In the Loop
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Mayor Denson: Athens Is a Magnet for Poor People
Mayor Nancy Denson bragged on Caterpillar, wept over losing Selig and said she will run for re-election on bringing business to Athens at a Federation of Neighborhoods meeting Monday night.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Nov. 4
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
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Tattoo Parlor Owner Ryan Berry Is Running Against Mayor Denson
Mayor Nancy Denson may have drawn an opponent.
Ryan S. Berry, owner of the Aces and Eights tattoo parlor, recently set up a Facebook page (sign o' the times, I guess) announcing his mayoral candidacy in 2014.
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Oconee County's Getting 'Luxury' Student Housing
Credit: Lee Becker.
The luxury student apartment trend in Athens is spilling over into Oconee County.
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Adams Optics Moves, W. Washington Building Sold
Adams Optics' new space. Credit: Sarah Rucker.
Downtown fixture Adams Optics has left the Clayton Street storefront it's occupied for three decades and moved around the corner to 163 Jackson St. In other downtown business news, Atlanta developer Batson-Cook has sold its portion of the West Washington Building to a company called West Washington Building LLC for $7.7 million.
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Athenians Criticize Georgia Power Rate Hikes
Photo Credit: David Schick
About three dozen people came out to a public meeting last night to voice their concern over Georgia Power’s plan to raise power rates.
Georgia Power has proposed a $478 million increase and a new fee on property owners who install solar panels on their homes and businesses.
If the proposal is passed, the new hike and fee would go into effect on Jan. 1, and many see it as Georgia Power’s way of adding a tax or tariff on people who attempt to use sustainable energy.
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The Selig Project Is Dead
Almost two years after proposing a (controversial, to say the least) half-million square foot, $90 million mega-development at the Armstrong & Dobbs property and four months after winning the necessary zoning approval to move forward, Selig Enterprises is pulling out, citing rising costs.
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Athens Transit Might Raise Bus Fares
Athens Transit will hold a public hearing on the proposed fare increase from 2–3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29 at the Multimodal Center.
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