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Housing
plan to include thousands of new beds
Diamondback - 12 May 2007
... COLLEGE PARK, MD - The university hopes to add housing for as many
as 5,000 undergraduates and 2,000 graduates by 2011 both on and off campus
if all of the projects in the works now come together, said Doug Duncan,
vice president for administrative affairs.
In the face of an unprecedented housing shortage, university President
Dan Mote will present two new housing projects for approval from the Board
of Regents' Finance Committee next week, which would add about 900 beds
to the campus by 2009. The proposal comes as the university is looking
into a slew of other off-campus housing projects that have yet to be finalized
and represents a reversal of the administration's recent efforts to get
public funding for new dorms ...
Reaching
new heights
Diamondback - 12 May 2007
... COLLEGE PARK, MD - College is also about the living experience. The
development of East Campus will mean greater retail, dining and entertainment
options. As College Park develops, however, affordable housing will become
an even greater concern. Currently, off-campus student housing complexes
cost up to $950 per person per month. The shortage of student housing
has many origins, not the least of which is that students have gotten
caught in the middle of a disagreement about how and where future housing
should be built. It is time for all parties involved to take all possible
steps toward increasing the supply of student housing ...
Nine
named to La Crosse housing design standards committee
Tribune - 12 May 2007
... LA CROSSE, WI - Nine people were named Thursday to a committee that
will be charged with working out design standards for any new multi-unit
buildings constructed in La Crosse ...
The council decided last month to form a committee on the issue that
would include two landlord/developers, one architect designer, a university
student, two neighborhood group members and three council members ...
Morgantown
Hasn't Seen the Last of Riverview video
WBOY - 11 May 2007
... MORGANTOWN, WV - Last June, the Morgantown Planning Commission approved
Kane Core's 19-story Riverview apartment complex.
It would house 1,000 students with no on-site parking. The company had
asked City Council for financial help ...
Meet
The 95-Year-Old Graduate
Nola Ochs Will Be The Oldest To Get Her Degree
CBS - 11 May 2007
... FORT HAYS, KS - After taking online classes for a while, Nola decided
it was time to abandon the comforts of home, and move into student housing
on campus ...
Madison
and your Kitchen: Megan's MoCo
Dane101 - 11 May 2007
... MADISON, WI - Madison native Megan Ramey always knew she would be
opening a business of her own one day. The question remained: how was
she going to combine her passions for fashion, hospitality, culinary,
and the unique Madison community into one? Simple: an urban lifestyles
store. Something very new, and unique that the city of Madison has long
been awaiting ...
"MoCo is the solution for the growing population
of young urban dwellers who are forced to run around town in search of
fresh foods and convenience goods," ...
UMass
is indifferent to town's needs
Bulletin - 11 May 2007
... AMHERST, MA - Last fall, the community turned out twice in large numbers
to express its concern with the chronic impacts for residents living near
the campus, among them public drunkenness, dozens of weekend arrests,
vandalism and more. Few of these are new, and some might write them off
as a part of life in a college town. Some, such as the now-perennial threat
of large-scale rioting should either a UMass or New England sports team
win (or worse yet, lose) a championship game, have taken on new and disturbing
proportions ...
Residents
Demand Crackdown On Mini-Dorms
NBC - 11 May 2007
... SAN DIEGO, CA - Representatives from three universities, SDSU, University
of San Diego and University of California at San Diego, confirmed there
are more than 50,000 college students between them who can't find a place
to live on-campus.
"We've listened, and we've recognized the problem," said one
SDSU official. "There are plans in the works for more on-campus housing."
...
BERKELEY:
UNIVERSITY TRASH NOT CITY'S TREASURE
CBS5 - 10 May 2007
... BERKELEY, CA - The trash left behind by University of California at
Berkeley students vacating apartments and dorms at the end of the school
year is enough to warrant a hotline, according to city and university
officials.
"This is a problem in most university or college towns,'' said Jim
Hynes, assistant to the city manager. "And it has been costly for
the city to continually pick up discarded material and haul it away.''
...
Meeting
Addresses 'Mini-Dorm' Complaints
Student Housing Causes Concern Among Residents
NBC - 10 May 2007
... SAN DIEGO - A community meeting was being held Thursday evening at
City Hall to address issues with so-called "mini-dorms" near
San Diego-area universities.
Residents in the Pacific Beach and other college areas have complained
about student housing in mini-dorms, which are single-family homes with
extra bedrooms attached ...
Town
names economic development officer
Citizen - 10 May 2007
... CHAPEL HILL, NC - Dwight Bassett, a former development manager for
the City of Rock Hill, S.C., has been named Chapel Hill’s first
economic development officer.
His professional background includes positions as Old Town redevelopment
manager for Rock Hill and downtown manager for the Downtown Statesville
Development Corp. in Statesville. He also has held business development
positions for the cities of Concord, McCormick, S.C. and Hinesville, Ga.
Bassett now lives in Parkers Lake, Ky. He is expected to start in Chapel
Hill on June 4 with an annual salary of $78,000 ...
As project manager for the Textile Corridor Master Plan for Rock Hill,
Bassett led a $200 million project to develop a “College Town”
near Winthrop University ...
Survey examines
attitudes regarding the campus-area housing market
UW News - 10 May 2007
... MADISON, WI - University of Wisconsin-Madison planners are conducting
a survey to determine whether faculty and staff are interested in moving
closer to campus, cutting commuting times and invigorating the housing
market in campus-area neighborhoods.
The survey is part of a wider effort to determine whether workers would
be interested in moving closer to the campus, St. Mary's Hospital and
Meriter Hospital.
Changing student housing trends have softened the rental market in some
neighborhoods, leading to higher vacancy rates and a sagging residential
market, says Gary Brown, director of planning and landscape architecture
for the university.
More students, Brown says, are moving to newly developed apartment buildings
closer to campus and some are moving further away from campus, where rents
are often cheaper. That means that more traditional student housing is
vacant in those neighborhoods, specifically in the Greenbush and Vilas
neighborhoods, south of Regent Street ...
Ground
Breaks Today on Mega Mixed-Use Green Project in Central Virginia
Commercial Property News - 10 May 2007
... CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - Work has gotten way on Belvedere, a new mixed-use
community in Charlottesville, Va. Developer Stonehaus, in addition to
breaking ground on the $64 million project (pictured), plans to break
new ground by creating the first large-scale green sustainable development
in Central Virginia.
Belvedere will occupy 207 acres in the hometown of the prestigious University
of Virginia, just minutes from downtown Charlottesville. The project will
include 700 residences, 200 of which will be multi-family, two green office
buildings containing an aggregate 65,000 square feet, and 10,000 to 20,000
square feet of neighborhood retail space. Residences will be offered at
a wide range of price points. The architectural firm Hays of Hays + Ewing
Design Studio is behind the design of the sustainable development, which
is being designed to adhere to environmentally-friendly design principles
and achieve LEED Certification ...
Family
zoning ready for public hearing
Journal - 10 May 2007
... MACOMB, IL - Proposed changes in the definition of families, for those
living in zones designated R-1 and R-2, would add aunts, uncles and stepchildren
to the list of blood relations. While maintaining the addition of not
more than two unrelated persons to the household mix, the ordinance would
change to allow, for one or both of those individuals, the inclusion of
children related by blood, adoption or guardianship ...
Party
planner hired for State Street Halloween fest
An early start for Halloween
Capital Times - 10 May 2007
... MADISON, WI - Ask the mother of any bride, or any bride for that matter,
and they will tell you it's never too early to begin to plan the party
and never a mistake to hire the best party planner available.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz doesn't need to be told. He is already planning
Madison's 2007 Halloween party on State Street and has hired one of the
most well-known and widely respected event production companies in town
...
City
to waive services fees for green student housing
The Record - 9 May 2007
... CAMBRIDGE, ON - City council has waived $15,300 in costs to hook up
water and sewer pipes to a showpiece green home planned in downtown Cambridge.
The Grand House is a co-op student residence planned for Ainslie Street
near its north junction with Water Street. The $500,000 building will
be built using straw bales, recycled material and energy efficient technology
...
6
students honored for community service
UDaily - 9 May 2007
... NEWARK, DE - Thirty-six University of Delaware students were honored
by the city of Newark and the Town & Gown Committee for service to
the community in a ceremony held Monday evening ...
“I know volunteerism can be one of those things you get into, maybe
by happenstance,” Smith said. “But, once you do get into it,
you realize how rewarding the work is and that the person helping can
only be you.” ...
Steady
growth of UMA enhances fabric of capital
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel - 9 May 2007
... AGUSTA, ME - In the early 1970s, Augusta was still a manufacturing
town, driven in part by forest resource-based industries that have since
disappeared. Schlenker recalled that when UMA opened its doors, the community
reaction was more of a whisper than a scream.
The new relationship began a little like a page from the "The Odd
Couple," in which two very different individuals eventually learn
they hold much in common.
"When I first came here, there was a view by the community that
reflected a little bit of a schism," he said. "In years gone
past, this was a mill town and when UMA opened here, it was viewed as
something that was 'out on the hill.' In fact, some people referred to
us as 'University Heights.' I think that there was that initial 'town-gown'
kind of schism. But that has since eroded to a large extent." ...
Student
issues tackled
London hosts a two-day conference today on rowdiness to housing
problems.
Free Press - 9 May 2007
... LONDON, ON - London, no stranger to controversy involving students,
will hold an Ontario conference on issues bedeviling college and university
cities.
About 120 representatives of cities, post-secondary schools, student
unions, housing and developers arrive today for the two-day Town and Gown
Association of Ontario conference ...
Master
Plan moderation
Daily Astec - 9 May 2007
... SAN DIEGO, CA - After soliciting community input, SDSU decided to
propose additional student housing from 1,400 to 2,976 beds.
"Throughout the process, we've been taking information and having
conversations," said Tyler Sherer, SDSU director of community relations
and special projects. "Where we are now is a result of that, where
we've increased on-campus housing to a major degree."
The housing additions are related to the university's goals to accommodate
increased enrollment for about 10,000 more full-time equivalent students
during the next 20 years and to support a growing faculty ...
Could
Denton, Texas, be the nation's next hot spot for indie rock?
PopMatters - 9 May 2007
... DENTON, TX - When it comes to Texas and music, Austin typically grabs
all the glory. But the “live-music capital of the world” might
need to watch its back, if a recent article in UK newspaper The Guardian
is any indication.
Writer Jude Rogers, who spent a few days following the lads from rising-star
band Midlake around their hometown of Denton, declared that the North
Texas city is “fast becoming an American musical heartland where
something is happening.” ...
New
campus-city program helps students discard unwanted items
News - 8 May 2007
... BERKELEY, CA - – As spring semester ends at the University of
California, Berkeley, the campus and the city of Berkeley are launching
a new effort to make sure students vacating their apartments, fraternity
and sorority houses, and co-ops properly dispose of furniture, mattresses
and trash — items that in previous years were left on city sidewalks.
COmmunity cleanup poster
This poster, designed by Berkeley student Adam Planas, is being displayed
on and around campus as part of an effort to end sidewalk dumping by departing
students.
"This is a problem in most university or college towns," said
Jim Hynes, assistant to the city manager. "And it has been costly
for the city to continually pick up discarded material and haul it away."
This year, through the Chancellor's Task Force on Student/Neighbor Relations,
the problem is being addressed by a cooperative, multi-faceted campaign,
funded jointly by UC Berkeley and the city, that includes additional debris
boxes, special "sweeps" by refuse trucks and a drop-off recycling
center on campus ...
Ogg Hall
reaches end of the line
New, updated residence will open in August
News - 8 May 2007
... MADISON, WI - In a few days, Nick Wiersum will pack up his belongings
and leave Ogg Hall, his first home away from home.
Wiersum is among the last of tens of thousands of students to live in
the two-tower, 13-story residence hall, which will be demolished to make
way for green space along the East Campus Mall.
“I recall that the first time I stepped through the door to my
room and started unpacking my life into my new 10-foot-by-15-foot habitat,
I had an overwhelming feeling that I was finally on my own, free to do
what I wanted, when I wanted,” Wiersum says. “Ogg wasn’t
just a dorm, but my newly acquired sanctuary of independence.”
The 1,000-bed residence hall opened its doors in 1965 and was the last
major residence hall project to open on campus until last year, when Newell
J. Smith Hall opened ...
Gated
student housing questioned
Kensington Village residents upset
News - 8 May 2007
... BUFFALO, NY - Tenants and neighbors of Kensington Village spent more
than an hour Monday night asking questions about the proposal to convert
the apartment complex in Cheektowaga into a gated student community.
It was the first chance they had to quiz the developer,
Mark Chason, about the $95 million plan to buy Kenville Road from the
town and put an 8-foot-high fence around the property, which would be
renovated to house 1,208 students from area colleges ...
Neighbors
Oppose Student Housing Development
Winston-Salem City Council Tables Decision for Now
WGHP - 8 May 2007
... WINSTON-SALEM, NC - No decision will be made about a proposed student
living development in the south side of Winston-Salem, N.C. for at least
another month. City council members tabled the issue at Monday night's
meeting.
Developers from Atlanta want to build the 350 unit facility near Salem
College and the North Carolina School for the Arts, between the Washington
Park and West Salem neighborhoods ...
USI
warns of housing crisis for students
Irish Examiner - 8 May 2007
... IRELAND - Thousands of students are facing a summer of despair because
of the lack of affordable accommodation, it was warned today.
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) urged all political parties fighting
the general election to commit to tackling the potential crisis.
It wants the next government to set up a taskforce on student accommodation
that will deal with the dearth of low-rent houses ...
City
mulls moratorium on renovations near UOIT
Neighbours concerned about student housing
News - 8 May 2007
... OSHAWA, ON - Janet Abate doesn't have a problem with university students
-- she raised two of her own.
What she does have a problem with is sweeping broken beer bottles from
the driveway at 6:30 a.m. so her husband can back the car out to go to
work ...
UWM
discipline could grow
University pushes for right to punish its students if they
misbehave off campus
Journal-Sentinel - 7 May 2007
... MILWAUKEE, WI - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee administration
pushed Monday for a policy that would allow all campuses in the UW System
to punish students for off-campus misconduct, saying the "escalating
negative behavior" of a small number of students had caused the university
to become "greatly concerned about the health and safety of its student
body and neighboring community."
The recommendation comes as a committee convened by the UW System Board
of Regents explores expanding the system's student conduct code to include
off-campus behavior - a possibility that has inspired much controversy
...
Classic
B-Movies in Indy-Indiana
classicfilm.about.com - 7 May 2007
... FRANKLIN, IN - Haven't you just been waiting for an excuse to go to
Franklin, Indiana and watch some truly awful movies? Of course you have.
Actually, it turns out there's a great reason to go to this college town
south of Indianapolis in August. It's the first annual B-movie celebration,
with films so bad they belong in the so-bad-they're good category, like
The Terror of Tiny Town ...
Mayor
Dave's weekly whereabouts -- May 7 - 11
Isthmus - 7 May 2007
... MADISON, WI - The new theater is a wonderfully designed space that
closely follows Sundance founder Robert Redford's vision for an ideal
film space that relies on local re-claimed materials in its construction,
not to mention artwork and furniture from local artists and artisans.
It's Sundance's first attempt at a cineplex and Redford reportedly hand
picked Madison due primarily to its reputation as a progressive college
town ...
Fort
Collins pro cyclist loves the area
Tribune - 7 May 2007
... FORT COLLINS, CO - Although we had never spent extended periods of
time in Colorado, we knew that life would be good here — the outdoor
lifestyle that Colorado offers suits us perfectly and being in a college
town again greatly appealed to us. It really wasn’t a difficult
decision to return to such a beautiful part of the U.S. ...
Author
- Megan McCafferty
One of the most influential young-adult writers today, Megan
McCafferty’s best-selling novels feature the fun-loving Jessica
Darling and have received rave reviews.
Teen Ink - 7 May 2007
...USA - I find inspiration everywhere. I’m constantly ripping articles
out of magazines and newspapers. Also, I live in a college town, so I
eavesdrop. A lot ...
NorthMarq
Capital Arranges $25M Mortgage for Apartments
Multi_housing News - 7 May 2007
... Tallhassee, FL - Lee Weaver, vice president in NorthMarq Capital Inc.’s
Tampa, Fla. Regional office, has arranged first mortgage construction
loan financing of $25.5 million for Legacy Apartments, a community under
construction in Tallahassee, Fla ...
Is
Athens too easy or too hard on developers advancing local projects?
News - 7 May 2007
... ATHENS, OH - Athens is either way too easy on developers or way too
hard on developers, depending on whom you talk to.
Development has been a key issue in the mayoral and council primary races,
with some people expressing displeasure at how much development has occurred
in Athens and others arguing that growth helps the economy ...
Student
Senate urges McDavis to keep focus on off-campus housing
News - 7 May 2007
... ATHENS, OH - Ohio University student senators challenged OU President
Roderick McDavis last Wednesday to honor his word.
As the university considers eliminating the position of director for
the Office of Off-Campus Living and possibly placing the office under
Residence Life, senators said McDavis is not living up to a commitment
he made to students living off-campus in the fall ...
Oberlin
Can LEAP Over the Town-Gown Divide
Review - 6 May 2007
... OBERLIN, OH - Most of these arguments center around the idea that
it is simply “none of our business,” either because we are
“only” living here for four years, because we don’t
pay property taxes or because the issues being debated don’t “directly
affect us.” Students, wishing to be sensitive to the town-gown divide,
traditionally accept these arguments and remain quiet on local issues
...
For
BU students, the Hyatt Regency leaves the light on
Globe - 6 May 2007
... BOSTON, MA - When Boston University sophomores Michael Boyd and Sean
Collignon went to a meeting last month about selecting a dorm for next
year, they were met by a platter of oatmeal cookies, an industrial-size
jug of lemonade, and a team of housing officials with fliers flaunting
amenities like half-price room service, a health club, free Internet service,
swimming pool privileges, and cable TV ...
Is
Macon a college town?
Though home to four schools, most students say the area lacks
a college town vibe
Telegraph - 6 May 2007
... MACON, GA - On a typical weekend night in Athens, hundreds of college
students weave in and out of dozens of bars and restaurants, shouting
to friends as funky music escapes into the streets of downtown.
Ninety miles south in Macon, the pace slows and the crowd thins. College
students wander into a few select downtown establishments, their laughs
breaking through the air.
Despite having four colleges with a combined enrollment of more than
12,000 students, it's hard to find students who identify Macon as a college
town ...
Latest
plans revealed for Eddy Street Commons development
Hotels, shops, housing, parking garage slated for 'college
town.'
Tribune - 6 May 2007
... SOUTH BEND, IN - Two hotels, shops, offices, a parking garage and
more than 450 housing units are slated for Eddy Street Commons, a "college
town" development planned for just south of the University of Notre
Dame.
The various elements encompass Phase 1 of the development, which is expected
to have a total project cost of $160 million to $180 million.
Some neighborhood residents have expressed concern about the size of
the project ...
£100,000
for team to tackle students’ rubbish
Cherwell24 - 6 May 2007
... OXFORD, UK - Attempts by Oxford City Council to introduce fortnightly
rubbish collections in student residential areas has created so much waste
that a costly cleaning team has been formed to target the problem, according
to campaigners.
A new initiative called Alternate Weekly Collection (AWC), where landfill
waste is collected one week and recyclable waste the next, has caused
problems for students due to large amounts of rubbish being left out in
the street. Complaints have centred on bad smells, vermin and maggots
...
A
Home Of One's Own In Fayetteville?
City, Developers Agree Cooperation Is Answer To Encouraging
Middle Class Housing Market
Morning News - 6 May 2007
... FAYETTEVILLE, AR - Imagine a city devoid of the working class. A place
where only those of means can afford to live in houses that cost $300,000.
The kind of city where waitresses and salesmen drive in from miles away
to serve drinks or ink deals, then get back in their cars at 5 p.m. and
head home.
Fayetteville planning director Jeremy Pate doesn't like to think about
it. So city officials and planners, in cooperation with local subdivision
developers, want to make sure it doesn't happen. The hope is to build
more housing in the $120,000 to $150,000 range, which in Fayetteville
qualifies as affordable housing by recent calculations, thereby keeping
many residents from moving outside Fayetteville ...
TW3:
Four years of Jason West: New Paltz's 'rocking' ride
Headline: "New Paltz wonders where West failed"
Times Herald-Record - 6 May 2007
... NEW PALTZ, NY - I remembered a far different morning-after interview
four years earlier, a hamburger lunch with a jubilant mayor-elect, the
country's new Green Party boy-mayor. He had big plans, a majority of allies
on the board and no, it didn't concern him a bit that the man he'd defeated
for the job was acting like a petulant kid, refusing to show him the ropes.
Or any respect. That was OK, West said. He'd get along just fine, thank
you ...
City
moves to make park set-asides usable
Missoulian - 6 May 2007
... MISSOULA, MT - Missoula needs parks, but a ditch is not a neighborhood
park. Neither is a steep ravine.
Montana law requires developers of major subdivisions to reserve
11 percent of land for parks. Often, however, the land they set aside
has been wholly unusable to, say, children wanting to kick around a soccer
ball. Since the 1980s, developers have often offered up steep hillsides
or narrow slivers of land on busy roads.
*
“Everything that they couldn't develop is what we got,” said
Jackie Corday, open space program manager for the Missoula Parks and Recreation
Department ...
Drink
tax proposed to curb rowdiness
At a meeting in West Chester, officials said more police were
needed downtown at night.
Inquirer - 6 May 2007
... PENSYLVANIA - State Sen. Andrew E. Dinniman told a legislative hearing
on nighttime vandalism in Pennsylvania college towns that he hoped that
a future sales tax on alcoholic drinks would pay more police patrols in
streets, restaurants and bars ...
Developers
meet with residents
Support sought to build apartments, shopping center on U.S.
29
Observer - 6 May 2007
... CHARLOTTE, NC - Two developers wanting to build apartments and stores
on U.S. 29 have learned they first must convince residents that their
project won't house students, worsen traffic or harm the natural environment.
A previous apartment developer made empty promises, said
a Withrow Downs resident.
"I remember their statements that it was not going to be student
housing," he said, "but it is." ...
If
colleges can't curb drinking, it's not for lack of effort
Under the Influence / An occasional series on college drinking
Post-Gazette - 6 May 2007
... JOHNSTOWN, PA - If colleges nationwide have not stopped dangerous
partying, it isn't for lack of initiatives.
They have tried everything from random police patrols inside fraternity
houses to marketing campaigns that tell students most of their peers do
not drink excessively.
Sometimes changes follow a major embarrassment ...
Text:
A judge's warning to students
This open letter from a Massachusetts district judge was published
in the University of Massachusetts at Amherst student newspaper in September.
This letter was provided by the university.
Post-Gazette - 6 May 2007
... PITTSBURGH, PA - Welcome back, students -- I hope we never meet!
When I meet you and your classmates, it's often one of the worst days
of your lives.
That's because I'm the First Justice of the Eastern Hampshire District
Court and we're probably seeing each other in my courtroom on Route 9
in Hadley ... just a short trip from campus, but a seemingly endless ride
when you're in the back seat of a police cruiser.
When you're making decisions, it's important to know what's at stake.
For example, you may not realize that ...
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