Should the County Commission approve rezoning for a subdivision
just because developers say they won’t compromise any more?
Bill Nijem presented Moody and schools nearby and the proposed house price as arguments for the Glen Laurel subdivision, plus county services, which, remember, were put in for them to use. This was after Pine Grove Elementary closed and moved farther away.
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A retired Air Force veteran weighed in,
asserting that new subdivisions need to be compatible
and consistent with homes already in the area,
and Glen Laurel would cause a lot of traffic
and drive land values down.
In the long run, as far as Lowndes County is concerned, do you feel in your hearts that this is going to enhance Lowndes County as a place to come and live and enjoy?
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A landowner directly across from Glen Laurel pointed out that
all the other subdivisions on Old Pine Road also connect to another street,
so there are two ways in and out,
but Glen Laurel does not.
She said the photographs they submitted were of
Blue Pool, Callaway Circle, and Hamilton Circle,
which are all subdivisions that were developed as affordable housing
for first-time homeowners, yet the houses are now in sad shape.
She wondered whose responsibility is it to maintain
the entrance after the developers are gone?
Is it the homeowners association?
This is basically the same question Mr. Mulligan asked,
which Chairman Ashley Paulk answered with code enforcement.
She said that at Hamilton Circle there are cars parked on the green area, Continue reading
A landowner (probably Glynda Faye Zaun) between Old Pine Road and Mulligan Road
says if all those little houses are built her property
values will decrease, and she’ll be surrounded by 94 little homes that
will generate too much traffic.
I am not against growth. Growth is beneficial to every community; I recognize that. But it should be constructed in a way that is beneficial and pleasing to everyone and not just to the developers or the ones who want to make a lot of money quick and then leave.
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Healthy Options had a table at the first Valdosta Downtown Farm Days,
and Chastity told us about their products with no preservatives and no synthetics.
Here’s the video:
Chastity tells us about Healthy Options of Days Gone By
Downtown Valdosta Farm Days, Courthouse Square,
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 May 2011.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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But while such stories have become tragically common in Mexico, this was the first time the mourners could vent their grief in front of tens of thousands of sympathizers and TV cameras from across the world.Continue readingAnd in this media spotlight, the protesters made a new demand — amid the failure of the government to provide security, they cried, the Public Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna must resign.
“We don’t want more dead. We don’t want more hate,” protest leader Javier Sicilia told the crowd. “President Felipe Calderon — show you are listening to us, and make the public safety secretary resign.”
The demand announced at Sunday’s rally gave a new edge to a movement that has been steadily rising amid the massacres and mass graves of Mexico’s drug war.
Up until then, protesters had come out with a mix
Today, a number of Native tribes, from the Lakota in the Dakotas to the Iroquois Confederacy in New York to the Anishinaabeg in Wisconsin, battle to preserve the environment for those who are yet to come. The next seven generations, the Lakota say, depend upon it.Continue reading“Traditionally, we’re told that as we live in this world, we have to be careful for the next seven generations,” says Loretta Cook. “I don’t want my grandkids to be glowing and say, ‘We have all these bad things happening to us because you didn’t say something about it.’
Part of this family and spiritual obligation to preserve
Mr. John Robinson pointed out that school board problems and biomass
are not the only issues around here, and for example the south side
of town needs money so people there can become more productive citizens.
At the 21 April 2011 Valdosta City Council meeting,
He specifically recommended getting
Valdosta Small Emerging Business (VSEB) up and running.
Here’s the video:
Let us try to come together and find some method —John Robinson
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 21 April 2011,
Videos by George Boston Rhynes for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
George Rhynes posted a complete transcript. Here are a few excerpts: Continue reading
Food and other vendors
on the historic Lowndes County Courthouse Square,
in Valdosta, Georgia,
every first and third Saturday, 9AM to 1PM.
Here’s the video:
Amanda Peacock explains it all (Downtown Valdosta Farm Days)
Downtown Valdosta Farm Days, Courthouse Square,
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 May 2011.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
More about that in this previous post.
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Ashley Paulk said he is code enforcement!
Let’s go back a year to the rezoning of Old Pine Road on 8 June 2010,
as an example of how some things fit together around here.
First a bit more about lot size, and then code enforcement and traffic.
Commissioner Richard Lee wanted to know if Coy Brightwell was the spokesperson for the people against. Brightwell said some others would also speak, but R-10 was the closest to a quarter acre lot, and that’s what they were for.
Here’s Part 1 of 3:
Lot size and code enforcement on Old Pine Road, 8 June 2010 Part 1 of 3:
Rezoning REZ-2010-06, Glen Laurel, Old Pine Rd,
Regular monthly meeting of the Lowndes County Commission (LCC)
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 8 June 2010,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman
for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
A Mr. Mulligan of Bemiss Road wanted to know
A Mr. Mulligan of Bemiss Road wanted to know
Who develops these plans, the county, or the developer?Continue reading