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10 The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, January 18,2023
Nonprofit’s Plans For Cuyler-Brownville Get
Go Ahead From City
By Eric Curl / Savannahagenda.com
Galvan has already purchased the fire damaged, historic
property at 2205 MLK, along with the vacant lot.
Photo Credit: Eric Curl
The Galvan Founda
tion plans to get started early
this year with the development
of single-family houses on
three vacant lots on Lavinia
Street, after the Savannah City
Council approved the New
York nonprofit’s plans this
month to acquire city proper
ties and build housing in Cuy
ler-Brownville.
The Land Bank Au
thority will first need to ap
prove the sale after the prop
erties are transferred from the
city. Galvan’s plans will also
need approval from the His
toric Preservation Commission
since Cuyler-Brownville has
been designated a local historic
district.
Cuyler-Brownville
and the nonprofit’s partnership
with the city will help keep the
neighborhood affordable for
existing residents.
“Cuyler-Brownville
and the city of Savannah just
needs more housing in gener
al,’’ he said. “Because if you
don’t create new housing, then
what is currently affordable
housing ends up going to the
highest bidder and doesn’t stay
affordable.’’
In addition to the an
ticipated $5 million investment
developing the city lots, Galvin
is also contributing $1 million
to the city’s Savannah Afford
able Housing Fund for housing
improvements, new housing
and down-payment assistance.
The proposed investment is in
addition to $50,000 that Gal
van contributed to the fund in
2022.
The nonprofit is not
limiting its development activi
ty to housing or the city owned
properties.
Galvan has already
acquired one Cuyler-Brown
ville property, a fire damaged
house built in 1901 that has
been vacant for more than two
decades. Kent said the nonprof
it intends to restore the historic
building at 2205 Martin Lu
ther King Jr. Boulevard, but
have not yet determined what
they will do with the adjacent
vacant lot that was part of the
purchase from the Historic Sa
vannah Foundation.
“We’re interested in
having an impact on the neigh
borhood as a whole,’’ Kent
said. “That includes housing
development, but it also in
cludes development of com
munity facilities and anything
else that folks see as a need in
the neighborhood.
“That’s a big part of
our community engagement
process, talking to local leaders
and local residents and figuring
out what the opportunities are
and what kind of successes
there are in the neighborhood
that we can build on.’’
Chatham Parkway Motors Is Holding a
Donation Event
Chatham Parkway
Motors is holding a donation
event to give local charities big
donations to help towards their
goal of strengthening our com
munity.
The donation event
will be held Thursday, January
26th, at 3pm at Chatham Park
way Toyota. The dealership is
located at 7 Park of Commerce
Way in Savannah, Georgia.
Five charities will receive do
nations personally handed to
them during the event by Win
ston Pittman Sr. of Pittman
Enterprises, parent company of
Chatham Parkway Motors.
The selected charities
are Savannah State Universi
ty for $20,000; American Red
Cross for $5,000; Faith Eques
trian for $1,000; United Way
for $2,000; and The Salvation
Army for $9,464.98.
“We feel a deep con
viction about giving back in
ways that truly strengthen our
community and bring real help
to people,’’ says Winston Pit
tman Sr. “This unique list of
charities we selected all have
strong missions with real out
comes that help a lot of people
living right here in and around
Savannah.’’
Find out more about
Pittman Enterprises at Pittman-
Cars.com. To learn more about
the charities visit each of the
organizations’ respective web
sites.
Habitat For Humanity Breaks Ground To
Prepare For Four New Homes
Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity Will Build Four (4) New Homes in the
Coming Months
Zerik Samples, CEO of Habitat for Humanity shown with new homeowner family.
Coastal Empire Habi
tat for Humanity broke ground
to prepare for four New Homes
The project will consist of four,
4 bedroom homes in Garden
City, GA on Spivey Ave and
will help ensure more afford
able housing in our Communi
ty-
Serving a mission to
“Build Homes, Community
and Hope,’’ the Coastal Empire
Habitat for Humanity affiliate
has secured 158 families in
their own, safe, affordable, and
energy-efficient homes since
its founding in 1983, with 46 of
those families having already
paid off their mortgages.
“The need for afford
able housing is continuing to
grow in our area. Homeown-
ership gives families stability
and a chance to build a solid
financial future for themselves
and their children,’’ said, Zerik
Samples, CEO of Habitat for
Humanity.
Georgia Tech-Savannah Welcomes Shatealy
Sims As New Portfolio Manager II
Georgia Tech-Sa
vannah recently welcomed
Shatealy Sims to their team of
Portfolio Managers.
Sims, the new Port
folio Manager II, has over ten
years of higher education expe
rience at Savannah State Uni
versity, Savannah Technical
College, and Savannah College
of Art and Design. At Georgia
Tech Savannah she is responsi
ble for organizing professional
education offerings to all ex
isting and prospective Geor
gia Tech students, managing
program/conference logistics
and deliverables, developing
budgets and providing reve
nue forecast information at the
portfolio level.
Shatealy Sims
Sims, originally from
Savannah, says the most re
warding components of her
career are being a bridge build
er and community outreach
specialist. She believes her
passion of working with stu
dents from all walks of life will
transfer over to her new role at
Georgia Tech Savannah.
“We are fortunate
to welcome Shatealy to our
team,’’ said Diane Lee, Exec
utive Director of the Georgia
Tech-Savannah campus. “She
has proven herself a great fit
for Georgia Tech these last few
months, and we look forward
to her continuing to provide
exceptional service to our stu
dents.’’
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