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night at the San Luis Obispo Farmers Market Well, it's one reason. Count it along with the rolling hills and wizened oaks, the mounting number of wineries and the countrified yet collegiate small-city charms that keep landing San Luis Obispo near the top of the "most livable" lists. And if you combine the marketgoing with a fancy meal and a stay in an eccentric, largely unknown lodging, as my family did last month, the temptation gets even harder to resist ... Richardson
Complex blueprint unveiled The recommendations include reclaiming green space and restoring the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed grounds, consolidating long-term parking at the site into one deck along Rockwell Road, and putting a hotel and residential housing in renovated H.H. Richardson-designed buildings. Housing, retail and office space would be located on the site’s northeast perimeter along Elmwood Avenue, with additional housing on Rees Street to the northwest. They would be a mix of high-priced condominiums, luxury apartments, live-and-work lofts and student housing ... Davis
Co-op debate "It's an institution," said Larsen, and to some people, even the heart and soul of the Yolo County city of 60,000 residents. The co-op at 620 G St. is an integral part of Davis, he said, much like youth soccer, the farmers market and the toad tunnel, a pipe constructed in 1995 for Western toads to move safely from one side of the road to the other ... State
Legislature enters town-gown fray Providing reports on how campus growth strains traffic, housing and water supplies is one of several new funding conditions state legislators are imposing on University of California and California State University schools — an effort to make universities more responsive to community concerns ... Oxford
housing issues get airing by commission Miami University has offered monetary incentives to employees who live in the Mile Square; however, Miami has pulled back on these incentives recently, Dana said, noting that the city would be discussing this with the university ... Raleigh-Durham
Ranks High on Vacation Destination List This time, it’s the vacation destination list. Hotwire.com has ranked Raleigh-Durham as number three on their list of places to get more vacation for your money ... Thrifty travelers visit this popular college-town area because it’s easily accessible from most major cities along the East Coast ... City
honored as Top College Town Hattiesburg joins towns such as Tallahassee, Fla., home of Florida State
University and Florida A&M, and Fort Collin, Colo., home of Colorado
State. Struever
scales back Charles Village plans Instead of spacious condominiums with price tags as high as $700,000, developer Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse is now proposing smaller, market-rate and affordable apartments on a key site in the builder's "College Town" redevelopment project ... Old
Gandalf's could give university downtown presence "Frostburg State University owes its existence to this community, and we must view economic development as a vehicle to create a community where our students will want to stay after they graduate - as many have told me they would prefer to do. We can help them become the future economic base of Allegany County and prepare our greater community for the transformations ahead." Turning
to UMass for help: Amherst, Hadley talk with university Newark
honored as business-friendly area The city of Newark is officially one great place to do business. That assessment comes straight from the city itself. Delaware's bustling college town told the Small Business Administration that its mix of shop-friendly initiatives made it deserving of this year's Delaware Small Business Community of the Year award, and the SBA agreed, hailing the town for persevering in the face of a planned shutdown of the Chrysler plant ... Redevelopments
are hurting students Whether it's a rental house with drafty windows, an apartment that smells of parties from yesteryear, or a sorority or fraternity house - these institutions seem indicative of the college experience as a whole. This type of housing in East Lansing, though, is facing some drastic changes. New developments such as the East Village redevelopment and the Virginia Avenue project are buying out student rental properties in order to erect new buildings that will bring in more permanent residents ... Ready
for occupancy Eight condominiums now exist at 213 E. Franklin St. where Village Apartments did only two years ago. An extensive 11-month renovation project turned the 35 one-bedroom apartments, which were mainly occupied by students, into eight high-end units that range in size from 2,492 to 3,142 square feet and in price from $899,900 to $1,050,000. "There is already a glut of student housing in town, and we wanted to do something that would be representative of the neighborhood and help reinvigorate the downtown area," said Joe Patterson, one of the property's two developers ... Bargains
by the ton Anyone can -- just by showing up on Saturday to the sixth annual Trash to Treasure sale to benefit the Centre County United Way. At 7:30 a.m., Gate B will open to a vast emporium of donations from students living in university housing. Rugs, furniture, computers, TVs, clothing, toys, bedding, household items and other steals await bargain-hunters at 400 tables. Last year, 66 tons of goods escaped the landfill, raising about $50,000 for the United Way's 39 partner agencies ... Road
Trip: Syracuse University
issues new plan for arts, transit community Princeton University is shifting the focus of its proposed arts neighborhood to more prominently highlight its transit elements, while also reaffirming its commitment to the Dinky station's relocation several hundred feet south ... ALTA
FIDES Aktiengesellschaft für These expectations are backed by a high demand in the new segment of "micro-apartments". These are largely small apartments created for students or professional commuters. The first two projects of this kind have been commenced in Erlangen and Leipzig - further ones are to follow in other university towns in Germany. The new business segment of non-performing loans (NPL)operated by the subsidiary PROFECTO AG also shows a positive development ... City
Council Wants Bush Impeached Oberlin, about 30 miles southwest of Cleveland, joins at least 56 other cities and towns nationwide, and the Vermont Senate, in approving such a measure ... Sundance
Cinema on way The entire Gates development, called Metropolitan Gardens, will feature more than 1 million square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment venues; 450,000 square feet of office space; two hotels; and about 2,300 residences, including up to 55 housing units for artists. The developers also are considering student housing ... SONOMA
CO.: MORE STUDENT HOUSING COMING TO SSU CAMPUS The $58.8 million project, to be known as Tuscany Village, will accommodate the increasing popularity of the campus as a housing site for SSU's freshmen applicants ... Left
behind at dorms: Minifridges, fans, pillows and, of course, ramen Some schools, such as Pennsylvania State University and The Ohio State University, conduct immense yard sales with proceeds to worthy causes ... Increased
pension fund capital heads for student housing A series of indicators suggest there is renewed pension fund interest in the student accommodation sector including a move by RREEF to make its first investments after issuing a report on the property type ... Town
appeals court ruling Paszec Investors Inc., which owns property at 89-91 Main St. in the Plymouth Village-Commercial District, had filed a request with the Zoning Board of Adjustment to change the property's designation to residential, since the property is aimed at student living ... Dirt
will be flying on multiple projects while students are gone Give
us back our May celebration If the most they can conjure up to celebrate is just jumping off a bridge or stealing a traffic cone, then maybe it's time we had a little less 'gown' and a bit more 'town' if we are to get OUR traditional May Morning celebrations back to how they always were! Hanover
will play host to U-23 national crew training camp The selection camp is a great opportunity for the Dartmouth rowing program to gain more positive publicity in the rowing community. Notably, the camp will showcase the rowing facilities Dartmouth has to offer, such as the beautiful Connecticut River ... Clark
University’s miracle on South Main Street The story has been told many times how Clark reached out to its neighbors and opened up its grounds and facilities to local activities and how it established the University Park Partnership that, in collaboration with the Main South Community Development Corporation, has revitalized whole blocks of streets around Clark by buying and rehabbing dozens of decaying buildings in the neighborhood and encouraging Clark faculty members to buy homes nearby. ... Pursuing
masters at 83 validates lifetime struggle "I want to keep my brain going," Cotton said, "because, like they say, if you don't use it you lose it." ... Wipro
will open 3 centres in US university towns “We are looking at five university towns and would shortly shortlist three. These towns typically don’t have much local employment opportunities and, hence, would welcome a centre which could employ 500-700 people. We are in discussion with the government,” Premji said, talking to talkshow host Charlie Rose of Bloomberg TV ... Unique
cities serve as gateways to Yellowstone A
$467 beer? The cost of underage drinking Quick glances are made, drinks are put down and the most noticeable of all is a rolling echo that bounces throughout the bar announcing his presence. “The cops are here,” they say ... Solutions
sought to panhandling problem The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce called for stricter rules. Mayor Kevin Foy called for a new men's homeless shelter on Homestead Road. These were just some of the suggestions offered Friday for combating panhandling on Franklin Street ...
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