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HBNA Summer 2008 Newsletter

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Athens Regional Medical Center Construction Update – February 2008

View a slideshow of the planned construction.

Slide # 6 illustrates the finished appearance of the South Tower expansion, all other slides related to the South Tower expansion are to illustrate construction progress only.

As part of Planting Prince,  over 30 volunteers from the Boulevard Gardening Club, Boy Scout Troup 22 and the Community Tree Council gathered on Saturday, February 23, 2008 to plant 25 dogwoods along Prince Avenue between Milledge and Pulaski. Working in partnership with the CTC's Trees for Tomorrow program, Planting Prince was sponsored by the Boulevard Neighborhood Association and the Historic Cobbham Foundation, with financial assistance from Heyward Allen Motor Company, R.E.M., the Athens Grow Green Coalition and private individuals.

Members of the Boulevard Gardening Club	Members of the Boulevard Gardening Club and Scout Troup 22
Members of Scout Troup 22	Members of Community Tree Council

December 7, 2007

Dear Neighbors

In 2004, over one thousand Athens-Clarke County residents participated in CAPPA, a Community Approach to Planning Prince Avenue, a facilitated approach to visualizing the future of Prince Avenue. Based on our survey responses, the mature tree canopy - specifically the dogwoods lining Prince, was consistently referenced when asked what people liked most about Prince Avenue. It’s no surprise that one of the recommendations from the CAPPA process was Planting Prince – a program designed to maintain the dogwoods lining our gateway to downtown Athens. I am happy to invite you to participate in the first stage of this initiative.

Through the Community Tree Council’s (CTC) Trees for Tomorrow program, various organizations have joined together to raise funds to plant 20 dogwoods in the right-of-way along Prince Avenue between Pulaski Street and Milledge Avenue. The trees will be planted and maintained by ACC staff and recorded as legacy trees – continuing the rich tradition of community support for the dogwoods lining Prince Avenue.

I am asking you to continue the tradition of maintaining the tree canopy on Prince Avenue by making a tax-deductible donation to the Community Tree Council in support of the Planting Prince initiative. Please help continue the legacy of dogwoods on Prince Avenue by making a contribution to Planting Prince. Please see the attached brochure to learn the history of the dogwoods on Prince and consider a contribution today!. (print contribution form)

Sincerely, Tony Eubanks
Chair, Boulevard Neighborhood Association

P.S. I realize many would question planting new trees in a time of drought. Dogwoods are fairly drought tolerant and these trees will be watered initially with rainwater harvested from ACC property.

New Street Trees from ACC

The Boulevard neighborhood will be graced with 24 new street trees in January, 2008, as part of the ACC Community Tree Program (CTP). The CTP was established to professionally manage our community's public and private tree resources and part of that management includes public tree planting.

The sites and tree species were selected by our county forester, Andrew Saunders. The criteria for site selection were need and plantable space in the right of way, which is often limited by overhead power lines. The species to be planted were selected based on size given the available space, budget constraints and variety. The trees will be watered with rainwater harvested from ACC property

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Click to view legend (list of trees/locations) (jpg)

F R E S H  (Footprint, Roof Shape, Envelope, Skin, and Holes)

As intown neighborhoods grow and density increases, infill development projects seem to get more controversial. In an effort to provide a framework for evaluation and discussion of individual infill proposals, we offer the FRESH approach. Developed by Pratt Cassity and his team at the office of Public Service and Outreach at UGA, the FRESH approach explains essential charecteristics of appropriate infill development in layman's terms. We hope you find this helpful and appreciate Pratt letting us use it.

See: http://www.gashpo.org/assets/documents/fresh_clg.pdf (2.19mb pdf)

How dense is too dense?

October 2006

Boulevard is fast becoming one of the premier neighborhoods in Athens Clarke County. Builders are looking for any and every available lot (or trying to create new ones), and trying to squeeze every penny in profit once they find it. This has led to the inevitable strains as some say keep the status quo while others welcome the chance for increased services available in short distances that result from higher density.

To facilitate discussion, this article provided by Pratt Cassity, highlights some of the questions we must answer as to how we see our neighborhood's future.

Dense, Denser, Denser Still
Perceptions can mislead when it comes to units per acre. (pdf)
By Ruth Eckdish Knack, AICP August 2002 American Planning Association

We would like to hear your thoughts, email chairman@historicboulevard.com or better yet, send your comments through the Boulevard listserv.

Thanks,
Tony

Archive
Issues that have appeared here in past.

The Historic Boulevard Neighborhood Association is comprised of residents of the Boulevard Area and provides a forum for discussion, organization, and action related to community, political and social issues affecting the neighborhood. The Boulevard neighborhood is bounded by the CSX railroad tracks to the north, the north side of Prince Avenue on the south, both sides of Pulaski Street on the east and both sides of Pound Street on the west. Most of the Neighborhood lies within the Boulevard Historic district, an area laid out at the end of the nineteenth century as the first streetcar suburb in Athens, Georgia.

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