Savannah is the nation s top location for new industry and other job creating development, according to an economic development trade publication.
The annual ranking by Site Selection magazine ranked Savannah as the top metro area based on total projects with a population range of 200,000 to one million tied with Toledo, Ohio and the No. 1 top metro for projects per capita.
Savannah ranked 12th in the survey last year.
Savannah Economic Development Authority President and CEO Trip Tollison said Site Selection s choice is reminder to those in economic development of the area s many benefits.
“Site Selection magazine is one of our industry’s top publications and this is a great way to reinforce to site selectors, consultants and others in economic development that the Savannah metro region is the best place to expand or locate,” Tollison said. “We are truly humbled that we were ranked No. 1 in two categories and want to thank those companies that chose to expand or l
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The Bayou Cafe will soon only be a memory as the doors of the iconic River Street bar and restaurant are set to close on Jan. 31 after 30 years.
The lights will go dark at the venue prized for live music seven nights a week and its Cajun style food menu.
The memories are many and beyond special, longtime Bayou performer Thomas Claxton said.
“It has been dedicated to live music,” Claxton said. “When the music starts the TV goes off.”
Claxton has been performing at the Bayou, mostly a few nights per week, for the last 20 years. He also assists with booking talent for the cafe.
Embattled Chatham County Board of Elections member Debbie Rauers has resigned following allegations of her hitting a woman with her car at a Savannah polling location on Tuesday.
Rauers, one of two Republican board members, has been under fire before. She was censured by the BOEtwice since 2016, including earlier this year, when the BOE concluded her behavior was “part of a pattern of interference with elections workers in the course of elections work.”
Rauers, reached by phone on Sunday, confirmed that she had resigned her position on the board, but declined any further comment.
Board of Elections Chairman Tom Mahoney said he and the rest of the board received an email from Rauers around 3 a.m. on Thursday, where she officially tendered her resignation.