Before the town retreat that was held last Thursday I did a personal town assessment by again reading the Highlands Community Plan. The board of commissioners completed and adopted the plan in June of 2022. Some folks may think it was a […]
Cost of running the Town Last Friday, I signed a stack of town checks in my office. Fridays are check signing days. The process begins at the first of the week when invoices come to […]
Lance Hardin will become the new Executive Director at the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust (HCLT) beginning May 1, taking over the reins from Dr. Gary Wein who is retiring. Wein, who will continue as Executive Director […]
More than 120 volunteers collected 95 cubic yards of trash from our roadsides at the annual Plateau Pickup on April 15. Volunteers began the day at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park as they were assigned geographic areas […]
Last week Sallie and I took our grandchildren on our annual trek to Jekyll Island. A goal was to include some educational experiences on the vacation schedule. So, we took a dolphin tour and did […]
The second public input meeting about the formation of the state-mandated Comprehensive Plan was held virtually the evening of Thursday, Nov. 5. The first public input meeting was an in-person meeting at the Community Building […]
About a dozen people from local environmental groups were at The Mountain Retreat on Wednesday removing patches of the nonnative invasive plant, Garlic Mustard. It’s called Garlic Mustard because the leaves smell like garlic when […]
Last week I had the honor of meeting with students from Anne Porter’s Hospitality and Tourism high school class. After giving the students a town hall tour, we discussed the tourist industry here on the […]