As expected, Savannah City Council today adopted a controversial new budget for 2018, which includes a hotly contested new Fire Service Fee estimated to cost each household nearly $300, and […]
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Editor’s Note: The budget from hell and what it means
You know those wonderful free events that help set Savannah apart, events that help establish our core identity as a town that celebrates its culture and makes it accessible? Many, such as the Savannah Jazz Festival, would cease to exist without City funding.
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New Trustees Garden facility granted beer/wine license after contentious hearing
The meetings on the facility’s alcohol license opened an old wound on City Council involving larger disagreements over how alcohol is regulated in Savannah.
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Editor’s Note: The City’s finances are on fire
What is confounding about the City’s dire budgetary shortfall is how the numbers just don’t seem to add up with the reality we see around us. Tourism has never been higher. The Port of Savannah has never been busier. A new bar or restaurant, or two or three, opens every week. We literally cannot build hotels fast enough.
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Documentary explores Savannah hip-hop
In speaking with performers from across the city, Henderson gained a variety of perspectives on the separation of the scene, Savannah’s history of violence, and the importance of educating and uplifting youth
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Editor’s Note: The Great Downtown Disconnect
Currently, the downtown area is awash in plenty of other examples of what one could loosely define as public/private partnerships
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Editor’s Note: Lucas Theatre mess signals deeper issues
Ordinarily, the firing of five people wouldn’t constitute major breaking news. However, the firing of the Lucas staff last week triggered shock waves in an arts community still reeling from the loss of the beloved Muse venue in February.
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A Lone Wolf at the door or just the winds of change?
The partners presented their plan to the Zoning Board of Appeals last week. They were met with vociferous opposition from representatives of the Thomas Square Neighborhood Association.
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Savannah Music Festival: Our ‘gleaming musical treasure’
SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL Executive and Artistic Director Rob Gibson is now in his 15th year at the helm of the beloved local cultural event. This year’s edition promises an even […]
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Editor’s Note: Savannah’s continuing double standard on small businesses
Savannah needs to have a coherent policy which balances the very real need of residents to have input, and the very real property rights of small business investors.
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Stage On Bay alcohol license vigorously opposed by Savannah City Council, neighborhood
In a contentious hearing today at the regular meeting of City Council, Mayor and Council members largely seemed to side with many residents of the Hudson Hill community in opposing […]
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Editor’s Note: The money to fight crime is out there
We don’t have time for the same tired old arguments anymore. If the murder rate continues to skyrocket, deciding the winner of the argument will be a moot point anyway.