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Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina

Population: 60,000
Located in Charleston County

The Town of Mount Pleasant, a rapidly growing, affluent, South Carolina coastal community, and is just minutes from downtown Charleston and the beaches. This is a quaint, coastal Town, although in the last few years has undergone radical growth. Founded in 1680, historic Mount Pleasant offers plenty to see and do, and is centrally located to everything else in the Low country!

Roadside basket stands on US Highway 17 North Mount Pleasant Sweetgrass basket making has been a part of the Mount Pleasant community for more than 300 years. Basket making is a traditional art form, which has been passed on from generation to generation. Today, it is one of the oldest art forms of African origin in the United States. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina enjoys the distinction of being the only place where this particular type of basketry is practiced.

If golf is your thing, then tee-off on any of our four championship courses, each with breathtaking views of the marsh and scenic waterways. What could be better than getting your perfect hole-in-one right next to the coast line?

This dynamic community has proven to be an outstanding location for business, offering a highly desirable lifestyle to attract and retain key employees, while providing an available "highly skilled" regional workforce.

The community has an impressive list of companies that have benefited from the Town's strong mix of essential factors for corporate growth. The range of companies include the headquarters of Motley Rice P.A. on the banks the Cooper River overlooking Charleston Harbor; Automated Trading Desk, Inc.'s (ATD) new "award winning" 22-acre Corporate Technology Campus; the innovative services and software of rapidly growing Benetfitfocus.com; and the worldwide products produced by the North American operations of Hubner GmbH Manufacturing Corporation.

The town itself tends to be upscale, and this is reflected in the house prices; although still affordable, homes here are more expensive than other towns in the area. But there are many home styles and prices do vary widely. Most homes here range from the mid 300’s to the millions, and can be a small cottage, all the way up to a southern style mansion.

Education is a high priority for this forward thinking community as well. And there are many choices in schools as well, whether public, private or parochial. For further education there are so many fine South Carolina colleges located nearby, it is hard to make a decision!

Mt. Pleasant is aptly named, rolling hills are one side of the town, the ocean on the other. There can be nothing more “pleasant” than coming home to a town that lives up to its name!

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