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• Where Life Meets Style: The Broughton Street Collection

  News, October 15, 2014

• Case Study: Reimagining Our Downtown, How Greenville SC is Building One of the Best in America

  Features, October 15, 2014

  In Savannah, a Critical Issues presentation by HunterMaclean featured the successful and now famous revitalization efforts in Downtown Greenville, South Carolina, and its mayor, Knox White. White, the featured presenter at the seminar held at Savannah Technical College, said, “We’ve worked very intentionally with planners to create a great city.” And a great city they did make.

• Metropolitan Planning Commission Reaches Decision on Historic East Victory Property

  News, October 08, 2014

• Savannah Airport Commission Gets Update on Service Stats

  News, October 07, 2014

• Medient, Effingham IDA Press Forward for New Memorandum of Understanding

  News, September 26, 2014

• City Council Receives First Update on Shooting Investigation

  News, September 23, 2014

• Short-Term Rentals for Transient Guests Raise Questions at City Hall

  Features, September 19, 2014

  The Metropolitan Planning Commission recommended to the Savannah City Council Thursday, a text amendment to the City of Savannah Zoning Ordinance to establish short-term residential rental as a land use in the zoning ordinance, to include a definition, zoning districts where permitted, use conditions and parking standards.

• Georgia Southern is Leading the Way with its Paulson College of Engineering & IT

  Features, September 18, 2014

  According to industry officials throughout the region, there is not an adequate number of qualified engineering candidates for some of the area’s engineering jobs. Georgia Southern University in Statesboro is aggressively seeking to address this issue through its Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology, according to the engineering college’s founding dean, Dr. Mohammad. S. Davoud.

• Trustees Garden Master Plan Still Unfolding

  News, September 17, 2014

• Savannah Airport Commission Receives TSA Award

  News, September 16, 2014

• Jobs & Economic Development Drive Michelle Nunn – In Her Own Words

  Features, September 16, 2014

  Georgia CEO has been privileged to correspond with our state’s candidates for Governor and Senator. There is no question that this November’s election is pivotal for the entire nation. This year, Georgia voters will play an especially significant role in the future of the nation as well as the state. In our second of a planned series of interviews with the four candidates, we talk to Senate Candidate Michelle Nunn.

• Construction, Film, Agriculture Among Segments Driving Growth in Georgia

  News, September 11, 2014

• Governor Deal Brings News of a Recovering Economy to SEDA Board

  Features, September 10, 2014

  The regular monthly meetings of the World Trade Center- Savannah and the Savannah Economic Development Authority usually take place in the SEDA/WTC-Savannah building on Hutchinson Island in Savannah. However, Tuesday’s September meetings were moved down the street a bit to the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center, in order to accommodate a significantly larger audience. The expanded attendance was due to the fact that Governor Nathan Deal was to address the SEDA board of directors.

• Why Candidate Deal Should Remain Governor Deal – In His Own Words

  Features, September 09, 2014

  Georgia CEO has been privileged to correspond with our state’s candidates for Governor and Senator. There is no question that this November’s election is pivotal for the entire nation. This year, Georgia voters will play an especially significant role in the future of the nation as well as the state. In the first of four planned interviews, we speak with Georgia's current Governor Nathan Deal.

• Sand Gnats Owners Still Like Savannah River Landing

  Features, August 28, 2014

  Jason Freier is Chairman and CEO of Hardball Capital in Atlanta, which has owned the Savannah Sand Gnats baseball team since 2008. Conversations with the City about building a new stadium complex for the Sand Gnats began in 2009, with the Savannah River Landing site most preferable.

• Medient Studioplex Races Against the Clock, CEO Comments on Financing

  News, August 21, 2014

• Badran’s Departure from Goodwill is a Loss for the Community, but Opportunity Abounds

  Features, August 19, 2014

  On August 4th, Mohsen Badran, president & CEO of Goodwill of the Coastal Empire, announced he was resigning his position and returning to New York City to be with his family. Even with his departure, things are looking up for Goodwill of the Coastal Empire.

• Medient Studio’s New Master Plan Awaits County Approval

  News, August 14, 2014

• Georgia Native Returns Home as Filmmaking Rises in Savannah & Atlanta

  Features, August 05, 2014

  In the news as of late have been Medient Studios and the dismissal of its founder and CEO, Manu Kumaran, and the legal action he has been taking against the company’s new leadership. There has been the exposure of early mismanagement and the rapid devaluation of the company’s stock and then the reinstatement of trading under Medient’s new leadership.

• Profile: Cathy Hill, Georgia Power Coastal Region VP

  Features, July 24, 2014

  Cathy Hill is Regional Vice President in charge of operations for Georgia Power, a Southern Company, in Savannah and the entire coastal region. Hill is celebrating her 30th anniversary with Georgia Power this year.

• Construction Update on Medient's Studioplex

  Features, July 21, 2014

  At the monthly board meeting of the Effingham County Industrial Development Board last Thursday, newly appointed Medient Studios CEO, Jake Shapiro, reported on the changes and progress that have taken place at Medient since his appointment just a few weeks ago. As we reported on Friday, Medient discussed the recent changes in the corporate structure of the firm. Medient also updated the Board on construction of Studioplex.

• New Medient Studios CEO Provides Update at Industrial Development Board Meeting

  News, July 18, 2014

• Evans Gets GPA Contract to Rebuild Warehouse No. 3

  Features, July 14, 2014

  Evans General Contractors, with offices in Savannah and three other cities, was recently awarded the contract to demolish and rebuild the Georgia Ports Authority Warehouse No. 3.

• Memorial Health CEO Maggie Gill Reports Progress: Mercer Medical School, Heart & Vascular Institute, Fiscal Benefits

  Features, June 18, 2014

  In our third and final report with Memorial Health CEO Maggie Gill, she talks about the Mercer University Medical Campus, expansion of the Heart & Vascular Institute, and the fiscal benefits to the community.

• Memorial Health CEO Maggie Gill Reports Progress: Population Health, Partnerships, Children's Hospital

  Features, June 17, 2014

  In our second report with Memorial Health CEO Maggie Gill, she focuses on recent progress in investing resources in population health, the recent partnership with Novant Health, and the erecting of a dedicated children's hospital on the Memorial Campus.

• Memorial Health CEO Maggie Gill Reports Progress - Part One

  Features, June 16, 2014

  In the first of a three part series this week, Memorial Health CEO Maggie Gill reflects on the hospital’s annual update to the Chatham County Commission at its semi-monthly meeting on May 23rd. Gill began her report with a review of plans and accomplishments from last year that continue to lead Memorial to its current and future successes.

• City Council Holds Fast on Height Ordinance Change

  News, June 13, 2014

• City Council Gives Kessler Big Thumbs-Up

  Features, May 22, 2014

  Mega-hotel developer Richard C. Kessler requested last Thursday to have the City Council approve a text amendment to an existing height restriction ordinance that limits the height of new structures in Savannah’s Historic District. Kessler, president of the Kessler Corporation, is building a $200 million luxury hotel, restaurant and retail complex on the far west end of River Street, an area that Mayor Edna B. Jackson referred to as “blighted.”

• Georgia Primaries Bring Expected Congressional Runoffs

  Features, May 21, 2014

  Tuesday’s primary election results brought runoffs for candidates for both houses of Congress.

• Broughton Street Project Exposes Arcane City Ordinance

  Features, May 19, 2014

  The much-publicized mixed-use redevelopment plan for Broughton Street has hit a major snag. The $72 million+ project of Atlanta-based Ben Carter Enterprises exposed an arcane city ordinance that limits the project’s mixed-use capacity.

• World Trade Center Savannah launches long-awaited EB-5 Regional Center

  Features, May 15, 2014

  At Tuesday’s meeting of the World Trade Center Savannah board of directors, a revolutionary project took a giant step closer to becoming a reality. The WTCSavannah board under the direction of Chairman Eric Johnson last November approved a plan to move forward to hire a consultant that will lead the effort to establish an EB-5 Regional Center in Savannah. Arnold “Arnie” Sherman was selected as the expert consultant on the EB-5 initiative.

• Captain Chris Desa, President of Jonaro Technomar, Consults on All Facets of Cargo Ship Safety and Security

  Features, May 09, 2014

  Chris Desa began his maritime career in 1973, right after graduating high school in Bombay, India. He went to sea immediately as a direct entry cadet in the Indian Maritime Service. “I worked my way up through all five levels of licensing,” said Desa. “After four years, I could qualify for my first license, which was second mate, which required another 18 months at sea.” Desa sat for what he describes as a very tough exam at the Maritime Engineering College in Bombay. “Even after passing it, you didn’t get promoted right away, necessarily,” he said. However, he was promoted to the rank of captain at the age of 28.

• Batson-Cook Construction: Building Partnerships First

  Features, April 23, 2014

  From its humble beginnings in the early 20th century in West Point, Ga., Batson-Cook Construction has always operated on the philosophy of building relationships with clients and partnerships with its owners, architects and subcontractors on every building project.

• CEO Profile: Dr. Dozier, President of Savannah State University

  Features, April 10, 2014

  Founded in 1890, Savannah State University is the oldest historically black university in the State of Georgia. Dr. Cheryl Davenport Dozier was named interim president in May of 2011.

• Tollison, SEDA, Bullish on Savannah’s Economic Future

  Features, April 03, 2014

  The Savannah Economic Development Authority is the principal driving force for new and current business development in all of Chatham County. Trip Tollison, president & CEO of SEDA, has been serving in that capacity for about a-year-and a-half.

• Broughton Street Project: The Story Behind the Story

  Features, February 28, 2014

  On February 11 of this year, Ben Carter Enterprises announced that its premier company had acquired several buildings and had contracts for 20 more across a five-block area of Broughton Street, Savannah main downtown shopping thoroughfare.

• Dr. Kathy Love Brings 30 Years of Leadership Experience to Savannah Technical College

  Features, February 13, 2014

  Dr. Kathy Love has been the president of Savannah Technical College for the past five years. All told, Love has almost 30 years in the Technical College System of Georgia in various leadership capacities. She updates us on what Savannah Technical College is up to these days.