2017.
 The city now attracts more than 6 million visitors annually. This is thanks in part to new businesses such as Boeing, Mercedes-Benz Vans and Volvo that helped establish new air service to Charleston, making it a go-to weekend getaway for bigger markets such as New York City, Boston and Chicago, now just a two-hour nonstop flight away.Hill, who grew up in Charleston, joined the Charleston Area CVB right after she graduated from Clemson University. She started as the sales manager and then moved to the role of marketing director. In 1989, Hill was named acting executive director and then executive director, putting her in charge during one of Charleston's more challenging times: Hurricane Hugo.
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Each month, Small Business Lunch at Halls features a distinguished speaker from the business, civic or political arenas upstairs at Halls Chophouse with an imaginative three-course meal prepared by Executive Chef Adam Jakins.
Tickets are $31 per person plus tax and processing fee for the luncheon. Doors open at 11:45 a.m. and lunch is served promptly at noon. Limited seating provides an intimate experience with each speaker. Click Here to Purchase Tickets Halls Chophouse is located at 434 King Street in downtown Charleston. Convenient parking is available at the Visitors Center Garage on Ann Street between King and Meeting Streets. |
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| The King Street Marketing Group and Halls Chophouse are pleased to welcome ESPN Star Basketball Analyst Debbie Antonelli as our guest speaker Thursday, September 7. As an esteemed basketball analyst for ESPN, a player, marketing executive and broadcaster, Debbie Antonelli  is a major influencer in professional and college basketball circles. She was recently named one of the 25 Most Powerful People in South Carolina Sports.Antonelli became the first woman in nearly 22 years to call an NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament game when she worked March Madness first-round games last spring. CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR TICKETS This coming season she will broadcast between 80 -100 games. Her 29-year announcing career also includes games for CBS, Fox Sports Net, Big Ten Network, NBATV, Westwood One, games on SEC Network and Longhorn Network in addition to being an analyst for the Indiana Fever since the WNBA started in 1997.
The Cary, N.C., native stayed in her home state for her college career at N.C. State University, where she graduated with a double major in business management and economics in 1986. Under the guidance of legendary head coach Kay Yow, the Wolfpack made the NCAA Tournament all four years she played as a forward, as well as two Sweet 16 appearances.
After receiving a master's degree in sports administration from Ohio University, Antonelli went on to be the director of marketing at University of Kentucky for four years and then to a similar position at The Ohio State University, which set up her successful career. As director of marketing for the Buckeyes, she got women's basketball games aired on local television, and was the play-by-play voice for 5 years.
 The recipient of the 2007 Mel Greenberg Award given by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) to the professional who has best displayed commitment to advancing the role of the media in promoting women's basketball, Antonelli is also the voice of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and a long-time member of the Board of Directors. She is a lifetime member of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund Board of Directors, selected by Coach Yow to carry out her vision for the fund.
Antonelli lives with her husband, Frank and three children in Mount Pleasant. She and her family also run the foundation "Frankie and Friends," an organization whose main purpose is to stop bullying in schools. |
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Each month, Small Business Lunch at Halls features a distinguished speaker from the business, civic or political arenas upstairs at Halls Chophouse with an imaginative three-course meal prepared by Executive Chef Adam Jakins.
Tickets are $31 per person plus tax and processing fee for the luncheon. Doors open at 11:45 a.m. and lunch is served promptly at noon. Limited seating provides an intimate experience with each speaker. Click Here to Purchase Tickets Halls Chophouse is located at 434 King Street in downtown Charleston. Convenient parking is available at the Visitors Center Garage on Ann Street between King and Meeting Streets. |
The King Street Marketing Group and Halls Chophouse are pleased to welcome Bill Walsh, 2-time Emmy Award Winning Chief Meteorologist from Live5 News as our  guest speaker Thursday, August 10. Last October Charleston was just grazed by Hurricane Matthew and look what a mess it made of our economy for five days. 
Channel 5's award-winning Chief Meteorologist is also a decorated Air Force Reserve officer. His military job is Lieutenant Colonel William Walsh in the United States Air Force
 Reserve of the 315th Airlift Wing out of the Charleston Air Force Base. He has served on military missions to both Iraq and Afghanistan, among many other locations around the world. He's is the recipient of the U.S. Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, U.S. Plus, Walsh has written two action-packed novels and has penned scripts for TV shows and even starred on the small screen, playing Dr. Monte Wells on the long-running CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Walsh holds a master's degree in military operational art and science from the United States Air Force Air University and a bachelor of science degree from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts and Lyndon State College, BS, double major in Mass Communications and Meteorology.Walsh has the American Meteorological Society Certification and Seal of Approval and the National Weather Association Certification and Seal of Approval. |
Each month, Small Business Lunch at Halls features a distinguished speaker from the business, civic or political arenas upstairs at Halls Chophouse with an imaginative three-course meal prepared by Executive Chef Adam Jakins.
Tickets are $31 per person plus tax and processing fee for the luncheon. Doors open at 11:45 a.m. and lunch is served promptly at noon. Limited seating provides an intimate experience with each speaker. Click Here to Purchase Tickets Halls Chophouse is located at 434 King Street in downtown Charleston. Convenient parking is available at the Visitors Center Garage on Ann Street between King and Meeting Streets. |
The King Street Marketing Group and Halls Chophouse are pleased to welcome Mayor John J. Tecklenburg as our guest speaker Thursday, July 13 at our monthly Small Business Lunch at Halls. When he ran for Mayor he knew it
was not an easy job and now he's the Mayor of the largest city in South Carolina.
Like every city, Charleston has issues. How will Mayor Tecklenburg deal with:
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For more than 25 years, Mayor John J. Tecklenburg has served our city as a businessman, a civic leader, and a city government executive. Born in Charleston and a graduate of Georgetown University, John was the founder and president of Southern Oil Company.
Next, he served as Charleston's Director of Economic Development under Mayor Joe Riley, where he led the city's nationally acclaimed initiative to revitalize and redevelop Upper King Street.
Over the years, Mayor Tecklenburg has also served on the boards of many local charities and nonprofits, including Crisis Ministries, the Rotary Club, the Palmetto Project and SC Strong.
Mayor Tecklenburg and his wife Sandy are the proud parents of five grown children – Melissa, Suzanne, Paula, Joseph and John Henry. They reside in the Old Windermere section of West Ashley.
Each month, Small Business Lunch at Halls features a distinguished speaker from the business, civic or political arenas upstairs at Halls Chophouse with an imaginative three course meal prepared by Executive Chef Adam Jakins. Of course, there is a full-service, cash bar for your enjoyment.
Tickets are $31 per person for the luncheon. Doors open at 11:30 AM and lunch is served promptly at noon. Limited seating provides an intimate experience with each speaker. Click here for ticket Information or call the 24/7 ticket hotline at 1-800-838-3006.
Halls Chophouse is located at 434 King Street in downtown Charleston. Parking is available at the Visitors' Center Garage on Ann Street between King and Meeting Streets, the Camden Exchange Garage between John and Hutson Streets, or at meters on the street.
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He hasn't slowed down yet. He's now a professor at the Citadel and on the Board of Directors for the International African American Museum (IAAM). CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR TICKETS NOW After leading the city of Charleston, South Carolina, for 40 years, Joseph P. Riley, Jr., one of America's most highly respected mayors and a transformational civil rights leader, is sharing his experiences with cadets, students, faculty and staff at his alma mater, as well as the Lowcountry community. A member of The Citadel Class of 1964, he is the first occupant of the Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Endowed Chair of American Government and Public Policy, a position he assumed just two hours after retiring from public office in early 2016. A massive project that began while he was still in office, Mayor Riley has continued to support and raise funds for the International African American Museum. Nearly 80% of African Americans can potentially trace an ancestor who arrived through Charleston. The IAAM will teach visitors this history, and encourage them to explore it at historic houses, plantations, buildings, and other sites that speak to African American heritage. These few acres in Charleston witnessed one of the world's most pivotal human migrations; no other place saw such a dramatic influx of enslaved African arrivals. IAAM is an authentic visitor experience that cannot be duplicated elsewhere in America. The museum will connect visitors to their ancestors, demonstrating how enslaved Africans and free blacks shaped economic, political, and cultural development in the nation and beyond. Film, documents, and digital archives further aid visitors in placing the story of African arrival in historical context. |
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Each month, Small Business Lunch at Halls features a distinguished speaker from the business, civic or political arenas upstairs at Halls Chophouse with an imaginative three-course meal prepared by Executive Chef Adam Jakins.
Tickets are $31 per person plus tax and processing fee for the luncheon. Doors open at 11:45 a.m. and lunch is served promptly at noon. Limited seating provides an intimate experience with each speaker. Click Here to Purchase Tickets Halls Chophouse is located at 434 King Street in downtown Charleston. Convenient parking is available at the Visitors Center Garage on Ann Street between King and Meeting Streets. |
She also served as the South Carolina Ports Authority's lead staff person on the Charleston Harbor Post 45 Project and the Jasper Ocean Terminal Project.