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Posted by Brandi on October 4, 2007 at 08:54 AM
 Have you even been sitting alone in your room at night thinking, ‘If only I knew a place to go enjoy a tasty beverage and chat about the environmental issues that mean the most to me?” Of course, we’ve all been there!
Well now you can add a new social networking group to your list of happy hours; October has given ‘birth’ to GreenDrinks Savannah!
What is GreenDrinks Savannah?
“GreenDrinks Savannah is a social networking group initiated by local non-profits and businesses to engage community members in an informal setting. Savannahians love to socialize and they love to improve Savannah. GreenDrinks aims to provide an opportunity for both!”
Why should you go?
Because you love Savannah, of course, and care about ‘her’ sustainability. Plus, GreenDrinks Savannah was created as a local branch of the very hip international group GreenDrinks, whose mission is to act as a monthly, self-organizing network of individuals who love to chat about the environment and local ‘earthly’ issues. Basically, everyone else is doing it, so you should join too! Our local group’s instigators are Summer Teal Simpson, Sarah Gaines Barmeyer, Sara Barczak, Tommy Linstroth, John Van’T Slot, Patty McIntosh, Pete Krull, James Nolan and TCCi’s very own Chris Miller.
Posted by Brandi on September 11, 2007 at 06:31 AM
Everyone loves to find out a secret, right? And what could be better than juicy secrets merged with a community art project? Well, in case you have been living under a popular blog rock for the past few years, let me introduce you to the site PostSecret.
PostSecret invites you to:
anonymously contribute your secrets to PostSecret. Each secret can be a hope, regret, funny experience, unseen kindness, fantasy, belief, fear, betrayal, erotic desire, confession, or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything - as long as it is true and you have never shared it with anyone before.
You may wonder where the creative aspect comes in to play. Secret keepers are invited to create and mail in 4″x6″ postcards out of any mailable material, using multiple postcards for more than one secret, with the complete secret and image on one side.
Every Sunday Frank Warren, the creator of PostSecret, posts a new group of secrets on his blog. During the week, people are invited to write in their comments about each secret. These secrets have been compiled to create several books over the past few years: PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives, My Secret: A PostSecret Book, The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book and the latest release, A Lifetime of Secrets.
Posted by Brandi on August 30, 2007 at 09:48 AM
“Cutting edge” and “entrepreneurial” are two words we love to hear around here, and SCAD was listed as both in the Kaplan College Guide and Fortune Magazine this past week. Holla! Woot Woot!
Since I don’t have the Kaplan book, I’m quoting the Savannah Business Report & Journal:
The Savannah College of Art and Design has been named one of “25 cutting-edge schools with an eye toward the future” in Kaplan’s 2008 “You Are Here: A Guide to Over 380 Colleges & Unlimited Paths to Your Future.” In 2006, SCAD was named “Hottest for Studying Art” among America’s 25 Hottest Colleges by Kaplan/Newsweek.
In the words of Borat, ‘a very niiice.’ Personally I like the “Hottest for Studying Art” award; that could be taken quite literally.
Fortune Magazine lists SCAD under ‘Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs’ in the Double Major category, stating:
Students at this artistic enclave can learn about commercial product development through the school’s Working Class Studio course. Undergraduate seniors and graduate students conduct market research, study supply and demand, and work with design and product development professionals to develop, and often manufacture, product lines. The students’ creations are sold at the college and through SCAD corporate partners, such as Barnes and Noble.
Posted by Brandi on August 28, 2007 at 10:15 AM
 The Minneapolis-based blog twin city sidewalks wrote a post focusing not just on Savannah’s sidewalks but also our legacy of economic development. The author highlights his positive and negative aspects of our community while discussing the “three phases of Savannah: the historical, and modernist, and what ever you call the present.” I pulled out some of these highlights for discussion.
“The Historical”
“Savannah is one of the most interesting, well-preserved cities in the country…buildings sit around a unique town plan that scatters little public squares at the center of every other intersection. There’s nothing like this anywhere in the world, as far as I know, and Savannah’s squares are fantastic examples of walkable public space. On top of the squares, there is the rich history of Savannah itself.”
I can’t argue with that, downtown Savannah is beautiful. The squares, the river and the architecture stand as a tribute to the region’s history. Well, maybe the river isn’t quite a tribute to the history but I had to throw that in because I love our downtown waterfront.
“The Modernist”
Posted by Brandi on August 27, 2007 at 07:35 AM
Union Mission’s Growing Hope Artisans Cooperation will be hosting their 2nd Annual Growing Hope Gallery Expo next Saturday, September 8th from 9:00am - 3:00pm next to the Starfish Cafe (near East Broad and Gwinnett).
  
Quoted from their Press Release:
This is a free, public event featuring 24 local and regional artists demonstrating their work as well as offering hands-on arts and craft activities for all ages. These artists will also showcase and sell original art in this indoor/outdoor event. Performances featuring artists in music, dance and spoken word are part of this day of creativity and fun. For more information on this event, contact Teri Schell at 236-7423 ext. 108, growing.hope@gmail.com or visit the Union Mission website. Program Funding has been provided by the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs.
An exciting addition to this years’ event will be the Generations of Change/My Savannah archive booth. Community members are encouraged to draw, write or speak (and be recorded) about their experiences and the changes they’ve seen in Savannah - especially in the areas of East Broad and Gwinnett Streets. This ongoing project will be included in a larger archive to be housed at the future Growing Hope Gallery & Studio on East Gwinnett Street.
Posted by Brandi on August 24, 2007 at 05:29 PM
With the recent arrival of chain stores downtown, it makes one (and the SMN) think - is Broughton Street morphing from charm to chain? An article in the Savannah Morning News highlights the merging of these two retail types.
When tourists board a trolley in Savannah to drink in the sights, they ask to be taken to the Historic District’s well-known byways: “Take me to Broughton Street, take me to River Street,” they say. When they re-board after a few hours, their shopping bags mark where they’ve been. Some of the bags sport national brand names such as Banana Republic and Marc by Marc Jacobs, but still others bear the logos of local shops such as BleuBelle Boutique and Copper Penny Shooz.
Now Broughton is no stranger to nationwide restaurants and retail shops, we have a Panera, Starbucks, Quizno’s, Subway, Lenny’s (I ‘heart’ the Chicken Philly Salad!) AND a Blimpie located within blocks from each other. Combine those with The Gap, Banana Republic and Marc Jacobs and you have a wide selection of main stream shopping.
Posted by Brandi on August 20, 2007 at 05:36 PM
If ya do, it’s time to nominate them in the 2nd Annual Ten Best Bosses in the Coastal Empire contest. If you’re feeling bold and want to brag about how much your boss rocks, leave a note in the comments - it’s always refreshing to hear about admirable leadership!
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Posted by Brandi on August 16, 2007 at 09:20 AM
Free this Saturday?
Gennie from Dizzy Girl is hosting a Savannah Blogger/Flickr Members Meetup this Saturday starting with a photo excursion to Bonaventure Cemetery (2:30pm - 5:00pm) and ending with cold drinks at Loco’s on Abercorn (about 6:00pm). Check out her site for more details and registration info!
Winners were announced earlier this month for the 2007 Adobe Design Achievement Awards - among the finalists was Savannah’s own Jarratt Moody.
In the Motion Graphics category the winner was the team of Benjamin Stephan and Lutz Vogel of Augsburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and the finalists were Jarratt Moody of Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Ga., and Justin Schrader of Rochester Institute of Technology.
Congrats Jarratt!
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Posted by Brandi on August 15, 2007 at 08:17 PM
According to August 9th’s Multi-Housing News’s Out & About, United Community Bank has announced a financing program for green building projects. This is fantastic news for Savannah and it’s growing group of green lovers (Melaver, Savannah Country Day School).
“In the spirit of stewardship and sustainability, United Community Bank – Savannah wants to do its small part to promote a greener, a healthier approach to development, an approach that fosters better stewardship of our limited natural resources,†says United Community Bank – Savannah President, Mike Lee. “The longterm ‘greening’ of our communities must begin one person and one structure at a time. Through this special initiative we hope to motivate and facilitate green construction and help secure a healthier Savannah for decades to come.
United Community Bank will join six plus large-scale LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) projects, over 30 planned homes to be built to EarthCraft energy specs, a LEED building in the historic district and the country’s first all-retail LEED core & shell project. Quite an accomplishment for a city to be this green without a curbside recycling program!
Posted by Brandi on August 9, 2007 at 06:22 AM
I’ve blogged before with 12 Podcasts for the Creative Class and have asked you what music inspires your creativity, but now I can ask ‘What music makes you think Savannah?’
I found a blog the other day (ok, yesterday morning before work coughNERDcough) that features a list started with songs about Savannah. The blogger credits Savannah Underground’s thread where people are adding to this compilation. I may or may not want to go on to iTunes this weekend and create a ‘Creative Coast’ playlist.
- “West Savannah,†Outkast
- “Hard-hearted Hannah,†Ray Charles
- “Georgia,†Ludacris, Field Mob (mostly about Georgia as a whole)
- “Down by the River,†Camoflauge (I’d never heard of Camoflauge [r.i.p.] until I visited Savannah for the first time in July. I’m guessing most of his stuff is about the town.)
- “Savannah (Part One),†Band of Horses
- “Savannah,†Ted Weems
- “Sunday in Savannah: Martin Luther King Suite, Part 1,†Nina Simone
- “Stomp Down Rider,†Blind Willie McTell
- “Good Little Thing,†Blind Willie McTell
- “Got Three Women,†Blind Willie McTell
- “Savannah Mama,†Blind Willie McTell
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