Village Park Homes will kick start the building of the 2019 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway house in Rice Hope Plantation at a groundbreaking ceremony featuring St. Jude staff, local city officials and key sponsors of the campaign and words from influential members of the community.
Organized by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, attendees will learn how they can reserve a ticket for a chance to win the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway house, with an estimated value of $365,000, and other prizes by reserving a $100 raffle ticket. Only a limited amount of tickets will be available, and all proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit St. Jude and its mission to treat and defeat childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
This year’s program is made possible by Village Park Homes, Bald Eagle Partners, WSAV, Kix 96 and Savannah Morning News and national sponsors Brizo, Shaw Floors, Trane and Bosch.
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Agave Bar and Grill is now open in Port Wentworth at 7222 Georgia Highway 21. The community’s newest restaurant is open from 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sundays. Agave boasts a large menu and offers a wide array of authentic Mexican dishes, desserts and a full-service bar. The family-friendly eatery opened its doors last month and is eager to welcome community members to its new space. This is Agave’s second location, having already established its Tybee Island restaurant as a favorite among locals and tourists alike.
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The City of Port Wentworth’s government staff has outgrown its home and is moving to a more spacious building that is better suited for their purposes.
In the new year, the city will open its administrative offices in the Renasant Bank building at 7224 Highway 21. Before serving as a Renasant branch, the building held Citizens Bank. It was built around 2005-06, according to City Administrator Phil Jones.
Renasant will relocate its operations to a new development in Rice Hope. The moves likely will take place around early April, after the bank’s new home is finished. In the meantime, the government is still working out of the current city hall at 305 South Coastal Highway.
Once the city moves into its new digs, the building will house all administrative operations, the mayor’s office, human resources, finance department, city clerk, and public services, where residents will be able to pay water and sewer bills.
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“It’s a very nice building. The upstairs is wide open, and we have plans for creating some office space upstairs and a meeting room,” Jones said. “It’ll be a significant upgrade, change and overall modernization. We hope this move shows an effort on the City of Port Wentworth’s part to move forward, continue with progress, get on track and open for business.”
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Work is already under way for a new state-of-the-art truck stop fuel center in Port Wentworth at Highway 21 and Grange Road. When the Port Fuel Center opens in fall 2019, its wide array of dining options, fueling pumps, retail space, variety of amenities, and customer service techniques will be conveniently accessible to travelers of all sorts. The facility, which will sit on a 16-acre parcel of land, is designed to be especially accommodating and useful to intermodal truck drivers, according to owner Sean Register. We at the Port Wentworth Chamber of Commerce are pleased to have Sean and his team working on this project, as he has proven to be a good corporate citizen who is willing to participate in the community. Here’s a Q&A with Sean Register.
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Why did you choose Port Wentworth?
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I was born and raised here in Coastal Georgia, my background is in shipping, and my grandfather used to own a good portion of this land where the Fuel Center is being built. I first got the idea for a multi-faceted, innovative truck stop several years ago, and so I began to take stock of available resources. Once I decided this would be a good project, I started reassembling and combining the land to put it back together.
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How will the Port Fuel Center help improve the lives of local residents?
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We hope locals, commuters, truckers, Gulfstream employees, and members of all other industries will find this center convenient. To my knowledge, there’s nothing else like it this side of Atlanta. The store alone is 9,200 square feet, so it’ll be the largest in the Savannah Metro Area. Whether you're coming in for lunch or a gallon of milk on your way home, we'll have all the options needed by all kinds of people. Plus, we’ve designed the Port Fuel Center for ease of maneuverability. There will be a dedicated entrance coming off Highway 21, a new red light at Grange and 21, a dedicated truck exit and a separate exit that sends drivers onto Grange Road.
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Why do you think it’s important to offer well-appointed amenities for truck drivers?
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Intermodal truckers are vital, and there’s been a lack of amenities for them to get something to eat, find clean restrooms and showers, speed of service, etc., so that’s what we’re trying to do. This will be more than a convenience store. It’s an experience with great food options, services, and speed that is second to none. We’ll have people with tablets – like the Chick-Fil-A drive-thru line method – to assist truck drivers with their needs. We’ll help with fueling their trucks so they can go inside and get things accomplished in a timely manner.
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Woods Seafood
711 GA Hwy 30, Port Wentworth, GA 31407
Phone: (912) 963-9700
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ort Wentworth’s Woods Seafood has been pleasing customers with fresh shrimp, oysters, crabs, clams and more for many decades. The seafood market, which has been at its current location since 2006, has actually been in business for over 40 years. The previously operated two shops but condensed it to one about 13 years ago. It’s a family-owned business run by local resident Tina Newman, who says she grew up helping with every facet of the operation, from lending a hand on shrimp and crab boats to tending the store.
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Newman took over the operation from her father in 2015. Woods sells fresh seafood seven days a week and boils crabs, shrimp,snow crab legs and more every day but Monday. "We boil whatever comes in that day," Newman said. "A lot of seafood markets don't own their own boats, but we do. What we catch and bring in daily is local and fresh." Newman says they were very busy over the New Year's holiday and are expecting to handle a pretty big influx of orders around the Super Bowl -- especially with oysters.
Woods Seafood serves as the oyster sponsor for the annual Port Wentworth Chamber of Commerce Oyster Roast, BBQ & Music Festival. Their Highway 30 shop is open from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays.
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The Port Wentworth Chamber of Commerce will be publishing a new community guide in 2019! We’ll include all the information relevant to newcomers and long-established residents alike. This will be a great opportunity to showcase your business with an advertisement or listing. In the coming weeks, we’ll be contacting local business owners and managers about options for displaying their shops, hotels, restaurants and offices in our popular publication.
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7532 GA Highway 21 | Port Wentworth, GA 31407 | info@visitportwentworth.com
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