Jim Morekis

The former dry cleaner site at Bay and Habersham has been essentially a vacant eyesore for more than five years pending development.

“I don’t want to mislead anyone. [Notrica] did not buy this property for it to remain a parking lot for eternity."

“The home caught on fire, it’s a complete disaster. We are now in a situation where the structure is so damaged our contractor has said it’s far more expensive to build from what’s there than demolishing and build something new.”

“Developers and architects working in Savannah have a civic responsibility to design buildings that are unique and respectful of Savannah’s historic fabric and integrity.”

The simple truth is that people are not only susceptible to believing misinformation – many people seem to prefer to believe misinformation, and indeed to seek it out as the more valued commodity!

As the nation's 39th president -- and best former president -- celebrates his 100th birthday even as he is in hospice care, Jim reflects on the vastly underappreciated legacy of this great Georgian and great American.

It is said that Finster created nearly 50,000 pieces of numbered art in his lifetime. Exploring Paradise Garden, you quickly figure out that his actual output must have been much more, including all the multimedia pieces made of found objects you see all around you.

'Luckily this time we only had about 40 animals to evacuate. We were able to do it all in 24 hours.'

We prefer to see this as not an emotional, but a professional vindication -- that we made the right move four years ago in 2020 by leaving Connect and starting our own publication.

'I write in my journal every day. I’ve journaled every day for 55 years. I write down my ideas, my dreams, everything. I always end it with a gratitude list. And on that list is always my friends in Zona Rosa.'

Savannah is built on top of an ancient offshore barrier island – a sandbar or sand dune, really, which is how all barrier islands begin. This is true of most human habitat on the Coastal Plain – it centers on the tops of primordial sandbars which formed during the Pleistocene Era.

A main discussion had to do with the need to improve or augment local septic systems in an age of declining/undependable water table, due to increased development and impacts of climate change.

But several neighbors spoke out against the project with concerns about increased traffic in the tight confines of the neighborhood. Specifically, they all said that the main problem was the already-approved Arcadia apartment complex behind the JEA,

The Commission passed the budget with no increase to the County property tax millage rate. However, because of state law, the County has to officially inform the public there is a tax increase, because the overall value of tax assessments in the County has risen due to increased property values.

"I told a friend of mine in the business in New York City what our rent was at Moon River. And he said, 'I know people who can literally see the Statue of Liberty from their brewery, and their rent isn't as high as yours.'"