A citizen referendum, only the second of its kind in Georgia history, seeks to block a zoning amendmentIre Gene Grovner stood behind his house on a recent morning, between chicken pens on one side and rows of winter collard greens on the other, holding a knife and skinning a raccoon splayed across a wood post.“The meat is good roasted,” Grovner said. He pointed to the collards, a burst of green in the winter cold, and the chickens, with their eggs. “If you ain’t lazy, you can live good here,” he said, referring to Sapelo Island off the coast of southern Georgia. Continue reading...
‘I ain’t goin nowhere’: Gullah Geechee people fight off developers with a historic referendum
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The Guardian - UK BusinessBy Timothy Pratt in McIntosh county, Georgia
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A citizen referendum, only the second of its kind in Georgia history, seeks to block a zoning amendment Ire Gene Grovner stood behind his house on a recent morning, between chicken pens on one side and rows of winter collard greens on the other, holding a knife and skinning a raccoon splayed across a wood post. “The meat is good roasted,” Grovner said. He pointed to the collards, a burst of green in the winter cold, and the chickens, with their eggs. “If you ain’t lazy, you can live good here,”
Key Takeaways
- ‘I ain’t goin nowhere’: Gullah Geechee people fight off developers with a historic referendum.
- “The meat is good roasted,” Grovner said.
- He pointed to the collards, a burst of green in the winter cold, and the chickens, with their eggs.
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