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Holla! It’s that time again… Connect Savannah’s Best of Savannah 2008 has just hit the streets (well, sorta…we’re a little late). Here’s our very own TCCa take and comment on results:
CITY LIFE
Way to go Melaver, Inc.and Abercorn Commons for their victory in two categories, Best Green Company and Best Green Building. Melaver, Inc. has blazed the trail for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified buildings in Savannah. Their most impressive undertaking, Abercorn Commons, was the first LEED certified retail center in the U.S.; the nearby McDonald’s restaurant was the first LEED certified McDonald’s in the nation.
Fitz’s Alma Mater Savannah Country Day School takes the cake for Best Private School. So that’s why you’re so dang smart, Fitzy!
City Hall hangs tough as Savannah’s Best Old Building. Evidently that facelift of refinished gold leaf has really done the trick.
According to Savannahians, Ardsley Park and Downtown are “where it’s at.” Baldwin Park gets honorable mention. And The Landings gets shafted.
POLITICS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
You heard it here, folks. As of Monday I’m a 26 year old woman (my, how time flies.) But I’m not the only one having a good time growing up. Fitz (31, yikes) and Leigh (the big Three-OH), fellow Geminis, are also celebrating birthdays this week. It’s a bonafide birthday trifecta with TCCa-ers boasting May 26th and 28th birthdays.
If you feel like buying us a birthday beer (or chocolate), celebrating the short work week or just coming out to meet cool, creative professionals, join our cSpot fete. That’s right: cSpot and birthday suits (kidding). This month we’re at Lulu’s Chocolate Bar on MLK, right down from Venus de Milo. Mmmm, chocolate covered creatives. Sounds like a birthday bash to me! See you there…
who: The cSpot
what: Monthly cocktail shenanigans
when: Tonight! (Wednesday, May 28th) from 5:30-7:30pm
where: Lulu’s Chocolate Bar (map)
details: 42 MLK Jr Blvd
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Now normally, I usually glaze over all the Savannah Morning News “headlines” that come through my RSS reader. This is mostly because SMN only includes a text-message-esque first sentence of their articles in the feeds they publish. I assume this is for advertising purposes, but it still kinda sucks, as I’m not really a fan of summary-only feeds that make me leave the comfy confines of all-encompassing Google Reader.
But, alas, I digress.
The Puente de la Mujer in Buenos Aires
This time however, I happened to stumble upon a particularly tantalizing headline (and accompanying first sentence) from one of my favorite SMN columnists, Bill Dawers. It read something like this:
Thesis Project Imagines a footbridge to Hutchinson
I’ll confess that my eyes rolled a little when Andreas Mayer began to tell me about his thesis project.
Text-message sized teaser aside, I must admit my interest was peaked. Footbridge to Hutchinson? Yes please.
TCCa knows that a community’s history is vital to it’s future; one builds off the other. Savannah is a bustling, creative community because of it’s solid foundation of heritage and tenacity, the wealth of culture, and the defining spirit of it’s people. Thankfully we have community leaders, citizens and a city that appreciates and embraces our rich past as we blaze down the road of today.
Once upon a time in Savannah’s not-too-distant past, the Westside was a pronouncedly active, desirable place to live. Blacks and whites alike worked nearby for manufacturers, the sugar refinery, the port and the railways.
When the City of Savannah set about rehabilitating the now depressed area (with extensive redevelopment projects such as Sustainable Fellwood) they wanted to approach plans with ambition, sensitivity and community involvement. It was at this impetus that Low Land and the High Road was commissioned to recognize the social institutions that were once the foundation of Savannah’s Westside.
West Bay Street
(Ha, made you look.) You know we don’t choose sides, people. So don’t count on us to tell you who to vote for (wouldn’t that be frightening?). But, we are here to offer a little comic relief on the political reality that is ELECTION YEAR. We’ve already grown weary of the campaigning. If you’re among us then take a spoof at this.
We’ve done a little homework on our candidates young, old and in between and here’s what we’ve come up with…
Things, people or geographic regions that are YOUNGER than John McCain (from this nice little find):
LSD, The Cobb Salad, Defibrillation (on people), The Golden Gate Bridge, The Chocolate Chip Cookie, Scientology, The Slinky, SPAM, Kodachrome, Pat Buchanan, Alaska & Hawaii, Plutonium, Bugs Bunny, The Beav, Both of Barack Obama’s parents, The Polio Vaccine (whoa!), McDonald’s, AARP, Dick Cheney, Mount Rushmore, Teflon, and Israel.
Things or people that are OLDER than Barack Obama:
On May 21st at the SEDA/TCCa offices at high-noon, we will be facilitating a blogging panel made up of the area’s preeminent bloggers (read: YOU), on behalf of one of our most favorite-ist new young companies, Balaya.
If that weren’t enough, we’ll even buy you lunch and give you a comfy chair to sit in.
Balaya. Together. Wherever.
Hopefully, many of have heard of a great new company we’ve helped out named Balaya. You may have even attended their announcement we hosted last November where we celebrated the news that their corporate headquarters would be in Savannah. (Hooray!)
Balaya provides advanced web applications that help members of any group communicate and collaborate more effectively from desktops and mobile devices. What’s even cooler is that SmackDab Studios (another company we’ve given relocation love to) is developing their flagship product. Gotta love that domino effect.
Tick-it™, it’s like email but sucks less
We had a great turnout at cSpot yesterday. Thanks to everyone who stopped by for some good beer, great BBQ and lively conversation. To those who didn’t make it, check out a few pics. Hope to see you next time!
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