City Approves Green Bike Lanes After Pilot
The Lincoln Street Bicycle Lane will get a new look to improve safety following action by City Council on Monday. Earlier this year the City tested small sections of the bike lane, located on Lincoln...
View ArticleCity to Begin Pilot Transportation Program for Downtown Workers
The Savannah City Council voted today to test a downtown worker transportation program for a six-month trial period beginning early 2019. The $294,000 contract to Downtowner, a Florida-based company,...
View ArticleVeterans Day Parade to Affect Traffic
Traffic will be affected for several hours on Monday, November 12, 2018 as roads are closed for the annual Veterans Day Parade. The parade begins at 10:15 a.m. at the intersection of Abercorn and...
View ArticleProvisional ballot voters have extra opportunity
The Chatham County Board of Registrars will extend its business hours to 6 pm this evening (Friday, November 9) "in order to accommodate any voters who cast provisional ballots and need to present...
View ArticleHoward Family Dental to host 10th annual Free Day of Dentistry on November 16
Howard Family Dental is proud to announce it will host the company’s 10th annual Free Day of Dentistry on Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Pooler office located at 91 Brighton Woods Drive. In spirit...
View ArticleDiana Ross Comes to Savannah in January!
AEG Presents DIANA ROSS at the Johnny Mercer Theatre- SUN, JAN 13, 2019 at 7:30 pm. Ticket sales will go up on Friday the 16th at noon.…
View ArticleNEEDTOBREATHE comes to Savannah this March!
Red Mountain Ent. presents NEEDTOBREATHE at the the Johnny Mercer Theater on Friday March 8th at 7PM.…
View ArticleFunny As Ish Comedy Tour coming to Savannah this April
The "Funny As Ish Comedy Tour", featuring Mike Epps, Sommore, Rickey Smiley, Tony Rock, Earthquake & DC Young Fly, will be performing in the Martin Luther King Jr. Arena on Friday, April 19th 2019...
View ArticleSavannah achieves all-time record in October
The Port of Savannah moved more container cargo in October than any other month in its history, with 413,800 twenty-foot equivalent container units crossing its docks. Containerized trade at the Port...
View ArticlePeter Shannon set to leave Savannah Philharmonic at end of 2019 season
After ten years, Peter Shannon has decided to step down as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO), the Philharmonic announced today. Shannon will remain in his...
View ArticleSavannah Philharmonic hires big name consultant for leadership search
SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA announced the enlistment of Henry Fogel, an influential performing arts administrator, to lead the search in replacing longtime Philharmonic musical director and...
View ArticleGeorgia Southern’s Economic Monitor reports local economy up, but slower...
Georgia Southern University’s latest Economic Monitor, which analyzes Q2 2018 data and identifies trends affecting the regional economy, reports that Savannah's three-county metro economy shows...
View ArticleTelfair opens 'I Have Marks to Make' on Dec. 9
Returning to Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center on December 9 is the annual exhibition I Have Marks to Make: Celebrating the Power of Art to Change Lives, on view through January 11, 2019. "For 24 years,...
View ArticleCity spreading the word about new property maintenance regulations
This week the City of Savannah held a news conference "to emphasize education and compliance" in regards to several new amendments to the property maintenance ordinance. The changes reorganizing the...
View ArticleHistoric Savannah Foundation announces new Trustees
Historic Savannah Foundation (HSF) recently announced four new members of its Board of Trustees at the organization’s 63rd annual meeting at The DeSoto. The new members are: Andy Dyer: Andy is the...
View ArticleFort Pulaski to close for National Day of Mourning
Per the President's Executive Order on December 1, Fort Pulaski National Monument will be closed on Wednesday, December 5 to observe the national day of mourning for President George Herbert Walker...
View ArticleCity joins residents for Hanukkah Menorah lighting
City of Savannah Mayor Eddie DeLoach and members of City Council will join residents for the second annual Chanukah Celebration in Ellis Square at 6:30 p.m., Monday, December 3. The City of Savannah...
View ArticleGloria Steinem biopic casting for Savannah shoot
Cynthia Stillwell Casting announces that it will be casting background actors for the new Gloria Steinem biopic filming in Savannah from January-March 2019, with costume fittings starting very...
View ArticleSavannah Music Festival brings Musical Explorers program to local students
This week, more than 10,000 local K-2 students are attending Savannah Music Festival’s (SMF) Musical Explorers concerts at Trustees Theatre. The series, from Dec. 3-7, presents soul songstress Laiken...
View ArticleCity Council: Savannah poverty rate down to 21 percent
In today's meeting, Savannah City Council said that new statistics compiled by the Savannah Economic Development Authority show that the City of Savannah poverty rate is down to 21 percent from 26.4...
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