![]() ![]() I am writing in response to the letter to the editor published on Aug.31 and headlined "Historic District needs new champions." In answer to the writer’s question, the Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) is one voice that speaks for the residents of the Historic District.Īs examples of that voice working, the DNA pushed the city to enact the following ordinances: establishment of caps on the number of short-term vacation rentals (STVR) in each ward creation of the hotel overlay limiting the building of large hotels in the downtown and residential area stopping the establishment of unmanaged Inns to circumvent STVR caps and placement of limits on where and when tour groups and quadricycles can operate.Įach of these ordinances were initiated by the DNA. Downtown residents are champions for the Historic District Lafayette Square begins to come alive before the start of the St. So I ask this question and I think it’s important: Who speaks for the Historic District? Also, should the Mansion on Forsyth, a luxury hotel, be allowed to expand? The strength of the district is not just in the buildings, but also in homeowners who give them life and substance. As architect Anna Wright Smith recently pointed out, there is an issue with incompatible fill-in housing in the Historic District. There is no historic community or family sense coming from STVRs. In contrast an STVR has multiple renters, all short term and the owner of the main house is nowhere to be found. We all agree that renting out a garage apartment or carriage house is a traditional Savannah activity. When the short-term vacation rental (STVR) problem arose, there was a lot of discussion. I drove along Bay Street recently and a neon beam from a hotel cascaded across Emmett Park to Bay. I don’t see anyone or any organization doing that now. Lee Adler as head of HSF filed a lawsuit against the Hyatt when it was first proposed.
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