A Bluffton couple, Bob and Elizabeth Gordon-Hancock, have purchased the Richard Boehr block, which includes apartments, office and business space on the corner of Main and Vine streets. The transaction took place in mid-December.
The building's front address is 125 N. Main St. The building stretches all along the north side of Vine Street and includes the addresses of 105,107 and 111 Vine St.
The building has three residential upstairs apartments, three office units and a front retail space, currently unoccupied, which at one time housed First National Bank of Bluffton.
Earlier this fall, Drive Time Driving Instruction relocated its offices from Diamond Manufacturing to 546 N. Main St. where it will host an open house and ribbon cutting on Thursday, Jan. 16, according to Sara and Doug Kisseberth, owners.
The open house is from 3 to 5 p.m. and the ribbon cutting is at 4 p.m. The new location is in the former Habegger Garage. Most recently it served as a storage location for Tommy’s Tires.
In 2020, the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (BCE) will be awarding prizes, holding free brown bag discussions, and expanding the ways it serves small businesses in the four counties surrounding the Village of Bluffton.
The Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition, which begins on Wednesday, January 15, will award $7500 in prizes to new businesses and improving 45817 businesses. Spaces are limited and the Emerging Business division has just three seats left.
To register or learn more about the business plan, visit BlufftonEntrepreneurs.com.
Three Bluffton business professionals will offer a free “Getting Your House In Order” workshop this month.
Faith Investment Services, partnering with Scott Basinger, attorney at law, and Neil Reichenbach, CPA, present workshops addressing basic questions about retirement, insurance coverage, taxes and similar subjects.
The workshop is at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 15, in the front portion of Faith Investment Services building, 101 N. Main St., Bluffton.
Bluffton experienced many business changes in 2019. The following is a monthly review of business changes in the community over the past year as reported in the Icon.
January
Gulf Coast Accounting moved from 141 N. Main St. to the rear of 103 N. Main St, following the purchase of the 103 N. Main St. building by Bill and Chris Gable of Lone Palm Real Estate, LLC.
By Paula Scott, BCE Executive Director
The BCE is looking forward to an exciting 2020. We will be awarding prizes, holding brown bag discussions, and expanding the ways we help new and improving small businesses in the four counties surrounding Bluffton.
Do you have a New Year’s resolution for your business? We’ve got your bases covered with the Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition, which begins on Wednesday, January 15. We are awarding $7500 in prizes to new businesses and improving 45817 businesses.
