In the Loop
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Oconee Voters Will Decide on Sunday Alcohol Sales
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night voted unanimously to put two Sunday sales referendums on the November ballot.One of those referenda, if approved by a majority of voters, will allow the sale of beer and wine in grocery, convenience and beverage stores in the county on Sundays.
The other will allow for the Sunday sale of beer, wine and alcoholic beverages by the drink in area restaurants.
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Ride-Share Service Lyft Comes to Athens
Drunk Athens residents have another transportation alternative with ride-sharing service Lyft now operating here.
New passengers can use the code “LYFTINTAC” after a long night of binge drinking downtown to receive $5 their first ride anywhere within the Athens area, which spans from Ben Epps Airport south to Watkinsville and west to Atlanta.
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ACC Chose a Controversial Site for a New UGA Extension Office
The location of the new Clarke County extension office.
After a lengthy and at times hostile debate, the Athens-Clarke County Commission chose an office park off Atlanta Highway as the site for a new UGA Cooperative Extension office Tuesday night.
The site was among six put forward by a site selection committee. After the University of Georgia refused to let ACC build the center on land it owns off South Milledge Avenue, the Cleveland Road site rose to the top because the county is also building a new fire station there, reducing costs for the underfunded $2.5 million SPLOST project.
Other sites would have required scaling back the project. Even so, the committee recommended sites on Lexington Road and Gaines School Road over Cleveland Road.
Several 4-H representatives and others who use the facility spoke against that site.
“It should be something we’re proud of, not something we tuck back where people can’t find it,” said Leslie Johnson.
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Irish Company Bringing 500 Jobs to Athens
Voxpro founders Linda and Dan Kiely.
Voxpro, an Irish company described as “an innovative customer experience and tech support provider” will create more than 500 jobs in Athens, Gov. Nathan Deal announced today.
“Voxpro provides a range of business services, such as multilingual customer experience and technical support solutions, trust and safety monitoring, social media management and product insight. The company works with clients from innovative tech startups to global giants, helping them scale internationally and deliver a high quality customer experience with every interaction,” according to a news release. Clients include Google, Airbnb and Nest. The company employs 1,700 people in Ireland and California and “delivers customer support experiences” in 32 countries.
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GDOT Is Building New HOT Lanes on I-85
Good news for Athenians commuting to Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation contractors start work Wednesday on new HOT lanes on I-85.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Aug. 1
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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Incoming Oconee Chairman Promises Changes
Oconee County citizens will witness a change of culture in county government after Jan. 1, said John Daniell, who will take over as chairman of the board of commissioners on that date.
The work of the government and the Commission will be “responsive to citizens... efficient in our operations, and... bring everybody in and talk about our goals and where we want to go as a community,” Daniell said.
The county again will hold town hall meetings, Daniell said, and efforts will be made to increase citizen participation in those settings and through appointments to county advisory boards. The government also will be more transparent, he said.
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Land Trust Wins Grant for Young Urban Farmers
The Athens Land Trust will continue its Young Urban Farmers program for at least another year after winning a $48,000 grant , in partnership with the Oconee River Soil and Water Conservation Board, from the National Association of Conservation Districts.
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