So should I take the time to write a post about something that most of my friends have paid no attention to all and that — as it turns out — isn’t going to happen? What the heck, why not?…
Georgia state revenue continues its upward trend
A few days ago, the state of Georgia released the revenue figures for April March. You can go straight to the PDF: “March revenue growth tops 10%”. I’m a little tired of the overly hyped headlines (and this is only…
Update on Savannah Harbor Expansion Project
A few weeks ago, when the news was coming fast and furious, I made a number of posts about the proposed dredging of the Savannah River. But now the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project seems destined for many months of continued…
CoreLogic shows home price declines driven by distressed properties, a hint of stabilization for non-distressed sales
Just a quick post to update my ongoing posts about home prices. They’re still falling, at least as of February, pretty dramatically. CoreLogic Home Price Index data essentially mirrors Case-Shiller: According to the CoreLogic HPI, national home prices, including distressed…
Savannah Music Festival review: Salif Keita
Salif Keita was an impressive figure onstage at Trustees Theater last night. Albinism obviously is part of the striking visual, but so too was his stolid figure, his glistening white clothes and hat, and his mesmerizing, somewhat high-pitched voice that…
Savannah Music Festival review: Jazz Meets Brazil with Dianne Reeves and Chico Pinheiro
I could listen to Dianne Reeves sing, I think, for hours, before my notoriously short attention span would surface. Her voice fills a room like the Lucas Theatre with such beauty, such ease. The highlight of last Saturday’s lengthy set…
More thoughts on population loss in older neighborhoods, the clustering of services, and supporting existing neighborhoods
In my City Talk column last Sunday, “How public policy can fight population loss in Savannah”, I continued my ongoing discussion about some of the demographic issues evident in the 2010 census data, especially the population loss in many of…
Obama in “decent shape” for 2012 in Georgia in one of first major polls
I have no plans to turn this blog into a forum for the weekly political winds, but the latest release from Public Policy Polling — “Obama in decent shape in Georgia” — struck me as interesting for a variety of…
Savannah Music Festival review: Citizen Cope
There was a lovely simplicity to Citizen Cope’s solo performance at the Savannah Music Festival on Tuesday night at Trustees Theater: the artist, his guitar, and occasional changes to the lighting on the big stage that seemed to fit the…
Savannah Music Festival review: Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Even if I had lost the sense of hearing for the night, I think I would have enjoyed Robert Randolph’s virtuosic performance Friday on his pedal steel guitar. He looks like a pretty big, strong guy, but his movements —…
Savannah Music Festival review: Masters of Indian Music & Dance: Amjad Ali Khan & Zakir Hussain and Vijayalakshmi
Dancer — and in a sense historian — Vijayalakshmi was up first in this remarkable and beautiful night of traditional Indian arts at the Lucas Theatre. Dressed in white with gold accents, wearing stylized makeup, Vijayalakshmi gave a brief description…
Photos from SCAD’s International Festival 2011
Not much to this post, just some shots of the Savannah College of Art & Design’s annual International Festival, which is a great, colorful event that shuts down a block of Broughton Street one Saturday every spring. A lot of…