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.

Now is no time for modesty. You and your colleagues are doing awesome things. And Savannah wants to know about it. We’re counting on YOU to up the ante, name names and apply yourself for one of the categories listed below…

• Innovative Achievement in Education
  This category is open to all educational establishments along the Creative Coast - public or private, K-12 or colleges/universities - that boast a creative or innovative development, program or application of technology that has a positive impact on the educational experience.

• Innovative Achievement in Government
  This category will recognize a governmental entity for a creative or innovative development, program or application of technology that improves operations or the delivery of civic services within the Coastal Community.

• Innovative Achievement by an Emerging Company
  We kiss babies too. This award recognizes an emerging company (less than 5 years) for a creative or innovative development, program or application of technology related to their business.

• Innovative Achievement by a Mature Company
  Achievement by a Mature Company will recognize an emerging company (more than 5 years) for a creative or innovative development, program or application of technology related to their business.

• Innovative Community Contribution Award
  This award reaches out to recognize those few, proud organizations or groups of individuals who have made a significant community contribution that enhances the expansion of a higher-wage, knowledge-driven economy within the Coastal Community.

• Innovative Achievement in Sustainability
  Achievement in Sustainability interweaves our creative economy with our environmental future by celebrating an entity that has demonstrated environmental leadership through the use or creation of innovative products, business or legislative practices.

Time is running out, ladies and gentlemen. What are you still waiting for? Apply today!

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