In the Loop
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Sept. 12
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.
Chris Shupe as The Athens King
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Activists Continue Push for Athens Civil Rights Commission
Photo Credit: Chris Dowd
From left, Mokah Jasmine Johnson, Commissioner Kelly Girtz and Jesse Houle.
The Anti-Discrimination movement has been going strong in Athens since an MLK Day rally that saw almost 400 people march to City Hall in freezing temperatures. At the Athens-Clarke County Library Wednesday, they gathered again to work to ensure the ACC Commission passes a strong anti-discrimination ordinance.
Mokah Jasmine-Johnson facilitated the meeting, and began by explaining her perspective and her hopes for what this ordinance could become. In essence, she believes our local government has an obligation to fight discrimination throughout the county—not just downtown, and not just in bars.
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That Stolen UGA Press Van Was Actually Towed
Photo Credit: the back of a milk carton
It turns out that a van full of books belonging to the University of Georgia Press that wasreportedly stolen from outside a Decatur book fair was actually illegally towed.
UGA Press released a detailed account of what happened to the van today, after discovering that it was on a tow lot.
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Commission Approves 100 Prince Development
Photo Credit: Smith Planning Group
Just a few hours after Daily Groceries Co-op announced a deal to move into a much larger space at 100 Prince, the Athens-Clarke County Commission gave final approval Tuesday night to the development on what’s now the St. Joseph Catholic Church property.
The mixed use project—which will also include a restaurant in the historic sanctuary and 126 apartments aimed at young professionals and empty-nesters—was lauded by manyneighborhood residents as the type of development Athens needs. Some on nearby Pulaski, Barrow and Childs streets, though, expressed concerns about traffic the development would bring.
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Daily Groceries Is (Probably) Moving Into the 100 Prince Development
Photo Credit: Smith Planning Group
It's not completely set in stone yet, but the Daily Groceries Co-op has signed a tentative deal to move into a much larger retail space in the new 100 Prince development slated for the St. Joseph Catholic Church property.
Daily announced to its owner-members today that it's signed a nonbinding letter of intent with developer Homes Urban of Greenville, SC to move into a 14,000 square-foot retail space in 2018.
"This is the first step of a really, really long process for the co-op," Delene Porter, chairwoman of Daily's board of directors, told Flagpole.
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Oconee Chairman Wants County to Pay for Median Cut
Only 2 hours and 14 minutes after learning that the Georgia Department of Transportation had turned down the county’s request for a full median break on Mars Hill Road to accommodate landowner Doug Dickens, Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis turned to “Plan B.”
Davis told commissioners that the county can build the median break when GDOT turns the highway back over to the county.
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CCSD Superintendent Phil Lanoue Is Resigning
Philip Lanoue is resigning effective Mar. 1 after more than seven years as Clarke County School District superintendent, he announced after a school board meeting tonight.
Lanoue's statement did not give any specifics on why he is leaving or his next move, saying only that he plans to "pursue new opportunities."
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Greyson Lambert Will Start Against North Carolina
Photo Credit: John Kelley/UGA Athletics
While Georgia fans may be clamoring for Jacob Eason, head coach Kirby Smart has opted to start senior Greyson Lambert against North Carolina on Saturday, according to the AJC.
Lambert, a transfer from Virginia, started 12 games for Georgia. He set an NCAA record for highest completion percentage against South Carolina last year, completing 24 of 25 passes, but otherwise was mediocre and briefly lost his job to Faton Bauta, who’s since left the program.
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