Skidaway Publix scheduled to open Thursday
Publix stores have announced they will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 7:45 a.m. Thursday for their new 28,800-square-foot supermarket in The Villages on Skidaway Island.
The store’s official opening will occur at 8 a.m. with its hours set for 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week.
“We are excited about this opening and are eager to serve our friends and newest neighbors on the island,” said spokesman Dwaine Stevens. “This location will provide our customers with the brands they know and trust, including Publix private label products blended throughout the store.”
The Skidaway Public replaces the Smith Brothers IGA, which has Savannah roots as far back as 1924 and opened in 1987 in The Villages shopping center but closed earlier this year.
Publix is privately owned and operated by its 173,500 employees, with 2013 sales of $28.9 billion. Currently Publix has 1,094 stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina.
For more information, visit www.publix.com.
Two Savannah clinics receive affordable care funding
Twenty-seven health centers in Georgia have received $685,000 in Affordable Care Act funding to recognize health center quality improvement achievements and invest in ongoing quality improvement activities, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell.
The Georgia health centers that received funds are proven leaders in areas such as chronic disease management, preventive care and the use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to report quality data, Burwell’s statement said.
In Savannah, Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care, Inc., received $23,787, and the J.C. Lewis Health Center was awarded $29,005.
‘SCADpad’ wins international design award
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) has announced that its SCADpad micro-housing community won the WAN Urban Design Award 2014 in the Completed Projects sub-category. The awards, presented by World Architecture News, attract entries from all over the world.
The SCADpad project turned the parking structure of SCAD’s midtown Atlanta location into a community featuring three 135-square-foot micro-residences. Each SCADpad includes a private outdoor living space, and the residences share three common areas: an organic garden, a rapid-prototyping area and a park.
“We’re thrilled that the judging panel recognized the project … as a viable solution to address the increasing obsolescence of parking structures,” said building arts dean Christian Sottile.
Designed and developed by 75 students, 37 alumni and 12 professors from 12 academic degree programs, each of the three SCADpad micro-dwellings fit within a standard parking space.
