City board grants exception allowing former Aiken County Council Building to become a restaurant

Blue Collard owner Christian Carlisle said he wants to make the mid-century modern building the center of his catering operation.
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A rendering of the updates RCB Development is planning for the industrial building it purchased at 476 Long Point Road in Mount Pleasant.
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The former Emma Abbott Memorial Chapel on Cooper Street received a demolition reprieve on September 21, 2026. The Eastside neighborhood building is scheduled to be torn down and rebuilt in its original form. The new project will feature six residential units.
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Kesha Williams takes a short break Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026 at her child-care center, Little Me, in Spartanburg. With the departure of more than two dozen families who lost federally subsidized child-care benefits in recent months, Williams has had to…