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On January 13, SEDA held its annual board of directors meeting virtually. The meeting included department highlights from 2020 and a review of the 2021 business plan and budget. Below is a summary of the meeting. Business Development In 2020, SEDA’s business development team worked 16 announcements/expansions that includes 1,218…
Plug and Play, the Silicon-Valley based venture capital firm and corporate innovation platform, is announcing its partnership with the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA) to establish a First-Mile Logistics innovation hub in Savannah. The partnership aims to build an ecosystem where corporations, startups, and universities can collaborate on solving the…
The Savannah Economic Development Authority along with local and state officials will cut the ribbon on the Savannah Chatham Manufacturing Center, 760 Old River Road, on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 11:30 a.m. The site is a 774-acre property accommodate advanced manufacturing with individual parcels ranging from nine to 100 upland acres.…
Access to quality child care not only helps children and their families; it can also be a strong economic development tool for cities. What do we do with the little ones? That question is on the minds of many parents who need to work, but struggle to find accessible, affordable…
Port City Logistics, a third party logistics (3PL) company, announces the expansion of their operations in Chatham County, creating 200 new job opportunities and investing $80 million for the construction of a new headquarters and warehouse facility at 5816 Highway 21 in Port Wentworth. With the expansion, Port City Logistics…
The Savannah Economic Development Authority has established a new Savannah Technology Workforce Incentive. The program reimburses individual moving expenses up to $2,000 for qualified technology workers currently located outside of Savannah. The offering is part of a SEDA initiative to continue boosting the region’s technology industry – which includes Fortune…
*SEDA’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the agreement at the June 4 SEDA Board of Directors meeting. Plans to develop 10 million square feet of warehouse space near Veterans Parkway could take another step forward this week as the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA) considers approval of a development agreement…
Vice President of Strategy and Partnerships Leia Dedic As an organization, how do you increase the likelihood of achieving your goals? More than likely, you create a detailed and intentional plan that is in alignment with your mission and outline the action items to achieve those goals. In 2019, that…
Vice President of WTCSav and Foreign-Trade Zone 104 Leigh Ryan It’s safe to say that every industry has most likely been impacted by COVID-19. Global trade is not exempt from the list of industries affected and has faced ripples of changes as the virus spreads to different parts of the…
Director of Business Retention and Workforce Initiatives Leigh Acevedo Whether you are an employer of two or 2,000+, COVID-19 is impacting everyone in Chatham County and SEDA is here to be a resource for your business. What’s happening with the spread of COVID-19 is challenging in many ways: professional and…