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DISPATCH | Like Butta: Wisconsin Fest Tastes a Line up of Merit The Sundance Institute clearly has the same faith in Madison's film-goers. Next month, the group will use Madison to launch the first of its new line of cinemas, Sundance 608 (for the area code, following in a few months is Sundance Kabuki in San Francisco), a six-screen art-house multiplex with stadium seating, a cafe, a restaurant and two bars ... In-fill
proposal eased for builders City
of Rochester to pursue back taxes owed by mall builder video Haney is critical of the decision by the county's industrial development agency, COMIDA, to give nearly $8 million in property tax and sales tax benefits to WilJeff LLC, a Wilmorite subsidiary. The company was picked by R.I.T to build its "college town," a $70 million project on the Jefferson Road campus. WilJeff's principal is Paul Wilmot, Tom Wilmot's son ... UW
students volunteer 10,000 hours and rock The event will celebrate the accomplishment of their goal: 10,000 hours volunteered by UW students in one year. Students who volunteered 10 or more hours in the past year registered for a free ticket to the show and are now rewarded with a chance to hear the soulful guitar solos of Robert Randolph and the Family Band. Although the concert is a reward for UW students volunteering a total of 10,000 hours, concert organizer Katy Resop says the event really isn’t about the concert or the 10,000 hours. “10,000 hours is a numerical goal that is visible. The real goal is to get people to volunteer and to create lifelong volunteers,” Resop says. The 10,000 Hours Show is a nationwide volunteer recruitment effort that started in Iowa and has spread to campuses across the United States. UW-Madison, along with the Morgridge Center, the L&S Honors Programs, the Chancellor’s Office and other community contributors, created and funded the first Madison concert ... Staff
Editorial: College needs to step up on-campus housing While ResLife reports that those who were bumped will eventually be reinstated, offers for housing for these students will likely consist of overcrowd rooms with randomly assigned roommates, a prospect which does not excite many. The issue, then, appears to be a lack of adequate space. There are several ways for the College to address these concerns and make sure that next year there are not so many students left out in the cold ... A
flicker of hope on student housing Came back none the wiser. Other than discovering potential remedies are awfully messy. Time-consuming, too ... Problem is, residents, students, Brock University and Niagara College are, to varying degrees, uncomfortable with a self-interested, money-making group - landlords - policing the student housing industry. They want municipalities to take charge ... TOWN
RESIDENTS AIR CONCERNS OVER STUDENT HOUSING Many residents upset with the proposed college suites that will house nearly 700 students voiced their concerns about excessive partying, traffic congestion and wildlife displacement. Pattie Tyrie, a resident of Baylis Street in the Town of Oswego said, “The suites will invite drinking. It's just the nature of the beast.” ... Council
tables housing ordinance The legislation was requested in March by some Fifth and Sixth street-area citizens concerned that neighborhood houses in the R-2 residential-zoned district for single family dwellings would be converted into apartments for college students. The proposed ordinance provides a narrow definition of “single family” aimed at enhancing enforcement of city zoning regulations. “Please consider people who live in the R-1 and R-2 districts because they are so restrictive,” Fifth Street resident Sherry Stephenson asked council on Thursday ... Age
change to City Council may hinder candidates Various GCSU students are taking a vocal stand against
the possibility of change. Pho
Eatery, Clothing Store Launches Recently in I.V. Pho Bistro had its grand opening on March 24, and Miss Behavin’ swung open its doors on April 9 to college women in need of fashionable jeans and tops ... Lieu said she chose I.V. as the location of her first restaurant in part because she has a soft spot for college towns. “I love college towns. They remind me of when I was young and crazy,” ... It's
all Greek for store at University and Main "I knew I wanted to start a business," he said, "but at first, I wasn't quite sure what it was going to be." "After 12 years in the Army, I finished up with college at Austin Peay, and while there, I joined the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. I wanted to get everything that had my fraternity letters on it, but to do that, I had to travel to Nashville. "I realized there was no place in Clarksville to do that, so I thought, 'There's an opportunity to do that here in Clarksville, which is a college town, after all,'" ... Calzone
competitor cooks up deliveries From a house-turned-business, appropriately on Cook Drive off East State Street, owner Matt Pearson said he is working to “bring a little bit of Mom’s home cooking to a college town.” False rumors have been going around that Delivery Dough is based out of Pearson’s home, which is in Nelsonville, said John Rinaldi, Delivery Dough’s media coordinator. Pearson converted the house on Cook Drive into a commercial business that opened two months ago, complete with a professional-quality kitchen and a staff of 15 employees ... Leaders
of Three Cities Speak at “State of Downtown” Meeting College towns - All three cities represented today are major college towns, with Boise just now gaining that position ... Asked to name their biggest challenges, Ageton said it is addressing continued growth pressures within the framework of Boulder’s longstanding “slow growth” policies, which have defined open space around the city and prohibit buildings taller than about five stories. Nickels said transportation of people and goods is a key concern, as is providing housing that is affordable to the people who work in Seattle. Bieter again mentioned the difficulty of funding infrastructure in the state of Idaho, adding “we need all of us to be as creative as we can.” He also wishes citizens would make the connections between various challenges of growth. “People say ‘don’t allow infill,’ but they also say ‘Don’t take away my neighborhood school,’” he noted. They key, he concluded, may be engaging our imaginations to decide what sort of city we want to be ... Miles
Automotive Announces, 'No Gas Required' Partnership With College Student
Groups "Slow-speed vehicles are ideal for college campuses and even most college towns where high-speed vehicles aren't needed and even pose a safety threat," said Texter. Miles Automotive Group already has placed their 100% electric, zero-emissions cars at leading universities such as Yale, Stanford, and the University of California, among others. Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo recently added nine (9) Miles ZX40S All-Electric vehicles to their campus fleet ... East
Campus details released Their comments came during a student-oriented forum planned to discuss East Campus, the 38-acre project university officials hope will reinvent the college-town image of College Park. After a presentation that laid out the highlights of the shopping, restaurants and housing options university officials hope East Campus will attract, students appeared impressed by the project's massive scope but said they were concerned about its timeline. The two-phase project is scheduled to deliver restaurants and a multiplex movie theater by 2011, but it wouldn't be ready for students to move into housing until 2016. That's a long way off for the more than 600 students who found out last week they wouldn't have on-campus housing their senior year due to dire shortages ... Common
Council Reviews Plan to Improve C-Town The Collegetown Vision Statement is an 18-page document composed by Alderman David Gelinas ’07 (D-4th Ward), Leslie Chatterton, historic preservation and neighborhood planner, as well as the rest of the Collegetown Vision Task Force. The endorsement specifies that the Common Council “acknowledges receipt of the report, thanks its author for it, and formally concurs in its findings and/or recommendations,” according to the Common Council Rules of Procedures. Endorsement is distinguished from the acceptance and adoption of a report. Gelinas is the chair of the Collegetown Vision Task Force and the first student to have chaired a task force ... Queen
Of The Kitchen - Maggie's winning entry L.A.
REIT Acquires Student Housing for $28.3 Million Construction on the student housing building was completed in 2005. The housing is made up of nine buildings totaling 346,140 rentable square feet and have 216 units with 756 bedrooms. The building is on 17.3 acres and is in the Rutherford County submarket. The student-housing community offers many luxury amenities including a 1,000-square-foot fitness center, basketball and sand volleyball courts, business center and transportation to Middle Tennessee State University ... GMH
Communities Trust Announces Joint Venture With Fidelity Real Estate Group Rochester
Institute of Technology wins breaks for housing, retail plan Varsity
towns the target for Gladman The Cheshire-based developer, which has built up a North-East development portfolio worth £110m consisting of industrial and office schemes in the space of just four years, said it was "actively" looking for sites on Tyneside ... 10-story
dorms in expansion proposal Four 10-story residence halls are being proposed as part of a long-term growth plan for SDSU that would nearly double the amount of campus housing. Currently, 19 percent of students live on or near campus. Officials say that by 2025, they expect 35 percent of nearly 45,000 full-and part-time students to live on or near SDSU ... Lofty
Living The lofts will serve as a student community for a minimum of 15 years, according to a new contract. The lofts will also provide students with on-site residential advisers, security services and a mixture of residential and campus life programs ... Another
Campus Danger Mental
Health Problems Common on College Campuses Quaint
college town comes together in time of need Blacksburg is both a college town and a magnet for retirees. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute - as it is formally known - has 26,000 students. But the town of nearly 40,000 was also rated one of the 10 'best places to retire young' by Money magazine in 2007 ... University
expansion threatens Borough's tax revenue Though the proposed arts neighborhood, to be constructed in the area surrounding the Dinky and the Wawa, will most likely lead to increased tax revenue for the Borough, the University's increasing ownership of Borough land is cause for concern, Borough Councilman Andrew Koontz said in an interview yesterday. "It's not in the interest of the community for the University to acquire property that is currently on the tax rolls," he said. As the University expands within the Borough, the Borough becomes more dependent on the University's tax contribution, which is motivated by goodwill. Tax contributions from non-University owned Borough properties are mandatory. 8
landlords ticketed in overcrowding Marty Collins, the commissioner of Milwaukee's Department of Neighborhood Services, said a city ordinance prohibits more than three unrelated individuals living in a housing unit that doesn't have a rooming house permit. Unscrupulous landlords get around the rule with a wink and a nod - only three names go on the lease, but the landlord knows that more are living on the premises ... In
Blacksburg, a dark day descends Still stunned by the news that 32 people were fatally shot yesterday on a campus located in a close-knit southern Virginia town, residents are still trying to sort out what appears to be a senseless and brutal crime. Most here have differing stories about how they first heard the news, but all say it has irrevocably changed their town forever. And after officials presented an extremely hazy timeline of yesterday's events, most residents spent last night without answers to important questions, including whether friends are alive, injured or dead ... A day
to mourn Today, the nation struggles with deep sorrow for the victims and their families. It also struggles to understand how this horrific killing could take place on a college campus, generally considered a place of safety ... Top
Ten College Towns for 2007 Retirement 1. Boulder, CO Dr. Bland's model uses 12 criteria most important to retirees. They are landscape, climate, quality of life, cost of living, transportation, retail services, health care, community services, cultural activities, recreational activities, work/volunteer activities, and crime ... 33
Dead in Virginia Tech Shootings, At Least 24 Injured The unidentified shooter was among the dead. Law enforcement authorities, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the shooter used two 9mm pistols. They also said that the shooter was not carrying identification and his head wounds were so severe that authorities could not immediately identify him ... Redevelopment
plan could help Milledgeville's downtown While a number of businesses and restaurants attract customers into their shops, some buildings remain empty or boarded up. "When people are just passing through and see these kinds of things, they're more reluctant to stop," said Kenneth Washington Sr., owner of The Art Cellar on West Hancock Street. Nearly one-quarter of all available square footage in downtown is unoccupied, and at least 22 businesses have closed since 2004, according to an urban redevelopment plan prepared for the city ... Mayoral
candidates face off in New Paltz West said the real problem is the lack of village housing. Areas that can be rezoned for mixed-use properties, such as those downtown, should be explored. "We have to see if we can raise the vacancy rate," he said. Dungan said he is concerned about growth in New Paltz. Over the next 20 years, the population could double, he said. "We need to find ways to keep our community's character," Dungan said ... UF,
city to host town/gown conference From June 7 to 10, the city, the University of Florida and Santa Fe Community College will jointly host "Best Practices in Building University/City Relations: Living and Learning Together to Unite Our Communities," the second annual conference on these issues. City Commissioner and UF administrator Jeanna Mastrodicasa, who is expected to give the keynote address, said the conference is really the only event that brings educational and government leaders together to focus on these issues ... Campus
apartments offer students luxury Chamisa Village Apartments will open in time for the fall semester, and will provide an alternative to off-campus housing for students who are sophomores or upperclassman ... Simson
presses regents for dorms Dressed in a two-piece black suit and speaking in a raspy voice she said was brought on from sleeping nearly a week on McKeldin Mall in protest, Simson called on both administrators and regents to take responsibility for building new dorms. "From students' perspective, we've been caught in the middle of a blame game, and I think that we're facing real housing shortages as a result," Simson said. "It's time to see some action." ... Six
universities in search of a state Between 1985 and 2005, state appropriations to the six regents universities as a percentage of their operating budgets have decreased from 49 percent to 29 percent, about one percent per year. Meanwhile, tuition has increased from 15 percent to 23 percent of the schools’ operating budgets. At that rate, KU will be defunded by the state in little more than a generation ... Students
boast big bucks to spend "What we kept seeing in typical studies of demographics was there was no way you could account for the disposable income that students have just looking at what they're earning in Blacksburg," Diane Akers, the partnership's executive director said of the study ... Fairmount Properties, a Cleveland-based company working to bring a 40-acre, retail-heavy development to South Main Street, was one of the first developers to use the study. Last month, the company released a tenant list for its project that includes several national names, including Talbots, Coldwater Creek and Frank Theatres. The lineup is a big deal for Blacksburg, and some see it as a signal that small college towns are finally making it onto retailers' radars. "The college student as a whole across the country is becoming a more important consumer to retailers," Fairmount principal Randy Ruttenberg said in 2006. "And given that a good part of the student body at Virginia Tech comes from families whose wealth is above the national average, also makes this an attractive opportunity." ... Growing
fast Although university officials say such growth is a good thing to have, there are also difficulties that come with rapid expansion ... Q: How does the Stamats (pronounced “stay-mates”) study that UNA partnered with the city of Florence help alleviate some of these growth issues? A: It’s critically important in town/gown relations to be responsive to these universal needs of the students. We want to be attractive not just to engineering technology but a panoply of potential employers. We hope to be responsive to the college graduate who wants to stay here to find employment and the one who doesn’t ... Claremont
Museum of Art Opens Today “Claremont is home to a remarkable number of internationally-acclaimed artists, many of whom settled here to teach at the prestigious Claremont Colleges,” said Executive Director William Moreno, former director of The Mexican Museum in San Francisco. “The result is an impressive body of work and significant arts community that will now have an institution dedicated to celebrating this on-going legacy.” ... Farmville
bustling amid changes "There are still kids on bicycles and skateboards. When I came here, I was impressed that kids played on the sidewalk, and it still feels like a town of neighborhoods where kids can play outside happily and freely," he said. "Also, it felt like a college town when I came here, and it still does." ... Historic
destinations await today Each year, the nonprofit organization recognizes 12 communities in the United States notable for their dedication to historic preservation and recommends them as vacation destinations. Here's a rundown of the winners: Charlottesville, Va.: A "picture-perfect" college town that has a historic neighbor -- Thomas Jefferson's Monticello ... Weather
doesn't put freeze on daffodil show Despite unusually cold weather during the past 10 days that wilted many a bud, the members of the sponsoring Granville Garden Club pulled together to perform their usual magic in the College Town House, where the line at the front door was as long as every for the show's opening ...
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