Savannah startup gets seed funding to develop parking ticket payment app
As ubiquitous as trolleys or Spanish moss, parking tickets and the receiving thereof have become an inevitable part of any visit to downtown Savannah. A new local startup called Quickit is trying to...
View ArticleHoliday gatherings provide good time to tell families about estate plan
Many of us are getting ready to see family members whom we may not have seen in months or years. There will be stories to tell, pictures to share and presents to open.But as you pass around the coffee...
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Grocery store planned for east Savannah
The names of the tenants remain a mystery, but a new grocery store and pharmacy are being planned for east Savannah.The plan by South Carolina-based developer WRS Inc. Real Estate Investment was...
View ArticleGeorgia unemployment rate drops to 7.2 percent
ATLANTA – Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November was 7.2 percent, down from 7.6 percent in October, the Georgia Department of Labor announced today. The rate in November of last...
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Arkin Financial Advisors receives awardArkin Financial Advisors was recognized with an outstanding achievement award at The BAM Alliance annual conference in November. Arkin Financial Advisors is a...
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Local shops eager to carry Cuban cigars, rum
Local cigar shop owners are singing hallelujah to the easing of restrictions between the United States and Cuba more than 50 years after the embargo banned its most famous product, but they’re unsure...
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Goodwill of Coastal Empire names chief executive officer
Michael Winckler, the vice president of workforce development for Goodwill of Coastal and Central Virginia, has been named as the chief executive officer of Goodwill of the Coastal Empire.Winckler, who...
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Container growth continues at GPA
Container traffic continues to increase at Georgia Ports Authority, with 271,357 twenty-foot equivalent container units — or TEUs — moved in November, an increase of nearly 12 percent over the same...
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West River Street hotel development gets design approval
Hotelier Richard Kessler’s large-scale redevelopment on West River Street gained design approval Friday at a special session of the Historic Board of Review. With three members absent, the seven board...
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Poll: Americans skeptical of commercial drones
WASHINGTON — Americans broadly back tight regulations on commercial drone operators, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll, as concerns about privacy and safety override the potential benefits...
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Sales for season come down to wire
NEW YORK — Despite an early start, sales data provided to The Associated Press shows that stores may once again have to rely on procrastinators to save the holiday shopping season.Sales were up 1.8...
View ArticleUnemployment rates fell in 41 U.S. states last month
WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates fell in 41 U.S. states in November and were unchanged in six more, reflecting healthy job gains across the country.The Labor Department said Friday that unemployment...
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Visit Savannah ranked No. 2 destinationVisit Savannah was chosen as No. 2 out of 100 must-follow destination marketing organizations on social media by Betsy A. Decillis Consulting this month. Other...
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New restaurant The Grey opens with gusto
When diners walk into The Grey, they’ll see one of the more attractive and aesthetically aware restaurants to open in Savannah in recent years.But its beauty is more than skin deep.The new restaurant...
View ArticleCITY TALK: Liberty Street Grill, Liberty Street Gallery add to street's local...
This newspaper recently spotlighted the surge in locally owned businesses on Liberty Street. Last Wednesday, a friend and I checked out two of the newest entries: Liberty Street Gallery and Liberty...
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Newsmakers
JONATHAN HALEYNew job title: Agent in charge of rentals, property management and vacation rentalsCompany: Cora Bett Thomas Property Management, Cora Bett Thomas Vacation RentalsDuties: Haley is the...
View ArticleBusiness Events
Digital Marketing Seminar SeriesDate: Jan. 14Time: 8-9:30 a.m.Location: Savannah Marriott RiverfrontSpeaker: David McGarry, Capitis Media; Zeek Coleman, Visit Savannah/Savannah Chamber; Tony Bernados,...
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Hotel achieves Four Diamond rating months after openingThe Brice, a Kimpton hotel at 601 E. Bay St, recently attained a Four Diamond Rating from AAA, less than six months after it opened. The Brice is...
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Service Brewing living up to its name
Ask Kevin Ryan why he chose the name Service Brewing for his new Savannah craft brewery and the 1996 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point will tell you it is ripe with meaning.“We are a...
View ArticleFeds punish 29 Georgia hospitals over infection, injury rates
More than two dozen Georgia hospitals, including two in Savannah, are feeling the new Medicare crackdown on hospital-acquired infections and preventable injuries. The move is similar to the existing...
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