Business in Savannah in brief
Metro Savannah jobless rate drops in March Metro Savannah’s unemployment rate for March was 5.8 percent, down two-tenths of a percentage point from 6 percent in February, the Georgia Department of...
View ArticleOK sought for 1,900-acre megasite in Bryan County
A newly established four-county development authority has filed for a permit on a 1,900-acre site just off Interstate 16 in Bryan County to construct a major manufacturing facility widely believed to...
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Gamer pub Chromatic Dragon to open next week on MLK
Somewhere at the intersection of Dungeons and Dragons and Dave & Buster’s, a new gaming restaurant and bar is set to open May 1 in downtown Savannah.Called The Chromatic Dragon, the space at 514...
View ArticleThe Creative Coast to team with The Guild Hall for Geekend 2015
The Creative Coast is teaming up with The Guild Hall to present Geekend, their annual interactive design and coding conference this fall.According to a press release, The Guild Hall, a creative campus...
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Society of Toxicology honors former Landings residentThe establishment of a permanent endowment fund to honor the achievements of Dr. Donald E. Gardner was announced at the 54th annual meeting of the...
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Beware dangers of tire-tread separation
In 2011, Bhutanese refugee Kharka Chhetri was traveling in a van on Interstate 75, just north of Macon, when the vehicle’s rear tire suffered a tire tread separation, hit a median and flipped over,...
View ArticleThinking about the next generation of Savannah's tourists
The Savannah Tourism Futures Study, which was unveiled recently at a meeting at the International Trade and Convention Center, considered Savannah’s relationship to 12 tourism trends.As noted in...
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Food Truck Festival a first for Savannah
Like many transplants to Savannah, entrepreneur Ryan Giannoni has found a lot to like about his new home away from Athens, a lot except for the conspicuous lack of food trucks anywhere in the city....
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Newsmakers
CHRISTIE REGISTER New job title: Attorney and nurse Company: Spiva Law GroupEducation: Register has been practicing law since 1999 and graduated from the Mercer University Walter F. George School of...
View ArticleMitsubishi thriving, growing on megasite
As the Savannah area is buzzing about the potential announcement of a new mega-development just up Interstate 16 in Bryan County, the occupant of Chatham County’s storied Pooler megasite continues to...
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NAWIC meetingDate: April 27Time: 11:30 a.m. Location: The Pirates’ House, 20 East Broad St.Speaker: Lydia Ramsey, founder and president of Manners That Sell Subject: Learn how business etiquette,...
View ArticleGas prices up 4.5 cents in metro Savannah
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 4.5 cents a gallon in the past week to $2.39 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah. The national...
View ArticleVoting record shows Savannah's zoning board grants variances in majority of...
Need a variance? There’s a board for that.Savannah’s Zoning Board of Appeals, perhaps one of the most mercurial and least publicly attended of the city’s various planning boards, has approved nearly...
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Gas prices up 4.5 cents in metro SavannahAverage retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 4.5 cents a gallon in the past week to $2.39 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of...
View ArticleHiring surge continues in Savannah metro area
In recent years, I’ve been paying really close attention in this column to the local and state unemployment statistics. During the early years of the recovery from the recent recession, which...
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New scholarship fund to support military spouses at Armstrong State
Representatives from The Landings Military Family Relief Fund, Armstrong State University and Savannah Technical College signed a gift agreement Monday for a new scholarship fund designed to support...
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Leopold’s to hold job fair May 2 Leopold’s Ice Cream will host a job fair from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2, at its 212 E. Broughton Street location. All positions are needed including soda jerks,...
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Businesses beware: 'Mobilegeddon' might affect your Google search rankings
Google has many algorithms they use to serve the most relevant search results to you, and they update them around 500 times a year.These updates usually fly under the radar and have no significant...
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Savannah sign company celebrates 50 years in business
SHAPING THE LANDSCAPEFew people can drive down Savannah’s main thoroughfares and see their life’s work every day, but James Beasley Sr. can and does. Beasley, 69, is the owner of SignMart, maker of...
View ArticleBud Light: Sorry for saying it removes 'no' from vocabulary
NEW YORK — Bud Light should have kept the word “No” handy in this case.Anheuser-Busch is apologizing for ad copy that appeared on bottles saying Bud Light removes the word “no” from drinkers’...
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