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🚨 🚨 REMINDER: Join us TOMORROW, January 8th, at 6 PM for the Planning Commission meeting.
A hotel doesn’t belong in a residential zone.
Say no to more traffic and more noise.
#AthensDeservesBetter
keepathenslocal.org#hearings
A hotel doesn’t belong in a residential zone.
Say no to more traffic and more noise.
#AthensDeservesBetter
keepathenslocal.org#hearings
January 7, 2026 at 3:12 PM
🚨 🚨 REMINDER: Join us TOMORROW, January 8th, at 6 PM for the Planning Commission meeting.
A hotel doesn’t belong in a residential zone.
Say no to more traffic and more noise.
#AthensDeservesBetter
keepathenslocal.org#hearings
A hotel doesn’t belong in a residential zone.
Say no to more traffic and more noise.
#AthensDeservesBetter
keepathenslocal.org#hearings
How do you preserve history by bulldozing its context? You don’t.
Preservation requires protection, not reinvention.
Read our letter signed by 21 concerned neighbors here.
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Preservation requires protection, not reinvention.
Read our letter signed by 21 concerned neighbors here.
keepathenslocal.org/wp-content/u...
January 6, 2026 at 11:58 PM
How do you preserve history by bulldozing its context? You don’t.
Preservation requires protection, not reinvention.
Read our letter signed by 21 concerned neighbors here.
keepathenslocal.org/wp-content/u...
Preservation requires protection, not reinvention.
Read our letter signed by 21 concerned neighbors here.
keepathenslocal.org/wp-content/u...
The Capstone Property Group’s President’s House plan would drive hundreds of cars into a historic, residential neighborhood without a real traffic plan or adequate parking. This creates gridlock, unsafe crossings, and spillover parking on neighborhood streets. Athens deserves better.
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The Capstone Property Group’s President’s House plan would drive hundreds of cars into a historic, residential neighborhood without a real traffic plan or adequate parking. This creates gridlock, unsafe crossings, and spillover parking on neighborhood streets. Athens deserves better.
Myth: “There will be no large events or late-night noise.”
Fact: Hotels are inherently event-driven and bring added noise, lighting, and disturbances. Without enforceable guarantees, neighbors have no reason to trust claims that these impacts won’t occur.
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Fact: Hotels are inherently event-driven and bring added noise, lighting, and disturbances. Without enforceable guarantees, neighbors have no reason to trust claims that these impacts won’t occur.
keepathenslocal.org/wp-content/u...
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Myth: “There will be no large events or late-night noise.”
Fact: Hotels are inherently event-driven and bring added noise, lighting, and disturbances. Without enforceable guarantees, neighbors have no reason to trust claims that these impacts won’t occur.
keepathenslocal.org/wp-content/u...
Fact: Hotels are inherently event-driven and bring added noise, lighting, and disturbances. Without enforceable guarantees, neighbors have no reason to trust claims that these impacts won’t occur.
keepathenslocal.org/wp-content/u...
🚨 🚨 REMINDER: The Planning Commission meets this Thursday, January 8th. Join us to stand up for Athens and preserve history, not destroy it.
#AthensDeservesBetter
keepathenslocal.org#hearings
#AthensDeservesBetter
keepathenslocal.org#hearings
January 5, 2026 at 3:52 PM
🚨 🚨 REMINDER: The Planning Commission meets this Thursday, January 8th. Join us to stand up for Athens and preserve history, not destroy it.
#AthensDeservesBetter
keepathenslocal.org#hearings
#AthensDeservesBetter
keepathenslocal.org#hearings
Myth: “Historic outbuildings and gardens are safe.”
Fact: Claims of “passive” green spaces aren’t legally binding. Without enforceable protections, future development remains possible, and decades of stewardship can disappear.
Preservation matters.
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Fact: Claims of “passive” green spaces aren’t legally binding. Without enforceable protections, future development remains possible, and decades of stewardship can disappear.
Preservation matters.
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January 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Myth: “Historic outbuildings and gardens are safe.”
Fact: Claims of “passive” green spaces aren’t legally binding. Without enforceable protections, future development remains possible, and decades of stewardship can disappear.
Preservation matters.
keepathenslocal.org/wp-content/u...
Fact: Claims of “passive” green spaces aren’t legally binding. Without enforceable protections, future development remains possible, and decades of stewardship can disappear.
Preservation matters.
keepathenslocal.org/wp-content/u...
Myth: “The hotel will not loom over Prince Avenue or nearby homes.”
Fact: Visibility studies ignore lived experience. Height comparisons overlook added paving, lighting, parking activity, daily traffic, and commercial operations in a quiet historic area.
#ProtectAthensFuture
Fact: Visibility studies ignore lived experience. Height comparisons overlook added paving, lighting, parking activity, daily traffic, and commercial operations in a quiet historic area.
#ProtectAthensFuture
January 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Myth: “The hotel will not loom over Prince Avenue or nearby homes.”
Fact: Visibility studies ignore lived experience. Height comparisons overlook added paving, lighting, parking activity, daily traffic, and commercial operations in a quiet historic area.
#ProtectAthensFuture
Fact: Visibility studies ignore lived experience. Height comparisons overlook added paving, lighting, parking activity, daily traffic, and commercial operations in a quiet historic area.
#ProtectAthensFuture
🚨 🚨 REMINDER: Next Thursday January 8th, the Planning Commission will meet to review the Master Development Plan. This meeting is open to the public and the chance to make our voices heard.
Be there or be 🟥
#AthensDeservesBetter
keepathenslocal.org#hearings
Be there or be 🟥
#AthensDeservesBetter
keepathenslocal.org#hearings
January 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
🚨 🚨 REMINDER: Next Thursday January 8th, the Planning Commission will meet to review the Master Development Plan. This meeting is open to the public and the chance to make our voices heard.
Be there or be 🟥
#AthensDeservesBetter
keepathenslocal.org#hearings
Be there or be 🟥
#AthensDeservesBetter
keepathenslocal.org#hearings
Myth: “The project has been dramatically reduced and is now neighborhood-friendly,” says Capstone Property Group.
Fact: Even at 72 rooms, the hotel is still 5× larger than zoning allows and 4× larger than the original structure, with inadequate parking, noise, lights, and traffic impacts.
Fact: Even at 72 rooms, the hotel is still 5× larger than zoning allows and 4× larger than the original structure, with inadequate parking, noise, lights, and traffic impacts.
January 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Myth: “The project has been dramatically reduced and is now neighborhood-friendly,” says Capstone Property Group.
Fact: Even at 72 rooms, the hotel is still 5× larger than zoning allows and 4× larger than the original structure, with inadequate parking, noise, lights, and traffic impacts.
Fact: Even at 72 rooms, the hotel is still 5× larger than zoning allows and 4× larger than the original structure, with inadequate parking, noise, lights, and traffic impacts.
Don’t be fooled by the phrase “scaled back.” The outline in red tells the real story.
Capstone Property Group’s so-called “smaller plan” for the President’s House actually paves nearly the entire property, overwhelming the historic property and neighborhood.
keepathenslocal.org/documents/
Capstone Property Group’s so-called “smaller plan” for the President’s House actually paves nearly the entire property, overwhelming the historic property and neighborhood.
keepathenslocal.org/documents/
January 1, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Don’t be fooled by the phrase “scaled back.” The outline in red tells the real story.
Capstone Property Group’s so-called “smaller plan” for the President’s House actually paves nearly the entire property, overwhelming the historic property and neighborhood.
keepathenslocal.org/documents/
Capstone Property Group’s so-called “smaller plan” for the President’s House actually paves nearly the entire property, overwhelming the historic property and neighborhood.
keepathenslocal.org/documents/
Current zoning allows 10,000 square feet.
This proposal? FIVE times larger than that.
Calling it “scaled back” doesn’t match the facts.
keepathenslocal.org/presidents-h...
This proposal? FIVE times larger than that.
Calling it “scaled back” doesn’t match the facts.
keepathenslocal.org/presidents-h...
December 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Current zoning allows 10,000 square feet.
This proposal? FIVE times larger than that.
Calling it “scaled back” doesn’t match the facts.
keepathenslocal.org/presidents-h...
This proposal? FIVE times larger than that.
Calling it “scaled back” doesn’t match the facts.
keepathenslocal.org/presidents-h...
Preservation is more than a facade.
More than saving a front porch.
It's history, neighborhood integrity and protecting our community.
Read our letter and let's honor the history of the UGA President's House.
Athens deserves better.
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More than saving a front porch.
It's history, neighborhood integrity and protecting our community.
Read our letter and let's honor the history of the UGA President's House.
Athens deserves better.
keepathenslocal.org/wp-content/u...
December 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Preservation is more than a facade.
More than saving a front porch.
It's history, neighborhood integrity and protecting our community.
Read our letter and let's honor the history of the UGA President's House.
Athens deserves better.
keepathenslocal.org/wp-content/u...
More than saving a front porch.
It's history, neighborhood integrity and protecting our community.
Read our letter and let's honor the history of the UGA President's House.
Athens deserves better.
keepathenslocal.org/wp-content/u...
An oversized development doesn’t “fit the fabric” of a historic neighborhood – it unravels it. Athens can grow without sacrificing scale, safety, and character.
Learn more ➡️
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Learn more ➡️
keepathenslocal.org/presidents-h...
December 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
An oversized development doesn’t “fit the fabric” of a historic neighborhood – it unravels it. Athens can grow without sacrificing scale, safety, and character.
Learn more ➡️
keepathenslocal.org/presidents-h...
Learn more ➡️
keepathenslocal.org/presidents-h...
This is a residential neighborhood – families, students, and churches call it home. A large hotel brings constant traffic, noise, and disruption without meaningful protections for the community.
keepathenslocal.org/presidents-h...
keepathenslocal.org/presidents-h...
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is a residential neighborhood – families, students, and churches call it home. A large hotel brings constant traffic, noise, and disruption without meaningful protections for the community.
keepathenslocal.org/presidents-h...
keepathenslocal.org/presidents-h...
🎤Outdoor event space.
🗣️Late-night restaurant noise.
🚗 Insufficient surface parking and bright lights just feet from neighbors’ backyards.
❌This plan puts hotel profits over residents’ quality of life.
keepathenslocal.org/athens-shoul...
🗣️Late-night restaurant noise.
🚗 Insufficient surface parking and bright lights just feet from neighbors’ backyards.
❌This plan puts hotel profits over residents’ quality of life.
keepathenslocal.org/athens-shoul...
December 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🎤Outdoor event space.
🗣️Late-night restaurant noise.
🚗 Insufficient surface parking and bright lights just feet from neighbors’ backyards.
❌This plan puts hotel profits over residents’ quality of life.
keepathenslocal.org/athens-shoul...
🗣️Late-night restaurant noise.
🚗 Insufficient surface parking and bright lights just feet from neighbors’ backyards.
❌This plan puts hotel profits over residents’ quality of life.
keepathenslocal.org/athens-shoul...
Neighborhood zoning laws exist to protect communities – not to be waived for oversized corporate projects. This decision opens the door for more incompatible developments citywide. Get the facts ➡️
keepathenslocal.org/we-can-do-be...
keepathenslocal.org/we-can-do-be...
December 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Neighborhood zoning laws exist to protect communities – not to be waived for oversized corporate projects. This decision opens the door for more incompatible developments citywide. Get the facts ➡️
keepathenslocal.org/we-can-do-be...
keepathenslocal.org/we-can-do-be...
This isn’t just one project or the President’s House. Approving Capstone Property Group’s redevelopment plan at 5️⃣ times larger than current zoning allows sets a precedent that can affect every neighborhood in Athens.
Is your neighborhood next?
keepathenslocal.org/documents/
Is your neighborhood next?
keepathenslocal.org/documents/
December 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This isn’t just one project or the President’s House. Approving Capstone Property Group’s redevelopment plan at 5️⃣ times larger than current zoning allows sets a precedent that can affect every neighborhood in Athens.
Is your neighborhood next?
keepathenslocal.org/documents/
Is your neighborhood next?
keepathenslocal.org/documents/
Preservation isn’t just a façade.
When a massive hotel four times the size of the President’s House looms over it, the historic setting and its meaning are lost.
Context matters. Neighborhoods matter.
keepathenslocal.org/preservation...
When a massive hotel four times the size of the President’s House looms over it, the historic setting and its meaning are lost.
Context matters. Neighborhoods matter.
keepathenslocal.org/preservation...
December 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Preservation isn’t just a façade.
When a massive hotel four times the size of the President’s House looms over it, the historic setting and its meaning are lost.
Context matters. Neighborhoods matter.
keepathenslocal.org/preservation...
When a massive hotel four times the size of the President’s House looms over it, the historic setting and its meaning are lost.
Context matters. Neighborhoods matter.
keepathenslocal.org/preservation...
One parking space per hotel room.
One per manager.
One per four-person restaurant table.
👉 Zero plan for staff. Zero plan for overflow.
The result? The neighborhood pays the price.
The streets become the parking lot.
keepathenslocal.org/athens-shoul...
One per manager.
One per four-person restaurant table.
👉 Zero plan for staff. Zero plan for overflow.
The result? The neighborhood pays the price.
The streets become the parking lot.
keepathenslocal.org/athens-shoul...
December 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
One parking space per hotel room.
One per manager.
One per four-person restaurant table.
👉 Zero plan for staff. Zero plan for overflow.
The result? The neighborhood pays the price.
The streets become the parking lot.
keepathenslocal.org/athens-shoul...
One per manager.
One per four-person restaurant table.
👉 Zero plan for staff. Zero plan for overflow.
The result? The neighborhood pays the price.
The streets become the parking lot.
keepathenslocal.org/athens-shoul...
The Capstone Property Group’s President’s House plan would drive hundreds of cars into a historic, residential neighborhood without a real traffic plan or adequate parking. This creates gridlock, unsafe crossings, and spillover parking on neighborhood streets. Athens deserves better.
December 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The Capstone Property Group’s President’s House plan would drive hundreds of cars into a historic, residential neighborhood without a real traffic plan or adequate parking. This creates gridlock, unsafe crossings, and spillover parking on neighborhood streets. Athens deserves better.
The developers claim it’s “scaled back,” but the numbers tell a different story.
➡️ The revised President’s House plan includes 120% MORE hardscaped surface than the original. More pavement means more flooding, more heat, and more runoff and less history preserved.
keepathenslocal.org/documents/
➡️ The revised President’s House plan includes 120% MORE hardscaped surface than the original. More pavement means more flooding, more heat, and more runoff and less history preserved.
keepathenslocal.org/documents/
December 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The developers claim it’s “scaled back,” but the numbers tell a different story.
➡️ The revised President’s House plan includes 120% MORE hardscaped surface than the original. More pavement means more flooding, more heat, and more runoff and less history preserved.
keepathenslocal.org/documents/
➡️ The revised President’s House plan includes 120% MORE hardscaped surface than the original. More pavement means more flooding, more heat, and more runoff and less history preserved.
keepathenslocal.org/documents/