normaltown
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Home and Garden Series
Porchfest in Normaltown
Ramsey Nix was pushing her newborn son on Normal Avenue in 2012 when she noticed a sale sign. Her family lived nearby in a newer bungalow, but the older home along her walking route always caught her attention. She peeked into the backyard and was instantly in love. The…
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Home & Garden
Porchfest in Normaltown: Hidden Gems of Craftsman-Style Home
The Porchfest home profile project was produced by University of Georgia students in Lori Johnston’s journalism seminar on home and garden writing and Katie Marages’ vernacular architecture course. The students interviewed homeowners, researched the residences and neighborhoods, and captured photo and video of the homes. The residences featured will host…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens-Clarke County Sees Increase in Single-Family Housing Permits
During the housing boom of the mid-2000s, Athens-Clarke County received hundreds of single-family new construction permits yearly. As the housing crisis swept the nation, these numbers dropped drastically to levels below 100. Now, over the course of the past couple of years, the county has seen an increase in these…