Last year, Hyundai Motor Group announced that it will open an electric vehicle plant at the megasite in Bryan County and ever since, the region has been preparing for its […]
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The Veep came to town and I didn’t even get a T-shirt
Thing is, Biden gave almost exactly the same speech earlier that morning in South Carolina, which has its own harbor deepening enterprise brewing at the Port of Charleston.
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News Briefs
State’s unemployment rate drops in April The unemployment rate in Georgia dropped to 9.9 percent last month, a decline of 0.1 from March and the third consecutive month in which […]
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Looking ahead
The Savannah Economic Development Authority’s new President and CEO Steve Weathers has only been in town about four months, but he’s already got a clear vision of what needs to […]
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Interview: Rochelle Small-Toney
Rochelle Small–Toney remained quiet during the last several weeks, even though her name was mentioned in almost every conversation about city politics. While the path to getting the permanent position […]
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Investing in culture
Looking back on 2010, Savannah is coming off one of its most vibrant years, culturally speaking, in recent memory. Numerous times over the past 12 months I’ve found myself having […]
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The rebirth of the Creative Coast
The retail space over looking Wright Square once sold home goods and gifts – picture frames and hand-painted martini glasses. As the new headquarters for the Creative Coast alliance (TCCa), […]
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In her own words
In July, Rochelle Small–Toney will celebrate her third anniversary of working with the City of Savannah. But it’s only in the last few months that she’s found herself in the […]
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Westside story
As early as this spring, work could finally begin on streetscape improvements for the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard corridor after nearly five years of delays. At last week’s City […]
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Cruisin’ to prosperity
After a decade adrift, the plan to secure a cruise ship terminal in Savannah has floated back up the river, steered by Alderman Tony Thomas and a task force consisting […]