By David Pendered July 26 – Two women helped crew boats to podium finishes in the 2022 Pro Sailing Tour, a European regatta fought with boats that look like spaceships and fly above the water at speeds to nearly 50 mph. Perhaps the most notable part of the women’s victories is what didn’t happen – […]
Environment
A 1791 account: Muscogee in Okefenokee SwampBy David Pendered July 24 – In a 1791 account of Muscogee (Creek) mythology, the Okefenokee Swamp is described as a sort of Shangra-La, an inaccessible place of rich resources, beautiful women and fierce warriors. This story concludes with the entire written description of the Muscogee Nation’s relation with the swamp, as recounted by William […]
Affordable Housing
Reform zoning? Yes! Kill single family zoning? No!By Mike Dobbins July 20 – Many people don’t get zoning. Efforts to reform it abound. This report aims to help people better understand zoning and its relationship to affordable housing. In Atlanta and around the country, zoning has become a hot topic. People are blaming zoning for all manner of ills, most prominently now for the […]
Affordable Housing
More Atlantans compete for dwellings as ATL homebuilding slumpsBy David Pendered July 14 – There’s no end in sight to spiraling housing costs in the City of Atlanta, judging from new estimates in population growth and Atlanta’s own prediction of a double-digit slump in residential construction. The city added 5,070 new residents in calendar year 2021, according to a population growth estimate released […]
More call ATL home as homebuilding slumps
Travel and journey what most of us like to do in this life, I’m sure you’ve heard about trips into countries that are unfamiliar. It is almost as if the trip goes up on an invisible plane… or it’s just a fancy way for travelers/visitors who usually travel by boat (and sometimes car) to get around Europe without driving their own cars! The reason why all these things exist
