The Landings Articles

SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE EXPANDS COASTAL RADAR
05/09/2008
The Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) has awarded Skidaway Institute of Oceanography a grant of $180,000.

VOGUE EDITOR AT SCAD
05/06/2008
Savannah College of Art & Design graduates to be addressed by Vogue Editor

SAVANNAH TO HOST AAU NATIONAL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
05/06/2008
June 25 - 28, 2009

SAVANNAH BANK SEALS THE DEAL
05/02/2008
The Coastal Bank aquires BankSouth's Savannah branches

SAVANNAH'S SCAD - NEW EXHIBIT TO OPEN
05/02/2008
Sequential Art Thesis Exhibition to open

AREA STUDENTS NOMINATED TO US SERVICE ACADEMIES
05/02/2008
Congressman Kingston announces 18 First District students have received congressional nominations

Savannah's Indie Side Gets Public
05/01/2008
The Savannah Film Commission has scheduled an Independent Short Film screening

SAVANNAH'S MILLIONAIRE'S WOMEN CLUB
05/01/2008
Monthly meeting scheduled for May 15, 2008 at Savannah's First City Club.

SAVANNAH'S B STREET SALON - GOLDEN BROOM A LIST
05/01/2008
Savannah's first quarter Golden Broom award goes to the B Street Salon

SAVANNAH'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ANNOUNCES INTERIM CEO
05/01/2008
Charles W. Neumann announced as Interim CEO for Savannah's Memorial Health system

Maj. Gen. to Keynote Savannah State University's Commencement
05/01/2008
Maj. Gen. Gaskin to Keynote

"SHAKESPEARE ON LOVE"
04/28/2008
Be at Forsyth Park in downtown Savannah on May 17 for the Shakespeare Festival!

GULFSTREAM SALES CONTINUE TO SOAR
04/25/2008
Savannah aircraft manufacturer doing well.

SPACE GALLERY EXHIBIT
04/15/2008
Recycled materials used in new art exhibit

LEGENDS OF GOLF 2008
04/11/2008
Star-studded Demaret Division Kicks-Off

"TUT TWO" TO VISIT ATLANTA
03/28/2008
The exhibit is expected to open this fall.

SCAD HOSTS CARTOONIST
03/28/2008
Legendary Cartoonist to Speak at SCAD

A STRONG FUTURE
03/28/2008
Convention Bureau Sees Strong Future for City

PULITZER POET READS AT SSU
03/27/2008
Ericka Dukes to read at Savannah State University

SAVANNAH ART CAMPS ANNOUNCED
03/27/2008
City of Savannah's Department of Cultural Affairs will begin accepting registrations for its Summer Art Camp on April 14.

NEW HOTEL PLANNED FOR SAVANNAH RIVERFRONT
03/25/2008
Plans to build the Bohemian Hotel

SCAD HOSTS WRITER'S ASSEMBLY
03/25/2008
First Writer's Assembly being hosted by SCAD's Liberal Arts

ANNUAL ARMSTRONG FEST
03/24/2008
Homecoming Festivities planned for Armstrong Atlantic University

SUNKEN CIVIL WAR VESSEL
03/21/2008
Its the talk of town

A GREAT NIGHT FOR SAVANNAH'S FINEST
03/21/2008
In support of the SMPD

NEW MALL PLAY AREA
03/21/2008
Savannah Mall adds $250K Soft Playtime Area

AT&T INVESTS IN GA NETWORK
03/20/2008
AT&T invests in Georgia

SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL ROCKS
03/19/2008
Savannah's Annual Music Festival offers classical to rock

SAVANNAH'S PORT STAYING GREENER
03/18/2008
Goal is to be good stewards of the enviornment

UGA'S NEW INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH
03/13/2008
UGA takes on global infectious disease research

GREEN STORAGE COMES TO PORT
03/13/2008
AMB Morgan Business Park - largest green building project in the Southeast

SAVANNAH'S GULFSTREAM UNVEILS THE G650
03/13/2008
Courtesy of Savannah Morning News

CAPTAIN FASTASTIC HITS SAVANNAH
03/13/2008
Elton John Performs at Savannah's Civic Center

CONSERVATION WORK ON ARTIFACTS
03/11/2008
Students in this year's AASU archeology course are processing artifacts

SCAD HOSTS RISING STAR PROGRAM
03/07/2008
Rising Star Program for HS Seniors

ART SMARTS CAMP
03/07/2008
SCAD Hosting Art Smarts Camp This Summer

ART IN OPPOSITION OPENS
03/07/2008
Indigo Sky Community Gallery to feature Art in Opposition

GRAY'S REEF WANTS YOU
03/07/2008
Public comment period to establish a research area within Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary

SUMMER CAMPS FOR KIDS
03/06/2008
Upcoming Kid's Fitness Camps

SPRING VISUAL ARTS CLASSES
03/05/2008
The Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs Announces its new class offerings

SCAD ANIMATORS MOVE THE WORLD
03/05/2008
SCAD Alumni win Visual Effects Award

SAVANNAH SCORES A CREATIVE COUP
03/05/2008
Studio 2131 expands its Savannah office.

BUSINESSWEEK ECONOMIST TO SPEAK IN SAVANNAH
03/05/2008
Michael Mandel to speak in Savannah

GA RATED AS A "BEST RUN STATE"
03/04/2008
Best among southeastern states

NEW LECTURE SERIES
03/04/2008
SCAD Museum of Art Endows New Lecture Series

Savannah Shakespeare Festival Auditions
03/03/2008
Set for Mauy 17 in Forsyth Park

SCAD HOSTS CONFERENCE
03/03/2008
IDSA conference scheduled

SUGAR TRADEGY SPINNING NEW LAWS
03/03/2008
New Safety Legislation planned

COASTAL CONSERVATION GETS A BOOST
02/29/2008
Joint effort to conserve wildlife announced.

AASU JUNIOR VISITS THE WHITE HOUSE
02/28/2008
Chris Nowicki a guest of the President

SCAD GALLERY HOP SCHEDULED
02/28/2008
Various artists on display at the SCAD Gallery Hop

OGEECHEE TECH GETS GOOD REPORT CARD
02/28/2008
Ogeechee Tech - no areas for improvement found.

GRANT FOR GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
02/28/2008
Historical Society awarded $65,000 grant

SCIENCE IN SAVANNAH
02/26/2008
Science Symposium to take place at AASU

275 AND COUNTING
02/25/2008
Georgia celebrates 275th anniversary

INDIANA NATIONAL GUARD GET RED CARPET
02/18/2008
Tybee Rolls Out Red Carpet for Indiana National Guard

AASU TEACHER WINS AWARD
02/13/2008
Muullenax Earns Science Teacher of the Year

SUPER CRANES ARRIVE IN SAVANNAH
02/13/2008
Four Super Cranes arrive at the Port of Savannah

AASU TO HOST CONFERENCE
02/12/2008
AASU to host Clinical Laboratory Educators' Conference

SUPER MUSEUM SUNDAY
02/07/2008
The Georgia Historical Society opens doors to all museums to the public for free!

SUPER MUSEUM SUNDAY
02/07/2008
The Georgia Historical Society opens doors to all museums to the public for free!

THE ROAD TO FREEDOM
02/06/2008
Savannah Cultural Arts Theater to Present "A Midnight Cry"

GEORGIA NATIONAL GUARD HONORED
02/06/2008
Five units recieve Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

SCADDY AWARDS
02/04/2008
Winning & selling Through Creativity

Heineken Launches Operations in Savannah
02/04/2008
New distribution center in Savannah

Record Open House at Georgia Southern
02/04/2008
750 Prospective students attend open house

WHO HAS THE ANSWER
02/02/2008
Jim Robinson, President of The Landings Company, addresses the real estate market

URBAN OUTFITTERS COMING TO SAVANNAH
02/01/2008
Broughton Street welcomes new store

SAVANNAH TECH'S DEVELOPMENT DAY
02/01/2008
Reaching For Success through special seminars

St. Joseph's Home Health Makes Top 25
01/31/2008
Ranked in top 25%

SCAD PRESENTS "A LIE OF THE MIND"
01/30/2008
A play by Sam Shephard

NEW PLANT TO CREATE 450 NEW JOBS
01/30/2008
Kumho Tire Plant coming to Bibb County

TYBEE'S WATER RUNNING STRONGER
01/30/2008
Tybee gets loan to finance water replacement

THE PORT'S A ROCKIN'
01/28/2008
The Savannah Port delivers a 21% increase

Fire Academy Coming To Savannah
01/28/2008
The First Citizen's Fire Academy coming to Savannah

SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO HOST LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
01/25/2008
Hundreds of church leaders to meet in Savannah

NEW GEORGIA AIR NATIONAL GUARD'S TRAINING CENTER
01/24/2008
Ribbon cutting to take place

SAVANNAH AIRPORT SCORES 2 MILLION
01/24/2008
Savannah's airport serves two million customers in 2007

WE'RE IN THIS THING TOGETHER
01/01/2008
The real estate market

WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER
01/01/2008
A message from Jim Robinson, President of The Landings Company

Real Estate Q&A
12/01/2007
The Landings Company President answers your real estate questions.

POSITIVE ATTITUDES
11/01/2007
Positive attitudes pay dividends

WILL IT EVER END?
10/01/2007
Thoughts about the real estate market by Landings Company President

THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT
05/01/2007
We agree with all the economists that the future is bright for increased real estate activity in 2007. We ask that you allow us to counsel you on pricing your home and the things that will make your home more marketable.

IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE...
04/01/2007
Residential mortgage fraud has become a major problem in many parts of the country, and it is costing each of us significantly in higher interest rates, higher bank fees, and loss in investment income. When the banks lose money, the loss is passed on to depositors and investors. When mortgage-backed securities loose value, our 401K’s are devalued, and consider that most 401K’s and other retirement plans have some portion invested in mortgage-backed securities. How can we recognize mortgage fraud?

FREE LEGAL ADVICE
12/01/2006
As a real estate broker, I am often asked legal questions to which I usually give the best advice, “Ask your lawyer!” A few questions do come up frequently, however, so I am passing on some opinions by Seth Weissman, general counsel of the Georgia Association of Realtors, quoted from the November issue of the Georgia Realtor.

SLICING OUR MARKETING PIE
11/01/2006
If the marketing budget to promote the Landings was represented as one of your Mom’s pies, how would you slice it? Would you slice the biggest piece for magazines and other print media? Would you dramatically increase the portion for Internet and other electronic media? Would you slice a bigger piece for face-to-face marketing? How much would local media get? Ideally you would get Mom to bake a few more pies so everyone would be completely satisfied. Unfortunately, the kitchen is closed. We have only one marketing pie and we have to carefully portion it.

STAYING FIT PHYSICALLY AND FINANCIALLY
10/01/2006
The Landings Club is working diligently on a proposal for an addition to and renovation of the Fitness facility at Oakridge. This fall, Club members will be asked to approve a commitment to this project. We should encourage all Club members to support this effort for the benefit of all residents of the Island.

THE CHALLENGE OF MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING THE VALUE OF OUR HOMES
07/01/2006
Only when we receive our property tax bill from Chatham County do we wish the value of our home had not appreciated. Most of the time, we want the value to increase. We want to see the value of our home investment grow. We want to keep up with the market, or to exceed it! We want to be able to upsize or downsize sometime in the future without taking a financial loss. We may want to provide a secure future for our spouses and families. We want the eventual transfer of our property to be profitable.

MARKETING THE LANDINGS
04/01/2006
In the broadest sense, marketing the Landings is the responsibility of every resident and entity on the island. Individually we provide the best testimonials of the value our homes and lifestyle to visitors and potential residents. The specific responsibility for marketing, however, is entrusted by The Association and The Club to The Landings Company.

SELECTING YOUR BEST INSPECTION OPTION
02/01/2006
In an effort to protect the consumer and to enhance universal understanding of sales contracts, most Realtors in Georgia recommend that purchasers and sellers use a standard purchase and sale agreement developed by the Georgia Association of Realtors. Paragraph 8, of that agreement, provides the guidelines for the purchaser’s inspection of the seller’s home subsequent to signing an agreement and prior to the closing.

HOW BRIGHT IS OUT FUTURE?
01/01/2006
We may not need sunglasses every day this year, but the latest predictions from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) is that 2006 will be another bright year for real estate sales. After a fifth consecutive annual sales record, NAR economists are projecting 2006 to be the second best sales year in history, only slightly trailing 2005. While demand for Landings properties remains high, the health of the national market is very important to us. New purchasers typically have homes to sell in other parts of the country, so our sale can depend on the ability to sell a home in Connecticut or Michigan. Rising interest rates, higher building costs reflecting higher energy costs, or the general state of the economy, ultimately trickle down to affect our local market.

COME ON DOWN, OR UP, OR DOWN!
12/01/2005
The Landings is a tremendous value, as all of us on the island know. Reasonably priced housing, terrific amenities, great climate, and a beautiful environment. Our residents are bright, friendly, generous, and involved in community, churches, the arts, social clubs and charities. On a limited national marketing budget, we are getting this message to many potential newcomers, but we need your help.

HOW ARE WE DOING?
08/01/2005
We? Yes, we! The sole stockholder of the Landings Company is the Landings Association, which is comprised of the property owners of the Landings. The Company has a mission to attract potential residents to our island by marketing the Landings nationally and locally. Competing real estate companies doing business here do not have the responsibility and expense of marketing the Landings to a national audience. The profits of the Company are the sole source of funds to market our community to a national audience. No other broker or island entity is providing these needed funds. All sellers and buyers on the island, the Association, the Club and the other real estate companies benefit from the marketing efforts of the Company, so the support of every property owner is important. When property owners list or sell through a competing broker, the funds available for national marketing are decreased. This is very important, since national market remains the major source of new buyers for our properties.

KEEPING YOUR FUTURE BRIGHT
07/01/2005
What a wonderful community we have here at the Landings! A large part of our charm and our attraction is in the appearance of our properties, the condition of our amenities, and the beauty of our byways and trails. The value of our homes depends on maintaining and enhancing the investments the developer, former residents and present homeowners have made in the past.

MOON RIVER, WIDER ARE OUR SMILES
06/01/2005
Apologies to Johnny Mercer, but we are very pleased with the response we had on April 27, to the offering of the new Moon River Landing lots. The developer, Waterway Investments, Inc. is the development arm of the J.C. Lewis family. The family is well known in Savannah for their business enterprises and for their generous benevolence to the city. Wistar Lewis has been the on-site guru for Moon River Landing and his hard work and attention to detail has given us a beautiful new addition to the Landings.

"DIFFERENT STROKES" MEANS MORE THAN THE CLUB YOU SELECT!
04/01/2005
Those of us who remember Sly and the Family Stone, appreciate the great lyric, “Different Strokes for Different Folks”. Certainly this describes the wealth of amenities offered at The Landings and the level of appeal each amenity has to our sales prospects.

OFF AND RUNNING IN 2005!
02/01/2005
We would like, in this Journal, to report briefly on four different topics: first, the successful Adopt An Angel holiday program; second, the 2004 production numbers; third, our first Live South Show; and fourth, our new Landings Company webpage --- www.thelandings.com.

MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF 2005 AND BEYOND
01/01/2005
Your real estate company had a very good year in 2004. We will be sharing the numbers with you in February, after our final audits and our reports are made to the Association. As we write this in December, however, we are optimistic that 2004 will prove to be one of the best years for real estate sales in the Landings. We have spent much energy in 2004 reviewing our mission for the Landings property owners and have initiated new programs which should help us better serve you in 2005 and beyond.

YEAR-END THANKS, 2004
12/01/2004
As the year grows to a close, I want to express special appreciation to some of the folks who have made this a wonderful first year for me and an exceptional year for the Landings Company. I came here in January from Atlanta, and have thoroughly enjoyed all the people I have met, but I want to single out a few individuals and groups who have made this a successful year for me personally.