I don’t know how much will be made of Carlos Santana’s political remarks at Turner Field as he received the Beacon of Change award at today’s Civil Rights Game in Atlanta, but there’s already an article in the AJC and…
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New ideas, new art, new music at TEDx CreativeCoast
I didn’t attend last Friday’s TEDxCreativeCoast at the Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center, but I watched some of it on live streaming — including Abraham Lightning Lebos on the piano and a great talk about hand-painted signs and neighborhood authenticity by…
Urban planner Christian Sottile talks about cities at TEDxCreativeCoast in Savannah (video embedded)
I’ve studied and written a lot over the years about what makes cities work. Many of my ideas have independently coincided with, been refined by, or directly flowed from the minds of Christian and Amy Sottile, who have done truly…
Governor Deal signs Georgia’s new immigration law — a curious mix of draconian and toothless
Well Governor Deal finally signed HB 87 into law today. There’s a good write up and summary of the bill here. I’m opposed to the new law for a mix of Constitutional, economic, and basic human rights reasons. I talked…
TEDxCreativeCoast streaming live
I should have thought of posting this earlier today, but for the afternoon you can watch/listen to the stream of TEDxCreativeCoast: Watch live streaming video from tedxcreativecoast at livestream.com Here’s the remaining schedule (and they are on schedule): 12:24 –…
Georgia’s April revenue figures suggest decent income growth but very sluggish retail sales statewide
The pdf of Georgia’s state revenues for April can be found here. The headline number of a 2.6% year-over-year increase is weak. That’s barely more than the increase needed to make up for core inflation. Personal income tax revenue was…
Savannah mayor race looks wide open as Floyd Adams jumps in
Well, as suspected all week, Floyd Adams has said he will run for mayor to replace Otis Johnson. A former two-term mayor and current school board member, Adams was beaten easily by Johnson when Adams tried to return to City…
A wonky look at Savannah metro area housing market in April
I’ve been writing a lot less about the housing market in my City Talk columns since Adam Van Brimmer made the jump from sports writing to business writing. It’s been sort of a relief not to feel obligated to wade…
Listen here to Givers, Little Tybee, General Oglethorpe & the Panhandlers — all playing Friday night at the Jepson
For more on the great show at the Jepson on Friday night that’s the culminating event of TEDxCreativeCoast, check out my column today, the great piece in last week’s Connect Savannah by Bill DeYoung, or Bill’s excellent interview with Givers…
Google celebrates Martha Graham’s 117th birthday
I’ve been a huge fan of modern dance for many years — and I’m sorry that one consequence of living in Savannah is the relative rarity with which major companies are anywhere in the vicinity. So it was really nice…
Would Sunday sales pass in Savannah?
Thanks to Peach Pundit for their post regarding a recent poll gauging support for Sunday alcohol sales in Georgia. As most of you presumably know, local municipalities in Georgia now have the right to vote at the polls on whether…
How far will home prices fall?
I wrote a post already this week about home price declines that can be read here. Today it’s CoreLogic’s turn to report on the precipitous declines in home prices nationally. All the major indices are showing significant declines, and the…
A footbridge over the Savannah River, not as crazy as it sounds
In my City Talk column today, I talk a bit about the proposal to use public bonds (about $50 million worth, probably) to back the building of a new hotel on Hutchinson Island that would serve as a convention headquarters.…
If Spoleto is so good, why are the official festival posters so bad?
Another year, another intriguing Spoleto USA lineup, another bad poster. I love Spoleto and am looking forward to spending at least one day at the Charleston festival again this year. Last year’s performance of I Can See Myself in Your…