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Skorton promises support to area schools “It was a college town in a rural area with rural school districts and all of the issues that you all have to deal with every day,” he said. Professional development, volunteerism and the sharing of resources were among the ways Skorton said Cornell and the local school boards could help each other... Housing
nonprofit proposed City Attorney Joseph Phillips suggested the formation of a nonprofit corporation to help the housing authority with neighborhood rehabilitation and preservation, which doesn't explicitly fall under the agency's charter. Specifically, the new corporation would be authorized to do what the housing authority did to a rental property at 110 Harrison Ave. in March: convert it to an owner-occupied residence. Mansions
for Sale: Can Student Housing Be Restored as Homes? Their sudden availability attests to how swiftly the downtown housing market is shifting as UW-Madison students abandon old rental properties for the new student towers closer to campus... Preservation has always been a big issue for Mansion Hill. In 1976, it was designated as Madison’s first historic district after an uproar caused by the demolition of several old houses for apartments and insurance offices. Today, Mansion Hill has the city’s largest concentration of Victorian homes. To attract rehabbers, the neighborhood association is sponsoring a walking tour and informational meeting on Aug. 8 at 6:30 pm, starting at Mohs’ home at 512 Wisconsin Ave. While the homes won’t be open for inspection, interior photos will be available, and attendees will be able to talk with homeowners who’ve undertaken similar rehabs. And city planning chief Mark Olinger will discuss possible city assistance for buyers... Boomtown
locked in affordable housing battle "It's hard to afford anything here," said Baril, a Salvation Army family services administrator who also puts in nearly 40 hours a week giving music lessons. Even that much work leaves Baril, 50 and single, hard-pressed to buy in a town where the median home price shot to $268,500 last year, surpassing Portland, Ore., Denver and Minneapolis, among others... Bike
lanes will improve urban travel Downtown Lincoln has more than its share of bicyclists thanks to the proximity of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s downtown campus. Downtown regulars know there will be an upsurge in pedal-powered commutes when fall classes begin at UNL. Students aren’t the only cyclists, of course. Other commuters use them as well, and their numbers have been growing as gasoline prices hover around $3 per gallon... Food,
crafts fill downtown Blacksburg "It's a big event for us," Buchanan said. It's also good for arts and crafts vendors who come from across the country to sell their wares... Decision
on selling student loans near Some Republican lawmakers, especially those who live close to college towns, have expressed opposition to the notion of selling the student loan portfolio. The idea first surfaced when Blagojevich’s budget director discussed it on the second-to-last day of the spring 2005 legislative session. Rep. Chapin Rose of Mahomet, near the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, said his main concerns are whether students and taxpayers will get a fair deal... Group
plans $11M student housing complex in West Campus College Houses Inc., a 501c3 organization with six co-op residential properties surrounding the University of Texas campus, plans to break ground in May 2007 on the project. It will expand the bed count in their property at 1905 and 1907 Nueces St. from 45 to 160. The building will have six stories of residential units and ground-level space for the group's offices. The Staubach Co. is handling development of the project, which is expected to be complete in fall 2008... Loyola
University New Orleans sues CNA over Katrina Loyola, the latest of several New Orleans educational institutions to go to court over hurricane damages, filed the suit in U.S. District Court in New Orleans on Wednesday against Continental Casualty Co., a unit of Chicago-based CNA Financial Corp. Katrina caused extensive damage to Loyola’s campus and the "vast majority" of nearby residences that provided student housing, according to the complaint. The City of New Orleans restricted access to the area around the campus—adjacent to Tulane University and Audubon Park—for about one month after the hurricane hit, stalling repair efforts, the suit says. The university remained closed for the entire fall 2005 semester, and since reopening in January 2006 has seen a decline in enrollment as some students decided not to return and as housing for students, faculty and staff remained scarce, Loyola says... BARN
BARGAINING: Now a home, it'll be auctioned as part of new selling trend An auction at 11 a.m. Saturday will determine the price of his 3,300-square-foot Scio Township home -- a converted sheep barn built in the late 1800s -- seven other buildings, which include other barns, and 19 acres...
Some patrons said they believed they were caught in the crossfire between Starbucks and the developers behind University Corners, a three-block, eight-story development planned for the site. Developers have been negotiating to buy out Starbucks' lease, which lasts until 2012, in order to demolish the coffee shop to make way for the development... UGA
criticism of zoning vote unwarranted That's the only way to describe the University of Georgia's unseemly rush to criticize Athens-Clarke County commissioners for their unanimous Tuesday vote to make fraternities a "special use" within the county's zoning ordinance. Simply put, the decision means the commission has the power now to decide where fraternities and sororities can build off-campus houses. The decision is clearly a legitimate exercise of the county's zoning power. But that didn't stop some of UGA's top administrators, including President Michael Adams, from putting their heads together to fire off a misguided missive Wednesday calling the decision "disappointing," and strongly suggesting it is "anti-student."... From
tiny acorns... With the political power and money already behind it, it's easy to imagine the University of California's newest campus in Merced -- in the middle of Central Valley pastureland and miles from a stoplight -- as a major research institution with 25,000 students... Historic
Designation of Downtown Athens Enters Final Phase Amy Kissane, Executive Director of the Athens Clarke Heritage Foundation, expects the designation to protect historic buildings and serve as a guideline for property owners. "Properties with historic integrity have value, and the designation would stop owners from making changes that may hurt that value," Kissane said... 20
frosh start term in hotel Twenty freshmen will start the year on Aug. 18 in 10 rooms at the Country Inn & Suites in Wilder. A shuttle will take them to and from campus... Remaking
Herkimer's Main St. Long Islander Matt Demar recently bought or is managing a swath of multi-story buildings on the west side of the 100 block of North Main Street. His vision is to start renting modernized apartments to Herkimer County Community College students this year, then moving to a cinema and other amenities, he said... UNCW
to house students in hotel As many as 80 incoming University of North Carolina Wilmington students - mostly transfers - who expected to live on campus could be staying at a hotel instead of a dormitory when school starts. That's because the university ran out of housing after promising all incoming students a place to live... Westfield
State College students housed in hotel rooms According to plans, students living at the Econo Lodge hotel will be able to move on to the campus in the spring. For postponing their on-campus residency until then, they are being offered a two-thousand dollars credit on their accounts... New
dormitory nears approval Des Moines' Plan and Zoning Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a plan that calls for a 40-unit student building along Boyd Street. The commission approved the rezoning of 1.22 acres of property owned by the college to a planned unit development from low-density residential. Grand View President Kent Henning made his case at the meeting, arguing the college is growing and has little choice but to provide new housing. "We are entirely full this fall," Henning said... Dorms
of the future In recent years a number of schools across the country, from large public universities to private institutions, have begun to rethink and revamp the current face of the college campus. "The old dorms with cinder block walls are a thing of the past," says William Rawn, whose architecture firm William Rawn Associates has worked on residence halls for a number of universities located in the Northeast... Student
housing gets good investment grades According to Michael Zaransky, co-CEO of Prime Property Investors based in Northbrook, Ill., and author of Profit by Investing in Student Housing: Cash In On the Campus Housing Shortage, the opportunity has staying power. “About 80 million 'echo boomers' will turn eighteen over the next ten years,” he says. As they do, they will head to college in record numbers, further straining their chosen school’s already stretched budgets, especially if it is a public university... Meeting
planned to discuss South Campus Housing Plan A major tenet of this plan was the conversion of the ASU Tempe Campus from a commuter school to a residential campus. The McAllister Academic Village is under construction at the Northeast corner of McAllister and Apache, to be followed by the adjacent Barrett Honor College Student Housing Project. To meet the continued student growth needs of the campus, ASU is in the planning stages of the South Campus Student Housing Project. This project will be a partnership with Arizona Campus Communities (ACC), one of the premier student housing development and management companies in the country. ACC has developed the next generation of student housing projects for the campus that will also include neighborhood commercial uses... GMH
Completes $41M Student Housing Buy GMH paid approximately $37.5 million, which translates to $209,497 a unit and $62,500 a bed, for the 600-bed College Manor. A portion of the acquisition price was funded with a $28.6-million, 10-year, interest-only mortgage with a fixed-interest rate of 5.97%. GMH took over management and pre-leasing of the asset prior to buying it... In
crowded market, landlords dangle new lure
The apartment complexes aren’t just contributing the riders. They’re paying about half the $50,000 annual cost of operating the new route, said Mark Grindstaff, the city’s public works supervisor... Keeping
it simple The popular restaurant has built a solid reputation around its now-famous chicken tenders — its popular trademark specialty that turned a tiny Oxford eating establishment into a Mississippi-based chain of seven Mississippi restaurants, including three in the Jackson metro area, plus one in Tennessee. "Everything we do is definitely centered around our chicken tenders," said operating partner Scott Swatzell, whose association with Abner's founder Abner White goes back to their college days together at Ole Miss... Development
key this election year, SGA says According to Rose, the city is “lacking in many respects,” and students are forced to travel to Washington or Baltimore for social events, shopping and upscale dining... Georgia
College's new student village has private competition "Pretty much all my friends are moving out of Bobcat now and into other apartments," said Christie Mumpower, a senior at Georgia College who will live at The Grove this fall. "It wasn't really fun living at Bobcat, because you still kind of had the dorm life." Georgia College has spent $52.5 million during the past 10 years renovating and rebuilding campus housing to meet a larger demand... Fresh
TCU digs The building, at West Bowie and Greene streets, is a step forward in a two-year plan to make Texas Christian University more residential, said Donald Mills, vice chancellor for student affairs... Envisioning
a College Town “I think it’s the right time and it’s the right project,” Boghossian said recently over coffee at a Waterville café. “I think it’s going to catalyze some great changes for Waterville.”... Cereal
restaurant opens in Bloomington Mom always said make time for breakfast. But eating cereal any time?... From
landlords to tenants “I think this year the market is stronger than last year,” said Horton, who attributed the growth in activity to CU - which has nearly 500 more incoming freshman than expected this year. “They've asked the upper-classman (and transfer students) to move off-campus.” his is good news for Hill landlords like Boulder resident Bill Kamin, who rents his duplex at 1035 Pennsylvania Ave. to CU-Boulder students. Since purchasing the property in 1987 and transforming the two-bedroom house into two three-bedroom apartments, Kamin said the rental market has changed considerably. “Right now I charge $1,950 a month for each (three-bedroom apartment)” said Kamin. “When I first started renting (in 1989), I think I charged somewhere around $925 or $950.”... South
End celebrates its community spirit Crowds of children and adults played games, took part in skateboard competitions, listened to live music and shared a barbecue dinner Tuesday in Green Street Park as part of National Night Out... Richards, a member of the Neighborhood Association, said she and her family moved nearly a year ago to Waterville from Whitefield, specifically because the city has a lot of good opportunities for children, such as the Inside Out Playground, and Waterville is touted as one of the 100 best places to raise a child. "It's a college town and there's a progressive feeling here and there's variety," she said. "I think good things are happening here in Waterville." She said she likes living in the South End, where neighbors are friendly. "It's a very eclectic blend,"... Indianapolis
Monthly's 'Best of the College Towns' Features DePauw & Greencastle Editorial:
Inner frontier The objective of this new concept is to create “pride of place” and have many essential services within a five-minute walk. Another objective is to be historically true to the face of the city — meaning using frontage for walkers, not parking lots... Georgia
Tech squeezes 500 freshmen, three to a room Tech sent letters last week telling students they were tripling a total of 166 rooms in three residence halls after a record number of students accepted Tech's offer of admission. The action sparked some angry phone calls and e-mails from parents and students. Tech is offering a $400 housing rebate for affected students, about 20 percent of the total cost for the semester... Private
firms to build UMKC housing Construction of the 514-bed Oak Street West development is scheduled to begin in October, and the units are expected to be ready for the fall 2008 semester.
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