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Imagining Seafields
Pictured above: Richard Ackerman (left) with Balfour Beatty Vice President of Operations David Stanton and Big Rock Partners Managing Director Sean Nealon. Big Rock Partners CEO Richard Ackerman discusses senior housing and the plan for Seafields, Kiawah Island’s new senior living community. The three-story mixed-use seniors housing property will consist…
Club Members Robert & Aileen Hugli from Washington, D.C.
From Washington, D.C. To Kiawah Island... Pictured with daughter Kimi Q: Where are you from? Aileen: I was born in the Philippines, but my mom was recruited by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Bethesda, Maryland, became our first home in the United States. Bob: I’m from Pittsburgh originally, but…
An Upland Hunt
I arrive at the Kiawah Island Sporting Club on a cloudless Saturday morning in late fall. Turning off of Bohicket Road, I wind through a beautiful mixed forest. The spectacularly colored autumnal leaves of the American sweetgum—red, yellow, and even purple—pop and swirl against the more subdued greens of loblolly…
Wild Islands
The barrier island system is made up of geological striations of sand, forest, and marsh. The barrier islands of the Carolina Lowcountry are like no other ecosystem in the world. These unique land formations boast an outsized number of contrasting ecosystems and are home to countless rare and endangered species…
Club Members Suzanne Sullivan & Dave Barrington from Rowayton, CT
From Connecticut To Kiawah Island... Q: Where do you live? Dave: I’m from Wakefield, Rhode Island. I’m more of a northeasterner than she is! (laughs) Suzanne: Not true! I grew up in Bergen County, New Jersey. We live in Rowayton, Connecticut. Q: Do you have kids? Suzanne: We have a…
Jimmie James and The Top 100
Jimmie James was five years old when he set his first goal. At that tender age, he did not know one person who had graduated from high school, and he promised himself he would. One of eight children, Jimmie grew up well below the poverty line in a sawmill town…
Kayak Kiawah
Surrounded by salt marsh, tidal creeks, and the Atlantic Ocean, Kiawah still feels a bit wild. And the best way to explore the mysteries of the Island is by kayak. TIDES Kayaking Kiawah is all about timing. Ideally, you’re working with the tide to take you on your journey. Ebb…
Breaking Bread
Chef Mike Lata Thanks The Club’s Lowcountry Farmers and Fisherman It is a breezy afternoon in early December. The late fall sunlight casts a soft coppery glow on the back lawn of the beach club. The guests arrive in twos, striding down the grassy slope for a welcome cocktail. Jeremy…
Kiawah Modern
Master Planning is An Art. Cultivating a genuine community requires oversight that is strict enough to maintain a long-term vision but relaxed enough to allow authentic expressions of design and the balance of form against function. Control the aesthetic too tightly and you end up stuck in a formula, forever…
