- Collection:
- Civic Magazine
- Title:
- Civic magazine
- Creator:
- Savannah (Ga.). Public Information Office
- Date of Original:
- 2001
- Subject:
- Urban renewal--Georgia--Savannah
Mayors--Georgia--Savannah
Speeches, addresses, etc.
City council members--Georgia--Savannah
Dwellings--Maintenance and repair - People:
- Adams, Floyd, 1945-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- television programs
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Hosted by Charlesetta Bisard. Segment one: Anti-Blight Pilot Program, 0:00-15:00. Civic Magazine reports on a news conference announcing a 90-day pilot program to reduce blight in the East Victorian and West Savannah neighborhoods. City manager Michael Brown gives a speech about the importance of community and city unity in fighting blight and keeping Savannah beautiful. Mayor Floyd Adams, Jr. thanks neighborhood leaders for bringing people together to eradicate blight in Savannah and his hopes for the pilot program. City alderman David Jones gives a speech about the need to finally fight the blight program and how citizens need to take responsibility for their neighborhoods along with city aid to remedy the problem. City alderman Gwendolyn Goodman talks about the need to make the neighborhood a safe place for children to play like it was when her and Mayor Adams were young. Kenneth Dunham, president of the West Savannah Neighborhood Association, gives a speech about how the state of Savannah's neighborhoods rests on the shoulders on residents and how they need to maintain their houses, lawns, and streets. Linda Larry, president of the East Victorian Neighborhood Association, speaks about the need for a clean environment for children to play in. Israel Small, the Assistant City Manager of Public Development, speaks about his gratitude to the city for partnering with neighborhood associations in the pilot project to fight neighborhood blight and his hopes for the project's success. Alderman Pete Liakakis talks about the city council's dedication to the pilot project. A PSA is included about neighborhood inspections and the blight hotline to report structures in need of inspection. Segment two: Graffiti Abatement Program, 15:00-23:50. Civic Magazine follows Windsor Forest high school students, city police, community members, and city officials in a graffiti cleanup effort in downtown Savannah. Bridget Lidy from the Savannah Development Renewal Authority (SDRA) leads the project, and city officials Pete Liakakis and Michael Brown speak about the city's graffiti problem and thank everyone involved in the cleanup effort. Local business owner Dicky Mopper thanks the city for taking action and removing graffiti from his office building. Ken Matthews from SDRA gives his thanks for the community effort to clean up graffiti. Savannah Police Department Corporal Larry Driver talks about the enforcement arm of the Graffiti Abatement Program and mentions that several arrests have been made and how to deal with a friend who makes graffiti. Segment three: Georgia Emergency Management Agency reimbursement acceptance ceremony, 23:50-29:04. Savannah received a reimbursement from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) for buying out flood prone properties in the area. Second graders from May Howard Elementary School were on hand to watch the acceptance ceremony for the funds. Mayor Floyd Adams, Jr. introduces the ceremony, and GEMA representative Bill Blackwell presents the city with the reimbursement of over $500,000. City manager Michael Brown thanks the state government for their generosity and explains the plans for the money to prevent flooding.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/civic/id:0123-v03-16a
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:gsg_civic_0123-v03-16a
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 video file (mp4) (29 min., 04 sec.) sd., col.
- Holding Institution:
- City of Savannah Municipal Archives
- Rights:
-
