November – Issue 2 - First City Network

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NETWORKNEWS
V O L U M E 3 0 I S S U E 2 - N O V E M B E R 2 0 15
The Newsletter of First City Network—Georgia’s oldest LGBT Organization, Founded 1985
Can We Have a LGBT Community Center in
Savannah? Yes, We Can!
For more than 15 years, the leadership of FCN has
dreamed about and informally discussed the establishment
of a LGBT Community Center. Over the thirty years of
FCN’s existence, no central meeting place/focal point has
been available. All groups affiliated with FCN: Savannah
PRIDE, StandOut Youth, PFLAG, LGBT AA/NA group,
and even the FCN Board, meet in public or donated space,
in homes and churches; none of which provide privacy.
There are no confidential HIV testing sites other than the
public health department, no private space for transgender
people to meet for support and comfort, and no safe
place for questioning LGBT teens and young adults to go
for support and, when necessary, a respite from familycentered emotional abuse or worse. HIV and AIDS support
groups are meeting wherever they can. Irreplaceable
LGBT historic items and equipment is stacked in storage
units. Not having a ‘home’ contributes to a lack of
common direction and mission, joint fundraising and even
something like the difficulty of establishing an events
calendar among the various LGBT groups.
So, needless to say, there is an immediate need for a
community center in Savannah.
An LGBT Community Center will enrich the quality
of life for ALL citizens by inspiring a sense of pride,
wellness, responsibility and community among individuals
and organizations in the LGBT population. Practical
advantages include increasing coordination, eliminating
duplication, and establishing a common mission
and direction for the LGBT community. Outside our
community, it will increase public awareness, acceptance,
visibility, and understanding of the LGBT community,
including providing opportunities for learning, open
dialogues, and forums for discussion. Enhancing access
to resources by serving as the focal point for LGBT
information and referrals to local organizations will be
another major benefit—and all in an inclusive, welcoming,
and safe environment.
continued on page 11
2015 Board Election Results
The First City Network membership has spoken, and
the full slate of 13 candidates for the 2015-16 Board of
Directors was elected. This is the maximum number
of Board members allowed under our by-laws, and the
largest Board in years. Here is the official count, as
submitted by vote counters Hank Reineking and Rich
Brehm:
Sean Brandon
Kevin Clark
Michael Eccles
James Farringer
Mel Garcia
Jeff Gerstenblatt
Dee Hope
Pam Miller
Tim Moore
Michael Ploski
Michael Wedincamp
Billy Wooten
Randy Young
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At the October Board meeting, the newly-elected Board
voted the following officers:
Billy Wooten, Chair
Tim Moore, Vice-chair
Michael Eccles, Treasurer
Dee Hope, Secretary
Michael Ploski, Parliamentarian
Inside This Issue
Chairman’s Report............................................................ 3
Felicia Takes Center Stage............................................... 7
October Social................................................................... 9
FCN Members List........................................................... 10
TailsSpin Kudos.............................................................. 14
Local LGBT Guide............................................................ 16
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FCN Commentary
Chair’s Report: Discuss and Cuss
By Billy Wooten
Your new FCN board recently held its annual retreat, where
members “discuss and cuss” in a free-flowing forum. The
topics were varied and included new committees, possible
changes to the FCN newsletter, engaging new volunteers,
fundraising for the proposed LGBT community center,
and, despite no crystal ball, the future of FCN and LGBT
organizations in general. The LGBT world has certainly
changed, with full marriage equality, social websites, and a
younger generation that more readily accepts and appreciates
us. But there are still major issues in the workplace, houses of
worship, state houses, and schools that have to be overcome.
With your help and support progress will be made against
bullying, job discrimination, rogue legislation, and religious
indifference. But it takes all of us working together in an
ongoing effort to educate, repudiate, and advocate. Join us at
a meeting, volunteer, contribute to the newsletter; there are
many tasks that could use your help.
Letter to the Editor
Happy November Folks!
Pride season has come and gone. I want to take a
moment to thank the hard working folks on the Pride
Board 2015. Michael Wedincamp, Maria Waller, Regan
Drake, Rev. Dale Worley, James Farringer, Rob McCoy,
Alex Cheves, Jeff Gerstenblatt and Molly Talbot, I can’t
thank you enough for what you do and for putting up
with me one more year.
We had an extraordinary great time putting it together
and connecting the dots this year. It isn’t an easy
project folks. That is my most honest assessment of the
festival I can make. We all have jobs that put bread on
our tables and lives. The board members listed above
sacrifice time and energy to present a festival that the
entire Savannah LGBT community can be proud of and
be proud to bring their friends and family to.
We are very grateful for our sponsors, Bud Light, Don
Callahan Real Estate, Family First, Club One, Creative
Approach, Barefoot Wine, and Wells Fargo Bank.
These folks help us set a foundation that we can grow
from and with their support allow us to plan the event.
I hope you were pleased and proud of what we have
done.
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I would like to recognize the volunteers that came early
morning to help setup, stayed late until the last cigarette
butt was picked up, and who worked non-stop through
the day, I am humbled by your smiles and generosity.
The entertainment was pretty all local, with the
exception of just a few. We did not reach out and bring
in a “headliner”--a leap of faith but it worked. We
knew we had eight strong entertainment groups and
they rocked the park all day long. Their love for the
festival and their support is reflected in the show that
they provided. Thank you!
This year the Pride Festival was recognized by the
mayor and city council. We were presented with a
proclamation recognizing the importance of the Pride
Festival to Savannah. Very humbled that in just 16
short years, we have grown into the third-largest
festival event in the city and that Savannah Pride has a
very strong relationship with the City of Savannah. The
Jepson Center for the Arts also opened their doors to us
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NETWORK NEWS - First City Network - VOLUME 30 ISSUE 2 - NOVEMBER 2015- 3
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FIRST CITY NETWORK
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair
Vice-Chair
Treasurer
Secretary
Parliamentarian
Sean Brandon
Kevin Clark
James Q Farringer
Mel Garcia
Billy Wooten
Tim Moore
Michael Eccles
Dee Hope
Michael Ploski
Jeff Gerstenblatt
Pam Miller
Michael Wedincamp
Randy Young
The First City Network Board of Directors
meets the first Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m.
at our NEW office at 7505 Waters Avenue, Suite B-7
(just south of Eisenhower Drive)
Next meeting will be Monday, November 2nd!
As usual, all members are welcome to attend!
for an outstanding art exhibit. The White Party was the
social event of the year--don’t miss next year’s folks.
Our attendees: your smiles throughout the day made
everything so worthwhile. This is my last year as festival
director. I want to thank you for your help and trust
these last three years. Your kindnesses have made it all
worthwhile. I am leaving you in wonderful hardworking
hands.
The Festival is going to grow, and with that growth, the
LGBT community will shine as a beacon of hope, love
and acceptance. We set the bar for the City on that one…
they know it… we rock! We celebrate our diversity at
Pride…our Pride is different, we are different…we are
Savannah Pride!!!!
All the Best,
Mark R. Hill
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At-Large Post 1: CAROLYN BELL
At-Large Post 2: TRAVIS COLE
District 1: VAN JOHNSON
District 2: NO ENDORSEMENT
District 3: Dual endorsement of
JOHN HALL AND KIM DULEK
District 4: MARY ELLEN SPRAGUE
District 5: SHAUNDRA MCKEITHEN
District 6: DAVID SELF
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Create safe neighborhoods for all citizens:
Fully staffing our police and fire services, and pushing funding
for new and updated facilities.
Collaborating with neighborhood associations and
community leaders to fight crime from the inside out.
Drive economic prosperity:
Reducing poverty by developing economic incentives for
businesses in affected neighborhoods.
Working with County Commission on property tax relief,
thereby creating community business anchors.
Enhance government efficiency:
Accelerating the ordinance process by encouraging
transparency and inclusiveness.
Streamlining permitting to encourage new growth, and
presenting Savannah as “open for business.”
I look forward to the opportunity to tackle these issues with you, as
we strive together to make Savannah a better place to work, live, and
visit – for all of our citizens and guests.
Travis Coles
FCN Features
Felicia Once Again Takes
Club One’s Center Stage
by Orlando Montoya
Like a lot of people in Savannah’s LGBT community, I
didn’t know anyone named Neal Scott before his August
passing.
But I knew of Felicia Hall (Felicia Adams when she
was married), a longtime Savannah drag show performer,
bartender and operator of Felicia’s nightclub in the late
1990’s.
The man and the woman were one in the same.
This September,
scores of people
who knew Neal
and Felicia,
gathered to
remember the
person, him and
her, at Club One,
where she often
performed.
“I thought she
was absolutely
one of the best
entertainers I’d
ever seen,”
said Club One
co-owner Cale
Hall. “She took
a lot of time and really looked the part and put a lot of energy
into the show.”
Cale Hall met Felicia in 1984 when she came to work for
the club. She also worked at the long gone Who’s Who
on Bay Street. She briefly fulfilled a lifelong dream when
she had her own club in the space that’s now The Distillery
restaurant on Liberty Street. Cale Hall described Felicia as
crazy and sassy, a true Southern diva who made people laugh.
Drag performer Gia Hall shared houses and apartments
with Felicia on and off for 34 years. Gia Hall said she was
working as a cocktail server at the Who’s Who when they
met. The pair became best friends, roommates and “drag
sisters.”
She remembered Neal, her roommate, an Armstrong
nursing school graduate and a man from the little country
town of Sylvania, as a quiet and calm person, someone who
was reserved and hard to get excited.
“That was her black and white, night and day because
when she was on stage, she was very commanding,” Gia Hall
said. “Her wildest number was a song by Mother’s Finest
where she’d come out in a black cat suit and crawl the
runway. Fire would be involved.”
All of this came as something as a shock to Neal’s family
out in rural Screven County. Neal’s younger sister, Heidi
Scott Harsha, said Neal started dressing as a woman before
he was 18. She thought it was fun. But others in the family
apparently didn’t.
“I don’t even think that
he realized just how
many people loved
and respected him,”
she said. “This here
tonight, this is just a
small sampling of his
friends and extended
family.”
Or as Gia Hall said,
“He would often tell me that family were those people in
your life who elevate you to be the very best that you can be
and always accept you for who you are.”
In that case, Neal had a very large family in
Savannah. Indeed, Neal had a son, Amari Adams, who
came to the Club One remembrance.
Neal’s “work family” also came. Neal was a nurse. Gia Hall
says it was only recently that he had come into some financial
means with a job as a nurse manager at Urological Associates
of Savannah on DeRenne Avenue. He loved it.
“He was excellent at connecting with people,” said coworker Buffy Boyd. “He always was able to find some
common ground to connect with them on. He was always
positive with patients. He always smiled at them. But that
was Neal.”
The Club One memorial was a cross-section of everyone
who knew Neal a.k.a. Felicia. I can’t fit in everyone’s
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story. So perhaps I’ll close with an ordinary moment,
like the ones we share with people each and every day. It
comes from drag performer Dawn Dupree.
She remembered Felicia most from those moments before
a show when the performers were backstage at Club One
enjoying a calm moment before the lights shone on them.
“They always had a small television back there. And
Felicia and all of us would gather together and watch
the Golden Girls together before we’d go on for
the performance,” Dupree said. “Those are the kinds of
things that I remember most about her, laughing backstage
with her, doing shots together, just laughing and having
fun.”
It’s obvious that for many in Savannah, the words of
that show’s theme song, written by Andrew Gold, ring true
of Neal Scott (1965-2015). “Thank you for being a friend.”
FCN Business Member TailsSpin Chosen Pet
Retailer of the Year
Pet Product News International has chosen TailsSpin as
“2015-2016 Pet Retailer of the Year.” Born in Savannah,
TailsSpin has expanded to four stores in Savannah, Pooler,
Macon, and its newest location on Whitemarsh Island.
Jusak Bernhard and Jeff Manley, owners of TailsSpin,
attended the Awards Ceremony July 21 in Las Vegas.
“It’s an amazing honor to be recognized by our peers in
the industry” said Bernhard. “As TailsSpin is Savannah
born, we are doubly excited. For us, participating in our
surrounding community and providing excellent customer
service are the key reason of our continued success.
TailsSpin supports the community by raising funds for local
pet rescues and other non-profit organizations such as FCN,
as well as by working closely with the local government on
pet-related programs, such as the creation of dog parks.
Way to go, Guys!
Charity Walk to “Reflect, Remember, Revive
the Challenge”
Savannah’s second annual World AIDS Day Walk,
presented by J.C. Lewis Primary Health Care Center, is
December 5 in Forsyth Park from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Entertainment will be provided by Deep End Band. For
registration and vendor participation, contact Kirk Scott
via email at kscott@jclewishealth.org or call 912-4958887, ext. 6734.
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Events
October First Saturday Social a Delightful Evening
It was a night fitting for a
Halloween kickoff - misty,
cool, a slight breeze stirring
up the ghosts and ghouls in the
eastside neighborhood of Scott
West. Also stirred up were the
attendees, talking about the
city elections and other great
un-pleasantries. The music of
Melvin Dean on the steel drums
also floated about, providing a
background for the fine food,
fellowship, and free-flowing
drinks. Joining the 90+ in
attendance were several of the local candidates, including G.
Lyn Taylor, David Self, and Travis Coles. See the photos on
Pages 16 and back page of this issue.
Always the “host with the most”, Scott shared tales of treasures
found at yard sales and entertained with stories from some of
the hundreds of events he helps plan and coordinate. He has
proven himself to be a true supporter of a better community
through a higher quality of living, contributing to that goal in
ways both small and large every day. You too can contribute.
Have you considered hosting a social or volunteering for a
FCN committee? We need more folks like Scott, willing to get
involved. Think about it!
Mark Your Calendars!
A listing of LGBT-related events hosted by local
non-profits
Family Guys Bowling League Meet
Thursdays at 7pm, AMF Bowling Lanes, 115 Tibet Ave.
on Savannah’s Southside, Lanes 47-50
Stand Out Youth’s Discussion Groups
Every Friday, 7-9:00pm, 1020 Abercorn Street
Check out www.standoutyouth.org for more info
Phoenix Project’s “Real Talk”
for the MSM Community
Every first and third Monday of the month from 4-5pm
Chatham Care Center Lecture Room, 107 Fahm Street
in Savannah (see article in this issue for more info)
Free HIV Testing
Tuesdays-Fridays from 9 to 11 a.m. & 2 to 4 p.m.
at Phoenix Project, 525 East 34th St. in Savannah
Savannah Pride Festival
Saturday, October 22, 2016 in Forsyth Park
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FCN Membership
Membership and Other Donations Received by
First City Network
Thank you, all of our new and renewing members and
generous donors, for supporting FCN during late spring to
early fall…we are growing stronger because of you!
*Names with an asterisk signify members who raised their
level of support—thank you!
New members are in italics--welcome!
Family of Friends
Benefactor
Richard L. Bono
Sponsor
Mel Garcia*
Supporter
Jim Adams*
Sara Blocker & Harriet Langford*
Scott A. Cohen, D.D.S.*
Alice Tuohey*
Business/Organization
Chuck’s Bar Inc.
The Health Initiative Inc.
TailsSpin
Couples/Family
Jim Ashman & Jamey Espina
Betsy Barber & Ron La Conte
Efrayim Ben-Avraham & Shawn Turner
Timothy Burkett & Lance Wilhelm
Eric Chin & Jonathan Stalcup
Brian Clyatt & Daryl Balzer
Paul & Mark Cooper
James Daly & Donell Redd
Daniel & David
Lloyd Dosier & David Sims
Regan Drake & Brandon Earehart
Michael Eccles & Corey Moore
Frank & Danny
Steve Gagne & Clayton Gagne-Thomas
Marsha Ipsen & Jollie Ipsen
David Johnson & Clint Johnson
Jon & Donovan
Steve K. & Gabriel L.
Katrina & Savanah Kite
Angela Link-Perez & Melanie Link-Perez
Marcia Long & Julie Blocker
Erika Majors & Candace Hardnett
James Maury & Daniel E. Snyder III
Rachael Miller & Kristen Fields
Lauree Morris & Hannah San Juan
Hew Nettles & Rodger George
Keith Sealey & Christopher Barry
David Shephard & Benjamin Burrell
Steve & Dick
Marsha Tolbert & Omelia Donahoo
Jay Ulrich & Randy Young
Individual
Anonymous
Hubert C. Baker
Barry
Ken Barthels
Joyce Bean
Sidney Brand
John A. Brown
Richard Brown
Charles Cherry
Samantha Claar
John Dunlap
Jeff Eesley
Sheela Eichhorn
James Farringer
Mike Flatt
P. Michelle Gillikin
Rick Gilsdorf
John Groover
James Hamrick
Alexandra Jones
Jayson M. Lane
Judy McVey
Ron Melander
Tim Moore
Roger Moss
Clifford J. Neesmith
Michael O’Halloran
Elizabeth Osterberger
Tom Pearsall
Amy Rigdon
Blake Rutledge
Shawn
Patrick Shehan
Carl Shirk
James A. Smith, Jr.
Margaret G. Waters
Thomas Wells
David Wilding
Student
Harry Gregory
Sabrina Rodner
Indigo Williamson
Gifts-in-Kind
For donation of office furniture
Dee Hope
For donation of office space
Austin Hill Realty
For donation of software
Microsoft Corporation
Donations
Radius Media Group
John Stern
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“Diverse programming for a diverse community” is
more than a mantra, because the Savannah LGBT
Community Center programming WILL be diverse,
offering participation and volunteer opportunities for
the entire LGBT population. Imagine some of the many
possibilities:
• LGBT youth and young adult support groups,
spanning junior high, high school, technical school,
and college ages
• Support for LGBT homeless and those at risk of abuse
• Support for LGBT senior adults and those at risk;
LGBT Senior Center
• Minority and immigrant LGBT support
• Legal support and information unique to our
community
• HIV/AIDS testing and counseling/health initiatives
• Weekly/monthly social and educational activities
• Year-round planning/activities for PRIDE and other
LGBT festivals
• LGBT Small Business Group and LGBT Chamber
meeting space
• LGBT Visitors Center/welcoming site for LGBT
tourists; LGBT heritage tourism
• Archive. library, and and/or museum of LGBT history
in our area
• Relationship/marriage counseling
• Volunteer opportunities with LGBT organizations and
the broader community
So how can you help make an LGBT Community Center
a reality? Well, we are raising money to match a challenge
gift. A prominent local couple has made a substantial
pledge of $25,000 provided we match the gift and develop
a solid business plan for the community center. We have
begun to quietly reach out to friends and supporters to
determine their level of interest. To date, everyone we
have asked has agreed to consider a donation; several
have already indicated they will help meet the challenge!
To join that list of donors, please fill out the form on Page
X inside this issue, or to have a private meeting with
the FCN Chair or any member of our board about our
community center project, call 912-547-4543. Together,
we can do this!
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COLLEGE ORGANIZATIONS
HEALTH/HUMAN SERVICES
Armstrong Gay Straight Alliance
c/o Emily Bressler
(478) 787-7599
Assisted Recovery Center of Ga.
7722 Waters Ave
(912) 352-2425 or (888) 570-6391
Georgia Southern Gay Straight Alliance
c/o Parrish Turner
(912) 531-8326
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Georgia AIDS Coalition (GAC)
P.O. Box 1258
Snellville, GA 30078
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Queer & Allies (Q&A)
Krista Harberson, Faculty Advisor
(912) 661-0388
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Grady Health Foundation
Glen Paul Freedman, Office Manager
480 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE Unit 811
Atlanta, GA 30312-5332
CAMPGROUNDS
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Collins, GA 30421
Gay camping (cabin, RV & tent) & special
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COUNSELING & PSYCHOTHERAPY
Ellen Farrell LPC, EEMCP
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23 East 38th St.
(912) 233-7304
Nancy Wallace, LCSW
23 East 38th St.
(912) 447-0230
Martha Womack, PhD. Psychologist
23 East 38th St.
(912) 447-5660 / fax (912) 447-5661
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Brouillette & Cowan
1 Oglethorpe Pro Bldg, Ste 102
(912) 354-2262
Glenn Gaylord CPA
(912) 658-1346
FOOD
Brighter Day Natural Foods
Organic foods, books and more
1102 Bull St.
(912) 236-4703
FUNERAL SERVICES
Adams Funeral Services
510 Stephenson Ave.
(912) 354-6260
GAMES AND BOWLING
Family Guys Bowling
Thursday 7pm
AMF Bowling
115 Tibet Avenue
Lanes 47-50
HIV Services
Chatham CARE Center
107 B Fahm St.
(912) 651-2253
Hospice Savannah Inc.
Homecare and Hospice House; grief support services
1352 Eisenhower Dr.
(912) 355-2289
Phoenix Project (HIV/AIDS) of Union Mission
Rhonda D. Harris, MPH, MS
Health Educator
525 East 34th Street
Savannah, GA 31401
(912)-231-0123 ext 1410
LGBT Liason Officer
Star Corporal Tracy Walden
201 Habersham Street
Savannah, GA 31402
(912) 651-6653
twalden@savannahga.gov
INSURANCE AGENCY
Mitchell Bush
The Bush Agency
Nationwide Insurance
340 Eisenhower Dr. Bldg 300 Ste A
(912) 356-0266
LEGAL SERVICES
GLSP (Georgia Legal Services Project)
c/o Robert W. Bush
6602 Abercorn St., Suite 203
Savannah, GA 31405
(912) 651-2180 or (912) 231-9906
rbush@glsp.org
HIV/AIDS Legal Project
Free legal services to HIV+ who meet income guides.
10 Whitaker St.
(912) 651-2180
U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Savannah Local Office
7391 Hodgson Memorial Drive, Suite 200
Savannah, GA 31406
Holly Hadfield Aguillar, Director
(912) 920-4274
LGBT ORGANIZATIONS
Georgia Equality Project
Savannah Chapter
Billy Wooten
(912) 547-4543
or
Kevin Clark
106 West 38th St.
(912) 547-6263
kevinclark10@icloud.com
Gay Men’s Heart Circle
c/o Richard Gourley
Los Robles
101 E. 34th St.
(912) 713-5546
Savannah Pride Inc.
savannahpride.com
Stand Out Youth
standoutyouth.org
P.O. Box 14511
Savannah, GA 31416-1511
(912) 657-1966
info@standoutyouth.org
Dewayne Hilliard, Director
NIGHTLIFE
Chuck’s Bar
301 West River St.
(912) 232-1005
Club One Jefferson
(Home of The Lady Chablis)
1 Jefferson St.
(912) 232-0200
PET SERVICES
Save-A-Life
Julie - (912) 354-7357
TailsSpin
4501 Habersham St.
(912) 691-8788
TailsSpin.com
PHYSICAL THERAPY
Skidaway Family Chiropractic Center.
5704 Skidaway Rd.
(912) 356-5886
PRINTING/DESIGN/PHOTO
AlphaGraphics
7426 Hodgson Memorial Dr., Ste. B
Savannah, GA 31406
(912) 355-9001
Creative Approach
408 MLK JR Blvd
mycreativeapproach.com
(912) 233-8300
REAL ESTATE & MORTGAGE
Austin Hill Realty, LLC
7505 Waters Avenue Suite B-7
(912) 354-2100
Brian Clyatt
Keller Williams Realty
- Coastal Area Partners
329 Commercial Dr., Ste 100
(912) 220-3563 Direct
Donald Callahan
The Don Callahan Real Estate Group
Keller Williams Realty
(912) 441-4416
Ron Melander, Realtor, GRI,
CLHMS, ABR, SRS, CIPS, TRC
SavannahHistoricProperties.com
(912) 441-7124
RESTAURANTS
Bar•food
4523 Habersham St.
(912) 355-5956
Joe’s Homemade
5515 B Waters Avenue 70th St.
(912) 349-0251
Six Pence Pub
245 Bull Street
(912) 233-3151
B. Tillman
6700 Waters Avenue
Savannah, GA
912-721-1564
WEBSITES, LOCAL
Gaysavannah.com
P.O. Box 8911
Savannah, GA 31412
info@gaysavannah.com
WEDDING PLANNING
Rev. Steven Schulte
Cell/text: (912) 313.4254
Joyce Bean, Officiant
Savannah, Georgia
904-521-5054
Savannah Simple Weddings
Helen Bradley, Officiant
912-667-0818
WORSHIP SERVICES
Agape Empowerment Ministries
703D Louisville Road
agapeempowerment.com
Asbury Memorial UMC
1008 East Henry St.
(912) 233-4351
Center for Spiritual Living - SAV
2520 Bonaventure Road
(912) 335-1905
Congregation Mickve Israel
20 East Gordon Street
(912) 233-1547
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
2716 Mechanics Ave.
(912) 354-6815
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
34th and Abercorn - Savannah
(912) 232-0274
Unitarian Universalist Church
313 E Harris St
(912) 234-0980
Unity Church of Savannah
2320 Sunset Blvd.
(912) 355-4704
Unitarian Universalist of Statesboro
609 East Grady Street
(912) 489-8338
To list your LGBT-friendly business or organization in the LGBT Guide,
email editor@firstcitynetwork.org.
Entries must be local and meet newsletter editorial guidelines.
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Upcoming First Saturday Socials 2015
Socials are all from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. unless noted otherwise
November 7
Host: Don Holland & Ted Paskevich
Address: 625 Maupas Avenue in Savannah
December 5
Host(ess): Tim Moore (“Tricksie Turner”)
Address: 4513 Spring Hill Road in Savannah
Notes: annual holiday theme and food drive
If you would like more info on a First Saturday Social,
or if you’d like to host one, please email us at
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