July 2015 Features

• How Business and Personal Credit Cards Are Different

  July 30, 2015

• GT Savannah's Russ Clark: How to Avoid Mistakes with Mobile Apps

  July 28, 2015

  While you may think of mobile apps as those things your kids download so they can play Minecraft, they actually have a very important role to play in business. Usage of mobile apps -- defined as a computer program designed to run on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers -- grew by 76 percent in 2014 and are on path to reach $70 billion in annual revenue by 2017.

• 5 Tax Related Changes for Your Healthcare in 2016

  July 28, 2015

• Atlanta Braves EVP, Mike Plant, Well-Trained for Olympian Task of Moving Team to Cobb County

  July 23, 2015

  The first sporting event at the Atlanta Braves’ Turner Field in June of 1996 was not a baseball game, but, rather, the venue for the U.S Olympic Track and Field Trials, followed the next month by the actual Olympic Games. That irony is not lost on Atlanta Braves’ Executive Vice-President, Mike Plant, an Olympian speed skater and member of several Olympic committees, who has taken on overall responsibility for the 2017 move of the team to SunTrust Park in Cobb County.

• Georgia Tech-Savannah’s August Learning Series to Examine Talent Development & Succession Planning

  July 21, 2015

  Georgia Tech-Savannah’s Learning Series welcomes back leadership development expert Ned Ellington and former Southern Company executive Anthony James on August 13th. Together they will examine how leaders can develop top talent, plan for succession and share tips on how to identify problem solvers and innovators.

• Local Brewery Wins Two Medals at International Beer Championship

  July 15, 2015

  Coastal Empire Beer Co. of Savannah won silver and gold medals in blind tastings earlier this month at the 2015 United States Open Beer Championship in Oxford, Ohio. More than 4,000 beers and ciders from over 20 countries competed to win in a number of different beer, cider and specialty categories.

• JCB Mudfest Raises $100,000 to Benefit Early Childhood Development

  July 13, 2015

  On Saturday, June 20th, JCB hosted its first-ever “Mudfest” at the company’s North American headquarters in Savannah. Mudfest combined JCB’s popular Mud Run and Dig the Ride races into one big event with twice the mess, twice the excitement and twice the fun.

• Moon River Studios is Now America's Largest Film Studio Project

  July 07, 2015

  Moon River Studios announced today that it has completed the acquisition of AppleBox Productions, North Florida’s largest grip and lighting equipment house. Moon River Studios is the largest film studio development project in the nation.

• Renovations Underway on Residential Lofts Above Retailers on Historic Broughton Street

  July 01, 2015

  Ben Carter Enterprises has started renovations on 20 residential lofts over the retail shops along Broughton Street. The renovations are part of The Broughton Street Collection, Ben Carter Enterprises’ $75 million historic restoration project that has garnered national attention. The project has been heralded as an indication the once neglected Broughton Street has returned to its former prominence.