January 2025 Features

• City Issued Record Level of Building Construction Permits in 2024

  January 17, 2025

  Last year, the total value of building construction permitted by the City of Savannah was valued at $930 million representing a 5.6 percent increase in total valuation from 2023 and exceeding the previous record of $909 million set in 2022.

• Bryan County Job Palooza to be Held January 25th at the Georgia Tech Savannah Campus

  January 17, 2025

  Join the Development Authority of Bryan County, WorkSource Coastal, and Savannah Technical College at the Bryan County Job Palooza on January 25th at the Georgia Tech Savannah Campus.

• Cities United for a Stronger Georgia: Advancing Advocacy in 2025

  January 17, 2025

  As we begin the new year, we enter another busy legislative session here in Georgia and recognize the start of a new administration in Washington. Whether we’re addressing infrastructure funding, public safety, housing, or economic development, one truth remains constant: GMA’s mission to advocate for the needs of Georgia’s cities is as vital as ever.

• CEO Confidence Soars in Q4 2024 Following U.S. Presidential Election

  January 17, 2025

  Small and midsize business CEO confidence surged to 100.8 in Q4 2024, a 15.7-point quarter-over-quarter increase and the highest score recorded since Q2 2021, per the latest CEO Confidence Index released by CEO coaching and peer advisory organization Vistage.

• Jeff Notrica Named Chairman of Savannah's Historic Preservation Commission: Championing the Preservation of Georgia's Architectural Heritage

  January 16, 2025

  In a significant development for both Savannah and Georgia's broader historic preservation efforts, Jeff Notrica, President of Inman Park Properties Inc. has been voted as the new Chairman of the Historic Preservation Commission of Savannah.

• Fostering Success Act Success Spotlight: Eric Tanenblatt

  January 16, 2025

  Eric Tanenblatt, Global Chair of Public Policy and Regulation at Dentons, is urging Georgia’s business and community leaders to take action and support foster youth through the Fostering Success Act.

• Chick-fil-A Expands True Inspiration Awards Grant Program, Awarding $6 Million to 56 Nonprofits

  January 16, 2025

  Chick-fil-A, Inc. announced the recipients of its 2025 Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards grant program, marking a record-breaking year with $6 million awarded to nonprofits making an impact in ways that align with the company's corporate social responsibility focus areas of caring for people, caring for communities, caring through food and caring for the planet.

• VentureSouth Launching Early Stage Investment Group in Savannah

  January 15, 2025

  VentureSouth, one of the largest early stage investment firms in the country, is excited to announce the launch of their most recent expansion group - 912 Angels.

• Ed Elkins Transitions to 2025 Chair of the Georgia Chamber

  January 15, 2025

  On Tuesday, at the annual Georgia Chamber of Commerce Eggs & Issues Breakfast, Ed Elkins, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Norfolk Southern received the gavel to begin his term as 2025 Chair of the Georgia Chamber.

• Gov. Kemp Unveils Economic, Workforce Development Legislative Priorities at Eggs and Issues

  January 15, 2025

  Tuesday at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s annual Eggs and Issues legislative preview event, Governor Brian Kemp delivered an address announcing some of his top legislative and budgetary priorities for the 2025 legislative session.

• Historic Savannah Foundation Now Accepting Nominations for 2025 Preservation Awards

  January 14, 2025

  Nominations are currently being accepted for Historic Savannah Foundation’s 2025 Preservation Awards. Each year, Historic Savannah Foundation celebrates the pinnacle of preservation with a special program that recognizes projects, individuals, organizations and companies who embody and practice excellence in preservation in Savannah and Chatham County.

• Survey: As 2025 Begins, CEOs Are Most Worried About a Trade War and Recession

  January 14, 2025

  As the new year begins, what will keep the world's executives up at night? CEO's globally rank intensified trade wars as the top geopolitical risk to their companies. They say tensions between the US, EU, and China will have the greatest geopolitical impact, according to a new survey from The Conference Board.

• Georgia Lawmakers Ready to Take Up Usual Mix of Old Business and New

  January 13, 2025

  The General Assembly will convene under the Gold Dome today with the usual mix of old and new business on its plate.

• Liberty County’s Brynn Grant: 2024: A Year of Milestones and Momentum

  January 13, 2025

  Last year saw significant accomplishments, promising investments, and exciting prospects that highlight our community’s growing prominence as a hub for business and industry.

• Parker’s Kitchen Makes $100,000 Fueling the Community Donation to Support Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools

  January 10, 2025

  Parker’s Kitchen made a $100,000 Fueling the Community donation to the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Savannah yesterday. The company has given more than $2.5 million to public and private schools in Georgia and South Carolina since the inception of the Fueling the Community program in 2011.

• How Georgia Communities Help Attract Film Production

  January 10, 2025

  Georgia is a global production hub: In 2024 alone, film and TV productions spent $2.6 billion, sparking economic growth in cities and towns statewide.

• Exploring the Role of Purpose in Company Culture and Personal Fulfillment

  January 09, 2025

  goBeyondProfit, a first-of-its-kind business leader initiative that inspires business generosity, sat down with Shane Jackson, president of Jackson Healthcare and co-founder of goBeyondProfit, to discuss the importance of personal purpose and what role, if any, a business can play.

• Sterling Seacrest Pritchard’s Annual Holiday Community Initiative

  January 09, 2025

  Sterling Seacrest Pritchard recently contributed to multiple non-profit organizations during their annual holiday drive. Each year, the company selects non-profits throughout each of their six markets and encourages employees to contribute specific items each organization has requested.

• Georgia Named No. 1 for Best Business Climate by Site Selectors

  January 09, 2025

  In case you missed it, a survey of site selection experts recently published by Site Selection Magazine named Georgia the No. 1 state for Best Business Climate.

• Blue Edge Events For New Connections in the New Year

  January 08, 2025

  Blue Edge Business Solutions, a Savannah-based digital marketing firm, is kicking off the new year with two events designed to bring the area’s professionals together and set the stage for success in 2025.

• "There's Still a Lot of Uncertainty": Atlanta Fed President Bostic Looks Back on 2024

  January 08, 2025

  Today we're going to talk with President Bostic—or Raphael, as he always insists everyone call him—about this year in the economy and monetary policy, and a little more generally about what it's like to be a monetary policymaker in the world's largest economy.

• President Carter: A Life Dedicated To Giving His Best

  January 08, 2025

  Former President Jimmy Carter died last week, but only after truly living for more than a century. He was a peanut farmer, a graduate of the Naval Academy, a nuclear engineer, a State Senator, Governor, and President. He was also a Sunday School teacher, humanitarian, poet, author, and holder of the Nobel Peace Prize.

• Historic Savannah Foundation Launches HSF’s Endangered Places, Now Accepting Nominations for Threatened Historic Sites in Savannah, Ga.

  January 07, 2025

  Historic Savannah Foundation – the leading nonprofit cultural institution dedicated to saving the buildings, places and stories that define Savannah’s past, present and future – is pleased to announce its newest local advocacy initiative, Historic Savannah Foundation’s Endangered Places.

• Georgia Public Broadcasting Unveils 2030 Strategic Plan and Rebrand Coinciding with 65th Anniversary in 2025

  January 07, 2025

  On Monday, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) debuted a new visual identity, sonic logo, and other branding updates across its 20 radio and nine television channels throughout the state.

• Henry Plumbing Company Awarded 2024 Best of Pooler, Best of Georgia Honors

  January 06, 2025

  Henry Plumbing Company, a 4th generation locally owned Savannah plumbing company, was recognized as the 2024 Best of Pooler plumbing company and awarded for consecutive years the Best of Georgia regional plumbing team.