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a glance: St. Anthony Park The neighborhood's vision of what it wants to be — and doesn't want to be — could become the framework for development and redevelopment. Como is St. Anthony Park's Grand Avenue, but without Pottery Barn and other chains. It is home to small shops like Micawber's, an independent bookstore; Muffuletta, a three-star neighborhood restaurant; and a Carnegie library that is a popular neighborhood gathering spot. A small but full-service grocery store — not part of a chain — also is a fixture. Like any neighborhood, though, it is not static: As businesses close or remodel, community organizers want a plan for design guidelines and other issues. After seeking public input early this year, a task force will submit a draft to the city for consideration ... Stately
Butler-Tarkington popular with young families Former Faith United Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) minister Rev.
Samuel Murray appreciates the fact that the neighborhood has a variety
of racial and ethnic groups. Rural
residents fight road plan Between 1990 and 2000, the population in the project area grew by about 49 percent to nearly 36,000. Greenville, once a small college town and tobacco market, is now a major education and medical center for Eastern North Carolina, with more than 65,000 people ... New
town homes tout luxury The emphasis is on luxury. Three- and four-bedroom units will be 2,000 square-feet with three levels; one- and two-bedroom units will be 650 and 1,300 square-feet. Prices range from $640 per month for one-bedroom units to $1,796 for a furnished four-bedroom. All of the rental units will come with private bathrooms for each bedroom, walk-in closets and a washer and dryer. And the units can be fully furnished with Bassett Furniture for $10 to $30 extra per month ... Police
ready for parties on University Avenue The answer included that there was a joint law enforcement operation, plus a combination of experience, cooperation, good fan behavior and restraint by officers when it came to policing the crowd. And that means, when it comes to plans for policing Monday night, officers don't want to fix something that isn't broken ... Mayoral
hopeful talks of 'quality of life' Cindy Rosenthal, Norman mayoral candidate and director of OU's Carl Albert Center, spoke to the Forum for Democratic Action Thursday night at the Santa Fe Cattle Co. Steakhouse. She said she and her husband chose to move to Norman in 1985 and that she wants future generations to want to live in Norman for the same reasons ... Not
Your Typical College Dorm At first glance, an investment in American Campus Communities might appear to be a bit speculative, given that the company is currently in the red. However, I think the company's continued expansion and ability to grow its revenues will ultimately push it into the black. In the meantime, investors will be rewarded with the REIT's healthy dividend yield. Clearly, the demand for this company's business will not be subsiding anytime soon. Patience with this youthful company should be rewarded over the long run ... Oxford,
city of surprises Oxford is a fascinating city with a population of about 145,000 of whom about 16,500 are students. Much of its famous university comprises a tangle of 45 colleges and halls in various parts of the city, side by side with shops and offices. At any time during the university terms you are likely to be mown down by a tide of students cycling from residential halls to lectures ...
Hence the gray-bearded men at the next table at Bistro on Main, talking class schedules and students. For teachers and coeds alike, it's the grown-up place in town. Go team. The kitchen team, this time ... Major
development proposed for U of S ASU
dorms include perks The South Campus Residential Community will feature 10 residential buildings and a 23,000-square-foot community center with a fitness center, social lounge, game room, theater and study rooms, pool and parking garage. The furnished units will have fully equipped kitchens, washers and dryers and high-speed Internet ... Cordea
Savills Buys Student Flats in Birmingham Students
get drunk in Madison, New York Times finds Downtown revived. Condos appear. Drunken students plague new residents. Mayor to make Downtown safe for retired librarians ... Author
ranks Lawrence as a top 10 city for retirees The list — compiled by Warren Bland, professor of geography at California State University in Northridge — ranks Lawrence at No. 5, with Hot Springs, Ark., being the least expensive at No. 1 and Colorado Springs, Colo., at No. 10. “These are all relatively inexpensive places to live,” Bland said. “All of the places on the list are very attractive places to retire to.” ... MU
Greeks unprepared for fire code Those who spoke at Tuesday’s meeting supported adopting the new safety provision. However, representatives speaking on behalf of MU’s 37 Greek houses said the deadline for installing the sprinkler systems, Dec. 31, 2012, puts a financial burden on fraternities and sororities, and could result in some houses shutting down ... Exhibit
documents university town's strife "I Raised My Hand to Volunteer: Students Protest in 1960s Chapel Hill," an exhibit from Jan. 23 through May 31 in the manuscripts department, will examine the political ferment of the 1960s on campus and in the community ... A
culture clash downtown? It is only bad if a yuppie looking out his living room window can see them. He might be startled and spill his cappuccino. The Times article, datelined Madison and written by Susan Saulny, was
headlined: "This Remaking of Downtown Has Downside." ... "Many days of the week, there are as many as 7 or 8 cars there, either in the driveway or in the yard," he explained. He says the problem is worse just a few blocks away. Cars cover the yards right up to the front steps. Neighborhoods are changing. Homes that were designed for families have become revolving doors for renters. Most, but not all, are Georgia Southern University students who live near the campus. Smith wants the City of Statesboro to step in and clean up the mess ... For
aging and young, a win-win day care solution Hessler said Columbia is a good fit for this type of care. An educated population, with training in both gerontology and child care, helps, he said, as does the availability of medical services and access to MU, which provides social services and adult-learning opportunities. Those amenities have fueled an effort, begun in 1992, by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce to market the city as a retirement destination ... Maine
preserves skiing heritage in museum "Please have patience," Maine's Bass Boots advertised to anxious ski-boot customers after it turned its attention to making cold-climate boots for troops. After the war ended, a new Bass ad in 1946 proclaimed the good news, "You can buy Bass boots again." That's just one snippet of history on view at the new Ski Museum of Maine, which opened Dec. 1 in this college town in the heart of Maine ski country ... City
is called a hot spot to retire NKU
plans dorm at ex-nursing home The university plans to convert the building into housing for up to 460 students, said university spokesman Chris Cole ... American
Campus Communities Begins Construction on $138 Million Benchmark Development
at Arizona State University This is a pioneering transaction, as American Campus will fund 100 percent of the total development costs of the project and will own a leasehold interest in the on-campus land and improvements through an 85-year ground lease, which includes two 10-year extensions. Historically, developers have typically not invested their own equity in on-campus projects, but have relied upon project-based financing with 100 percent of the project cost funded with debt ... Council
cool to new complex In November 2005, council members approved commercial-incentive zoning for much of the downtown. The move loosened requirements and added incentives for developers, an attempt to attract bigger, taller buildings with multiple uses. It was meant to help foster more downtown retail stores, offices and owner-occupied housing, but not student housing, borough Planning Director Carl Hess said... UT
apartments sell for about $24M JPI bought the 76-unit complex at 2704 Rio Grande Ave. from The Dinerstein Cos. of Houston. A purchase price for the Class A property was not disclosed but sources say the transaction was at or near the $24 million asking price ... Santa
Cruz expected to allot more money toward town-gown fight City officials plan to spend $200,000 in a series of lawsuits, many already pending in county and federal courts, that are designed to force the university to address impacts on the community as it plans to add several thousand students and faculty to the campus by 2020 ... Our
town recalled after the Restoration District
seeks aid for Rutgers kids Lawrence
to build $7 million lab complex Scientists such as those in KU's School of Pharmacy have been prolific in developing and patenting innovations leading to commercial spinoffs. College towns also are considered attractive to high-tech companies interested in collaborating on research projects with top professors. One of the big gaps in Lawrence and other area cities has been a lack of reasonably priced office and laboratory complexes for fledgling companies ... UConn
plans a unique town-gown tie Local officials say this likely would be a first for a U.S. college or university. UConn’s main campus was founded in the quiet, rural corner of Connecticut, about 25 miles southeast of Hartford, in 1881. It now covers about 4,100 acres and in recent years has been on a multi-billion-dollar building program to serve its more than 20,000 students ... New York Times
Plays New Years Joke on Madison U-M's
new residence hall high-tech and high-priced One look at the plans for the University of Michigan's new North Quad
complex might provide some enlightenment. The university's board of regents
approved the project's new design just before Christmas. Stricter
fire codes urged Her son, Dominic Passantino, was a 19-year-old freshman at the University of Missouri-Columbia when he died May 8, 1999, the day before Mother’s Day, in a fire at the Sigma Chi fraternity ... A process that began for Columbia seven years ago could come to fruition this month. Lawmakers will review city fire codes and decide whether sprinklers should be required in all Greek houses within five years. As in most cities, Columbia currently requires new multifamily structures to be built with sprinklers ... 'Voice'
of critics at U of I fuels feud with regents The colorful, outspoken University of Iowa law professor has found himself at the center of a controversy between some at the U of I and the Iowa Board of Regents. The rift over the U of I's failed presidential search has spread to questions of governance of the state's largest public university ... Community
Connections: UW students find ways to give back Vanderwalker, along with fellow UW-S students and members of the student organization Future Educators of America (FEA), organized and led a "Penny War" on the campus throughout November and December in an effort to raise funds for the Salvation Army's "Adopt a Family" program this holiday season. The unique fundraising competition, which pitted first-year, second-year and third-year-plus students and faculty and staff against one another, collected $400 for a Sheboygan-area family ... This
Remaking of Downtown Has Downside Since then, thousands of young professionals, retirees and former suburbanites have moved to glistening condominium buildings in the shadow of the state Capitol’s dome and only a few blocks from the University of Wisconsin’s main campus. And there is hardly a bad night for business near State Street, where university students and tourists pack restaurants and bars to capacity even on freezing weeknights ... UW
provides dorm floor for nondrinkers In addition to not allowing alcohol and drugs on the floor, students are prohibited from returning to the floor under the influence, and the consequences for doing either are much harsher than for other dorms. "We have them sign a contract that says they can't return to the floor intoxicated and you can't use alcohol on the floor," said one of Witte Hall's residence life coordinators, Magpie Martinez. "If they violate those, the contract says that we have the right to move them off the floor." ... This
is big year for UM-Flint housing In February, campus officials expect to submit the project's architectural plan to the UM Board of Regents in Ann Arbor. Once that's approved, contractors will be hired and a groundbreaking should occur by early summer, said UM-Flint Provost Jack Kay. The goal: Housing to open in August 2008 ... New
schools, businesses expected in Tri-State Work is still in a largely conceptual state. Capstone Management of Birmingham, Ala., the development firm, has only the basic details about what the project may look like. Officials say the 125,000-square-foot health and wellness center should be about three stories tall and built with red brick, glass and cast stone, similar to other newer facilities on Marshall's campus. The project also includes a student housing unit of 712 beds. That amount would translate to a 1,000-foot-long facility if laid end to end, but it seems likely that it will be broken up into several buildings ... Prosecutor
in Duke case leaves lives in wreckage Last March, after the party, the stripper had a different recollection, telling police that she had been raped every which way. But, well, these things are difficult sometimes to keep straight. Rape being so nuanced and all. Meanwhile, hundreds of lives have been turned inside out, none so much as the three accused players. All because, well, let’s see, because the stripper said so. The absence of corroborating evidence seemed to pose no obstacle for Nifong, who ran a successful re-election campaign on the strength of his convictions ... Towns
seek to regulate "McMansions" "People are crowding into the winners' circles," Hughes said. He said people are dividing larger lots that were used to build now-outdated ranches and split-levels in the 1950s or 1960s. As the land below homes has become more valuable than the structure on it, people are tearing down a home to build a new, bigger home from sideyard to sideyard ... Bloomington,
Normal smoking bans take effect The only difference between the two ordinances is that Bloomington will allow smoking in parks and outdoor concert venues. Bloomington-Normal is home to Illinois State University.
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