- Collection:
- Civic Magazine
- Title:
- Civic magazine
- Creator:
- Savannah (Ga.). Public Information Office
- Date of Original:
- 2001
- Subject:
- Entrepreneurship--Georgia--Savannah
Small business--Georgia--Savannah
Savannah State University (Ga.)--Employees
City managers--Georgia--Savannah
City council members--Georgia--Savannah
College presidents--Georgia--Savannah
Businesspeople--Georgia--Savannah
Mayors--Georgia--Savannah
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Mentoring in education--Georgia--Savannah
School children--Georgia--Savannah - 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: Grand opening of new Savannah Entrepreneur Center building, 0:00-30:48. The Savannah Entrepreneur Center opens a new building on Paulson and Gwinnett streets to expand their small business service initiative. The grand opening was well attended by city officials and community leaders. Assistant city manager Israel Small opens the proceedings by talking about the process that led to the establishment of the entrepreneur center and thanks all of the people and groups that helped make the center possible. Mayor Floyd Adams, Jr. gives a speech praising all of the efforts of those involved with the center to make it a vital resource for small business owners. A representative from the business school at Savannah State University talks about the partnership between the university and the city that made the center possible. City manager Michael Brown speaks about the many services that the new entrepreneur center will offer to the community. Alderman Gwendolyn Goodman gives a speech about how the entrepreneur center will promote self-reliance and responsibility among small business owners in the community and comments on the progress that is going on all around Savannah. Freddie Patrick, president of Eastside Concerned Citizens, expresses his gratitude for the establishment of the center in his home neighborhood for which he advocates. He talks about how beneficial the center will be for community. Savannah State University president Dr. Carlton E. Brown talks about the advancements going on all around Savannah, of which the entrepreneur center is a part. He speaks about the importance of his university being active in engaging the Savannah community and providing services for them. Anne Roise, the economic development director of Savannah, talks about how the entrepreneur center is a community project which has come out of the needs and efforts of Savannah residents. Jessie Williams, interim director of the entrepreneur center, talks about the services that the center provides. Segment two: Ribbon cutting ceremony for new downtown businesses, 30:48-43:53. Four new businesses debut on Broughton Street with a ribbon cutting ceremony, creating 170 new jobs for the area. Speakers at the ceremony include John Neely, chairman of the Economic Renewal Committee, Ralph Zezza, chairman of the Promotions and Special Events Committee for the Savannah Development and Renewal Authority (SDRA), David Goldberg, owner of the new Bagel Time Cafe opening on Broughton Street, Anissa Manzo, owner of Cafe Mucha, Gloria Scott representing NJS Gift Shop, Rashfakan Patel representing Shiv Discount Corner Inc., Ms. Ricardi, administrator of Stridex Business Consulting, Mayor Floyd Adams, Jr., Mayor Pro Tempore and city Alderman Ellis Cook, city Alderman Pete Liakakis, Alderman Clifton Jones. Segment three: Project AKA, 43:53-59:42. Civic Magazine covers Project AKA, an initiative of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority in Savannah to mentor elementary school students. City employees and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority members Carol Bell and Wanda Williams speak about their two-year commitment to the third and fourth grade students at Gadsden Elementary School and their experiences mentoring them. Carol Bell interviews Mrs. Connelly, the school's assistant principal, about the effects of Project AKA on the students and school, including increased interest in learning about new topics and less disciplinary issues. Bell also interviews Mrs. Green, a classroom teacher who has taught third and fourth graders for both years of Project AKA. Green says that since the inception of Project AKA, the students' writing and test scores have seen a significant jump. Bell interviews Etna Mason, who speaks about the effect that going with Project AKA to see the Harlem Boys Choir had on the students in broadening their horizons. Gadsden students Demetrius Rowe, Marqise Young, and Tyrone Lawrence talk about what they learned through participation in Project AKA. Carol Bell interviews Young and Lawrence's mothers about the positive effects that Project AKA has had on their sons and their experiences volunteering with Project AKA.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/civic/id:0123-v04-03a
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:gsg_civic_0123-v04-03a
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 video file (mp4) (59 min., 42 sec.) : sd., col.
- Holding Institution:
- City of Savannah Municipal Archives
- Rights:
-
