Savannah sees first decrease in 3 decades.
By Adam Van Brimmer
Savannah Morning News
October 15, 2010
The poverty rate in Savannah and Chatham County fell in 2009 for the first time in three decades, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
The "war on poverty," as Savannah Mayor Otis Johnson put it, is far from won, however.
Johnson, Sister Pat Baber and Daniel Dodd hailed the area's success at addressing poverty issues during Thursday's Step Up Savannah annual meeting and breakfast. The trio encouraged several hundred people at the event to continue that commitment.
"Folks have told me poverty will always be with us," Johnson said. "Maybe so, but it doesn't have to affect as many."
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