Thomas & Hutton recognized for solar farm project
Savannah-based Thomas & Hutton has won a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ 49th annual Engineering Excellence Awards for the Colleton County, S.C., Solar Farm project.
The project is the first solar facility in South Carolina and helps communities assess options for leveraging solar energy to meet long-term power needs. The 14-acre farm produces 3 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 300 single-family homes. The project is among 170 engineering projects throughout the nation and around the world recognized by the council of engineering companies as preeminent engineering achievements and eligible for one of the top 2015 Engineering Excellence Awards.
Winners will be announced April 21 in Washington, D.C.
Effingham firm partners with car rental company
FONU2, doing business as Moon River Studios, announced Wednesday it has joined forces with Enterprise Fleet Management to provide vehicles for camera and lighting equipment and cast and crew.
As part of the partnership, Moon River will list Enterprise as a preferred corporate partner. Enterprise will provide pre-negotiated discounts to other film production companies that use Moon River as their film services provider.
“The Georgia film market is on fire, and we are excited and proud to be partnering with Moon River,” said Brett Wermuth, business development manager for Enterprise of Coastal Georgia. “They are strategically positioned to be the film leader for coastal Georgia, and we will be working towards their success.”
FONU2 (OTC: FONU), based in Rincon, bought the lease for 1,600 acres in Effingham County from Moon River Studios. Its Website is www.fonu2.com.
Kroger customers raise money for MDA
ATLANTA — Customers and employees in Kroger’s Atlanta Division, which includes 11 stores in metro Savannah, have donated more than $292,000 to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
The annual initiative, which ran from March 8–21, encouraged Kroger customers to buy $1 or $5 shamrocks to help the MDA send thousands of young patients to summer camps and provide comprehensive health care, medical equipment, wheelchairs, support services and clinics to those affected by more than 40 forms of neuromuscular diseases.
“More than 1.5 million Americans develop a neuromuscular disease each year and look to the MDA for assistance,” said Kroger spokesman Glynn Jenkins. “Kroger is fortunate to have so many generous customers and associates whose generosity helped us exceed our goal.”
Since 2001, Atlanta Division stores have raised more than $4.3 million to benefit the MDA.
