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Villages?
The Houston County Joint Comprehensive Plan identifies two ideas to integrate development with neighborhoods. The first, under the subheading “Industrial Areas”, describes “nodes along major corridors”. What nodes, and where? That’s not defined, but the implication is commercial and residential development concentrated around “industrial parks”. That our large work centers should be well-connected to nearby…
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Appointed to a Transportation Committee!
The city council meeting yesterday was quite eventful— the major event that hit the news was that Warner Robins city council decided to revoke CRU Lounge’s liquor license. But, the next item on the agenda was that I was appointed to the Warner Robins Area Transportation Study Citizens Advisory Committee by unanimous decision of city…
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Getting Involved with Warner Robins City Government
It’s been a busy couple of weeks in bicycle and pedestrian advocacy land! On March 7th, I attended the Warner Robins Area Transportation Study Citizens Advisory Committee. This particular committee is basically the interface between the citizens of Warner Robins and the transportation department of the city and its surrounding metropolitan area. I’m hoping to…
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Downtown Warner Robins must put people first
Warner Robins is a product of what Strong Towns would call the suburban experiment. Georgia’s largest industrial complex broke ground in 1942, and what we now call Warner Robins developed entirely during the post WWII period. While some cities were demolished to make way for cars, in Warner Robins there was never a city to…
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Getting started!
Hi y’all! I’m super excited to get things up and running here at Ride Robins. But first, I’d like to share a little backstory! I’ve been commuting to work on my bicycle since the summer began last year. It’s not the first time I’ve commuted by bicycle. I lived in the Atlanta metro back in…
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