Inclusively speaking, Savannah’s got it.

It’s straight up Mendelian fact.  (Oglethorpe was a procrastinator, it’s true.)

Luckily, I am a dude that can empathize.  (I still haven’t turned in my math homework.)

Due to overwhelming demand (so far more than doubled applications from last year!) and numerous phone calls requesting an “extension”, we’re going to give you eager innovators the rest of the weekend to finish your applications for the 2008 Innovation Awards.

So breathe, sit back and relax.

Honestly, we’re just pumped to see all the enthusiasm. Looks like ya’ll are going to make this a good show…

New Deadline: August 4th, close of bid-ness.

www.thecreativecoast.org/innovation-awards/application

Its the last Wednesday of the month, and there’s nothing like a little pig-latin to mark the glorious one-two punch of hump-day AND cSpot.

cSpot this month (tonight, July 30) will be at Saya Lounge: a happenin’ cocktail spot on Broughton, downstairs from the newly grand-scaled DC2 Design (the LA-based design showroom and retail store).

And if you haven’t been yet, here’s your chance. It’s a kickin’ new sidestreet joint (highlighted by big ole’ Buddha heads, warm tones and tasty martinis) and it’s a great venue to have fun and enjoy the funky, braininess of Savannah.

Heck, you may even meet the business connection of your dreams. Example: TCCa met, courted and hired our former Marketing Priestess, Angel Ratcliffe (now at Paragon Design Group) due to a chance meeting at cSpot.  Come to think of it, I met Fitz at a cSpot, and 1.5 years later I’m bloggin’ up a storm for him. Damn!

We’re also extending happy hour (5:30 – 7:30 pm) and bringing in Zunzi’s cultural culinary expertise to provide some cocktail hour munchies for our cSpotters.  (Mouth is watering…)

Good Monday, quirky Savannahians. As you transition back into the work week, Fitz wanted me to remind you to put one last thing on your calendar this week.

It’s a biggie: the deadline for applicants for this years TCCa Innovation Awards is fast approaching. In fact, it’s Thursday (July 31)!!

To refresh your Monday memory, the Innovation Awards (to take place on October 23) will honor regional business, education and community organizations that demonstrate innovation and outstanding achievement in education, business, community, government and sustainability. To date, we’ve seen applications from across the board – from janitorial services to transportation to fashion – so join the show and let us know why you’re innovative!

Consider this an INNOVATION intervention. Missing this deadline could be disastrous to you and your business’s long-term health (over-dramatization of facts).

You are the key players in this awards equation. Not only the eyes and ears of the Creative Coast but the true creators, innovators and entrepreneurial heroes. Don’t let a chance for deserved recognition (and a dang good time) slip away.

Since it’s Friday and everyone is feelin’ fine, we thought we’d take the opportunity to throw you a new-company-bone and introduce you to one of Savannah’s newest signage and printing companies: Sign D’Sign Savannah.  Sign D’Sign Savannah is operated by the same guys who run Streamline Savannah, Dean Moesch and Coley Mitchell.

We talked to Streamline back when their corporate office in Ohio was considering a move to Savannah.  Instead of the move, the two local Savannah boys (Dean and Coley) spun-off and created Streamline Savannah, a full-service business communication company, specializing in marketing, advertising, graphic design, web and interactive services, as well as signage, printing and promotional services. Almost a year later, they’ve done good and have now partnered with the Bluffton signage experts, Sign D’ Sign to create Sign D’Sign Savannah.

Welcome, guys.

P.S. Now that they’ve had a few months in their new diggs to make things purty, they’re sporting a swanky new showroom on Oglethorpe Avenue. Check ‘em out.