Editor’s note: This article was updated on Sept. 20 to reflect that Visit Savannah sponsored Lee’s visit.
By Eric Curl
Sept. 15, 2024 – Cory Lee, who documents his worldwide travels as a wheelchair user on his blog Curb Free with Cory Lee recently shared his experience visiting Savannah on his Facebook page, which has 79,000 followers. (Visit Savannah invited and paid for Lee’s trip, according to officials from the marketing organization within the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce.)
Lee said that, despite being a historic city, Savannah provides plenty of opportunities for wheelchair users such as himself and he found he was able to roll all over downtown, while visiting museums, taking trolley tours, catching a show at the Savannah Theater and spending time in the squares and Forsyth Park. He highlighted some of Savannah’s shops, including Bitty & Beau’s Coffee, where they hire people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, while also enjoying such restaurants as Collins Quarter, Belford’s Seafood & Steaks, Dottie’s Market, Wexford Irish Pub, and Double Wide Diner. In addition, he touted fellow wheelchair user Cindy Otis’ The Stacks bookstore as “fantastic” and Conjure, where he said the tarot card readings always blow his mind.
“Savannah really is a special city and it’s welcoming to everyone,” Lee said in his Sept. 2 post.
Speaking of accessibility in Savannah, LIFE Inc. offers accessibility site reviews to local businesses as a way to ensure full access. If interested, you can visit the website, call the nonprofit organization at (912) 920-2414 or check out their fact sheet, ‘Customer Service for Business,’ to review disability etiquette, get practical tips for serving customers with disabilities, and get suggestions of areas to assess to optimize accessibility.
Information about accessible attractions in Savannah, as well Tybee Island, can also be found on Visit Savannah’s website.
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