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🌱 Patch AM: What Apella’s acquisition means for Mount Pleasant’s Morris Financial Concepts
Also check out Mount Pleasant Farmers Market on the Mount Pleasant Patch calendar

Cheers Mount Pleasant! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What Apella's acquisition means for Mount Pleasant's Morris Financial Concepts
Also on today's calendar: Lowcountry Marching Band Invitational and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do an island and the letter "t" have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 71 degrees.
- Monday: Humid with clouds and sun, temps: high: 85, low: 73.
- Tuesday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 82 and low of 70 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Apella Wealth Expands by $928 Million Through Dual Acquisitions (news-usa.today) — A Mount Pleasant-based advisory firm, Morris Financial Concepts, has been acquired by Apella Wealth as part of a deal that added $928 million in client assets and lifted Apella's total to $12 billion. The long-established local firm brings $544 million in assets and a 10-person professional staff, while leadership says the partnership is meant to preserve its planning-first, fiduciary approach for clients.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mount Pleasant
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★ Featured events ★
- Mount Pleasant Farmers Market →
Mount Pleasant Farmers Market, 645 Coleman Blvd, Mt Pleasant
3:30 pm
Tuesday September 22
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Other local events
- MUSC Health Charleston Nursing Golf Tournament →
3535 Wando Plantation Way, Mount Pleasant - MPPC Guitar Club →
Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant
7:30 pm - Wando High School →
Wando High School, 1000 Warrior Way, Mount Pleasant - The Power of Protection: Confidence Changes Everything. →
Gracie Barra Charleston Jiu-Jitsu & Self Defense, 1956 Long Grove Drive, Mount Pleasant - Accomodations Tax Advisory Committee →
Mount Pleasant, SC Calendar, 100 Ann Edwards Ln., Mount Pleasant
9:00 am - W@W: Wonder @ Worship →
Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant
6:00 pm - Wonderful Wednesdays →
Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant
6:30 pm - Paint and Sip Event @ Two Blokes Brewing: Coastal Sunrise →
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6:30 pm - 23rd Annual CCC care ● give ● run® →
Palmetto Islands County park, 444 Needlebrush Pkwy, Mount Pleasant - Lowcountry Marching Band Invitational →
Wando High School, 1000 Warrior Way, Mt Pleasant
12:00 pm - Our Annual Quarter Auction →
Auxiliary Post 6444, 711 Church St, Chapel Hill
1:00 pm
Monday September 21
Tuesday September 22
Wednesday September 23
Friday September 25
Saturday September 26
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I've see butterflies and very small bees chugging around the flowers in the mornings.
I can collect seed pods and set them out in a basket for whoever would like some. It would be around the first frost. Let me know. (Nextdoor Old Village/Old Mt. Pleasant) - This cat is by the pool.
It looks healthy and it's very friendly. I have no idea if this is a house cat or someone's cat that is lost but if it is your cat and you're looking… (Nextdoor Carolina Park)
- Five Star Senior Living posted a job opening for Housekeeper in Mount Pleasant. Apply here.
- HomeSmiles posted a job opening for Gutter Cleaning Technician Full Time in Mount Pleasant. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mount Pleasant here.
🗞 Nearby News
Isle of Palms
- SC drivers can take UTVs to the roads later this year. Until then, DMV says to keep them home. (greenvillebusinessmag.com)
Charleston
- Charleston County names new emergency communications director focused on AI, tech (abcnews4.com)
- Charleston ranks as top affordable city for young people beginning careers: study (counton2.com)
- Charleston Moves to Host 10th Annual Pedal & Panache (holycitysinner.com)
Ok Mount Pleasant! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They are both in the middle of water. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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