White House officials highlighted sluggish highway traffic, slow bus travel and spotty rural internet service in Georgia Monday as part of pitch to boost support for President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure package.
ATLANTA White House officials highlighted sluggish highway traffic, slow bus travel and spotty rural internet service in Georgia Monday as part of a pitch to boost support for President Bidenâs $2.3 trillion infrastructure package.
The high-priced âAmerica Jobs Plan,â which has not yet gained Congressâ approval, would take aim at road and bridge repairs to cut down on Georgia commute times that have increased nearly 11% over the past decade, according to a White House fact sheet issued Monday.
The plan would also seek to improve broadband connections in roughly 40% of Georgia where there is little or no internet access, increase housing supply for the stateâs estimated 654,000 residents who struggle paying rent and contribute to the $12.5 billion needed to fix local drinking-water systems.
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Jacksonville s 5 & Dime Theatre Co. is returning to the road after closing its downtown venue last year, but where and when the first shows will be remains up in the air.
Bradley Akers was named as 5 & Dime s new managing artistic director last week. He replaces Lee Hamby, who is one of the founders of the group.
Akers, a Jacksonville native and Douglas Anderson School of the Arts graduate, worked for several years in Philadelphia before returning to Jacksonville. He has worked at Players by the Sea as a director and stage manager as well as in the marketing department.
5 & Dime first started putting on live productions in 2011. The theater group has done as few as two shows and as many as 12 in a season, mostly on borrowed or rented stages. In 2017, 5 & Dime opened its own venue on Adams Street in downtown Jacksonville but decided during the pandemic that it would be better off without a home stage.