athens-clarke-county
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Environment
CHaRM Provides Local Solution to Challenging Waste Issues
Recycling is a sustainable way to help the environment. It keeps waste and other products out of landfills and environments, but this can be a hard task for some people due to accessibility of recycling management systems or due to the materials that some folks possess. A little less than…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Bookstore Files First Amendment Rights Lawsuit
Avid Bookshop in Athens has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against Keybo Taylor of the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department and Benjamin Hayes of the Gwinnett County Jail after shipments of books to an inmate were rejected. The lawsuit, filed on March 15, targets the jail’s mail policy which states that…
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Environment
Athens Food Scrap Collection Helps Businesses Reduce Food Waste
Athens is home to a commercial composting facility that services many local businesses and residents. Local businesses can opt in to collecting food scraps in separate bins to be picked up by Athens-Clarke County. These materials are combined with leaf and limb waste to create compost to sell to residents…
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Athens-Clarke County
Bike Athens To Move To New Location Within Community
As Bike Athens goes through the process of moving to and building out their new location on Prince Avenue, they are still working to help the community in Athens. Although their new shop isn’t ready, they are still helping customers with repairs and working on donated bikes for their bike…
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Athens-Clarke County
Historian, Educator Explores Sustainability and Eco-Consciousness Through Lens of Fashion History
A pair of fluorescent, color-blocked dresses drape across the desk, bursting with shades of pinks, blues and greens still as vibrant as they were so many decades before. Atop the neighboring table are folders of black-and-white photographs, some discolored with age and others curled at their edges. A book with…
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Athens-Clarke County
New Hope for Athens Homeowner: Local Groups Address Housing Affordability
As you walk past the East Athens street of New Hope Drive, near Hawthorne Avenue, the sounds of construction work can be heard from down the street. The constant buzzing of saws, the rhythmic beating of hammers on wood and the constant loud chatter of people building someone’s future. The…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Transit Looks to Improve Service with New Development Plan
Jeremy Barnet steps off the Route 14 bus at a stop on Broad Street in Athens. The route is busy. Barnet only has seven minutes to talk before he departs. Any riders who arrive after that will have to wait an hour for the Route 14 bus to return. Barnet…
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Athens-Clarke County
One Man’s Trash: Athens Junk Removal Service Gives Back to Community
The term “junk removal” leaves little to the imagination. Junk haulers clean out homes, businesses and commercial properties, loading up whatever items or materials the customer no longer has a use for, and take it all to the landfill. Most services throw everything in altogether, not sorting recyclables or…
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Athens-Clarke County
Nuçi’s Space Works to Destigmatize Mental Illness
On the corner of Williams and Oconee streets, people walking by often catch the sound of music filtering from the recognizable blue brick building. Nuçi’s Space looks like a recording studio and concert venue at first glance, but behind its long-standing walls, the nonprofit is working to destigmatize mental illness. …
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Athens-Clarke County
UGA Students Struggle With Lack of Reliable Transportation Options
As the clock strikes 8:50 a.m., thousands of students pour out of their dreaded Monday morning classes. For many, the day goes from bad to worse when they see that the bus stop is crowded. Adding insult, seating is limited after the rush of students squeeze through the bus doors. …