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WEST COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — Gray Collegiate Academy on Leaphart Road in West Columbia will open a new satellite campus on Koon Road in Irmo this August.

Principal Brian Newsome says the extension will temporarily house three modulars with 24 classrooms for 6th through 10th graders.

“The capacity will be around 650 kids in those modulars, but within those 1st or 2nd years we’re going to build the main campus in front of those modulars, so we can get up to 1,100 or 1,200 students. And continue to expand in capacity. We can also expand to eleventh and twelfth grade when we get that front building there,” says Newsome.

Each campus will have alternate course offerings, with students encouraged to take courses in both Irmo and West Columbia if scheduling and transportation allow.

For now, the new Irmo location will offer two additional courses in architecture and engineering — those courses currently not available in West Columbia.

“How do we take what has been very successful in West Columbia and reach out and reach more children across the state of SC, so I think this is one of those great opportunities where everything just kind of lined up with capacity, desire, and then the marketplace because families are wanting to come here. There are already hundreds and hundreds of students already on the waiting list of this campus, so this campus we expect will be full on day one,” says Cameron Runyan, Superintendent of Charter Institute at Erskine.

And while all athletic practices and events will remain at the West Columbia location, a shuttle will run between both campuses every afternoon to transport student athletes to their practices.

“We are very, very excited to serve the kids! And that’s a big deal. Any opportunity that we can bring a nonprofit school or a charter school to the Town of Irmo is a positive. It gives more benefits and more advantages to our community!” Says Town of Irmo Mayor Bill Danielson.

Applications for both campuses are available in the front office at the West Columbia location or online at https://www.graycollegiateacademy.org/admissions. GCA will be hosting informational sessions about the Irmo campus for prospective families at the Northwest Family YMCA (1501 Kennerly Rd., Irmo, SC 29063) on the following dates:

To sign up for a session, email registrar@grayca.com.

Interested candidates can access more information about job opportunities here: https://www.graycollegiateacademy.org/employment.

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Oceanic Counseling Group opens a new Irmo, SC office, expanding mental health services to provide quality care for the Lake Murray community.

This Irmo office displays Oceanic Counseling Group's drive to help the people of South Carolina receive the care they need.”

— David Haddock, CEO

COLUMBIA, SC, UNITED STATES, March 6, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Oceanic Counseling Group is excited to announce the opening of its newest clinical office in Irmo, SC, located at 7520 Irmo Drive, Columbia, SC. This expansion is part of the organization’s ongoing commitment to providing accessible, high-quality mental health care to communities across South Carolina.

The Irmo office is currently staffed with three licensed therapists, offering a range of counseling services, including therapy for anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, marriage counseling, and more. Oceanic Counseling Group anticipates significant growth in the coming year, with plans to expand the Irmo team to 11 therapists within the next 12 months.

“This Irmo office displays Oceanic Counseling Group's drive to help the people of South Carolina receive the care they need,” said David Haddock, CEO of Oceanic Counseling Group. “We recognize the growing need for compassionate, effective mental health services, and we are dedicated to meeting that need in Irmo and beyond.”

Oceanic Counseling Group is known for its patient-centered approach, offering both in-person and telehealth therapy sessions to ensure clients receive support in a way that best suits their needs. With locations already established in Greenville, West Columbia, Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Carolina Forest, and Murrells Inlet, this new Irmo office marks another step forward in the organization’s mission to make mental health services more accessible throughout the state.

The practice accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicaid, Medicare, and all major insurance providers, making quality care more affordable and convenient for individuals and families in the Irmo community.

For more information or to schedule an appointment at the Irmo office, visit www.OceanicCounseling.com or call 803-393-PTSD (7873).

About Oceanic Counseling Group Oceanic Counseling Group is a leading mental health practice dedicated to providing compassionate and effective therapy services across South Carolina. With a team of highly trained professionals, the organization offers treatment for individuals, couples, and families, addressing a wide range of mental health concerns. Oceanic Counseling Group is committed to making mental health care accessible through in-person and virtual sessions, ensuring every client receives the support they need.

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Irmo got its first look at its forthcoming new town hall on Monday when the town unveiled layouts and renderings of the planned municipal building that could open as soon as later this year.

The town plans to build a new town hall in Moore Park, formerly known as Irmo Community Park and the home of the annual Okra Strut Festival. The new facility will go in close to the park’s amphitheater on Church Street. The two-winged building will include offices as well as a new community space for gatherings and events.

Irmo officials are planning to keep some offices, including town council meetings and municipal court, at the current municipal center at 7300 Woodrow St. But other offices will move into the new 10,000-square-foot space planned for roughly two acres of land in the town-owned park, near the intersection of Church Street and the gravel road Moseley Avenue.

The site is close to a few hundred unpaved parking spaces for public events at the park, which Irmo will maintain along with around 40 paved parking spaces which will be added to the facility.

Once the construction phase of the project is bid out, the new building could be open to the public by the end of the year, said Assistant Town Administrator Doug Polen.

“We can do what we need to do with nine to 10 months for construction,” Polen said.

Designs on display Monday in the town council chambers show the new town hall will house the Irmo town administrator as well as business licensing, finance and the code inspector. Across a small entryway/lobby area will be a community room Polen said could hold events of up to 300 people.

Building the new town hall will cost an estimated $5.8 million, with $1.9 million allocated by the federal government and another million from the state. The remainder will come from the town’s general funds, Polen said.

Irmo resident Sheral Bowman is weary of the building going up in what is now a wooded park, especially as the connecting roads around the site are only partially paved. She would prefer to see the new building go up closer to existing municipal buildings on Columbia Avenue and Woodrow Street, located on the other side of busy Lake Murray Boulevard. At one table Monday night where members of the public were invited to write down their thoughts about the project on sticky notes, Bowman filled up five of them with her concerns.

“The infrastructure will need to be more developed down there,” Bowman said. “You’ve got gravel roads and creeks running behind it. It could end up being a money pit.”

Bowman owns property on Church Street, where several houses are clustered from Lake Murray Boulevard heading into the park. She worries how traffic and development will impact the area if the new town hall is built nearby.

“People have been here for generations. These are houses with no mortgages on them,” she said. “We’ve got rental property there, and that’s going to be my retirement.”

But others of the few dozen members of the public who came to Monday’s unveiling were happy with the new design. Community volunteer Stacey Atkinson said she hoped the entryway could be used as space for local artists to display their talents.

“We have some phenomenal artists here who don’t have galleries,” she said.

Mayor Bill Danielson said Irmo has been looking for a way to add needed space to town offices for a while, and completing a design will allow the town to take the necessary next steps.

“We spent a year looking for the right site, and couldn’t get some to sell,” Danielson said. The park site “is paid for, so we can be fiscally prudent and we think it will make the park more viable.”

West Columbia, SC 01/23/2025 - On Thursday, January 23, Gray Collegiate Academy (GCA) hosted a press conference to announce the opening of its new satellite campus in Irmo, SC.

The campus, located at 617 Koon Road, will initially serve 600 students in grades 6-10, and serve grades 6-12 at full matriculation.

As a satellite campus, the Irmo location will exist as an extension of GCA’s West Columbia campus at 3833 Leaphart Road. Each campus will have alternate course offerings, and students are welcome to take courses in both Irmo and West Columbia if scheduling and transportation allow.

Students, parents, staff, leadership, and special guests were present to celebrate the announcement. Dignitaries included representatives from the Town of Irmo, the South Carolina Department of Education, the Office of the Honorable Joe Wilson, the Office of the Honorable Tim Scott, and more.

“This expansion marks an incredible milestone for Gray Collegiate Academy as we bring our commitment to academic excellence and dual-credit opportunities to even more students,” said Principal Dr. Brian Newsome. “We are excited to offer families in Irmo the same high-quality education and college prep focus that has defined our success, while maintaining the strong sense of community that makes our school unique.”

The Irmo campus will open for students in August 2025 with permanent modulars and a state-of-the-art “Airnasium” and weightroom. A permanent building will be constructed in the future.

While all athletic practices and events will remain at the West Columbia location, a shuttle will run between both campuses every afternoon to transport student athletes to their practices.

“At GCA, we believe that an excellent education has the power to change lives, and we have witnessed its impact firsthand through the success of our graduates,” said Gray Assistant Principal Ms. Casey Hallman. “It’s an honor to extend this opportunity to more students across the Midlands, equipping them with the skills and confidence they need to excel in college and beyond.

Applications for both campuses are available in the front office at the West Columbia location or online at https://www.graycollegiateacademy.org/admissions.

GCA will be hosting informational sessions about the Irmo campus for prospective families at the Northwest Family YMCA (1501 Kennerly Rd., Irmo, SC 29063) on the following dates:

To sign up for a session, emailregistrar@grayca.com.

Interested candidates can access more information about job opportunities here: https://www.graycollegiateacademy.org/employment.

The biscuits are set to rise in Irmo.

Biscuitville Fresh Southern, which has had biscuit restaurants in Southern states for decades, is opening a new location at 10605 Broad River Road, near Dutch Fork Road, in Irmo. According to the Biscuitville website, the Irmo location will open March 4. [Online copy updated.]

The Irmo shop be the third Biscuitville restaurant in the Midlands, with other area locations at at 2715 Clemson Road and 7924 Garners Ferrry Road in Columbia. The chain has long been a favorite in North Carolina and Virginia, but has made a push into South Carolina in the last few years.

The first Biscuitville store opened in 1975 in Danville, Virginia, per Biscuitville’s website. By the late 1970s there were eight locations open, including in North Carolina. The company now has more than 70 locations across Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. In 2022, it opened a 78,000-square-foot distribution center in Burlington, N.C.

The menu at Biscuitville features, naturally, a number of breakfast biscuit sandwiches, as well as English muffin sandwiches, sides such as hash browns, sweets such as honey buns and more.

The area of Broad River Road and Dutch Fork Road in Irmo is a busy thoroughfare with an increasing number of businesses. A Whataburger — which was the first in the Midlands — opened at 1189 Dutch Fork Road last September, and a Tropical Smoothie Cafe recently opened at 1180 Dutch Fork Road. A new Wendy’s restaurant opened in November, right next door to the Biscuitville site on Broad River. Additional retailers in the area include an Aldi grocery store, a Walmart, a Pizza Hut and a Starbucks, among a host of others.

About 22,000 cars per day travel down that stretch of Broad River Road, per SC Department of Transportation statistics, while about 28,000 cars per day travel down nearby Dutch Fork Road.

This story was originally published January 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM.