This Sunday’s New York Times Magazine featured a short interview with Enrique Peñalosa, a former mayor of Bogata, Columbia and current urban planning consultant. Peñalosa is associated with Bogata’s Ciclovia, described by Streets Films’ Clarence Eckerson, Jr. as “a weekly event in which over 70 miles of city streets are closed to traffic where […]

Posted in Government, Recreation, Transportation No Comments »

Savannah Morning News columnist K.W. Oxnard has recently returned from vacation and in today’s paper she shares some of the good ideas she saw in other cities. Among them, a series of connected greenspaces:
Unlike Savannah, New York has spent the last 20 years creating a greenbelt through all five boroughs, patching together individual parks with […]

Posted in Conservation, Economics, Government, Planning, Recreation, Transportation 1 Comment »

A federal judge has stopped residents’ plans to destroy cypress trees near Statesboro, a decision that’s supported by Ogeechee-Canoochee Riverkeeper Chandra Brown.
Cypress Lake is a picturesque pond on Lotts Creek in Bulloch County. Like many mill ponds across the region, it’s lined with cypress trees and homes. It feeds a slow-moving river the color of […]

Posted in Conservation, Water No Comments »

It looks like Sonoco came up with its own solution in the wake of neighbors’ complaints about litter migrating from the site into Carver Heights. When I drove by on Sunday, the drop-off bins were gone and the area where they formerly resided was cordoned off. A sign indicated Sonoco is now closed on Saturday […]

Posted in Recycling No Comments »

What lessons can be learned from studying a pocket knife made in the early 1900s? How can careful consideration of such a tool help us make better decisions today? Mr. Jalopy has the answers:
The market realities that forced the superior business model of integrity and serviceability have changed. Now, it is a choice that we […]

Posted in Economics No Comments »