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hits house goal, doubles it Habitat is a nondenominational faith-based nonprofit organization dedicated
to providing safe, standard housing for families who cannot afford decent
housing, said Loraine Tyler, a two-year member of Habitat. She previously
taught a course at State University College at Oneonta on housing. "We talked about the importance of having shelter that is appropriate to a situation," ... Small
town sees big growth Been to Pendleton lately? The library isn’t the only new construction making waves in this small town. Developers are finding its proximity to Clemson University and Interstate 85, small-town charm and well-performing schools make Pendleton an attractive place for residential growth. Residents were skeptical about why people would want to live at Pendleton Station, a 132-acre townhouse development off Lebanon Road geared to college students. But since that project started, a handful of major residential developments have popped up around town. The final phase is underway for Heritage Place, a townhouse development where the homes are selling as fast as they can build them, Pendleton Mayor Carol Burdette said ... University
pairs student, senior housing
'Lost
Highway': New places to explore Small
town questions big business Jamie Mohamdein, a junior theater major, said he feels that expansion will detract from what makes this area what it is. "The appeal of Kutztown is that it has the mom and pop shops." ... Lure
of profits forcing families to flee A house sells in a neighbourhood. But instead of a family, a bunch of college or university students move in. Another house sells, then another, each family replaced by four, five, six -- sometimes even more -- students ... Money, greed and demand for student housing -- not just a few louts who spoil it for the rest -- are pushing out families in neighbourhoods they once flocked to. "What happens is the homes start selling at values that eliminate the traditional forms of housing," says John Fleming, a city planner ... Campus
housing development plan features moat, lake But it could be, according to conceptual drawings for a new University of Saskatchewan development. A river running through the area, highlighted by an island of mixed residential spaces, is part of the conceptual design for a proposed U of S development on a 148-acre parcel of land ... Ole
Miss could displace students "It doesn't reward anybody - it leaves everything up to chance," said Ole Miss student body president Roun McNeal ... New
neighbor for NDSU? “Anytime you can get student housing real close to campus, it’s a few less students trying to rent housing in a real residential neighborhood,” he said ... Hayti
neighborhood plans for future Campus Apartments of Philadelphia is buying the Durham Housing Authority's run-down Fayette Street complex and plans to demolish and build student housing just east of the Hayti Heritage Center ... "We don't want to displace long-term residents," Jarvis said. "We would like ... a mix." ... University
housing scope grows Phase I of Gough's project, which is expected to get under way this summer, will include three buildings and 117 units. It will replace the old Marathon service station as well as Rouch's TV & Appliances and the former Valparaiso Furniture store ... Recognition
for a neighborhood in bloom The Marcy-Holmes neighborhood on the east bank of the Mississippi River across from downtown Minneapolis was recently named one of the top 10 best eco-neighborhoods in the United States by Natural Home Magazine. The neighborhood, which is adjacent to the University of Minnesota, was also recognized for its Rainwater Resource Recycling Demonstration Project by Landscape Architecture, the magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects. That project encouraged homeowners to manage their yards in a way that would improve the ecological health of the Mississippi River watershed ... Marcy-Holmes attracts environmentally conscious residents who can easily walk to work downtown by crossing the Stone Arch Bridge. Faculty and students at the University of Minnesota can walk, bike or ride the bus to campus ... Elm
City attracts yuppies This revitalized downtown has caught the attention of young professionals who want to live in a city with an affordable but high quality of life, according to some city officials. But as more professionals have moved into the city, many original residents have been priced out of living in New Haven ... Studies
find interest in improved housing near U The Center for Urban and Regional Affairs and Humphrey Institute analyses looked at ways to attract staff, faculty and graduate students to Marcy-Holmes, Prospect Park and Southeast Como. Neighborhood residents hope increasing the communities' older population will stabilize the annual rental turnover. Housing survey offers improvements Eighty-seven percent of the 625 graduate students, faculty and staff who responded to the survey said they would move closer to campus if better housing opportunities emerged. And of the University faculty members who conduct research, 86 percent think moving near campus would benefit their projects, the CURA survey said. To improve the neighborhoods, the survey suggested developing homebuyer programs, renovating existing housing, building on-campus graduate student housing and improving housing inspections ... Editorial:
Won't you (not) be my neighbor? What's so ironic about the PVCA's anti-dorm agenda is that it's self-defeating. Blocking the construction of dorms only forces students to move into surrounding apartments, where late-night dancing and drinking parties are easier to hold. There's nothing like stringent overnight guest policies and nosy RAs to put a damper on the boozin' and cruisin' ... Tennessee
university offers support to devastated New Orleans school Flooding and mold damage forced the school to relocate to more than 400 trailers that serve both as housing and classrooms. Only 2,300 out of the 3,600 students enrolled before the hurricane hit have returned and faculty has gone from 160 to 91. Now, help is on the way: Middle Tennessee State University announced Tuesday an academic partnership to help rebuild the New Orleans branch of the historically black Southern University system ... Downtown
Planners Confront ‘The Elephant in the Room’ The new plan will be created specifically to address the university’s plans to add 800,000 square feet to its already considerable off-campus presence in the heart of the city, the result of the settlement of a city lawsuit challenging the university’s long range planning document for its growth plans through 2020 ... Pennsylvania
alcohol sales: Store responsibility can limit alcohol abuse Made possible by a loophole in a state statute that qualifies the stores as "eating places," this move brings to mind one clear sentiment: Welcome to the 21st Century, Pennsylvania.However, this also leads to some fairly obvious concerns on behalf of the community. Will being able to purchase alcohol through what are basically fancy convenience stores lead to an increase in alcohol abuse? Specifically, will it encourage already intoxicated individuals to venture out to stores such as Sheetz to get more alcohol, putting themselves and others in danger? ... Students
Ask For Delay In Drinking Ordinance Student leaders say they need time to educate their peers on the measure. The ordinance would impose fines of $200 to $500 for people intoxicated in public. City officials hope is dissuades people from stumbling drunk near local rivers where eight men have drowned since 1997 ... Residents
file petition for 21-only ordinance The proposal would restrict anyone younger than 21 from entering a drinking establishment between 10 p.m. and closing. The current age restriction is 19 ... Zoning
ordinances leave students in a bind for fall Official notices mailed on Jan. 15 alerted property owners of the city's change in tolerance. A dwelling unit as stated in the ordinance is "a building or portion of a building which is arranged, occupied, or intended to be occupied as living quarters by an individual or one family." A family is defined as "any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit, in which not more than two individuals are unrelated by blood, marriage, or adoption." This ordinance, developed before 1989, has rarely been enforced ... Apartment
plans progressing "We were dealing with a traffic issue," Mastera said. "A traffic study was done in December and according to the study, there would not be an additional turning lane required at that area. A turning lane was not needed so the plan was approved. (The planning commission) did not foresee any problems with the development itself." ... More
Student Flats in Amsterdam A recent study showed that students and young working people have very different housing needs. The housing project for working young people will be presented in the upcoming months ... Guest
Editorial: Grad students need space on campus for housing According to the 2005 UNM Fact Book, graduate and professional students represented 23 percent - 5,922 students - of the UNM student population. They generate $165,535,927 for the University on a yearly basis, according to the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development. Yet to date, nothing has been done to address the concrete needs of this segment of the student body. The University administration has made marginal efforts to open up dilapidated family housing that happens to have no direct bus route to campus. Single graduate students fare no better - they are offered an aging housing complex that remains unfilled throughout the year ... UTC
Denies HU Ban A UTC representative speaking on the condition of anonymity called the rumor “nonsense.” “This is simply not true. No students from any individual school have been banned from the Towers at UTC,” the representative said ... Boulder
to appeal ruling on bar hours The question will soon go before the Colorado Court of Appeals, after the City Council voted 5-3 Tuesday night to appeal a district court ruling earlier this year that struck down the city's efforts to regulate the hours alcohol could be sold at a University Hill burger joint. "The reality is that our community is drowning in alcohol," Councilwoman Robin Bohannan said late Tuesday. "And what we have now is not working." Drinking
laws turn controversial Aimed at parents who provide alcohol to teens, the ordinance has caused an uproar among UCO students, many of whom claim the new law infringes on their ability to have a traditional college experience. "Going to parties is as much a part of your college life as your core curriculum courses are, and to restrict college students from having that experience will be detrimental to the future retention rates and the more 'traditional' UCO that many of us have fought for," said Nathan Woolard, former student body president ... BOXING:
Town no match for Gown The standard displayed by the students in the ring has gradually improved in recent years with the quality shown by this season's potential Blues the best since the turn of the Millennium ... Owner
of 3 Aggieville businesses shares personal insight There is never a dull moment on the corner of Manhattan Avenue and Moro Street, where all three stores are located. "Each store attracts a certain person or type of personality," Sauter said. "I like to see the crazy things people put on T-shirts." ... Entrepreneur
set to tap niche in comics, games Alexander Horvath, a former IT consultant, will transform the former Sake Bombs Depot on Packard into Get Your Game On. He will sell comics, new and used video games and tabletop games, including role-playing games and strategy board games. The shop will also carry card games, magic cards and miniature war games ... Housing,
crime fears driving out U neighbors While there is potential to turn the situation around, doing nothing could bring "much more grave conditions" and a higher cost to "repair damage and rebuild the community," according to the report ... Oxford
will attack 'culture of alcohol,' mayor says - Consider Ole Miss task force recommendation to deny minors access to establishments that serve alcohol after 10 p.m. - Ask board, either as soon as possible or in the coming budget year, to hire additional law enforcement officers whose primary if not sole responsibility will be to enhance alcohol-related enforcement and education ... Alcohol,
drug citations on the rise in residence halls About 57 percent more citations per resident were issued during the 2005-2006 school year for violations of the University's Community Living Standards than four years earlier. Drug and alcohol-related incidents - which comprise more than half of all incidents - increased by about 40 percent per resident over the same time period ... Rural
Colleges Seek New Edge and Urbanize Nearly all of these developments are being built by institutions with vast tracts of unused land; officials hope to take advantage of that asset to help build endowments. Generally, these are also institutions that are not looking to expand significantly the size of their student bodies ... Elm
City safer than depicted As crime rates have been cut in half over the last 15 years and Yale has made more aggressive pushes to improve New Haven’s image, the long-held negative perceptions of the Elm City are fading. Students said their experiences in New Haven proved preconceived notions wrong, and administrators said New Haven’s real improvements in recent years have positively affected its perception ... Disorderly
tenants could face eviction West Lafayette's plan, Valuing Every Resident, is a draft proposal that would change trash regulations and fees, and noise violation fines; it includes a provision that deems certain houses "disorderly." Mayor Jan Mills said she hopes to have the plan instated by April. The proposal in its present form will fine landlords and/or occupants between $250 and $2,500 after disorderly conduct occurs at the residence. This conduct includes violations of certain alcohol, drug, gambling and battery laws, including the city's noise ordinance ... BREEZE
Bus Route 101 Now Free to Students, Faculty and Staff In support of UCSD’s commitment to reducing traffic and parking congestion and helping commuters battle rising fuel and vehicle operation costs ... Lowe
Enterprises Grows Student Housing Portfolio with Acquisition of Southern
California Property UH
dorms unsafe, audit says The report, issued yesterday, said living conditions in some dorms and apartments "may be hazardous to student health and safety," citing a lack of sprinkler systems in Johnson Hall, burst pipes and leaks that promote mold growth, and elevated walkways of "questionable stability" in the Hale Noelani apartment complex ... Mayor:
Oneonta needs balance, respect To improve relations among year-round residents, college students and landlords, Nader said he has asked the Center for Community and Economic Development at the State University College at Oneonta to convene an "ongoing community dialogue" to facilitate honest discussions. "In our city, some changes are resisted precisely because so many of us are very comfortable with Oneonta as it is ... University
View owner looks to add more student housing Despite concerns that the university could be swallowing competition from private developers, Councilman Andrew Fellows, who represents downtown, pointed out that Warren's University View still "doesn't look the way [he] presented it" to the council before it was built. Warren agreed. "It's not attractive," Warren said. "We don't like it." ... And Number 1 Liquors has also been a point of contention for council members, as Warren said his efforts to buy the small store at the View's doorsteps have continued since the View was built ... ANC
Proposal Favors Neighbors’ Interests That freedom may be soon taken away if Jenna Lowenstein (COL ’09), the sole student commissioner on the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission, has her way. Lowenstein presented a letter last week to Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson on behalf of the ANC recommending that the university expand its one-keg limit to non-university student housing ... Moving
on up, to the...Village, where professors can live A main street, child care center and community center are also expected to be part of the community, Altier said. "The expectation is that the homes will be sold or leased to our faculty and staff at below market prices, providing an affordable, beautiful place to live," he said. Altier added that Sac State will be providing alternative modes of transportation for the faculty and staff from the location to school so that those people do not have to drive to school ... Former
Ole Miss faculty housing being converted to private use Homeowners will pay 30-thousand dollar mortgages to pay part of the 55-thousand dollar cost of moving and refurbishing the homes. A state grant made available through Lafayette County funded the remainder ... Students
Spill Coca-Cola's Profits But over the past half decade, a pattern has been emerging at postsecondary schools across North America. Student societies, upset about Coke's alleged human rights and environmental abuses in developing countries, have started taking matters into their own hands to cripple the deals. The result is one of the world's largest activist movements since the anti-Nike effort of the '90s, and it's costing the company millions ... New
plan would put pizazz in downtown Images of a revitalized urban core surrounded by walkable neighborhoods are described in the city's recently completed downtown master plan. It's expected to play a critical role in downtown's emerging renaissance by stimulating further investment, say city officials, developers and downtown supporters ... Horizon:
Ahead of the Curve Emory University is getting serious about its desire to create a more pedestrian-friendly environment in and around its Druid Hills campus. The university has unveiled plans to develop two tracts it owns, one off Clifton Road and another off Briarcliff Road, with a mix of housing and retail. The goal is to provide employees and students with places to eat and shop without having to get in their cars ... Let
the games begin So exactly what is this phenomenon? How did it get so big? And what could be some of the potential dangers? ... Student
business offers housing advice Last February he founded Moving Off Campus, a business dedicated to finding off-campus housing for students. It also offers opportunities for subletting, roommate searching, and property listing ... Falling
enrollment at University of Idaho hurting Moscow economy He said the university town cannot afford to end up labeled as “a great place to live and learn, but you can't find a job.” However, avoiding that label will require bringing in both employers that require advanced education and employers that hire less skilled workers, such as college students ... Ole
Miss deals with demand for on-campus housing “A lot of that has to do with the excellent efforts that the recruitment staff has had in recruiting new students to our campus,” said Lorinda Krhut, who oversees housing for the 14,000-student institution. With few exceptions, freshmen are required to live on campus ... School officials were meeting early this week to consider options for creating the new [housing] units. The process is still in its early stages, with locations, funding and other basic factors yet to be decided ... Planning
board green-lights student apartments The 258-unit project is planned for a hill on the south side of Athens between the Ohio University Inn, the Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center and Carriage Hill Apartments ... Standing
up to rising housing costs The housing market in Charlottesville is a tricky animal. It works something like this: Property owners (a.k.a. student slumlords) know that there is very high demand for off-Grounds housing. This is fueled by a combination of constantly expanding class size and the University's inane housing regulations, which range from limits on the square footage of posters to forbidding placing candles in a drawer. Although the overwhelming demand has finally forced a supply-side response (check out all the construction by the train tracks and on JPA), leasers know they can still get away with charging exorbitant rents. So what ought the University to do? It has the power to act as an indirect cap on housing prices. By offering good, convenient housing at affordable prices the University can create an outlet for the pent-up demand thereby forcing down the price of off-Grounds leases. Too bad the BOV did not take ECON 201 ... Student
takeover is wrecking our neighbourhoods, say campaigners Councillors from university towns and cities across the country met in Nottingham last week "to take positive action to make sure that students and local communities can live together". The councils fear that growing numbers of students are moving in to former family homes, upsetting the locals with noise, litter and parties ... The conference, which attracted representatives from places such as Leeds, Bath, Canterbury, Peterborough and Leicester, agreed to begin lobbying MPs in a bid to get the Government to change the planning laws ... Editor
mistaken about city
Strip
in imminent danger A couple of weeks ago we ran a story in which David Jones Jr., the proprietor of the 64-year-old Alabama Book Store at the eastern end of the Strip and right next to the gateway to the UA campus, bravely went on record about his dealings with the university and even let his picture be taken for the front page ... Don’t get me wrong -- some of what the university has done in the
area is commendable, especially the construction of a sorely needed Publix,
where students now actually are able to walk to and from a real grocery
store ... 57%
of Iowa dorm dwellers not protected by fire sprinklers The importance of the sprinkler systems was underscored seven years ago, when three students died and 60 others were injured in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, and again late last year, when two Midwest college students died in fraternity house fires at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln and at the University of Missouri campus in St. Louis. In all three tragedies, there were no sprinklers in the buildings ... Cookies
now a delivery option "It's a necessary complementary product," said Seth Berkowitz, CEO of Insomnia Cookies. Starting Thursday, his business venture will begin delivering cookies, brownies and milk in the State College area from 8 p.m. until the wee hours of the morning ... Number
of college kids is rising: They have to live somewhere According to the National Center for Education Statistics, college enrollment will grow by 11% between 2003 and 2013. Higher education is less affected by economic trends. When times are bad, more people seek a college degree to improve the job prospects; when times are good, a sheepskin becomes even more important. Moreover, children of the baby boom generation are taking longer than their predecessors to graduate, so they need housing for a longer stretch. Next, toss in the fact that rents for student-housing properties have been rising at a higher rate than at conventional apartments, according to the National Multi-Housing Council, and you have the makings for what savvy real estate investors call a "good niche opportunity." ... Yale
acts to cut greenhouse gases Worried about global warming, Yale has embarked on an ambitious initiative to become the greenest university in the country. The goal is to cut its heat-trapping "greenhouse" gas emissions to 10 percent below the 1990 level by 2020 ... High
Hopes for Proposed High-Rise video The commitment to build comes about a month after a shakeup in the top management at Gameday Centers. The company president who brought the project to town, left that job in December. The plan is to market the units to die hard Notre Dame sports fans and alums...that's what Gameday has done in four other college towns ... Statehouse
briefing -- Speaker: Raise college town property taxes to pay for university
repairs Colby
to open latest piece of lofty expansion project Relocation of the bookstore to Cotter Union, moreover, is the first step in the plan that ultimately could enable Colby to house its entire student body on campus. Heacock said the college would like to convert Roberts Union to student housing ... Residents
have to push for enforcement City Council agrees that weak enforcement makes housing less affordable
to moderate income families, aggravates neighborhood disturbances, causes
parking problems and has generally hurt family neighborhoods in Fort Collins. Now, it's up to us to use those tools. The 5,000 or so violators of the three-unrelated ordinance can no longer rationalize their offenses just to save a few bucks ... Contempt
order against landlord upheld In a decision released yesterday, a three-judge panel upheld the suspended 10-day jail sentence, 125 hours of community service, and $5,000 fine given to Richard Ross, who violated the city ordinance banning more than three unrelated people from living in the same house. Mr. Ross was accused of circumventing the law by obtaining three signatures on a lease but allowing more than three students to live in a home ... University
Of Wisconsin-Stout / Party raided; frat shut down Officers from UW-Stout, Menomonie police and the Dunn County Sheriff's Office raided an off-campus party at the fraternity about 11:15 p.m. Thursday and issued citations to 133. Most were for underage drinking, but others were cited for furnishing alcohol to minors and providing false identification, according to Menomonie police. The raid was part of a collaborative effort to crack down on underage drinking in the college town, said UW-Stout Communications Director Doug Mell. "We wanted to send a message," he said ... More
than 100 underage drinkers cited at UW Stout party video Seniors
go back to school at SNC; young students benefit The idea struck a nerve with so many seniors in attendance that Incline Village General Improvement District general manager Bill Horn and other staff, with full endorsement from the board of trustees, decided to pursue some kind of program with Sierra Nevada College. Now local seniors aren't merely using SNC's facilities; they're attending classes at substantially reduced rates alongside the college's regular students through the Senior Lifelong Learning Program ... Figures
suggest rental crisis reaching regional centres The Real Estate Institute of New South Wales (REINWS) says university towns, such as Newcastle, are seeing vacancy rates lower than 2 per cent. Meanwhile students in Albury and the Northern Rivers region are also struggling to find accommodation ... UO
students to help redesign Franklin Boulevard The two-day project, known as "Franklin Corridor: Architects Bridging Communities," will start with a reception and overview of the Franklin Corridor project ... Couple's
'Copper House' is green with energy, ideas The house was part of a pilot program by the U.S. Green Building Council, which is drawing up standards for private residences that qualify for its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. It's expected to be the first LEED-certified house in Kentucky, and one of the first in the nation ... City’s
‘Beer’ Pressure The council, in a lopsided vote, passed a bill changing city policy to target hosts of parties where minors consume alcohol. Currently, only those who knowingly provide alcohol to a minor can be held accountable. In attempting to place responsibility (and subsequent fines) on individuals, the law inherently leaves itself open to ambiguities. The law was amended from its original form to only punish “knowing hosts” but it is obvious that such a term can be contested and open to interpretation—a condition that is hardly conducive to an environment of flaring tempers, loud music and intoxicated youth ... Town,
gown, and ballot The partisan nature of the issue is inescapable however unintentional. College students vote Democratic overwhelmingly and the two Democratic legislative leaders were flanked at their press conference by two young Democrats, who came to Augusta to oppose the bill. All the sponsors of the bill are Republicans. College Republicans, Speakers Cummings pointed out, had been invited to the press conference but chose not to take a position on the issue, he said ... Winooski
housing not attracting UVM students as fast as thought The developer of Spinner Place, a cornerstone of a downtown redevelopment project in Winooski, is now trying to find other people to fill some of the 312-beds in the building. Developer HallKeen needs the rent money to make lease payments to the city of Winooski, which in turn is used to help the city pay the cost of its downtown redevelopment project ... Orono
Council meets at UM for open forum "I would say, over the last five years, that this council has been very focused on improving the relations between the town and the university," said council member Geoff Gordon, who led the informal meeting. He expressed that lately there has seemed to be a "lack of synergy" between the town and the university, and the council is making an effort to reach out to students ... Gimme
shelter Yet Maryland also faces some disadvantages in comparison to its peer universities. It has a relatively small endowment, a consequence of its very recent ascension to greatness. It faces a perpetually high level of crime as a result of its geographical location, something that many other universities do not have to deal with. And it faces the looming threat of a lack of on-campus housing that too few have yet realized is a significant problem ... Univ.,
landlords try to find housing answer Negotiations with landlords to reserve off-campus housing for incoming transfer students are now planned to take place before spring break, Resident Life officials said. If they result in cooperative solutions, the deliberations could mark an end to what College Park Landlord's Committee Chairman David Dorsch says is a long history of disconnect between the two parties. "Right now, we have no relationship," he said ... Plan
Could Create Dorm Dedicated To Volunteering Bri Zika, a Weinberg and Music senior, and Matt Loper, a SESP senior, recently sent out an e-mail to campus leaders, urging them to pass along a survey that would gauge student interest in a civic engagement house on campus. The house would allow students involved in community service to live with one another and participate in programming such as firesides and dorm-oriented events, said Zika, co-chairwoman of the Freshman Urban Program this year and former executive board member of Northwestern Community Development Corps ... UC
Planning Procedures Come Under Scrutiny A joint budget and education legislative committee heard recommendations and university responses to a report released this month by the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office. Based on an examination of the Davis, Santa Cruz and Riverside campuses, the report claimed that the university as a whole lacked accountability, standardization and clarity when conducting their long-term development planning process. “It’s a dysfunctional town-gown relationship, and we are looking to break the cycle of conflict,” said Assemblymember John Laird, who participated in the hearing ... Market
for College Row? It’s not Whole Foods The developer of the $30 million College Row complex being built along Harrisburg Pike previously said one of the complex's three buildings would house a specialty grocery market. Then Whole Foods Market advertised a day-long seminar in Lancaster to recruit county farmers to supply products for its stores ... Blocking
student voting rebuked The measure, which had a public review Wednesday, drew sharp opposition from the two highest-ranking legislators and a roomful of college students ... Sure,
college students should vote, but where? (315)
Magazine: Life In Syracuse WL
renters targeted by new changes The city wants to create a category of property called a "disorderly house" -- and any failure to cease the kind of activity deemed disorderly could lead to fines. Landlords could be forced to evict tenants in some circumstances ... Zoning
plan would limit changes in Stuart area The city Planning Commission is scheduled to decide whether to recommend a new set of rules that will ``overlay'' existing zoning requirements in the Stuart area. It would be the city's first such overlay district. Homeowners living in some of Stuart's historic houses have been in a protracted tug-of-war with developers who have turned many large, old houses into multi-unit apartments, some of them rented to college students ... Council
OK's plan for Towson Manor Village The new plan calls for the demolition of all remaining student housing and the redevelopment of 16 square blocks northeast of the corner of York Road and Burke Avenue in Towson ... Rowdy
Dorms or Respectable Domiciles? As St. John's University looks to give more students the opportunity to live in student housing, resident activists in surrounding Kew Gardens Hills, Jamaica - and particularly Parkway Village - continue to come to grips with the idea that St. John's is buying property and homes outside their Jamaica Campus and occupying them with students ...
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