In the Loop
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FINAL UPDATE: Watch the Chase in Space Balloon Launch
Chase in Space, a project developed by the Chase Street Elementary School Engineering Club to send a camera-equipped weather balloon into the atmosphere, celebrated a successful launch earlier today. Below, watch video of the liftoff:
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Two Finalists for Athens Downtown Development Director
Shannon Logan (right). Photo credit: WGNS radio
After combing through 160 resumes and meeting in closed session for nearly two hours today, the Athens Downtown Development Authority named two finalists for its soon-to-be-vacant executive director position.
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Lyndon House, Library Funding Safe for Now
The Athens-Clarke County Library and staff-guided tours at the Lyndon House Arts Center are safe for another year.
ACC commissioners decided Tuesday night to restore $8,200 for the tours that Mayor Nancy Denson had cut from her $106 million budget for fiscal 2014. But the commission will consider using volunteer docents next year.
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Cracking Down on Cycling Scofflaws
At the Atlantic Cities blog, Sarah Goodyear wrote about a Chicago crackdown on motorists who open their doors into bicyclists, coupled with increased fines for two-wheeled scofflaws. The higher fines have the bike community in an uproar, but Goodyear argues that they're a sign that pedaling is becoming just another mainstream mode of transportation.
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Should Athens Have a Curfew in Public Spaces?
About a dozen people came to the Athens-Clarke Commission meeting to speak out against a proposed law, aimed at protesters, that would set hours for public spaces like the City Hall grounds.
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Chase Street Is the Best School in Athens
Chase Street Elementary is the best school in Clarke County at getting its students ready for college and careers.
That's according to the new College and Career Ready Performance Index released Tuesday by the state Department of Education. The CCRPI replaces the Adequate Yearly Progress measurement in No Child Left Behind.
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Georgia Is Kind of Friendly to Bikes
Georgia isn't best friends with bikes. More like a neighbor who seems all right, or that guy at the bar whose name you forgot, but you nod at him anyway.
The state ranks 24th in bicycle friendliness, according to a report release today by the League of American Bicyclists.
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UPDATE: Selig Files Downtown Development Plans
Selig Enteprise finally filed plans with Athens-Clarke County today for its proposed development on the Armstrong & Dobbs property between East Broad and Oconee streets.
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