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  • Repaving Corder Road Is Maintenance. Restriping Is a Design Choice.

    Repaving Corder Road Is Maintenance. Restriping Is a Design Choice.

    A mother carries two helmeted children on a cargo bike in a protected bicycle lane separated from automobile traffic. (Conceptual image generated with AI) Georgia invests billions of dollars each year constructing, maintaining, and supporting its road network. Are we getting the same return on investment this century as we did in the last? Expanding…

  • Cohen Walker Drive Should Be a Linear Park, Not a Highway

    Cohen Walker Drive Should Be a Linear Park, Not a Highway

    Cohen Walker Drive may be the most overlooked opportunity in Houston County. For roughly two miles, it connects Houston Lake Road and Lake Joy Road through one of the county’s largest concentrations of schools, recreation facilities, and neighborhoods. Students attend school nearby. Families use the aquatic center. Children participate in sports and other activities throughout…

  • The Gas Station Isn’t the Problem

    The Gas Station Isn’t the Problem

    Residents of The Woodlands have raised concerns about a proposed gas station near their neighborhood. Their concerns are understandable. Most people do not want additional traffic, noise, lights, or potential pollution near their homes. But what if the gas station is not the problem? What if it is simply a symptom of a larger pattern?…

  • Rethinking Growth and Fragility in Perry, Warner Robins, and Houston County

    Rethinking Growth and Fragility in Perry, Warner Robins, and Houston County

    Houston County is growing. That much is clear. What is less clear is whether that growth is making life better, or simply more expensive and more spread out. The real question isn’t whether Houston County grows, but whether that growth produces long-term prosperity – or long-term obligations.  New subdivisions and apartments continue to appear on…

  • How Small Decisions have Big Consequences

    How Small Decisions have Big Consequences

    Traffic study and Bruce st Two small city council votes Monday night Oct 20th could shape the future of Warner Robins’ – and most people won’t even notice them. The first is a parking lot expansion at the North Houston Sports Complex. Programs at this facility cater to kids, teens, and seniors – the very…