The Savannah Christmas Market Plant Riverside District will sparkle with holiday charm Friday, November 27, 2020, through Sunday, January 3, 2021, at Plant Riverside District, located at 400 W. River Street in the heart of historic Savannah, Georgia. The Savannah Christmas Market Plant Riverside District blends European and Southern holiday traditions in a spectacular entertainment district overlooking the Savannah River in one of America’s most beautiful cities. A wide range of holiday-themed events, live performances, and family-friendly activities are planned for November 27 and 28, including a Christmas Market, Tree Lighting Ceremony, Kid’s Corner, and Savannah Harbor Boat Parade of Lights, followed by a firework show directly across the river from Plant Riverside District. Savannah Christmas Market hotel packages, featuring stays at the acclaimed JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District, are available. For more information, including a complete schedule of events, please visit SavannahChristmasMarket.com.

The Savannah Harbor Foundation Reinvented This Annual Tradition And Expands Into The Hostess City!  Bake & Build To Win – Then Sip & Stroll Through Savannah’s Finest Hotels, Eateries, Shops & Stores Admiring Beautiful Gingerbread Masterpieces Along The Way!

https://savannahgingerbread.com/trail-%26-map

This holiday season, The Eichholz Law Firm is partnering with Savannah-area businesses to collect holiday gifts for local children through the second annual Stuff-a-Trolley Toy Drive. The goal of this toy drive is to fill an Old Town Trolley Tours® of Savannah trolley with gifts for the children served by the local nonprofit Blessings in a Book Bag. 

Now through December 18, members of the public are kindly asked to help support this effort by donating new, unwrapped toys for children of all ages at the following locations:

● Broughton Common (118 East Broughton Street)

● Johnnie Ganem’s Wine and Package Shop (501 Habersham Street)

● Mansion on Forsyth Park (700 Drayton Street)

● Merchants on Bee (2934 Bee Road)

● New York Life, Savannah General Office (9 Park of Commerce Boulevard, Suite 200)

● Royal Treatment Barber Parlor (1122 East Montgomery Cross Road)

On December 19, a festive, drive-through toy drive finale event will be hosted at The Eichholz Law Firm’s office at 319 Eisenhower Drive in Savannah. That day, all of the gifts collected during the toy drive will be loaded onto a trolley and members of the community will have one more chance to drop off their donations at the firm before the toys are presented to Blessings in a Book Bag for distribution. More details about this event will be announced soon.

The Savannah Bridge Run is going virtual this year.

5K, 10K, Virtual Double Pump, Virtual 5K Ruck

https://raceroster.com/events/2020/28614/2020-enmarket-savannah-bridge-run

7th Annual Craft Scout Holiday Market — Celebrating a handmade holiday at Savannah’s favorite artisan market

The 7th Annual Craft Scout Holiday Market will take place Saturday, December 5th from 10 am to 6 pm at 2302 E Gwinnett Street in East Savannah, the home of Re:Purpose Savannah. Shop handmade and local from more than 60 vendors drawn from the Lowcountry’s best makers, artists, and artisans. Enjoy free holiday kids crafts, music, and local food trucks. This event is free and open to the public.

2020 marks the debut of Re:Purpose Savannah’s creative director of the annual Craft Scout Holiday Market. “I am honored to announce that Jessica Duthu has handed over the reins,” says Mae Bowley, executive director of Re:Purpose Savannah. “I have worked with Jessie on this event for 5 years, and now she leaves her legacy in our hands. I am incredibly excited about our new leadership team and all of the big changes to come.”

The decision to move the market outdoors to Re:Purpose’s 100-acre marsh front property is part of Craft Scout’s efforts to encourage health safety measures in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Please note that all event vendors and attendees must wear masks. Masks may be removed in designated seating areas. In addition to onsite sales, a platform for limited online sales will be available to all vendors, beginning Monday, November 30th.

Event Details:

Saturday, December 5th, 10 am-6 pm @ Re:Purpose Savannah (2302 E Gwinnett St., Savannah, GA 31404)

About Craft Scout:

Craft Scout was founded in 2014 by Savannah artists with one goal in mind: to provide local handmade business owners a platform to sell their crafts to the Savannah community. Each event is curated to provide a one-of-a-kind “shop small” experience that promotes the best makers, artists, and artisans from all over the Lowcountry.

For more information on Craft Scout Savannah head to www.craftscoutsavannah.com or email

craftscoutsavannah@gmail.com

The year 2020 has been rough, but it cannot take away the Holiday Spirit! Jeremy and Clay, along with the Fabulous Equinox Orchestra and a few special guests, will deck the halls with jolly jingles at Victory North, Savannah’s premier performance venue

(SAVANNAH, GA) The 8th Annual STATE OF SMALL BUSINESS IN CHATHAM COUNTY will be presented LIVE online, Tuesday, December 8, 2020. The event will go LIVE from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. on SCORE SAVANNAH’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SCORESavannah This will be a landmark event as the benchmarks to be presented will go down in the history books due to the pandemic. The benchmarks will be given to the Georgia Historical Society for their Covid-19 gallery collection.

Nine area experts will present their information on Savannah’s growth in the small business community over this past year. One representative from each industry will report on the current local statistics in Chatham County. Each speaker will have 2-3 minutes to present their information. The panel of speakers will then discuss the implications of the data presented and how it relates to the local Small Business Community. Audience questions are encouraged.

“It’s important that our small business community gets the information they need to help them in making business decisions for the coming year and beyond, especially in these uncertain times,” said event co-founder Marjorie Young, president of Carriage Trade Public Relations. “Data provided during the forum hopefully will enhance that process.”

The presenting sponsors are Wells Fargo and Savannah SCORE.

Supporting Sponsors include; The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center, The Entrepreneur Center, The City of Savannah, Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce, Buy Local Savannah, Savannah Women in Business, The Greater Savannah Black Chamber of Commerce, Savannah Jaycees, Metropolitan Savannah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Chamber of Savannah, Carriage Trade Public Relations® Inc., Joe Marchese Construction, Good Cause Marketing, Savannah Master Calendar, and Connect Savannah.

The 2020 State of Small Business in Chatham County presenters are:

SPEAKER: Michael Toma, Ph.D., Professor of economics at Georgia Southern University in Savannah
Topic: Small Business Employment Stats

SPEAKER: Michael Owens, CEO of Tourism Leadership Council
TOPIC: Tourism business

SPEAKER: Rhett Mouchet, Associate Broker, Colliers International Savannah
TOPIC: Commercial Real Estate Trends

SPEAKER: Mike Rose, Development Liaison Manager, City of Savannah
TOPIC: Local Growth in Construction

SPEAKER: Charles Bowen, Corporate / Entertainment Attorney at The Bowen Law Group
TOPIC: Film Industry in Savannah

SPEAKER: Lee Beckman, Ports Authority, Garden City terminal
TOPIC: How much freight was shipped to Savannah this year.

SPEAKER: Victoria Saxton, CFO of the Small Business Assistance Corporation
TOPIC: Small Business Access to Capital in the Savannah Region

SPEAKER: Keith Fletcher, KRF Associates
TOPIC: Tech

SPEAKER: David Maxwell, Senior Director of Finance, City of Savannah
TOPIC: Business Taxation in Savannah

The event will be moderated by Marjorie Young, Founder of Carriage Trade Public Relations® and Joe Marchese, Founder of Joe Marchese Commercial Construction.

ABOUT WELLS FARGO
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.92 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through 7,200 locations, more than 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 31 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 30 on Fortune’s 2020 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories. Additional information may be found at www.wellsfargo.com | Twitter: @WellsFargo..

ABOUT SCORE
SCORE, part of the Small Business Administration (SBA), is the largest provider of free small business mentoring services and educational business programs in the United States. Since its inception in 1964, SCORE has helped more than 10 million aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners successfully start and grow their businesses. SCORE now has 320 chapters nationwide with over 11,000 volunteers donating over 2 million hours of their time each year. In 2016, Savannah SCORE helped start 135 new businesses and create 329 new non-owner jobs. Because of its contributions to Savannah’s small business community, the chapter has been ranked in the top 30 SCORE chapters in the country and has been nominated as Chapter of the Year. If you are interested in speaking with a SCORE mentor about your business ideas or needs, or if you are interested in becoming a SCORE mentor, please call (912)-652-4335 or visit our website at www.savannah.score.org

MEDIA CONTACT
Marjorie Young
Carriage Trade Public Relations®, Inc.
marjorie@carriagetradepr.com
912.844.9990
www.carriagetradepr.com

You’re invited to join the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce at its 10th Annual Holiday Oyster Roast Business Connection! We’ll be roasting bushels of fresh, local oysters Thursday, December 10 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on the picturesque Harbor Lawn at the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa. In addition to Savannah’s celebrated coastal cuisine, this favorite annual event will feature music, beverages, and relationship-building with the Savannah area’s business professionals.

JIT Warehousing & Logistics brings to you once again, the JIT “FORE Vision” Charity Golf Tournament benefitting the Savannah Center for Blind and Low Vision.   SAVE $100 with our Early bird registration.  Your team registration includes:  a beautiful 18 hole course, cart, pre-play lunch, drinks along course, after-play dinner and awards.   Need More Information?  Contact Jerry Haggerty at jerryhaggerty4@gmail Leslie Eatherly at leatherly@savannahcblv.org   We look forward to seeing you again!

JIT Warehousing and Logistics annual golf tournament benefiting Savannah Center for Blind and Low Vision.

2021 JIT “FORE Vision” Charity Golf Tournament scheduled for Monday, April 12, 2021. For more information, contact Leslie Eatherly at leatherly@savannahcblv.org.