MCVL Realty Becomes McClellanville’s Newest Real Estate Company

October 10th, 2010 News, Real Estate Daniel Bates 3 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

McClellanville, SC – October 10th, 2010 -  Daniel Bates is proud to present his new real estate company MCVL Realty.  MCVL Realty offers both real estate sales and property management services to the McClellanville and Awendaw markets.  Daniel has completed his broker training and left the company his grandfather started, W.P. Baldwin & Associates in McClellanville, to launch this exciting new company.

As broker/owner Daniel Bates will be managing the daily operations of the company while striving to serve those looking to buy, sell or rent homes and land in McClellanville and Awendaw.  A (near) life-long resident of McClellanville, Daniel Bates has made it his mission to work with clients that appreciate the unique beauty of this rural, coastal area.

Daniel’s popular websites MyMcClellanville.net, McClellanvilleRentals.com, and AwendawLiving.com will continue to operate as usual.  Daniel will also soon be rolling out McClellanvilleHomes.com and McClellanvilleLand.com focusing on all the local real estate markets and allowing MyMcClellanville.net to become a non-commercial, community blog focusing on news and events surrounding the area.  Finally, MCVL.net will serve as a company blog that will feature all of the latest news from the aforementioned websites  and serve to promote company real estate and rental listings better than any other real estate company in the area.  Together, Daniel feels that MCVL family of websites will provide his clients, customers, and fans with the opportunity to choose exactly what news they like to receive without missing a beat.

Daniel Bates would also like to welcome all Facebook users to follow all the latest McClellanville news at Facebook.com/McClellanville, the largest facebook page devoted to McClellanville.

Daniel Bates
Broker / Owner
MCVL Realty
http://MCVL.net
843-606-0622

“The New Daughter” Finally Released

May 25th, 2010 News Daniel Bates 4 Comments

Lights, Camera, Action!

More than two years after the filming of The New Daughter in McClellanville it has finally been released on DVD after witnessing brief and very limited theater screenings.  I got a copy over the weekend and while I’m not going to become a movie critic here, I will tell you that I enjoyed it.  Having met the two child actors that play Costner’s children, I have to say what a great job they both did.  Ivana Baquero, who speaks with no noticeable accent despite English being her second language, should definitely be admired for her title role.  Kevin Costner never disappoints (I even liked Waterworld) but I don’t think that the script gave any of the characters much depth.   The Wedge and it’s surroundings, where most of the movie was filmed, are quite scenic but and also creepy at night. In case you’re not aware, let me just warn everyone that this isn’t Dances with Wolves, it’s a horror movie.  Here’s the official trailer. Note that Costner says “Real-a-tor”, a pet peeve of all Realtors®, since it’s not a real word.

If scary movie’s aren’t your cup of tea, then you won’t enjoy this movie despite your love of seeing McClellanville on the big screen TV.  So if it’s not something for you, I thought I’d share a few shots of McClellanville from the film with you so that you don’t feel like you missed out.  Like most movies a lot of shots wound up on the cutting room floor. I didn’t spot anyone from McClellanville although I’m told that one of the dead bodies is Emmy Bronson (but correct me if I’m wrong) I also didn’t see any shots of the Arts Council which was supposed to have been transformed into the police station (see photo above), but here is what I did noticed:

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McClellanville Transformed into a Winter Wonderland…for a Brief Moment

February 13th, 2010 News Daniel Bates 8 Comments

As we walked out of T.W. Graham’s restaurant Friday night the snow had just began to fall in McClellanville.  By 9pm the power had gone out and the snow had started to accumulate.  We passed the time reading books by candlelight and awoke to a cold house (still no power) and a blanket of snow covering everything.  This was the first real snow since the Christmas after Hugo in 1989, so this was quite a rarity.

We built a quick snowman and went to explore the village.  A few children and adults were venturing out.  Snowmen spotted the land but by the afternoon they were nearly all that remained; a brief reminder of the snow that was.   We spent the day with my parents playing Scrabble and talking around the fire and were actually a little dissappointed when the power finally returned in the late afternoon and our excuse to hangout melted away.

Here are just a few of the pictures that I took around McClellanville.  The parade of snowmen is at the end. Which is your favorite? If I missed yours and you want to have it included you can email it to daniel (at) mymcclellanville.net

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McClellanville Rallies Behind Idea of New Environmental Charter School for the Area

February 12th, 2010 News Daniel Bates No Comments

Last night, an impromptu group of more than 50 people crowded into McClellanville’s Town Hall to hear more details on what it would take to create a new charter school in the area. McClellanville and Awendaw, at the northern tip of Charleston County, make up public school district 1, being a rural area with lower student numbers they are served by only a public elementary and high school (McClellanville Middle School closed last year) both with traditionally low test scores that Charleston County school district has failed to improve.  Attendance at the local private and public school has diminished in recent years as many parents have transfered their children across district lines to Mount Pleasant schools in an effort to save money and provide the best education possible.

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November means Oysters in McClellanville

November 4th, 2009 Events, News Daniel Bates 1 Comment

Looking for 2010 Village Museum Oyster Roast?

I’ll go ahead and say it.  I don’t like seafood.  Yes, I grew up in McClellanville, “the seafood capital of the world”, but the taste of  crabs, clams, shrimp, fish, and oysters has never really been that appealing to me.  I try not to open with this point, because most seafood lovers write me off as crazy, but I can’t help my taste buds.

All that aside, I’ve got to say that I love a good oyster roast.  It’s such a great excuse to get bundled up, go out and see friends you haven’t seen in a while.  There are also, of course, OYSTERS and if you enjoy those slimy boogers (yes, I said it) then you’ve got a lot to look forward to this weekend.

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