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shipping starts in Ithaca Sellers in Ithaca made more than $1.2 million selling 8,800 items internationally on eBay during the first three months of this year. That made the college town the top U.S. city in international sales for that period on the online auction site. "It's very rare to sell that many items internationally," said Sara Schoenborn, speaking for eBay. "Ithaca had very unique items, and that probably appealed to a much broader audience." ... RIT
development breaks ground Housing
Moratorium Causing Controversy In Orono video It's part of an effort to crack down on noise, but opponents say it's a college town and that's to be expected. Town councilors have enacted a six month moratorium that prohibits more than three people from moving into a single family house together if they are not related. Before the new moratorium, five unrelated people were allowed to live in a single family home ... School
year over, progressive co-op readies for transition And while funding issues are apparently providing at least a temporary bump in the road, staffers say that's not unusual at the end of a school year. As an independently funded organization, The Wire -- located in the Wire Community Resource Center on Kern Street in Athens -- is experiencing a fiscal transition period, but staff members insist they see a bright future for the program as long as people continue to volunteer ... University
must back Route 1 revitalization In a city whose streets are rife with unsafe street crossings and difficult turns, the redevelopment will improve driving conditions and will cut the pedestrian death rate by replacing the suicide lane in the middle of the road with a median and by adding left-turn lanes. Though this aspect by itself would make the redevelopment worthwhile, the positive effects on local business and the downtown atmosphere of College Park make the proposed improvements all the more key. The Field of Dreams catch phrase "If you build it, they will come" ought to come to mind - if the state agrees to fund the redevelopment, the appeal of the entire area would be improved, aiding local businesses. The increased appeal would encourage other businesses to move to the area, expanding options currently limited to eateries, bars and liquor stores to the wider range of options commonly found in a college town ... Student
high-rise proposed near NU The proposal opens a new front in the town vs. gown battles already raging in Allston with Harvard University, and in Brighton with Boston College. As with the other plans, wary neighbors fearful of hulking buildings and booming parties are also pushing back. "The big picture is, this could eventually bring 3,000 students into basically a one-block area," said Barbara Simons , who lives on Symphony Road and leads a group of neighbors who oppose the high-rise. "It's a huge 34-story tower, and we don't like it one little bit." ... Double
dose of good green news One item: Thirty-three new affordable housing units renovated from a onetime utility switch house on Blackstone Street, near the Western Avenue Bridge across the Charles River. And the second item, right across the street: 46 Blackstone South. Just a few years ago it was an underused urban eyesore - a 19th-century cluster of buildings bounded by Blackstone Street, Western Avenue, and Memorial Drive. Now Blackstone South, a consolidation of three buildings into one, is a Harvard-owned office winning awards for environmental design. The Blackstone renovation, completed last year, has received the highest ("platinum") rating by the U.S. Green Building Council ... West
Campus plans unveiled The master plan for the development of West Campus was revealed at two open houses, held Thu., Jun. 14 and Tue., Jun. 19. U of C vice-president external Roman Cooney explained the land was given to the university by the province in 1995 and the plans to develop a living community began prior to the building of the Alberta Children's Hospital, also situated on the West Campus. He added the university began working with Sasaki Associates, an urban planning firm, and Kasian Architecture one year ago to develop the current master plan ... Athens
still a rockin' town, as AthFest approaches Back when R.E.M. started up amongst a clutch of bands including Pylon and the B52s in the early 80s, Athens' alternative, liberal college-town vibe gave rise to a "scene" that was, writes David Buckley in his book R.E.M. Fiction, actually pretty small - but one that has passed in to legend. AP: "In a town of roughly 100,000 people, Athens has an estimated 500-plus music groups. At that ratio, metro Atlanta would have about 20,000 rock bands and New York City would have more than 40,000." ... UB
seeks luxury housing The Fitzgerald would have approximately 280 market-rate units and 14,000 square feet of street-level retail and wrap around an 1,100-space garage that could be used by students, faculty and the public, said Toby Bozzuto, executive vice president of Bozzuto Development Co ... Study
to look at housing in college towns print this article Bruce, director of Mount Allison University’s Rural and Small Town Programme, recently received $25,000 from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s External Research Program to look into the barriers to and opportunities for affordable housing in small towns with NSCC campuses. His research will take place over the next 15 months in Truro, Stellarton, and Port Hawkesbury ... Ordinance
would make domestic registry in Lawrence The ordinance, which is the first and only of its kind in Kansas, would allow homosexual partners to be recognized by the city as true couples ... The
City as a Canvas Imagine if East Lansing was an interactive city, one where the city's government worked with local businesses and residents to commission murals and zone areas for wheat-pasting flyers ...
What "college town" development (s) have you visited that you hope Eddy Street Commons will be comparable to? ... UNC
Charlotte eyes village development The university is considering using some of its land to build shops, a hotel or a conference center - features with community-wide appeal, similar to Franklin Street at UNC Chapel Hill. "This is a way to use a real estate development to basically bridge the campus to the community," said Beth Hardin, UNC Charlotte's vice chancellor for business affairs. The school has wanted to have a place within walking distance where students, faculty and staff could go to shop or eat in addition to the nearby Shoppes at University Place, which has about 80 restaurants and stores. Though there aren't any firm plans for the project, leaders have included it on a six-year list of proposed construction at the school through 2012. Budgeted at $150 million ... Cosmopolitan
meets country in Fayetteville "It's a small southern college town with a cultivated urban edge that is surrounded by nature," Patterson said. "Though it has a rural feel, it has everything you would expect to find in a larger city." ... Joining
the inn crowd, former Silicon Graphics workers love running Ashland's
oldest B&B In their ranking system, Ashland was originally somewhere "near the bottom of the B list." Then, driving through it en route to Bend, they started thinking about the college town more seriously. By the time they re-ranked and re-rated, Ashland suddenly leaped from the bottom of the B list to the top of the A list ... Area
colleges, universities build retirement communities near campuses to benefit
students and seniors Colleges and universities across the country are taking notice that retirement isn’t limited to the rocking chair on the front porch. They’ve realized that there are many people who would rather approach retirement as a learning experience, complete with home football games and class assignments. Penn State is the first in the area to establish a retirement community and bless it with a collegiate advantage, and at least two other central Pennsylvania institutions are in the planning stages to do the same ... Artisans
taking it to the streets The new monthly event is held in conjunction with the downtown Appleton farmers market that drew a large crowd Saturday at its inaugural summer event despite the threat of rain, which held off until late morning ...
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