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Posted by Brandi on May 31, 2007 at 07:58 AM
As Lower Columbia area ponders dangers of new LNG terminal, Savannah, Ga., residents report few problems with their own.
As the Daily News of Longview, Washington reports, “Daily News reporter Tony Lystra visited the Elba Island liquefied natural gas import terminal in Savannah, Ga., last week to find out what might come to the Columbia River if federal regulators approve a new facility proposed by NorthernStar Natural Gas.â€
There is a proposed natural gas terminal for Oregon on the Columbia River across from the Puget Sound and they are turning to Savannah’s site for pros/cons of the location, incidents and to discuss the possibility of terrorist activities.
Savannah has been home to Elba Island for almost 30 years and I have often wondered the history behind the LNG location – this article gives a great overview.
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Posted by Brandi on May 30, 2007 at 06:58 PM
The South Magazine celebrates an award winning year!
From the Press Release: “Jazz’d Tapas Bar to host party at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 24, 2007
There is no better way to celebrate in the South than a party with your friends
SAVANNAH, GA (May 23, 2007) – Savannah’s own The South magazine won 12 GAMMA Awards at the Magazine Association of the Southeast Annual Conference on Thursday, April 26th, 2007. The conference, which is in its 17th year, was the first for The South, a regional, bi-monthly publication that focuses on culture and lifestyle in Savannah and the Creative Coast.â€
Join in the party, and Congratulations to The South!
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Posted by Brandi on May 29, 2007 at 02:38 PM
Philly, San Fran, New York, Cleveland and other cities are all establishing citywide wi-fi networks. I think Savannah should do the same! Our downtown is a much more manageable size to initiate this type of project, and imagine the results. We already have great coffee shops and more with wi-fi installed, but it’d be great to sit at the park and work, or pull up a bench in a square on a cooler day. I could write these blog posts from River Street with a daiquiri in hand, not that I would, but if we had citywide wi-fi…hm….plus, I could do some clever ‘Interview with a Tourist’ type posts – that would be interesting!
Does Savannah have an initiative to do this type of project? There is a great list on our site of individual wi-fi hotspots – check it out.
Hm…Do I see a potential mapping project for me (coughNERDcough)?
If Savannah had downtown free wi-fi coverage, where would you love to go surf the interwebs?
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Posted by Brandi on May 24, 2007 at 01:36 PM
Mashable, a social networking news site, has a post on Do It Yourself – 12 Cheats for Independent Entrepreneurs. They say, “Greetings, fellow members of the creative class. If you’re an Internet old timer, chances are you’ve already taken the initiative and set up various web-based money makers: selling t-shirts, putting ads on your website or even running a small business out of your garage. If you’re the type that likes to go it alone, here are 12 web tools that will help.â€
Here is an overview:
1.) Be a retailer
2.) Be a winemaker
3.) Send invoices
4.) Be a publisher
5.) Create a website
6.) Create a newsletter
7.) Create a form
8.) Have a poll
9.) Outsource writing
10.) Be a comic book creator
11.) Design your own t-shirts
12.) Create ads
I think ‘winemaker’ is calling my name…
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Posted by Brandi on May 23, 2007 at 07:57 PM
A post on Richard Florida’s site The Creativity Exchange highlight a statement made by Freakonomic’s Author Steve Levitt on the creative class and economic development.
“It’s an optimistic view of the world, but I’m not sure its right. I don’t really know but I think it’s a question of causality. What attracts the creative class to a place are the same sorts of features that likely make that place successful in the first place. Let me put it this way. If Detroit passed a new policy that gave huge subsidies to artists instead of corporations I doubt you would get a renaissance. I really think that a desirable class of people move into a place because of correlation, not causality. The same set of factors that make a place attractive to those people makes it attractive to businesses and other people.â€
Richard Florida raises some good questions – how would you respond?
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Posted by Brandi on May 22, 2007 at 06:56 PM
A blog post on PSFK: ideas, Trends & Inspiration has a video short with Scott Belsky, discussing the changes he sees happening within large companies that’s driving demand for his product. He says that in order to compete, large corporations are employing creative minds but at the expense of efficiency.
He says that hiring a creative workforce is a problem because when people are thinking of ideas they tend to go from idea to idea to idea with very little follow through and we need to make people more accountable for their ideas.
What do you think? I’d tell you what I think, but I’m already thinking of a new post to write…
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Posted by Brandi on May 21, 2007 at 01:09 PM
Anyone that nows me knows that I am a HUGE fan of spontaneous road trips. Driving, instead of flying, is a great way to see the country, and as a Geography major, there’s nothing I love more than landscapes (nerdCOUGHnerd). I always find road trips to be a perfect way to spend the day brainstorming for work, thinking of new ventures in life and just observing local communities.
Since Memorial Day is coming up, I thought I would post a trip I’ve found recently but haven’t been able to drive. The Savannah River National Scenic Highway runs along the SC side of the river from the north border of the state south to I-20 and passes by a few state parks as well. Of course, this year for Memorial Day I will be driving up to visit family in northern Virginia, so I’ll have to plan this trip for sometime in June.
Has anyone had a chance to check this local drive out? What other local road trips do you recommend?
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Posted by Brandi on May 16, 2007 at 07:11 PM
I have lived in eight different cities in the past eleven years and I have yet to run across an organization similar to Buy Local Savannah. Buy Local Savannah promotes local businesses and encourages the community to support their community by ‘buying local’ instead of through larger chain stores. I’m 100% behind this mission.
Buy Local Savannah’s philosophy is described on their website as “To support our local community by encouraging participation in the Buy Local Committee, AND facilitating advertising and networking of local businesses. Our goal is to enable local businesses to compete with economies of scale used by franchise companies in areas such as advertising and purchasing.â€
I have become anti-chain stores in the past few years due to the fact that local run shops, bars and restaurants are almost always more friendly, more personable, and showcase the flavors and ‘taste’ of the community. If you want an authentic experience in a town, visit and eat at locally run businesses.
Posted by Brandi on May 15, 2007 at 09:12 AM
Craig Tanner Creative will be holding a four and a half day Next Step workshop in Savannah focusing on creative breakthroughs, and there are only two spaces left available.
Craig describes the Next Step Workshop on his website, The Radiant Vista:
“The Next Step workshop is about breakthroughs. It is about surprising yourself as a photographer.
It is about peeling away fear, expectation and convention.
It is about timeless connections and synergies.
It is about a very powerful journey to the passion, purpose and the heart of your life and work as an artist.
The magical city of Savannah, Georgia will be the backdrop for our explorations.
This workshop starts with each participant providing answers to a “source†questionnaire that is emailed out before the workshop. This “source†document is designed to help each participant identify the purpose of his or her art work, creative fears, creative strengths, current style, and future goals that are a part of the creative process. The “source†document is also designed to help Craig begin in the process of understanding individual needs for guidance during the workshop.
Posted by Brandi on May 14, 2007 at 10:12 AM
Part of SCAD’s Style.
“Denis Blackburne, Chief Financial Officer of Melaver, Inc., will take part in the panel discussion Designing for Sustainability Now May 16 as part of Savannah College of Art and Design’s Style.
The discussion is open to the public and will be held at 7:30 p.m. May 16 in the SCAD Student Center, 120 Montgomery St. in Savannah. For more information call 525-5225 or visit this link.
Blackburne will speak with the founder and Managing Director of Architects Without Frontiers, Esther Charlesworth, and the Zimbabwean graphic designer Chaz Maviyane-Davies. This international panel will explore the notion of sustainability as an environmental, economic, social and cultural necessity rather than as an optional luxury of the wealthy. As the debate regarding globalization intensifies, designers of products, messages, services, and built environments are playing a larger role in the shaping of the global landscape. Such actions require an ethical foundation, and a diligent mindfulness regarding potential repercussions on the human condition and the natural world. The panelists will discuss how individuals who possess the ability to imagine and execute socially just ideas can work across disciplines to initiate positive change.â€
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