Housing Authority of Savannah

Sustainable Fellwood is a 27-acre site located on Bay Street, just west of Savannah’s Historic District.  Initially part of the southeast’s magnificent longleaf pine forest, then agricultural land, and finally the site of Savannah’s and Georgia’s first housing project, Sustainable Fellwood is envisioned as a $50 million mixed-use development encompassing 220 Public/Affordable Housing Units (in several phases), 100 Senior Housing Units, 10 single family homeowner units, and potential retail, medical, and technical space. Follow our progress: http://www.sustainablefellwood.com

Marcus Stubbs Tower

Out with the old ... in with the new !!

This land mark since the 1970's was removed to make way for a community park for all to enjoy. This addition and many other area enhancements are part of the ongoing HOPE VI development in the Benjamin van Clark neighborhood.

P.O. Box 1027 Savannah, Georgia  31402
TEL: 912-651-6410   FAX (912) 651-6408
NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
Date: January 28, 2007

$600,000 grant a huge boost for wireless project

The City of Savannah and its partners stood together today and announced plans for an ambitious project just getting started whose goal would be to extend affordable wireless Internet access to disadvantaged neighborhoods along the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

"This is a great day for the City of Savannah," Mayor Otis Johnson said. "I am very pleased because this will begin to bridge the digital divide that exists today."

The wireless Internet project is a partnership involving the City, SDRA, the Housing Authority of Savannah, the Creative Coast, Savannah Technical College and the Equal Opportunity Authority. The partnership will install wireless infrastructure along the MLK Corridor from Bay Street to Gwinnett, then create a public-private partnership with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to give free-, reduced-rate, and market-rate Internet access to residents, businesses and institutions along the corridor.

Though the partnerships have yet to be formalized, and many details still need to be worked out, the current plan is for institutional partners to purchase large blocks of Internet accounts from the ISP, which would keep costs low. Those partners could then offer free or reduced-rate Internet to residents along the corridor. As currently envisioned, the Housing Authority of Savannah would not purchase accounts, but would assist the project by helping it gain access to its properties along the corridor.  

The project got a huge boost this week when the Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) awarded the City of Savannah a $600,000 grant to help construct the infrastructure and programming for the MLK Wireless Project.

This new model of municipal WIFI is unique in the United States, and puts Savannah at the forefront of technology services to local populations. It is the partnership's belief that affordable, reliable Internet access will soon be as important as access to schools and libraries. The network will also enhance government services that rely on wireless technology, such as surveillance cameras, police mobile data terminals and inspections operations.

For more information, contact the Public Information Office at 651-6410.  

Get the Link-up – now !!!!!
Do you feel out of touch with the rest of the world? Can’t afford to pay the telephone installation costs? Get the Link-Up!!!!! Link-Up Georgia is a program that assists with the cost of having at telephone installed. AT&T credits 100% of installation costs for its Link-Up subscribers, while other companies provide a 50% credit up to $30. Additionally, you may be eligible to receive a Lifeline Assistance monthly credit of up to $13.50 on your local service telephone bill.

You may be eligible for help if you currently receive benefits under one of the following programs:

• Federal Public Housing Assistance (FPHA)
• Food Stamps
• Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
• Medicaid
• Senior citizen low-income discount plan offered by the local gas or power company
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• Temporary Assistance to needy Families (TANF) Contact your local telephone company (or in the case of new service, the company from which you would like to receive telephone service) to see if these programs are available, for more details or to sign up to receive the benefits.

For more information please use the following link: http://www.psc.state.ga.us

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF SAVANNAH

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be conducted concerning a budget revision to the Housing Authority of Savannah’s Agency Plan for Fiscal Year 2008. Copies of the proposed revisions may be reviewed at the Housing Authority’s Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton Street, Savannah, GA; Section 8 Office, 200 East Broad Street, Savannah, GA; all Housing Authority neighborhood management offices; or download the following PDF: 2008 CFP Annual Performance Report revisions (combined).pdf All interested parties are invited to present comments at the public hearing regarding the proposed budget revisions on Wednesday June 4, 2008 at 10:00 AM at the Housing Authority’s Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton Street, Savannah, Georgia.