So, let’s take a quick look at NewZO as most Savannah citizens might — using it to figure out how to achieve a particular outcome
Jason Combs
Jason Combs is a consultant, entrepreneur, and writer with masters degrees in City Planning & Urban Design from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a long-time resident of the Thomas Square Streetcar Historic District.
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The SPLOST/Arena Nexus
As a man at the table said, “We voted in two SPLOSTs for one promise.”
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Affordable Housing 101: Part Two
To be really successful, a “clean voucher” program would also need to be coupled with a program to removed barriers to the construction of new market-rate housing, especially near transit stations and job nodes.
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Affordable Housing 101: What it is, and what it isn’t
Let’s back up a second. That word. “Affordable” – what does that really mean?
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Return of the great STVR debate?
Only 28.6% of committee members attended the public forum on the subject at Savannah’s City Hall this past Saturday
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Reflections on Hurricane Michael
Tents filled the courthouse parking lots and parks of these little towns. Mobile command units and service vehicles emblazoned with logos from Central and South Florida jurisdictions were parked all around. Bedraggled citizens stood around looking dazed.
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Are you #TeamFoxy?
In nuisance law that pre-dates the adoption of zoning codes throughout America, there is a concept known as “moving to the nuisance.”
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Appraising the appraisal process
I believe the land valuations that I described two columns ago are systematically flawed, to the great detriment of owners of smaller land parcels.
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Fire Fee: Don’t shoot the messenger
Sprawl is out there. Sprawl that has been annexed. Sprawl that must be provided infrastructure and services and then maintained. This is why we have a persistent and growing budget imbalance.
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Property tax sticker shock: A closer look
The Chatham County Board of Assessors decided this year to give every residential lot in Thomas Square (and adjacent neighborhoods) a set price. Not a set price per square foot, mind you, which would make sense — just one flat price.
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The Oglethorpe Plan: The threats, the reality, and what’s in between
The NPS uses the word “threatened” in a very particular way, and it has not even been applied yet.
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Parking up the wrong tree
Parking is always a source of simmering agitas in Savannah, bit it has erupted again into the public spotlight and conversation due to the City’s proposal to charge for spaces at Forsyth Park. If existing Facebook comments are a good indicator, there is not a lot of support for this move. However, it should not come as a surprise to any regular readers that I am in support.