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Broughton Street Improvements

Big time improvement plans are in the works for a popular Savannah street.
The idea includes a more appealing and safer corridor.
However some business owners say the City needs to step off a Broughton Street curb in order to find what needs the most attention.
"In general a lot of people are now associating Broughton Street with a retail district where as in the past it was real spotty," says Liz Demos.
@ Home is Liz Demos's dream.
She opened it seven years ago, spending this past year at her new location on Broughton Street.
In that time she thinks much of her success is because of where she sits.
The historical street is not only getting attention from tourists, now from the City of Savannah.
Leaders are in the process of getting the ball rolling on a make over.
Some of the plans include new sidewalks, new trees, better traffic signals and signage, and informational kiosks.
"The aesthetics of making this street more beautiful will translate into people really appreciating the street itself and then shopping," says Demos.
Many of the business owners I talked would not go on camera yet tell me while they are looking forward to some of these improvements, the biggest problem that needs to be addressed is parking or the lack of it.
The City says it is addressing the parking crunch downtown.
Starting October 1st four hour parking passes will be sold for four bucks at downtown retailers and parking will cost 30 cents an hour at the civic center.
Business owners also point out progress may cause some delays.
"I know it's going to be inconvenient while it's happening, because anything that disrupts the sidewalk or the street, pedestrian traffic is going to disrupt business," adds Demos.
She believes in the long run the inconvenience will come full circle allowing Broughton Street charm to stay.
Since 2000 more than one hundred 50 million dollars of private and public investment has occurred on Broughton Street.
135 new businesses have opened.
And close to 600 new jobs have been created.

Mother Disagrees with Disabled Son's Education

A Chatham County mother says her disabled son isn't getting special attention in the classroom.
This is his first year in a traditional general education setting and his mother is now questioning whether or not that's best for him.
The school district is responding saying disabled children need to be with their peers.
"He had sat in his bowel movement and urine all day. He didn't get any care the whole day," says Yolanda Major.
That is how she says her son's first day of school went.
11-year-old Donnell Major has cerebral palsy and needs constant attention.
Something his mother says he isn't getting in his 5th grade classroom at Thunderbolt Elementary.
"I as a parent shouldn't worry is my child going to be alright. His teacher shouldn't have to stop her class to say, I got to go do this diaper change," says Major.
Major says this is the first year Donnell has been in a general education class learning beside children without disabilities.
She agrees with mainstreaming his education, yet says in the process his needs laid out in his Individual Education Plan, or IEP, are suffering.
The principle at Thunderbolt agrees Donnell had a rough first day, but says since then the school has been meeting his needs.
The Savannah Chatham School District says disabled children should be taught the same things that other children are.
In fact 81% of disabled students in the county are in regular classrooms.
"They need to be with their social peers, their age peers, that's where they are going to learn appropriate social skills, that's where they are going to be exposed to the general education content," says Dr. Mikki Garcia, Senior Director of The Department of Exceptional Children.
Garcia says it's a case-by-case basis and if a child can be in a regular classroom that's where he or she will be.
She's says there is always room to reevaluate the child's IEP, something she says the schools strictly follow.
Donnell's mother says she has yet to see changes since the first of the school year.
And still feels he isn't given the one-on-one he needs.
"They are doing enough, you know just enough to get by, but I know this is not how it's supposed to be," says Major.
The School District cannot comment on Donnell's case.
However they say they are adequately staffed to handle the number of disabled students.