The Keep Savannah Beautiful Podcast Keep Savannah Beautiful

Cynthia loves serving the city of Savannah as a public official. She’s keeping Savannah beautiful, but on the city ordinance side. Her and her staff work hard to made sure Savannahians keep their properties up-to-code. Learn about what a day in the life of a code officer looks like and so much more.

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In this episode, Stacey shares about how her passion for giving back in the community ties in with being involved in the Keep Savannah Beautiful program.

My name is Stacey Argrow-Hall, a native Savannahian. I am married with three children. I work at Georgia Regional Hospital/Savannah Campus for the last sixteen years. I am an Incident Manager and Certified Investigator. I am an Army Veteran and serve as the Post Adjutant for local American Legion Post #500. I earned my undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice from South University and a Masters in Public Administration from Savannah State University. I serve as a Board Member to the Randolph Glee Foundation in Georgia that helps to pay school tuition for less fortunate children in Liberia Africa. I am a Community Health Advocate in the city to help provide resources and literature to citizens on COVID, FLU and healthy eating. In my spare time I love to travel. I enjoy showing my children the different states and they beauty they have to offer.

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In this episode, we sit down and talk with Keep Savannah Beautiful board member, Joseph Serpa.

Joseph Serpa was born in Hopewell, Virginia. His father and mother were both active-duty military. Six months after being born, Joseph and his family moved overseas to Germany. At the age of 4, Joseph moved to Savannah, where his father retired from the Army after serving 22 years. Joseph’s father then joined the Chatham County Board of Education Police Department, where he would eventually serve 21 years. Joseph graduated from Bethesda Academy in 2007, where he fell in love with history. After graduation, he immediately went to work. Joseph worked as a mechanic at different area dealerships for years until he decided to make a career change.

In 2014 Joseph was hired as an outside sales representative for Oglethorpe/Grayline tours of Savannah. Joseph quickly learned everything about Savannah tourism in a few short years. In 2016 Oglethorpe Tours was sold to Old Savannah Tours, where Joseph was hired as assistant director of operations. In 2018 Joseph was promoted to director of operations, managing a staff of 162 employees. In 2021 Joseph was nominated to sit on the board of directors for Buy Local Savannah. He is currently serving his second term. Joseph resides in District 6 with his wife Macy and 6-year-old daughter Leona. His interests include politics, history, tourism, and fishing. His skills include leadership, logistics, and vehicle diagnostics and repair.

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Yes. Savannah. You can recycle glass in town. But don't simply use that yellow bin outside of your house. To prevent cross-contamination, you'll have to drop it off at specific locations.

Carliss Bates gets glassy and talks about how to recycle your glass in Savannah.

A few FAQs:

WHAT ITEMS ARE ACCEPTED IN THE #glassonly RECYCLING PROGRAM?
Bottles, Jugs, and JarsClear, Brown, Green, and Blue in colorWith or Without LabelsWHAT ITEMS ARE NOT ACCEPTED IN THE #glassonly RECYCLING PROGRAM
CeramicsMirrored or Tempered GlassWindshield GlassPyrex GlassGlass Recycling Locations

Dean Forest Landfill – 1327 Dean Forest Road
Bacon Park Transfer Station – 6400 Skidaway Road
Barnes Restaurant -5320 Waters Avenue
Savannah Hilton Head Airport – 400 Airways Avenue
Capital Street Fire Station – 2235 Capital Street
Congregation Agudath Achim – 9 Lee Boulevard
Coffee Bluff Fire Station – 13710 Coffee Bluff Road

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In this episode, we go from talking trash to talking what you can recycle here in the city of Savannah. It's important to understand what is considered "recyclable" as not everything you think can be. When in doubt, call the Sanitation department and they can sort it out for you.

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We're talking trash—or more specifically—the power of partnership and those who have committed to picking up litter  and trash with our Adopt-a-Spot program. In this episode, we sit down with Sal Mullgrav, a fellow Keep Savannah Beautiful board member and a member of the Savannah grad chapter for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

The goal of the Adopt-A-Spot program is to inspire individuals to partner and assist with creating a clean and beautiful city through litter prevention and community beautification within a specific area.

For more information on Adopt-A-Spot in the Savannah:
https://keepsavannahbeautiful.org/adopt-a-spot

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