Case for Bike Paths

My 87 year-old mother is getting an adult tricycle for her birthday courtesy of her granddaughter who lives in Southern Calif. where apparently they have bike paths for their citizens to travel while picking up dry cleaning and groceries. Atlanta - more bike paths please.

Keep the Golf Course

Golf Course - The Commons at Fort McPherson is the new combined community and Golfer's Club. Fort McPherson's golf course is one of the finest and most challenging 18-hole, 72-par courses in the Army. I'd like to see this stay.

Paths, Trees, Jogging and Bike Trails are Vital to the Community

Here's something one of my neighbors wrote today in a discussion we had surrounding increased sightings of wildlife in the area. "my father used to see a bear cub in our yard. That was before they built the police Station and removed all the woods next to it. My point is that we have these other residents in our neighborhood and they will be displaced just like us, when they keep full clearing lots to build more ugly boxes to pack more people into them. They are here now because their territory has been removed and we still have a few stands of trees"

When I first move to Atlanta 19 years ago, much of Southwest Atlanta and South Fulton was still forested. The deforestation of the area is not only dangerous for wildlife, it's detrimental to humans. Let's stop this practice of killing the land and build communities that are in harmony with the natural topography.

TREXA announces pricing details for DIY electric car

When we first looked at TREXA's open-source electric vehicle development platform late last month we were impressed by the concept, but one big question remained - how much will it cost? The answer has come sooner than expected with TREXA announcing a base price of US$15,999 for the lithium-powered, modular platform which is designed to facilitate the creation of custom "vehicle apps". Read More - source Gizmag
http://www.gizmag.com/trexa-electric-vehicle-pricing/14119/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=b2900f6e53-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email

A Great Opportunity for an Event Space

The Clubhouse at the Fort Mac golf course will be closed soon with the exodus of the DOD. With the lack of such facilities in the SW Atlanta area, this would make an excellent event space in the interim..... Your thoughts?

Balanced Score Card for Neighborhoods

Neighborhood organizations need balanced score card to gauge the direction and progress of their activities. So, for example if you have projects that you've done in the past that are recurrent year after year; you'd want to put that on your scorecard. If there's something new that you'd want to accomplish this year - put that on your score card and designate the quarter of the year that you plan to implement the project.

I'll be publishing our neighborhood score card in the next month to give a visual of the idea.

Nothing is as easy as it looks

I knew this going in - I'm not surprised. The proponents that you thought you had either have other fish to fry or they are doing what's expected. Anyway, the M.A.C.C. (Fort McPherson Action Community Coalition) was established in December 2009. The members are working on the Community Presentation that will roll out in March 2010. I'm excited; this organization will serve as the advocate and voice of the Community when it comes to the stated Community Benefits.

Being involved in community is invigorating and empowering. I hope that all communities across the U.S. are making an assessment of their environment, health and safety, education, and transportation issues and are developing plans that will improve the lives of their citizens.

But getting back to not easy....it's been said that anything worth having is worth the trouble.