Chamber to host military appreciation luncheon
The Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs Council will host its annual military appreciation luncheon at noon Thursday, May 21 at the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa.
The luncheon is intended to provide the community an opportunity to show support for military personnel as well as a way to recognize each branch’s outstanding service member of the year.
Admission for Chamber members is $40; non-members pay $50. Tables of 10 are available. RSVP is required by Monday, May 18. To RSVP, contact Drew Hunt at 912-644-6422 or DHunt@SavannahChamber.com.
The event is sponsored by Gulfstream, Comcast, Georgia Power, Navy Federal Credit Union, Savannah Morning News, Savannah Technical College, Scana Energy, 98.7 The River and Point University.
New office buildings slated for Old Town Bluffton
BLUFFTON, S.C. — Pearce Scott Architects and CS Thomas Construction are expanding their workspace by building two new structures on State of Mind Street across from Bluffton BBQ.
A groundbreaking ceremony with the Greater Bluffton Chamber of Commerce and town officials is set for 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 19.
The Lowcountry-style office space, designed by Pearce Scott and to be built by CS Thomas, will include double-stacked porches facing the street. Both buildings will offer 1,100 square feet of available lease space with the owners occupying the top two floors.
“This building allows us the flexibly to grow our business in the heart of historic downtown Bluffton,” H. Pearce Scott said.
For more information, visit pscottarch.com or csthomasconstruction.com.
ASF Intermodal exceeds 400 trucks on the road
ASF Intermodal, an Alabama-based logistics company with a terminal in Savannah, has announced that the company has surpassed the 400-truck benchmark.
In four years ASF Intermodal has grown from a two-location firm into a regional carrier with 80 employees offering with 11 terminals throughout the Southeast and Midwest.
“The growth we’re experiencing is positive in every way,” said Michael Smith, the firm’s president. “We are continuing to create jobs and grow our customer base. We are experiencing growth across all of our existing locations, and we are planning to expand into other markets in the second half of 2015.”
Smith said he attributes the firm’s recent growth, in part, to the recent shift in container volume from West Coast ports to the East Coast.
“This shift has led to more freight coming to the East Coast, which has, in turn, led to more demand for our services,” he said.
