Mobile apps for fundraising for nonprofits
When mobile fundraising was successful by major nonprofits in recent years as a response to cataclysmic events, many in the nonprofit sector realized it was time to take a look at this technology for...
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Happiness decoded at Savannah TEDx
Josh Nichols set out to “hack his way to happiness.”The Savannah computer programmer soon found a flaw in that approach.“You can’t hack your way to happiness, but you can hack away your unhappiness,”...
View ArticleStocks jump after U.S. jobs report beats forecasts
NEW YORK — Steady growth in hiring last month sent the stock market sharply higher Friday.U.S. employers added 175,000 jobs in May, slightly more than the 170,000 forecast by economists, according to...
View ArticleEconomist: Area economy holding steady
While the Savannah-area economy did not grow as expected in the first quarter of 2013, neither did it falter — instead holding steady despite falling consumer confidence, according to Armstrong...
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Holmes Bell takes reins at HGBD
Holmes Bell has grown up at Hussey, Gay, Bell & DeYoung, the engineering consulting and architectural design firm his father Gus joined in 1966 and bought 20 years later.“And I mean that...
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Leadership Savannah class open to applicantsApplications for the 2013–14 Leadership Savannah class are being accepted with a deadline of June 14.The class will be limited to 42 people, and applicants...
View ArticleDevelopment pace accelerating in Savannah, but many opportunities await
Most readers of this column come for details about what’s new around town, but sometimes it’s nice to step back a little and take a broader view.As most of you know, we’re in the midst of some major...
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Newsmakers
HIRES/PROMOTIONSMICHAEL SIEGELNew job title: MentorCompany: SCORERelated work experience: Siegel began his health care career at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. His early work with...
View ArticleAudit: Ga. labor department 'missed opportunities'
ATLANTA — Georgia’s Labor Department failed to have adequate systems in place to detect and recover millions of dollars in unemployment benefits improperly paid over a three-year period despite a...
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Small Business Chamber Monthly MeetingJoin us at the Coastal Georgia Center for networking, a continental breakfast and a great presentation by Tom Westcott, Professional Organizer and Founder of...
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Savannah woman's vision brings Wilmington Island Farmers Market to life
Wilmington Island resident Deborah McIncrow has a certain appreciation for life’s simple pleasures.The England native’s father moved her family to New York when she was 14. After meeting her husband...
View ArticleStates fight over local wood
A building supplier phoned Pollard Lumber Co. about providing wood for a large government construction project in Georgia, but the deal broke down over a single question about how the family-owned...
View ArticleAnother restaurant opens in Habersham Village
Bar Food opened about three years in Habersham Village with an offbeat mix of small plates and drinks.Owners Johnny Baker and Paula Letcher have now launched another business in the same strip — the...
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New Chamber council to be launchedThe Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce will kick off its new council, LaunchSAVANNAH, on Thursday.LaunchSAVANNAH is designed to serve as a primary resource for people...
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Hospice Savannah holds groundbreaking for new center
Hospice Savannah held a groundbreaking Monday for its new Center for Living at 6000 Business Center Drive, just off Chatham Parkway.Work on the center comes after a two-year, $3 million capital...
View ArticleHome demand remains strong, drives up prices
Savannah-area homebuyers’ tolerance for sticker shock is growing again.Prices rose for the fifth straight month in May, with the average sales price eclipsing $220,000 for just the second time since...
View ArticleChinese company eyes Effingham site
A Chinese company is interested in building its U.S. headquarters in Effingham County in a $50 million manufacturing project that would create 25 to 50 jobs.Leon Zipperer, Rincon’s board member for the...
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This week in BiS:• Polly Toole runs the only pharmacy on Tybee Island after spending years in hospital administration. She notes her store is so small they do everything themselves.• Savannah Taste...
View ArticleAgency: Opting for overdrafts means higher fees
WASHINGTON — A U.S. agency says consumers who opt for overdraft coverage on their checking accounts pay higher fees and are more likely to have their accounts closed than those who decline it.A report...
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Plans approved for East River Street hotel
The redevelopment of River Street’s east end can now commence.The Savannah Historic District Board of Review approved plans Wednesday for a hotel to be built on the former Georgia Power Headquarters...
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