UPDATE 2021: This was the first episode in a brief attempt to start an A4E podcast that was abandoned. Check out our current podcast here! We’ve decided to experiment with a podcast! Join Briana Bivens, Organization Coordinator; Broderick Flanagan, Co-Coordinator of the Housing initiative; and Jesse Houle (Local Political Coordinator) […]
Housing
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We all know affordable housing is an issue in Athens. Salaries are low, housing prices are very high relative to them, and the problem only seems to be getting worse. But what do we do about it? A4E’s Housing Initiative has been meeting monthly and working on trying to build […]
Who does your ACC District Commissioner really represent? Do they stand with you, or downtown developers and Republican candidates? Their own constituents overwhelmingly spoke out against the towering luxury condos. But seven of our ten commissioners voted for the downtown Athens development anyway. What happened? Developers Profit. Do We? City […]
Here they go again. The Mayor and Commission are considering rezoning a property on Mitchell Street, which is situated between downtown and the university. The proposed development is a 100-plus-foot tower, much like other recent high-rise residential developments downtown, only taller. This is a massive increase in scale over what […]