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WaterWays to preview development
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WaterWays Township, a 2,300-acre gated, planned community in south Bryan County, recently announced “Catch the Current,” a series of previews to introduce its coastal lifestyle to the area. 
Fletcher Management Company, the developers of Marsh Landing, TPC Sawgrass, the Ponte Vedra Lodge & Club and Baymeadows in Jacksonville, Fla., are behind WaterWays.
Beginning with a ribbon-cutting celebration July 15 at WaterClub West, civic and government dignitaries and Fletcher leadership, will open the community that showcases a junior Olympic pool, screened pavilion, summer kitchen for group entertainment, back country bike trails, more than three miles of lagoons, more than six miles of marsh, fishing and its new series of showcase homes. 
After the mid-morning ribbon-cutting, the community leaders will be provided with a site tour and lunch.
From 10 a.m.-4 p.m. July 16, the WaterWays community will be open to the public.
From the entry orchard that greets visitors upon arrival, casting and fishing tours on one of the lagoons, conservation lectures by archeologists working at the historic Cottenham Plantation site, and one-on-one sessions with WaterWays’ award-winning builders, the day of events and activities will feature numerous opportunities for the public to understand what life at WaterWays Township will be like.
The schedule of activities includes plans for back country bike tours underneath ancient oak hammocks, pontoon boat rides or kayaking along the Bill Dance-designed fishing lagoons, swimming in the Rick Wissmach-designed WaterClub West pool and personal tours to experience the vistas of coastal marshes along Red Bird Creek.  
The events have been custom-crafted to introduce Savannah-area citizens to the lifestyle currently available for residents of WaterWays.
“Inviting the public to experience life on the water is paramount to future residents understanding our vision for this community. Our Catch the Current preview events will provide ongoing opportunities for families to understand the exceptional lifestyle to be enjoyed by those who choose to make their home at WaterWays,” said Vance Askew, marketing and sales director of WaterWays Township.
“Catch the Current is our way of bringing out the welcome mat for the local community that has offered such support and encouragement.”

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Record April boosts Savannah's container trade at port
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The Port of Savannah moved 356,700 20-foot equivalent container units in April, an increase of 7.1 percent. - photo by Provided

The Georgia Ports Authority's busiest April ever pushed its fiscal year-to-date totals to more than 3.4 million 20-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), an increase of 8.8 percent, or 280,000 TEUs, compared to the first 10 months of fiscal 2017.

"We're on track to move more than 300,000 TEUs in every month of the fiscal year, which will be a first for the authority," said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch. "We're also anticipating this to be the first fiscal year for the Port of Savannah to handle more than 4 million TEUs."

April volumes reached 356,700 20-foot equivalent container units, up 7.1 percent or 23,700 units. As the fastest growing containerport in the nation, the Port of Savannah has achieved a compound annual growth rate of more than 5 percent a year over the past decade.

"As reported in the recent economic impact study by UGA's Terry College of Business, trade through Georgia's deepwater ports translates into jobs, higher incomes and greater productivity," said GPA Board Chairman Jimmy Allgood. "In every region of Georgia, employers rely on the ports of Savannah and Brunswick to help them become more competitive on the global stage."

To strengthen the Port of Savannah's ability to support the state's future economic growth, the GPA Board approved $66 million in terminal upgrades, including $24 million for the purchase of 10 additional rubber-tired gantry cranes.  

"The authority is committed to building additional capacity ahead of demand to ensure the Port of Savannah remains a trusted link in the supply chain serving Georgia and the Southeast," Lynch said.

The crane purchase will bring the fleet at Garden City Terminal to 156 RTGs. The new cranes will support three new container rows, which the board approved in March. The additional container rows will increase annual capacity at the Port of Savannah by 150,000 TEUs.

The RTGs will work over stacks that are five containers high and six deep, with a truck lane running alongside the stacks. Capable of running on electricity, the cranes will have a lift capacity of 50 metric tons.

The cranes will arrive in two batches of five in the first and second quarters of calendar year 2019.

 Also at Monday's meeting, the GPA Board elected its officers, with Jimmy Allgood as chairman, Will McKnight taking the position of vice chairman and Joel Wooten elected as the next secretary/treasurer.

For more information, visit gaports.com, or contact GPA Senior Director of Corporate Communications Robert Morris at (912) 964-3855 or rmorris@gaports.com.

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