Local gas prices still edging downward
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah fell 2.1 cents a gallon last week to $3.35 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah.
The national average has fallen 1.6 cents a gallon in the last week to $3.49, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Prices Sunday were 36.5 cents a gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 19.5 cents a gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 13.3 cents a gallon during the last month and stands 32.2 cents lower than a year ago.
“The party at the pump with the seasonally lower prices may be temporarily over,” said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. “We’ve seen situations unfold that have caused a reversal in the downward trend, and those situations are multiplying across portions of the U.S. and Canada.”
‘Women who rule Savannah’ luncheon set
The Women’s Legacy Council of the United Way of the Coastal Empire Women will present a luncheon May 14 at the Westin Savannah Harbor titled ‘Women Who Rule Savannah.’
The luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. will feature an interactive panel discussion, lively conversation, networking and a question-and-answer session with panelists.
Members of the panel include Mayor Edna Jackson; Judge Louisa Abbott; Savannah Tech President Kathy Love; Cathy Hill, Georgia Power vice president-Coastal Region; Brynn Grant, chief operating officer of the Savannah Economic Development Authority and vice president of World Trade Center Savannah; and Mary Chapman, chief operating officer and chief nursing officer at Memorial University Health Center.
The moderator will be Mary Ann Hogan, president of St. Vincent’s Academy.
RSVP online uwce.org or call 912-651-7718. Tickets are $35 each or tables of 10 are $350. Proceed will help low-income women in finding dependable transportation.
Tourism surges in Golden Isles
BRUNSWICK — Tourism in Brunswick and the Golden Isles is on pace to rival Glynn County’s best year.
Bed tax collections, which tourism officials use to measure overnight and longer stops, is on the rise.
The Golden Isles has $2.76 million in hand, putting the community close to reaching the record $2.8 million collected by this same time in 2008.
And the start of the official summer vacation season is still weeks away.
Scott McQuade, executive director of the Golden Isles Convention and Visitors Bureau, remains cautiously optimistic the trend will continue.
“Anything can happen,” McQuade said. “It can go terribly downhill from here, but we’re not anticipating that.”