Some days the sustainability-related events seem to stack up. Today is one of those days.
From 10-11 a.m., Preserving Savannah Neighborhoods is staging a protest at the corner of Abercorn Street and DeRenne Avenue. The purpose? To highlight the Georgia Department of Transportation’s counterproductive decision to go ahead with construction of a right turn lane from […]

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Savannah resident Ardis Wood has an interesting letter to the editor in today’s SMN where she implores the Georgia Department of Transportation to actually work with (rather than around) the Sav/Chatham County MPO.  I don’t know about all those politics (though I’m sure John could enlighten us), but I was struck by the conclusion of […]

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From Effingham County one morning this week, Michael Maddox wrote in his blog, “After many long months, or more correctly years, I finally have approval from the Effingham County Commission to proceed with my project.”
The project, Green Bridge Farm, is one I have mentioned here before, and it’s been covered in local news.
Initial resistance […]

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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 […]

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

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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