[ April 5, 2008; ] The April 5 Race benefits the Ogeechee-Canoochee Riverkeeper. Registration begins at 7am. John Boats in the Water at 7:30am and a shotgun start of Open Division at 8am followed by Recreation Division.

Starting line is at The Rocks Landing Hwy 301 Bridge in Claxton.  The
race is 11 miles long and ends at ‘Groveland Park’ Hwy 280 […]

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Cog, Savannah’s bicycle cooperative, needs volunteer mechanics to staff its shop on Tuesday from 4-7 p.m. and Saturdays from noon until 5 p.m. Cog volunteers don’t actually repair bicycles, but rather have the much more important assignment of teaching the co-op’s customers how to fix their own bikes, guiding them through the process of getting […]

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The 2008 - 2012 Chatham Area Transportation Development Plan contains some interesting information describing the relationship between the the availability of free and subsidized parking with low transit use. What’s the connection? When major employers provide free surface or structured parking or pay for employee parking in municipal or private lots, they are they are […]

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Bill Gillespie, who is running in Georgia’s First Congressional District invites, “economists, environmentalists and concerned citizens” to an event on Tybee Island, Feb. 28 from 7 - 9 p.m. On the table for discussion: “how to take action to protect our natural resources and how to move America toward an alternative energy economy.” It’s worth […]

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Just got off the phone with the local parks service and tomorrow I go to check out the garden plots available for planting—free of charge—by Chatham County residents. The director of recreation told me these plots just west of the city used to fill up every year but that over time the number of active […]

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