“Demo” means Demolish
(photo from onlineathens.com)
The demolition of homes in intown neighborhoods has become a focal point of infill development issues, particularly when a home is demolished and replaced with a new residence that is out of scale, and often out of character, with the surrounding neighborhood. ...Read more to see how two local citizens’ groups were able to host a meeting, facilitating a factual information session where people were allowed to ask questions and talk about their concerns.
[Athens-Clarke County Senior Planner Bruce] Lonnee spoke for about an hour about the county’s history with infill development (a dozen or so years ago, it was seen as a desirable means of concentrating residential development), its establishment of local historic districts (in 28 years, a dozen such districts have been named) and the demolition process. There are currently three applications pending for demolition in the Five Points community and two demolition requests have recently been approved for the area.
For further information on citizens’ efforts to stop demolitions and out-of-place infill development in Athens, please see the following articles:
- ACC considers demolition moratorium to study historic district possibility for Athens street (Athens Banner-Herald, 5/21/2015)
- Athens Residents Air Infill Housing Concerns (flagpole, 1/20/2016)
- Huge Houses Are Taking Over Five Points (flagpole, 3/30/2016)
- Athens gets new local historic district in Five Points (Athens Banner-Herald, 12/13/2016)
- Athens Keeps Demolishing its Past (flagpole, 5/10/2017)
