Peachtree Road Race, Atlanta Pride Festival, Atl. Jazz Fest, Dogwood Fest. MOVED

[donsu]

because of the drought


http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/


Drought forces Peachtree Road Race to move from Piedmont Park
January 11th, 2008
The annual Peachtree Road Race, the Atlanta Pride Festival, the Atlanta Jazz Festival and the Dogwood Festival have all been moved from Piedmont Park to undecided locations because of the drought.

According to an article on WSB, the “drought has taken a toll on the park’s 185 acres and the park cannot withstand the heavy traffic the major events bring”.

Seems odd to me that they’d go through the trouble to move these events (certainly not a small task) to try to not “disrupt the park’s turf”. Is it really in that bad of shape?
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and this:

Focus of the Legislature will be the drought

With the session starting today, the drought figures to be a key issue for Georgia’s lawmakers.

This article at 11Alive makes it sound like they’ll be working hard to get something done, which I don’t doubt. Carol Couch, director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division said “At the end of this session, there will be a water plan.”

The article doesn’t get into too many specific ideas, but here are a few they bring up:

Build more reservoirs.
More requirements regarding use of low-flow showers, toilets, etc.
Target leaks in local water systems.

None of that is new, but it’d be nice to see them actually do something rather than simply continue to talk about it.
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recent rain hasn't been enough to change anything re: the drought

[conscious evolution]

1. Last time I saw Peidmont Park

it wasn't looking to good.It could use the break.

One thing I do see is water crews fixing leaks and replacing lines.I live in the shadow of downtown in an area that has some of the oldest and most decrepit water lines in the city and I have seen a big differance since Shirley Franklin took office.The water department,once a nightmarish cesspool of political corruption and cronyism,seems to have turned itself around in regards to doing their job.
I must confess ignorance on city codes regarding low flow but I do know that many here have seen the hand writing on the wall and are switching over on there own volition.