Brian Myers

'We pride ourselves on equity,' Alderwoman Alicia Miller-Blakley began. 'But where is that equity for that small Black business right next door to Aldi?'

“We don’t do this to make light of our history,” Green-Meldrim House Director Jamie Credle says, “but to make it more entertaining and interesting.”

With nearly 20 deaths on Savannah’s roadways per year, the city was part of why Georgia ranked the 9th most dangerous state for traveling.

Savannah requires one additional hoop for applicants to jump through – one that has been subject to scrutiny in recent years, including accusations of favoritism and discriminatory practices.

Upon its completion, the connected trails will span an estimated 250 miles, making it the longest connected paved trail network in the nation.

Nearly half the agenda items moved off for a later vote is indeed something that should be questioned.

Once the feasibility study has concluded and the results shared with local leaders, there will be a good number of additional boxes to check off before its removal, including getting the necessary state and federal funding to continue.

From Asheville, NC come favorites Burial and Dissolver, while Brooklyn-based Other Half and Evil Twin, Doral, FL’s Tripping Animals, and Denver’s Cerebral help to round out a line up that lends familiar and popular beer names to Slush Fest.

As property values have increased substantially in the 12 months since last summer’s rate considerations, Savannahians are looking for their property taxes to increase unless the millage rate were to experience a 10% decrease.

Homeowners in Savannah have seen the valuations of their homes rise to record levels over the last four years. These increases in a home’s valuation mean cumulative increases in property taxes that are well into double digits since 2020.

In other business, the City millage rate will stay the same. But due to increased property values the City will rake in over $7 million in new revenue.

The event boasts more than two dozen craft breweries that will take turns filling the commemorative beer mugs of attendees.

The lone dissenting vote was from District 1 Alderwoman Berneta Lanier, who expressed great concern that the Council wasn’t fully listening to the community’s concerns about the MLK arena.

From Alderman Nick Palumbo's standpoint, 'the bones are all there and we have the ability to furnish the missing pieces to restore the theater to what it was built to be; a world class performing arts space in the heart of Savannah’s downtown.'

As an added bonus, before each film, the audience will be able to hear selections from that evening’s film’s musical score, played from the keys of the newly restored Wurlitzer. The 1925 pipe organ was recently returned to the theater after a three-year restoration project.