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Savannah has three options proposed by City Manager Jay Melder

City Talk: Public needs to know costs of Civic Center redevelopment

Renewed concerns about development pressures in Savannah’s historic neighborhoods should translate into new policies.

City leaders sold Savannah on a new arena by insisting it would replace the Civic Center. So why does latest site plan preserve the Mercer Theatre?

City Talk columnist Bill Dawers critiques the city councils plan to redevelop the Savannah Civic Center.

Savannah Council greenlights approach to new Civic Center site plan, which calls for construction of municipal office building to meet space needs.

City Talk columnist Bill Dawers writes about the future of the Civic Center and suggests priorities city officials must keep in mind.

With the Enmarket Arena opening, can the example of Ellis Squares five-year reclamation offer a path forward for the Savannah Civic Center site?

The last council approved a recommendation to tear down the Civic Center after the Enmarket Arena opened. The new council now has some wiggle room.

Will there be a last-ditch effort to save the Mercer? The ULI concluded, justifiably in my view, that renovating the theatre would not be worth the costs of construction and of lost opportunities. But I don’t know how the mayor and council would respond to a renewed community effort. Will the city restore the lost lanes in addition to the lost streets? The ULI said that restoration of Perry and Oglethorpe lanes would “severely limit development opportunities,” but there are compelling arg...