Kemp boosts Savannah Convention Center

Gov. Brian Kemp was in Savannah over the weekend to make some big changes to the city’s convention center.  Kemp signed House Bill 525, establishing the Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority, renaming the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center to just the Savannah Convention Center, and giving it tax-exempt status like other convention centers in the state.  The Convention Center will soon begin work on a major planned expansion project, doubling its event space and creating a new ballroom as well as adding new meeting rooms and parking spaces.  Kemp and co.’s focus on Savannah over the past year has the city’s ship RISING…