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treasures, big-time arts and sports in Amherst Trying
to save New Orleans' historic Newcomb College Code
officer sought in budget “This is responding to community concerns,” said Ken Gibb, community development director. Nelson said the amount of testimony given by frustrated neighbors to the Budget Commission was the most he’d ever seen ... New
Ordinance Bans Outdoor Furniture In Oxford The first bans residents from having furniture on a front porch, yard or alley if it is not meant for outdoor use ... Expansion
considered for WVU's unique rail system WVU officials and national transportation experts are meeting in Morgantown this weekend to discuss ways to upgrade the valuable system. One option would be to simply extend the system into areas currently not served by the train cars. That could include reaching into off-campus student-oriented neighborhoods like Sunnyside ... Students
opt for condos with parents’ checkbooks “The purchase…was partially driven by my inability to ‘find’ housing in a non-sketchy building run by a non-sketchy management company, but probably more so by the fact that renting for both undergraduate and graduate school is silly and completely wasteful,” Richards said ... 5
bids received for "University Town @ Warren" project at NUS The "University Town @ Warren" project is estimated to cost S$500 million to S$600 million to develop. It is an extension of the Kent Ridge Campus and will include academic and learning facilities, sports and leisure as well as contemporary hostel accommodation for up to 6,000 students ... Attractions
of a College Town Retiring
to a college town These
tours are made for walking "A lot of people think of those neighborhoods and think it's all student housing, not large older homes," she said ... Live
on Kramer's stage If you want to get people to turn off their televisions and have fun together, doing crafts will work, but serving cheap pizza will work better. The Kramer Elementary PTG held its third annual TV Turnoff Week last week with in-school and evening activities each day, capped by an Open Mic Night Friday. "We've done crafts the past few years and have had 12 people show up," the week's organizer Jennifer Marston said. "We'd have 40 sorority girls (to help) and 12 people to work with." ... Council
to consider rental cap under proposal The ordinance limits city blocks to 30 percent rental properties, so property owners who want to rent out homes on saturated blocks need variances, a request that typically goes to the city’s Board of Adjustment ... Sin
City Many
college towns require inspections of leased homes In fact, Manhattan does not make rental inspections of any kind mandatory, only performing them on a by-request basis. But in a city like Manhattan, where many people are first-time renters, tenants often are unaware the properties have not been inspected, and do not know to request service ... Students
to Launch Apartment-Search Internet Site For their senior Capstone project, seven students have created an interactive "UMaineRents" Web site for students and area landlords ... Town
rejects Dartmouth's claim of educational dining hall Three
Big Ideas For Michigan T-shirt
craze Luckily, in this college town, there are many options of where to go and to find a variety of shirts. "People need shirts," said Brian Hamman, owner of Spotted Lizard Printing and Graphics ... Families
warn: Act now or there’ll be none of us left That is the claim of members of the Withington Civic Society, who have drawn up a damning report calling for urgent action to prevent the area from becoming a student ghetto ... All
Wired Up in the Shenandoah Valley Residents of the semi-rural Shenandoah Valley college town are well aware that the world is running short on Internet addresses. They can tell you engineers are racing to fix the problem by revamping the standards that govern how computers communicate with each other. They know the new iteration of the Net is called Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), and if all goes according to plan, they'll be among the first in the nation to be ready for and benefit from its adoption ... Bills
wedge between universities, towns The educational, economic, cultural and civic benefits that colleges and universities bring their communities are well-known, but some local officials and researchers say there's an often-hidden downside: a financial burden that falls heaviest on local taxpayers ... Boldness
That Won Him Wide Attention Costs a Brash Young Mayor His Re-election
Bid Success
in the SouthEast City
movie nights expand With the recent disappearance of drive-in theaters, people in search of outdoor alternatives for summer nights have been left empty-handed. But Columbia is once again remedying the lull of summer with the Outdoor Cinema Series at Flat Branch Park ... Housing
construction to be Auburn's biggest project The Village, with eight buildings and more than 1,700 beds, is the most expensive construction project in the school's history, said John Mouton, senior adviser to the president. It is scheduled for completion in fall 2009. LeMoyne-Owen
College Town Hall Meeting video Education
Realty Trust's FFO down Total revenues increased 5.4 percent to $31.6 million for first quarter 2007, compared to $30 million for the same period in 2006 ... Education Realty Services is under construction on a new 849-bed facility near the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and it recently won a contract for a 1,050-bed redevelopment at West Chester University of Pennsylvania ... American
Campus takes first quarter hit The Austin-based student housing developer and owner lost 20 cents a share for the quarter ending March 31, compared with earnings of $3.7 million, or 21 cents a share, in first quarter 2006. American Campus' (NYSE:ACC) revenue jumped 31 percent to $35 million led by its acquisitions in 2006 and 2007 and a development property that came online last year, but that revenue increase was offset by the $9.6 million compensation charge from the company's 2004 Outperformance Bonus Plan ... Summer
events preview: Not just a Street Art Fair As the heat of summer begins to set in, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, a 23-year tradition, will take place from June 15 through July 8. The fair will be going on all over town and will feature street performers including the European circus dance troupe Strange Fruit, a contemporary dance performance by famed dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov ("The Russian" from "Sex and the City") and concerts from Lyle Lovett and k.d. lang. The biggest arts event of summer is undoubtedly the Ann Arbor Art Fair. The event literally envelops the city and transfroms it into a mecca for the arts as 1,200 artists from all over the country gather in Ann Arbor to display their work. The event takes place from July 18 through 21 and is a must see for those in Ann Arbor over the summer ... Lee
family finally leaves the student ghetto; 'I wanted quiet a little bit,'
homeowner says after suffering rowdy parties The Lee family, which has lived at 11 Aberdeen St. for about 35 years, is officially leaving the neighbourhood after selling its home to Queen's University. Howard Lee said he and his wife, Sim, have nothing against their student neighbours, but it was time to move out. "I think they're very nice, but I wanted quiet a little bit," he said ... Chalk
it up to Mount Vernon's art on the street Equipped with armfuls of chalk, they'll quietly plot out a 3,000-square-foot grid on the pavement ... Instead of canvas, they'll have asphalt. Instead of paint, a half ton of chalk. And instead of a masterpiece for the ages, this project will begin fading by the time visitors head home from the Chalk the Walk festival, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in the quaint college town 20 miles north of Iowa City ... Antique
outlets offer alternative shopping Among them is the quaint antique haven, Needful Things. Located just off Atlanta Highway, this warehouse-turned-treasure chest is 7,500 square feet of anything you could ever imagine. From trinkets to large focal point pieces, this store has everything to offer ...
Now the city hopes to use that designation to help become an active living community for bicyclists ... Clarke recently finished a national review of bike culture in 12 university towns. He says as downtown Flint revitalizes and the city switches gears towards a college town. The path to success may just be a bike route." Clarke says assets like the Flint River, the Flint River Trail and the system that's been built will serve as the backbone of a world class infrastructure for cycling. "As the town becomes more focused on colleges and education, you've got the opportunity to create a new generation of cyclists in Flint." ... State
colleges move toward privately financed dorms In recent years, the state’s colleges have moved away from building dormitories as a way to minimize debt. The state does not subsidize the cost of building student housing, so the colleges themselves are responsible for borrowing money when new dormitories are built. But by allowing a private developer to shoulder the building and operation costs of on-campus housing, the colleges shift most of the debt to the private developer ... Studying
a Multi-Housing Niche "Student housing is a unique niche," said Eric Blevins, director of operations and property management at The Colliers Cos., a student housing specialist with more than 30 years of experience in the sector. "One point that conventional apartment developers may not understand is that there are important operational differences between the two product types. To the extent they do not understand the differences, companies can get in trouble. You cannot lay the management philosophy of conventional housing owners on student housing and have it work. It won't." ... IBM
deal almost over before it began Cooperation among local government and economic development officials and local business people made the call center possible even after IBM had eliminated the county from contention ... "He told me that Muncie had been eliminated, but the state really wanted to get it back on the list," Budd said. "They contacted me and my counterpart in Bloomington. They were looking for a college town ...
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