The New York Times recently featured a column on the development occurring between Savannah and Hilton Head, and focuses on both the upsides and downsides of developing this land.
As a newer resident of Savannah myself, I often find myself curious what native Savannians think of their own growth and development, along with neighboring communities. This growth is obviously good for people moving here with the intent to establish their own roots in a new community, but for residents who grew up here, and perhaps enjoyed their peaceful small town with little development, this can be a very frustrating and annoying (one might say) occurrence. The Times piece does a good job at highlighting both perspectives of Jasper County’s development.
The next event will feature CEMA (Chatham Emergency Management Agency), and will focus on disaster planning for businesses. Hurricane season begins soon, June 1st, so grab a seat for lunch and learn how to protect your company and your assets.
Details: SMART lunch series
The Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Council/SMART lunch series will take place at noon May 1 at the Savannah Morning News auditorium, 1375 Chatham Parkway, with networking at 11:30 a.m.
Phillip R. Webber from the Chatham Emergency Management Agency will present “10 Things Every Business Needs to Know for Disaster Planning.â€
Reservations are required for lunch, $9. No charge or reservation is necessary to attend the program portion.
According to SavannahNow, “Last week, members of the House and Senate approved legislation that will protect the barrier island’s pristine southern corner from development, block an effort that would have dramatically changed Jekyll’s low-key character.â€
This is great news for Jekyll and for Georgians who enjoy the island’s natural beauty and we have Senator Jeff Chapman (R-Brunswick) to thank for pushing this issue.
Unrestrained growth and development, including high end hotel chains, would of put portions of the state park off limits to the average citizen. I think it’s great news that the state park will remain untouched and available to the public. If you haven’t been down to Jekyll, I strongly recommend it. The beaches are beautiful and you can witness first hand a striking display of erosion at it’s best.
Check out this Google Image search for Jekyll and you can get a glimpse as to what to expect on your visit.
It’s great to have a neighboring island that will retain it’s natural beauty for quite some time, until the year 2989 to be exact.
Now how’s that for a title?
Bartow Elementary has taken a really cool step in teaching technology to their students; installing Promethean Activboards in place of chalkboards in the classroom. Check out the video below.
Find out more about Promethean in the US or Bartow Elementary I’ve never heard of this technology being integrated into classrooms before, have you?
I wish my school would of had this available ‘back in the day’ – I actually learned typing on a typewriter, can you imagine?! The year after, they switched to computers though and taught us all the valuable skill of Pascal programming…ah…middle school.
I hope those Bartow Elementary students know how lucky they are!
TechFest is a career-fair, student research competition, and business mixer all rolled into one. We invite the college students from:
Armstrong Atlantic State University
Georgia Southern University
Georgia Tech Savannah
Savannah State University
Savannah Technical College
South University
Savannah College of Art and Design
who want cool, fun, creative or techy jobs to come talk face-to-face with Savannah’s creative and technical businesses. To boot, the participating students get a chance to flaunt their skills by presenting killer projects they’ve worked on. Business representatives will judge these projects, and cash prizes will be awarded!
WHEN Friday, April 27th from 2:00pm – 5:00pm
WHERE Georgia Tech Savannah
Map and Driving Directions
REGISTRATION DEADLINES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO FRIDAY APRIL 20TH
SIGN UP TODAY! How does this work?
Students as well as interested businesses can register by clicking the links above. Once you have registered you will receive event details and the necessary info to prepare your demonstration.
An article on SavannahNow highlights projects in and around the Creative Coast region. I’d compile a list here, but there are over 50 sites named and there is a comprehensive and exhaustive tally already online for your browsing pleasure.
IKEA, the popular Swedish furniture store, is opening a warehouse in Savannah on June 27 of this year. I wish it was a full store! If you haven’t been to IKEA before, I strongly suggest you make the drive up to Atlanta ASAP and check out their goods. IKEA is not only incredibly affordable, but it’s amazingly stylish and popular among all income brackets. I have been moving about 5 pieces of IKEA furniture around the country, from my first kitchen table and end tables to my bookshelf and my plates, glasses and bowls. IKEA has everything you could be looking for to furnish an apartment or home and you can stock up on a ton of stuff without breaking the bank. Their framed photos are very popular as is their home and garden plant selection.
No? Ok, well, that acronym might not catch on, but the Savannah Morning News is joining forces with Yahoo! to distribute news content and enhance online advertising.
As noted in the Savannah Morning News… The idea is to unite newspapers, with their focus on local news and advertising, with an Internet services company ranked among the largest in the world with 150 million users in the U.S. alone. Darryl Kotz, executive direction of online for savannahnow.com said, “Specifically, we hope to harness the power of many of Yahoo’s online products to further complement the offerings found today on savannahnow.com.â€
This sounds promising for increasing online readership. Congratulations to Savannah for securing such a high profile partnership!
The blog titled Brewed Fresh Daily recently ran an audio mashup post regarding Ohio regional economic development. The Creative Coast Initiative was mentioned in the comments of that post!
The commenter Patrick suggests looking at TCCi and applying our principles and directives towards regional Ohio development strategies and to “see how the creative industries are redefining the futures for [our] region.â€
In a city as beautiful and coastal as Savannah, why are city officials so focused on keeping the incinerator going? What possible environmental benefit can this have on our community? Savannah is spending $16 million, that’s MILLION, dollars to convert the incinerator into one that can produce electricity. This route is the most expensive of three proposed plans, but delays the city the expense of finding a new landfill location.
I could use GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and locate the city a new landfill for only a mere $3 million dollars. :)
No, seriously though, this incinerator will continue burning garbage to extend the life of the current landfill. Whatever happened to Savannah becoming more environmentally conscious? This move worries me because, even though the new incinerator will be providing energy to over 5,500 homes, Savannah will still be behind in the Green Movement. If other cities thought that this was a feasible and affordable environmental move, they would still be burning trash, correct?
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