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City employees aim to be Fit by '15
Technology tracking every step they take
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Statesboro High School Resource Officer Steve Gravley checks a device which tracks footsteps, mileage, and calories burned as part the city's Fit by '15 program. Gravley says that about 60 of his calories burned are in the course of his job, walking the halls of the school.
Statesboro city employees, among them desk jockeys and maintenance workers and a cop literally walking a beat, are keeping track of every step they take as part of the city’s Fit By ’15 Health and Wellness Challenge. Sixty-three of the city’s more than 300 employees signed up for the pilot program, which began July 1 and extends through December. Each was assigned a Fitbit Zip, a watch-size wireless activity tracker worn at the waist.
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Development chief and commissioner report: Homes ‘in pipeline’ exceed Bulloch’s alleged ‘housing deficit’
Private investors’ Statesboro, Brooklet and rural area projects could yield 8,800 residences in 5 years
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James Pope, center, Bulloch County's planning and development director, and Dal Cannady, left, communications director, position the slide for Pope's Aug. 5 update on the number of housing units in various permitting stages through to construction. Behind them, on the dais, is Commissioner Ray Davis, who requested the report and commented on it. (AL HACKLE/staff)
A recent report by the county's Planning and Development Director James Pope with commentary by Commissioner Ray Davis suggests that developers already have more than enough homes planned and "in the pipeline" to meet Bulloch County's alleged housing deficit — that is, based on raw numbers of housing units. The brief, informal report and summation during the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners regular meeting on Aug. 5 did not address housing types or affordability.
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