Last night, creative city making champion Charles Landry spoke to a packed house. I had the pleasure of being in the audience along with most of the usual suspects (govt., real estate development, business, downtownies, a few artists & SCAD folk) . . . you were probably there too. He was worth standing […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Over the last year, Sustainable Savannah has been mentioned several times in the pages of the Savannah Morning News, most often by award-winning columnist Bill Dawers. However, yesterday’s story about Coastal Commuters by Lauren Nardella marks the first time the site has appeared front page of the paper. This revelation also alerted me to […]

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Background: The Coastal Marshlands Protection Act (CMPA) states . . .
This coastal marshlands resource system is costly, if not impossible, to reconstruct or rehabilitate once adversely affected by man. It is important to conserve this system for the present and future use and enjoyment of all citizens and visitors to our state. Activities and structures […]

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