If you’re anything like me then you’re finding it a bit hard to believe that the end of August is upon us.
The good news is: cSpot is tonight, the last one of the summer. The hottest creative networking org in town will set up shop at Hang Fire, one of the hottest bars in town. Seems fitting, yes?
Join us, as we mourn the passing of watermelon and lemonade, fireworks, sandcastles and plentiful sunshine. (Save Fitz, who’s itching to bid a don’t-let-the-door-hit-you-on-the-way-out adieu to sunburns and weather that doesn’t bode well for blazers and pale noggins.)
I know I’ll be schmoozing my seasonal blues away. After all “Summer” is my middle name (first, rather) and I always mourn its passing come this time of year, for obvious reasons. Unlike some of us, I can rack up a killer tan.
So, whether you’re drinking to the “impending temperateness” or drowning your summerless sorrow, come join us at Hang Fire from 5:30 to 7:30 as we fill the place with creative conversation.
Yea, you heard us. ESRI, THE leader in GIS technology (makes ArcGIS, ArcView, ArcInfo, etc) featured SEDA (and their multi-functional property search website) on its community showcase section (scroll down the page).
The Property Search website enables users to search for available industrial buildings, office space, and land sites based on multiple search criteria. Results are viewed on a GIS-enhanced dynamic map and can compare locations to community features and transportation access. There is even an option to save a search in a personal portfolio. (FYI, SEDA maintains relationships with area developers and landowners and manages a database of property from 5,000 square feet to 1,400 acres. )
The Property Search website is such a great use of ESRI’s technology that not only did they request to do a case study on it, but they asked to showcase the site at the International Users Conference last week. Not too shabby, huh? We’re beaming with pride and admiration for big econ dev brother. You did good!
(A special shout out to Amanda Blind, GIS Analyst and Research Guru at SEDA, for her mappy muscle on this endeavor. Thanks for all your hard work…you go girl!)
For some, this may be old news. With all this great blog fodder to work with I have fallen a few steps behind in reporting the big news: Savannah is a great place to do business.
According to Inc. Magazine’s Best Cities 2008, Savannah ranks as the number three mid-sized city in America to do business and number fifteen city all-around. The ranking has been around since 2004 and reflects economic trends and employment data in 335 regions nationwide. In 2006, Savannah appeared on the list as the 49th best small city (top 50, baby) and 74th overall. The following year, Savannah made the leap from “small” city to “mid-sized.” (The qualification for mid-sized being 150,000 to 450,000 area jobs.) At just over the 150,000 mark, we jumped to the number 10 mid-sized city, 42nd overall in 2007.
Recognize a 46-place and 59-place jump, respectively, in two years time? So, what gives? What have we done so right to see ourselves kicking butt and taking names?
To start, we’re creating jobs. Here’s how the results are amassed:
Posted by Fitz Haile on August 14, 2008 at 02:28 PM
While Summer is in Chucktown doing the enviro-nerd thing, I thought I’d sneak in with a bit of webnerdery. Plus, it’s always good to lighten the mood after a politically charged 20-bagger (our internal nerd-slang for a post w/ 20 comments).
If you’re anything like me, you suck at email. I’m constantly behind, always cowering from the ever-growing bright-blue bold number next to my “Unread Items” (currently holding steady at 122 baby, yea!) Staring at me like a blinking bomb-timer, I always feel like its a measure of my failure to be productive (and inversely proportional to my stress level.)
Furthermore, the higher the number, the less willing I am to wade into the quicksand, having to employ all sorts of filters, labels and to-do list items that are basically intended to remind me to “do this later.”
Enter HitMeLater (via TechCrunch), a service that allows you forward any email to 24@hitmelater.com and it will send it back to you 24 hours later, putting it on the top of your inbox pile. Whoa! Has God been listening to my late-night prayers and email exhasperations?
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