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Heart Association recognizes St. Joseph’s/CandlerSt. Joseph’s/Candler has earned the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Performance...
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Casino ship to set sail here
Savannah will get another chance to go gambling when a new casino boat sets sail from Wilmington Island next month.Tradewinds Cruise Lines of Madeira Beach, Fla., has brought its 425-passenger,...
View ArticleRoots Up Gallery brings local, regional flair to Savannah's Liberty Street
I arrived at the recent grand opening of Roots Up Gallery just as the ribbon was being cut.Regular readers might have noticed that we rarely cover ribbon cuttings here at City Talk, but I was glad to...
View ArticleEB-5 centers pave way for foreign investment
If you don’t know what an EB-5 regional center is, the official government definition probably won’t help much.“The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services administers the Immigrant Investor...
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Newsmakers
STAN DIXONNew job title: Vice president, sustaining and government programsCompany: Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.Duties: Dixon manages entry-into-service programs and leads the reliability, quality and...
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NAWIC Networking NightDate: May 28Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m.Location: Savannah Wine Cellar, 550 Abercorn St.Subject: Coastal Georgia National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) invites all...
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Ocean Exchange announces video challenge
Ocean Exchange, a Savannah-based international organization devoted to finding proven and sustainable solutions to the world’s most pressing problems, has announced the Ocean Exchange Viral Video...
View ArticleSavannah third-party adviser acquires Birmingham firm
Savannah-based retirement planning firm Qualified Plans LLC will acquire Benefits Administration Services LLC, a Birmingham, Ala., company, in a deal announced Tuesday.Qualified Plans specializes in...
View ArticleWinter weather slowed state's job growth
ATLANTA- A double dose of winter storms froze Georgia’s economy in the first three months of the year, setting the stage for lukewarm growth for the rest of 2014, according to a forecast released...
View ArticleMorris Publishing buys local company
AUGUSTA — Morris Publishing Group LLC — parent company of the Savannah Morning News and savannahnow.com — has announced the acquisition of the Tell-N-Sell Shopper Inc., a Savannah-based publishing...
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KBRS to locate plant in Jasper County COLUMBIA, S.C. – KBRS, Inc., an advanced composites manufacturer of custom shower and tileable components, announced Thursday it will open a new manufacturing...
View ArticleBusinessmen and educators gain insight at TEDxCC
Make the impossible possible, app developer and Georgia Southern University mechanical engineering student Francis Okechukwu urged listeners Friday during The Creative Coast’s 2014 TEDx event.More than...
View ArticleHostess City of the South has reputation to uphold
As the “Hostess City of the South,” we have a reputation to uphold.That reputation of being hospitable hinges on us. Are we welcoming to people who visit? Do we answer their questions no matter how...
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Yancey celebrates 100 years
For more than 100 years, Yancey Bros. Co. has helped its customers build Georgia’s landmarks, cities, roads, ports and communities. This year, the company — started by two brothers and still in the...
View ArticleSavannah Realtors get crash course on flood insurance ahead of rule changes
Hurricane season officially kicks off this Sunday and although Savannah hasn’t seen much action in that arena in the last few years, the low-lying Coastal Empire still has plenty of reasons to worry...
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The feel-better business: Local urgent care industry sees growth
A middle-aged man stood outside the Southern Urgent Care clinic on Whitemarsh Island one morning this week as it opened at 8 a.m.His wife told the check-in attendant he was suffering from severe...
View ArticleLots of disagreement over how to spur job creation
ATLANTA — Friday’s announcement that Georgia is one of 12 states to receive extra federal help in stimulating manufacturing jobs comes in the midst of elections when job creation is a major issue. The...
View ArticleCity Talk: Walking around Savannah's Brice Hotel
The Brice opened recently at the corner of Bay and Houston streets.It’s one of more than 60 “boutique hotels” owned across the country by Kimpton, a company that generally invests in cities and metro...
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Local BBQ joint ranked fourth in U.S.TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, has announced Georgia as the top state in the U.S. for barbecue, and the site’s users ranked Wiley’s Championship BBQ...
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Newsmakers
HALEY SNOWNew job title: Office coordinatorCompany: Lanier RealtyDuties: Snow will serve as liaison between clients and tenants and coordinate the functions of the maintenance, leasing, advertising,...
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