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November 26, 2024, City Council Regular Meeting
Title
43. Authorize the City Manager to approve the City of Savannah’s Economic Development Department to partner with the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce and the Savannah Economic Development Authority to create and host a paid internship for a rising college senior at Savannah State University.
Strategic Priority
Good Government
Description

This will be a newly created city internship. The City of Savannah's Economic Development Department in partnership with the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce and the Savannah Economic Development Authority will create and host a paid internship for a rising college senior at Savannah State University. The first internship opportunity will be for a deserving Savannah State University College of Business Administration (COBA) scholar. This SSU COBA rising senior will gain valuable experience and exposure though a city Economic Development project while exposed to a 360-degree experience focused on the work of our community's leading economic development agencies and partners as well as shadowing the owners of some of our small businesses.

Recommendation
Contact
Marronde Lumpkin-Lotson
Financial Impact
TBA
Review Comments
Attachments
Economic Development Internship MOU.pdf
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