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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, December 27, 2023
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AAA Activates ‘Tow to Go’ for Year-End Holidays
Georgians, Don’t Drive Impaired; Call (855) 2-TOW-2-GO for a Safe Ride
Invasive Blue Land Crabs Reported Along South
Atlantic Coast:
Coastal Georgia Residents Encouraged to Be Watchful
AAA is working to
keep impaired drivers off the
road this holiday season. Fri
day night, the Auto Club Group
will activate its Tow to Go pro
gram in Georgia and other se
lect states.
“If you’re faced with
the decision of driving im
paired, put down those keys
and pick up the phone to call
Tow to Go,’’ said Montrae
Waiters, spokeswoman, AAA
- The Auto Club Group. “We’ll
dispatch a truck to take you and
your vehicle to a safe location
within a 10-mile radius.’’
It’s important to note,
that AAA service technicians
expect to rescue more than
937,000 drivers with car trou
ble during the upcoming holi
days. So treat Tow to Go as a
last resort. Plan and identify a
designated driver or ride-shar
ing service before you party.
Tow to Go is active
from 6 p.m. Friday, December
22nd to 6 a.m. Tuesday, Janu
ary 2nd.
Available in FL, GA, IA, MI,
ND, NE, TN, WI, CO (Den
ver), NC (Charlotte), and IN
(Fort Wayne/South Bend).
This is the 25th year The Auto
Club Group has provided the
Tow to Go program. When
called upon, The Auto Club
Group dispatches a tow truck
to transport the impaired per
son and their vehicle to a safe
location within a 10-mile radi
us for free. Since its inception,
Tow to Go has removed more
than 25,000 impaired drivers
from the road.
Free and available to
AAA members and non-mem
bers.
Confidential local
ride for one person and their
Military Family
Surprised With
A Christmas
Miracle
DBC Radio’s Hot
98.3 (WGCO-FM) hosts its
3rd Annual “Jared and Katie’s
Breaking and Entering Christ
mas’’, providing a local fam
ily in Southeast Georgia with
a much-deserved Christmas
on Friday morning, December
22nd.
Since mid-Novem
ber, Hot 98.3 has solicited
nominations of families that
were facing challenging times
in 2023, through no fault of
their own. A record number of
entries were received, and the
team carefully reviewed every
one. Jared and Katie selected
a family of six in Savannah,
Georgia that had a tough year
personally. Due to a recent
divorce filing, this year’s re
cipient has become a single
mother of five. She is also an
active-duty US Army soldier
stationed at Hunter Army Air-
held. Jared and Katie knew this
family was in need of some
much-deserved holiday cheer!
Jared Pike, Katie
Tesh, Matt Wells, Jason Good
man, Intern Squid ward and
Josie Cothran worked with the
Stewart-Hunter Public Infor
mation Officers to “break in’’ to
the selected family’s home lo
cated on-base at Hunter Army
Airfield and surprise them with
a truckload of gifts including
a PlayStation 5 for the family,
clothes, games and toys for
each child and hundreds of dol
lars in gift cards.
“Jared and Katie in
the Morning are always con
necting with their listeners in
a positive way both on and off
the air’’ says Nathan James, Hot
98.3 Program Director. “They
are able to bring such an im
pactful and emotional story to
life when they broadcast from
the recipient’s home on Friday
morning.’’
Jared and Katie’s
Breaking and Entering Christ
mas was made possible thanks
to the generosity of our com
munity partners WJCL-TV 22;
Select Services and Custom
Audio Video.
Hot 98.3 is a Contem
porary Hit Music radio station
that covers the Savannah met
ropolitan area and is available
worldwide.
vehicle to a safe location with
in a 10-mile radius.
Appointments cannot
be scheduled in advance to use
Tow to Go. It is designed as a
safety net for those who did not
plan ahead. Always choose a
designated driver before cele
brating.
In some situations,
AAA may need to make oth
er arrangements to get an im
paired individual a safe ride
They reported that a record 15
million applications to start
new businesses had been hied
since he took office , with Black
business ownership growing
faster than in three decades.
The administration’s
investment in Black entrepre
neurs has yielded positive re
sults, including:
• A new record of nearly $70
billion in federal contracts
awarded to small, disadvan
taged businesses in FY 2022.
• $12 billion allocated to
community lenders to expand
access to capital, resulting in
an estimated $50 billion in
crease in lending to Latino
communities and a nearly $80
billion increase in lending to
Black communities over the
next decade.
• $10 billion in support for
states, tribes, and territories,
with $79 million dedicated to
Wisconsin for capital access
programs benefiting around
100,000 small businesses.
New Investments and Local
Community Growth
Officials also said
Biden continues to prioritize
local, community-led eco
nomic development and small
businesses. In Milwaukee, a
city experiencing economic
revitalization under his admin
istration, the Grow Milwaukee
Coalition is a finalist for the
Department of Commerce Eco
nomic Development Admin
istration Recompete Program.
The CHIPS and Science Act
funds this program to foster
small business development,
high-quality job creation, and
economic opportunity in un
derdeveloped areas.
home.
Tow to Go may not
be available in rural areas or
during severe weather condi
tions.
Service Areas:
FL, GA, IA, MI, ND, NE, TN,
WI, CO (Denver), NC (Char
lotte), and IN (Fort Wayne/
South Bend)
Phone Number:
(855) 2-TOW-2-GO or
(855) 286-9246
The Grow Milwau
kee Coalition’s proposal aims
to revitalize the historic 30th
Street Industrial Corridor and
connect the historically segre
gated Black community to eco
nomic opportunities across the
city. This initiative aligns with
President Biden’s commitment
to building the economy from
the middle out and the bottom
up.
Historic Progress and
Investments in Black-Owned
Businesses
Further, the White
House said Biden’s American
Rescue Plan (ARP) has been
pivotal in supporting small
businesses, including Black-
owned enterprises, in Wiscon
sin and nationwide. Key in
vestments include:
• A $10 billion fund, includ
ing $79 million for Wisconsin,
to help small businesses access
capital.
• The Small Business Com
munity Navigators Pilot Pro
gram provides $100 million
to organizations supporting
small businesses, significantly
impacting Black-owned busi
nesses.
• The Minority Business De
velopment Agency (MBDA)
Capital Readiness Program is
awarding $125 million to 43
non-profit organizations, in
cluding $3 million for Wiscon
sin.
Continued Support and
Future Prospects
Biden’s Small Busi
ness Administration delivered
$50 billion to small businesses
in Fiscal Year 2023, with a fo
cus on supporting underserved
businesses, officials stated
Recent sightings of
a large, non-native land crab
along the South Atlantic coast,
including in coastal Georgia,
are a cause for concern, accord
ing to the Georgia Department
of Natural Resources’ Wildlife
Resources Division (WRD).
Blue land crabs are
native from Brazil to south
Florida and can be as large as
5-6 inches. Sightings recently
have been reported well north
of the crabs’ native range, in
cluding the coasts of Georgia,
South Carolina and North Car
olina. Multiple reports have
been made to Georgia WRD
offices.
“While we are un
certain about the potential
ecological and economic risks
these crabs pose, we are cur
rently concerned about dam-
on the call. Federal contract
spending on small, disadvan
taged businesses reached a re
cord-breaking $163 billion in
2022, exceeding the Adminis-
age caused by their extensive
burrowing,’’ said Jim Page,
WRD Aquatic Nuisance Spe
cies Program manager. “As a
new non-native species in our
state, we need more informa
tion about these crabs and are
asking for the public’s help.’’
The crabs somewhat
resemble a large fiddler crab,
with one claw larger than the
other. Even though they are
called blue land crabs, they are
not all blue. Adult males more
often have the blue coloring,
but females can be white or
gray, and when younger, their
colors can be even more varied.
tration’s goals.
“The president’s
commitment to supporting
small and minority-owned
businesses extends to the clean
These crabs burrow deep into
the ground and are most likely
seen when heavy rain drives
them to the surface.
The public is en
couraged to take photos and
report sightings of blue land
crabs at GeorgiaWildlife.com/
ANS. Questions about blue
land crabs? Contact a local
Georgia WRD office (details
at GeorgiaWildlife.com/about/
contact#hsh).
Learn more about
blue land crabs and other in
vasive species in Georgia at
GeorgiaWildlife.com/ans.
energy sector, with investments
in initiatives to grow disadvan
taged clean energy businesses
in underserved communities,’’
a senior official stated.
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