Maggie Vaigneur

For 36 years, Copper Penny has been on the vanguard of island fashion, helping to set the sartorial tone for an area renowned for its laid-back sophistication and coastal style. Expanding to Hilton Head under a franchisee in 2015, it is now owned and operated by Maggie Vaigneur and her husband Blake. If you’re one of the more well-dressed locals, you probably already knew that.

“The locals have really supported us all these years,” said Maggie Vaigneur, who runs both the Hilton Head and Savannah locations with her husband, Blake. “We have customers who have shopped with us since day one.”

Maggie and Blake took over the business from Blake’s mother Penny just over a year ago, following years of preparation. “I was in real estate full time, but I was doing the buying alongside Penny for the last five years,” Maggie said. “We have a great relationship, and she has a lot of faith in us to carry this store forward.” few years, Jenny has responded in kind with services that are relevant to the current needs of our demographic. As a health care provider, she is acutely aware of the dramatic decline in preventative care which has led to a crisis in basic individual health management and a subsequent resurgence in preventable diseases. Applying her entrepreneurial sense to this growing problem, she is taking an active role in helping her patients regain their health by offering innovative, affordable and effective plans of care. original vision, she has adapted over the years to meet the changing needs of our community. Through this process, she has explored the addition of services that ultimately did not fit the practice and landed upon many that have expanded her primary care into a total wellness approach for her patients. Due to the upheaval of the past

Under the new generation’s leadership, customer service has evolved to offer online shopping and same-day delivery of the dresses, shoes, tops and accessories that made Copper Penny a Lowcountry icon. Maggie informs this new approach with a style and sensibility learned from her mother-in-law, which is now passing down to the next generation. “My daughter Margaret made her first market trip when she was about six months old,” Maggie said with a laugh.

At AHC, Jenny and her staff are focused on giving their patients the tools needed to conquer one of the most common risk factors for cardiac disease, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and type 2 diabetes: obesity. With the assistance of new medications, consultations including diet and exercise as well as the medical support needed for success, she hopes to help her patients all around the Lowcountry enjoy active and healthy lives.