I had never seen The B-52s live, so what better time than a benefit for the Georgia Theatre and what better place than in their hometown of Athens, Ga.? The 35-year old band played the Classic Center and obviously sold…
Another Savannah metro area bank closed by the FDIC
In this post, I provided a good deal of background about the banking crisis in Georgia. At some point soon I’ll update the statistics in that post. We are obviously having another busy year for the FDIC in Georgia, primarily…
Savannah Stopover schedule released
You can find the full Savannah Stopover schedule here. Various segments of Savannah seem totally clued in to the Stopover, but I’ve run into a lot of people who still don’t understand its scope and, especially in its first year,…
Georgia Conservancy President muddies the water on harbor deepening
A couple of days ago, Georgia Conservancy president Pierre Howard published an op-ed in the Savannah Morning News: “Deepen port, protect resources”. At first, the piece might have seemed a blessing to proponents of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project and…
Savannah Stopover preview #4: The Drenched Earth Tour
This is the fourth in occasional posts previewing acts slated for the Savannah Stopover festival March 9-12, 2011. The detailed schedule has not yet been released, but The Drenched Earth Tour appears booked to perform on Friday, March 11th, at…
Sunday package sales probably dead again this year in Georgia state legislature
According to various news reports, Georgia is just one of three states that allows no package beer, wine, or liquor sales on Sundays. A variety of business groups and civil libertarians have been pushing for a change for years, but…
A “pittance” of funding for harbor dredging: what now?
We’re all going to be reading and hearing a lot in the coming weeks and months about the Obama administration’s decision to include only a $600,000 “pittance” (the AJC’s characterization) in its 2011 budget for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project.…
Savannah Stopover preview #3: Class Actress
This is the third in occasional posts previewing acts slated for the Savannah Stopover festival March 9-12, 2011. The detailed schedule has not yet been released, but Class Actress appears booked to perform in Savannah on Thursday, March 10, with…
Of race and leadership
Here’s my column today in the Savannah Morning News: “A city stuck arguing about race and leadership“. I grew up in the 60s, 70s, and early 80s in a predominantly white town — there were literally only a handful of…
Savannah housing market update: new listings down from a year ago, but inventory still too high
For a great roundup of the Savannah metro area real estate sales data from January, check out Adam Van Brimmer’s “Local housing market trudges along” in today’s Savannah Morning News. Since Adam moved from sports writing to business writing, which…
Savannah Harbor Expansion Project: the view from South Carolina
Take a look at Mary Mayle’s Portside column today in the SMN: “S.C. takes off gloves on harbor deepening”. I noted in a couple of columns recently that Georgia politicians and other supporters of harbor deepening had clearly failed in…
54% of Atlanta mortgages underwater, according to Zillow
Maybe it’s just a measure of tough times for the traditional daily newspaper, but I’ve lately been getting more quality economic information from the Atlanta Business Chronicle than from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. According to “54% of Atlanta mortgages under water”…