Stories by Kevan Williams
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Why Didn't Walmart Come to Downtown?
Athens artists helped defeat the downtown Walmart. Now it's time to become more proactive.
By Kevan Williams | January 9, 2013
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What's Up in New Development
Our development correspondent is going on hiatus, but first, he ruminates on nature, humanity and the future of Athens.
By Kevan Williams | July 18, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
If the ADDA hires UGA professor Jack Crowley to design a downtown master plan, the university itself won't be involved.
By Kevan Williams | July 11, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
Are fraternities willing to consider options for intown housing that work cooperatively with the Athens community?
By Kevan Williams | July 4, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
Jack Crowley's offer to create a master plan for downtown Athens should be seen as a starting point for a broad and inclusive process.
By Kevan Williams | June 27, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
Neighbors resist a frat house in Cobbham, and dollar stores move into the Broad/Baxter corridor.
By Kevan Williams | June 20, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
The "form follows finance" model for building is pervasive, but ignores what makes cities work.
By Kevan Williams | June 13, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
T-SPLOST may be our only way to fund its slate of transportation projects, but do we even want them?
By Kevan Williams | June 6, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
If the county pays for infrastructure to support development projects, shouldn't it have a voice in its design?
By Kevan Williams | May 30, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
Seeing how T-SPLOST fares throughout the state should be interesting—and not necessarily in a good way.
By Kevan Williams | May 23, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
We need to shift our baselines for imagining the potential of our natural surroundings.
By Kevan Williams | May 16, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
What are goals and objectives for, if they're not to be fulfilled?
By Kevan Williams | May 9, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
New student housing continues to be built even as the rental market is overloaded with supply.
By Kevan Williams | May 2, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
Clarke County School District has taken an innovative and progressive approach to its facilities planning.
By Kevan Williams | April 25, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
Looking back at a historical plan for Athens is important to the discussion about our plans for the future.
By Kevan Williams | April 18, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
No matter how many 909 Broads, Classic Center expansions and A&Ds we have to react to, we still can't seem to plan effectively for the future.
By Kevan Williams | April 11, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
Any downtown masterplanning process must balance objective expertise with an understanding of specific local needs.
By Kevan Williams | April 4, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
Observations about the urban design of Savannah and the regional transportation model exemplified by Megabus.
By Kevan Williams | March 28, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
Reports of the abandonment of New Urbanism by its founder have been greatly exaggerated.
By Kevan Williams | March 21, 2012
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What's Up in New Development
A timely roundup of recent and coming events, including a new business in Normaltown that's a model of good preservation.
By Kevan Williams | March 14, 2012
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