Study shows counties with zoning are more prosperous
2/7/2012
As Grady countians prepare to attend a series of public hearings to learn more about the proposed county zoning ordinance, a study completed in 2001 by the Economic Development Institute & City and Regional Planning Department of the Georgia Institute of Technology indicates that counties that are zoned are more prosperous than those that are not.
As of 2001, 63 Georgia counties, all rural, including Grady, had not adopted a zoning ordinance. Since the study was completed, that number has dropped to 46 of Georgia's 159 counties that do not have zoning ordinances.
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Future of and need for rattlesnake roundups are hotly debated topics
2/7/2012
When it began in 1960 as a novel community club fundraising project, the Whigham Rattlesnake Roundup was the first and only event of its kind in Georgia, according to the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Now, more than a half-century later, it once again stands alone - the last of its kind in the peach state - as, amid growing and intensifying environmental controversy surrounding the events, all of the state’s other roundups have abandoned the practice of removing rattlers from the wild and selling them for meat and skins.
They have metamorphosed into “wildlife festivals” that are purported to be more environmentally friendly.
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State is monitoring arsenic in public water supply
2/7/2012
The city of Cairo's public water system is one of 35, primarily in southwest Georgia, that is being monitored by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division due to levels of naturally occurring arsenic in the city's water supply, but Cairo officials say there is no cause for alarm.
Eight of the 35 public water systems identified by the state EPD have arsenic levels higher than 10 parts per billion, but Cairo is among the 27 public water systems with detectable levels that are below the allowable level.
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Jenkins, Greene, Mudra, Lovett and Coleman want to serve on school board
2/7/2012
With just days away before the deadline to submit letters of interest, five local citizens have put their hats in the ring to represent District 3 on the Grady County Board of Education.
Grady County Board of Education Chairman Teresa Gee Harris has called for letters of interest to be accepted through 4:30 p.m. next Monday, Feb. 13.
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Buy new appliances with interest free loan
9/27/2011
Cairo residents who may be in the market for some new appliances may want to investigate a new program being offered by the city.
The Cairo City Council voted unanimously Monday night to participate in the Main Street Energy Efficiency Financing Program through the Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia (MGAG).
MGAG has been awarded a $700,000 grant from federal funds that are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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