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Key takeaways
- City Manager seeks additional funding from City cash reserves to build a prefabricated storage building; 2026 budget funds insufficient.
- Project PB0250-Grayson Storage Relocation funded by General Fund $235,000; proposed $95,191 from Capital Reserves for $330,191 total.
- Land cleared near Grayson Stadium for a multi-million dollar building paid for by Savannah Bananas but built on public land; they did not pay for land.
- Whether Savannah Bananas will pay property tax on the building is unclear.
- In 2024 the City Council agreed to spend $3 million on stadium improvements; the contract contains no penalty if Savannah Bananas relocate.
March 12, 2026 – The Savannah City Council will be asked to approve an expenditure to address the loss of storage space for equipment used in Daffin Park by both the Park & Tree and Recreation departments.
In August 2025, the Council gave the Savannah Bananas company access to all of the storage space used for decades until the large bleachers section of the historic stadium, as part of a revised five-year agreement.
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