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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 3
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
AASU Economic Monitor:
Regional Economy in Recession
W.W. Law Foundation Sponsors
Essay Contest in Law’s Honor
The Coastal Empire
Economic Monitor for the
third quarter of 2008 shows
that the regional economy
continued to lose ground as
the rate of decline accelerated
due in part to worsening con
ditions in the regional hous
ing and labor markets. The
Economic Monitor, published
by Armstrong Atlantic State
University’s Center for
Regional Analysis, is avail
able at http://www.econ.arm-
strong.edu/cra/monitor.htm.
The Coastal Empire
coincident economic index, a
measure of the regional eco
nomic heartbeat, declined 1.1
percent for the third quarter. It
is the third consecutive quar
terly drop amounting to an
annualized rate of 4.4 percent
since the beginning of the
year.
“The preponderance of
evidence suggests the region
al economy entered a reces
sion in the early part of this
year,” said Michael Toma,
director of AASU’s Center
for Regional Analysis, which
publishes the report. “The
downward trend in current
economic conditions has per
sisted through the third quar
ter and the weakness is broad-
based as evidenced by
declines in employment,
tourism, shipping, retailing,
housing, and labor market
activity.”
Added Toma: “The sig
nal from the forecasting index
is that the Savannah metro
economy will continue to
face challenging economic
conditions at least through the
summer of 2009.”
The Economic
Monitor’s leading and coinci
dent indexes offer readers an
informational tool that can be
used to adjust to changes in
regional demand conditions.
The signals provided by the
indicators may be used to con
trol inventory, optimize
staffing, adjust marketing or
pricing strategies, forecast
revenue, or capitalize on other
opportunities in the regional
economy.
"I have been utilizing the
Economic Monitor for quite
some time,” said Rhett
Mouchet, broker-in-charge for
Melaver Mouchet, a leading
commercial real estate broker
age firm serving Savannah,
Coastal Georgia and the South
Carolina Low Country. “I find
that it is helpful in orienting
See Economic, page 8
The W. W. Law
Foundation is sponsoring an
essay contest to recognize
Westley Wallace Law’s
eighty-six birthday [bom
January 1, 1923] and kick-off
of Black History month.
Essay must pay tribute to W.
W. Law, Savannah’s own
civil rights leader, crusader
for justice and equality and
historic preservationist.
The contest is open to
all fourth graders of
Savannah/Chatham County
schools—public, private,
charter, and home schools.
W. W. Law Essay
Contest Guidelines:
Theme - In the remain
der of the 2008-2009 school
year, I pledge to do one thing,
to make Mr. Law proud
(please be specific);
Length: 150 words
Cover page: List essay
title, your name, age, grade,
school, phone number, and
home address;
All entries must be
postmarked by Friday,
February 6, 2009 and mailed
to:
Attn: Dr. Weihua Zhang
c/o W. W. Law
Foundation, Inc.,
P. O. Box 1302,
Savannah, GA 31402
There will be:
One First Prize Award:
$100 and Savannah Law
Documentary;
One Second Prize
Award: $50 and Savannah
Law Documentary; and
Two Third Prize
Awards: $25 and Savannah
Law Documentary each.
Reception:
Contest winners will be noti
fied by mail in mid-February
and a reception will be
W.W. Law
held in late February—time
and place to be announced;
all contestants and their
teachers, families, friends
will be invited.
For additional informa
tion contact Dr. Weihua
Zhang or Remer
Pendergraph at 912-234-
1250.
Recycling Rallies Promote Jan. 5 Rollout
Representatives from
the City's Sanitation
Department, along with
community recycling advo
cates, will rally at the comer
of Abercom and Mall Blvd.
from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
on Jan. 3 to draw attention to
the City's rollout of curbside
recycling on Jan. 5.
Over the past month,
96-gallon, black and yellow
recycling carts have been
delivered to 48,000 house
holds throughout Savannah.
The carts are our citizens'
connection to Savannah's
state-of-the-art curbside sys
tem, called "single-stream
recycling." Single-stream
recycling, a new technology,
is the most user-friendly of
all recycling systems. It
allows residents to drop a
variety of clean recyclables -
- plastic and glass bottles,
metal cans, paper and card
board — into one recycling
container, with no sorting
required.
Make it a GOODWILL Giving Year-End
Year-End Donations being
accepted as YOU Continue to
Help Create a Better
Community> in 2009
Success can be meas
ured in many ways, but sim
ply put; it means achieving
your dreams. Goodwill
Industries of the Coastal
Empire helps people do just
that. Every year, Goodwill
Industries provides work
opportunities to hundreds of
people with disabilities in
Savannah, the Coastal
Empire and Low Country.
For people with disabilities,
the road to work and success-
begins with DONATIONS.
Donations for the 2008 year-
end rush are being accepted at
the 14 Goodwill Retail
Stores, the 12 Attended
Donation Centers and over 30
drop box locations across
Goodwill's 29 county region
to include the Corporate
Office located at 7220 Sallie
Mood Drive on Wednesday
December 31, 2008 from
9am until 7pm
The donation process is
donor friendly, Goodwill
employees & staff are on-
hand to unload your donation
from your vehicle and present
receipts on site.
By donating your gently
used merchandise; from
clothing, vehicles and com
puters to Goodwill Industries
of the Coastal Empire, you're
helping train tomorrow's
workforce. It's the power of
work; it's about having a
chance; it's about having a
job; it's about self respect,
independence, and opportuni
ty. The power of work is
what Goodwill Industries of
the Coastal Empire is all
about.
Donors interested in
donating vehicles should con
tact Steve Bellmoff at 912-
663-0786; individuals wish
ing to make a monetary dona
tion should contact Joe
Driggers at 912-354-6611
ext. 128.
Goodwill Industries of
the Coastal Empire, Inc. pro
vides job training, employ
ment services, job placement
opportunities and post
employment support to
strengthen communities and
families by training people to
become independent, tax-
paying members of society.
Those services include
ADVANCE (formerly
Second Chance), a communi
ty re-entry program for peo
ple with acquired brain
injury. When someone is
having a hard time finding a
job - either because of a dis
ability, poverty or lack of
experience - Goodwill is
there to help. To locate your
local Goodwill and for infor
mation on all Goodwill serv
ices call (912) 354-6611 or
visit www.goodwillsavan-
nahga.org
For more information,
please contact Joe Driggers,
Director of Marketing &
Development, at 912-354-
6611 ext. 128 (office), 596-
6208 (cell) or joed@good-
willsavannahga.org
Resource Development Experts to
Speak at Coastal Nonprofit
Professionals Meeting
On January 14th from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m., the Georgia
Center for Nonprofits will
host a Coastal Nonprofit
Professionals (CNP) net
working meeting that will
include a short program.
Seasoned resource develop
ment experts Robert
Duckworth, Executive
Director of the St. Joseph's
Candler Foundations and
Judy Walker, CFRP, of J.W.
Walker Associates will dis
cuss how nonprofits can
maneuver through the pitfalls
of fundraising in today's eco
nomic climate.
The CNP meeting will
be held at First City Club, 32
Bull St. in Savannah.
Nonmembers are welcome;
enjoy free hors d'oeuvres and
beverages while you mingle
with your nonprofit peers.
RSVPs are requested;
please contact Carlatrena
Walker at 912-234-9688 or
cwalker@gcn.org.
The Coastal Nonprofit
Professionals group, spon
sored by the Georgia Center
for Nonprofits, is for nonprof
it professionals, those who
serve the nonprofit sector and
those planning to enter the
profession. CNP also pro
vides opportunities for train
ing and leadership develop
ment through programs host
ed by the Georgia Center for
Nonprofits.
AASU Lecture Uncovers TV’s Toxic Foods
The Armstrong Atlantic
State University 2008-2009
Robert I. Strozier Faculty
Series will resume on Friday,
January 23, 2009, at 12:15
p.m. in University Hall 156
on the Armstrong Atlantic
campus, 11935 Abercorn
Street. The event is free and
open to the public.
Michael Mink, assistant
professor of health sciences,
will uncover the truth of the
American TV-sanctioned
meal in his lecture titled,
“The TV Diet: Toxic Food
Choices Endorsed on TV.”
The average American
will see almost 15,000 tele
vised endorsements for nutri-
See AASU, page 4
As citizens await the
start of curbside recycling
collection, they are encour
aged to familiarize them
selves with the process, and
create a system within their
homes for separation of
household trash from recy
clable materials. Recycling
carts were accompanied by a
packet that included a handy
recycling guide, a pickup
schedule, and other useful
information. Residents can
learn more by visiting savan-
nahga.gov or calling 311.
For information, contact
Ann Robinson at 651-1967.
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