Couple of things
- Like a lot of other folks, I had a letter to the editor printed, and I put together an easy roundup.
- Our incredibly knowledgable anonymous poster has responded to my latest thoughts on Prince Avenue, and I intend to put together some additional points and questions later in the day (hopefully).
- The Athens Banner-Herald editorial staff works to get folks involved, and I agree.
- Bloomfield is concerned over parking, and I don't blame 'em. Those are some narrow streets and when they get clogged with cars, it gets pretty tricky to try and navigate over there. The University of Georgia needs to try to find some additional parking for its students, but I'm not entirely sure where the best place is for that.
- Hillary just tagged me for some sort of meme, and I'll work on that in a bit.
- Our incredibly knowledgable anonymous poster has responded to my latest thoughts on Prince Avenue, and I intend to put together some additional points and questions later in the day (hopefully).
- The Athens Banner-Herald editorial staff works to get folks involved, and I agree.
- Bloomfield is concerned over parking, and I don't blame 'em. Those are some narrow streets and when they get clogged with cars, it gets pretty tricky to try and navigate over there. The University of Georgia needs to try to find some additional parking for its students, but I'm not entirely sure where the best place is for that.
- Hillary just tagged me for some sort of meme, and I'll work on that in a bit.
posted by Jmac at 7:00 AM
10 Comments:
Perhaps UGA can find more parking for the students by forbidding incoming freshman to bring vehicles with them. GATech did that, I believe, and it taught me how to overcome a fear of public transit that I had developed from living in suburbs where there was no such thing. Perhaps my personal experience can be extended to all the incoming freshman. Can be and should be.
True, but freshmen don't live on Bloomfield. They live on campus (required to), where the parking situation probably has improved over the past few years. I suppose you are arguing that an early push in the direction of public transportation might improve things farther down the road, though, and you may be right. Also, a grocery store located much closer to campus and this rail to Atlanta would help a lot as far as eliminating reasons students (and all of us) need cars.
JMac,
Any idea how hard it is to convince A-CC to make a street one-side-only parking (one of the measures being pushed for Bloomfield)? Any idea who I should call/write to get the process started (once I canvass the neighborhood)?
I was thinking a few days ago that there are a few streets or parts of streets in my neighborhood that could use this treatment.
Darren
It seems to me that on-campus parking hasn't improved, because where the newer parking decks have gone up are inconvenient for the majority of students, who prefer to get their park on as close to their dorm as possible. I mean, if you compare the decks during the day to the decks at night, the people who stay on campus rather risk an entering auto or a citation than park somewhere where they are guaranteed the spot that's out of the way. But, yeah, if the students could get used to walking and riding The Bus, the need for cars would steadily go down.
And, you are so very correct about how well a grocery store closer to downtown & campus would benefit the community. When Wendy and I lived off Finley, this was our main problem, as we could walk or bike everywhere else we needed to go. Not to say that Phoenix isn't good at what it does, but just to say that a different kind of selection might suit the needs of an even larger number of people.
As for a downtown grocery locations, I have two words: St. Joe's.
Darren
Yeah, get rid of that "s" on location.
Darren
What have they targeted that space for? It would be good to bring something there, though my concern would be that it's anything resembling a larger-than-regional chain, it would be shunned.
As far as petitioning that ... I don't know. I'd recommend emailing either the mayor or your commissioner to find out.
Thanks.
A Whole Foods would be cool . . . but I wonder whether we fit their model, population and demographics-wise (i.e., I don't know if there's enough money within x miles).
I think the key determinant as to neighborhood perception/reaction would be design and approach, rather than who the chain was. I think that most of the residents of the area would be agreeable to a Publix/Kroger type store, if the company in question proposed one of their smaller-footprint, location-specific designs (see multiple in-town Atlanta locations), and approached the neighborhood cooperatively.
Darren
Let me lobby for The Fresh Market. Those things rock. Rumor has it one may wind up in the Homewood Hills Shopping Center, which I hope comes true.
Agreed. I would be happy to have something in that former W*D location.
Darren
Post a Comment
<< Home