Unsafe housing plagues colleges across country
Record - 10 Nov 2007
... EAST STROUDSBURG — Thursday morning's blaze on Analomink Street added to a grim trend of tragedies involving fire, college students, aging off-campus housing, and death.

Not long after the embers were doused in East Stroudsburg, another conflagration early Friday morning killed two students and seriously injured another at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. The cause is still under investigation ...

These deaths also raise questions. When students live off-campus, are they outside the scope of authority of the colleges they attend, or do those colleges share some of the burden for their safety? ...

Attracting Valuable Coaches to the Priciest College Town
NY Times - 10 Nov 2007
... That excitement quickly dwindled when he saw the look on the face of his wife, Missy, who had spent the morning looking at local real estate ...

Missy’s tears came from the sticker shock. She realized that buying a four-bedroom home similar to the $240,000 one they had just built in Kalamazoo, Mich., where Scott served as the defensive coordinator at Western Michigan, would cost about $1.5 million more ...

One student's housing to include a mortgage
NCCU to build single mom's home
News - 10 Nov 2007
... DURHAM, NC - While Habitat's Durham organization contributes plenty of homes each year around the city, this is the first project in at least a decade sponsored by N.C. Central University. It has become a university-as-family project, and Nixon, an undergraduate business student, will be the beneficiary. A single mother, Nixon, 36, works three jobs and has shuttled around with her daughter, trying to find permanent housing on a limited budget ...

High-rise in works near canal
16-story, $40 million project could house IUPUI students
Buiness Journal - 10 Nov 2007
... INDIANAPOLIS, IN - A strong demand for student housing downtown is driving a $40 million plan for a highrise apartment tower a couple of blocks east of the Central Canal.

The developer, a partnership of Fishers-based Paramount Realty Group and Indianapolis-based Alboher Development Co. Inc., hopes to build the 16-story Paramount Tower on a OneAmerica parking lot. It has agreed to buy the 2.3-acre lot east of Capitol Avenue between Michigan and North streets, for an undisclosed price ...

Two students die in fire: Landlord had been fined $9,000 for missing inspections
Democrat & Chronicle - 9 Nov 2007
... ROCHESTER, NY - But when fire engulfed the house early this morning, killing two Rochester Institute of Technology students, firefighters found something more.

There was a bed in a first-floor room in the front of the house, a 10-by-10-foot living room with a fireplace, said Executive Deputy Fire Chief Salvatore Mitrano III. The apparent fifth bedroom is where one of the students died. City code dictated that only four unrelated people could live in the four-bedroom house. Another student died upstairs ...

Businesses benefit from a vibrant ‘college town’
NH Business Review - 9 Nov 2007
... MANCHESTER, NH - The biggest “college town” in New Hampshire is not Durham, Plymouth, Keene or Hanover, says Kathy Cook, business education coordinator for the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. While each of those communities is home to a single dominant college or university, the greater Manchester area has more than 15,000 full- and part-time graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in business, engineering, fine arts, technology and liberal arts programs at 11 accredited colleges and universities ...

College Football Picks: Williams-Amherst rivalry draws ESPN’s attention
Journal - 9 Nov 2007
... WILLIAMSTOWN, MA - Williams and Amherst will kick off for the 122nd time tomorrow in one of the prettiest college towns in the land. They first played in 1881, 12 years after Princeton and Rutgers tangled in what is generally accepted at the first college football game in America ...

Clifton site sells for 'green' center
Group pays $1.65M to build offices, stores, student housing
Enquirer - 9 Nov 2007
... CINCINNATI, OH - A local developer has agreed to buy a prominent 2.4 acres in Clifton and plans an environmentally friendly building for offices, stores and graduate-student housing ...

Writers Harvest hopes to strengthen college/community ties
News - 9 Nov 2007
... GAMBIER, OH — The traditional town/gown split which hits all colleges in small towns has occasionally troubled Kenyon and the surrounding communities, but Leigh Barkley is among those working hard to reach outside the college bubble. Barkley is an intern with The Kenyon Review, and is serving as coordinator of the Writers Harvest readings happening tonight. She sees many of the activities involved with this weekend’s Kenyon Review Literary Festival as a way to bridge that gap.
“Campus relations with the town haven’t always been ideal,” Barkley said, “and this is a way for the college not only to give back to the community via charity, but also to invite the people of Knox County to join us in a fun, shared experience.” ...

Something to serve for
New plan calls for free higher education for public service
Daily Orange - 8 Nov 2007
... SYRACUSE, NY - The cost of a college education may drop for civic-minded students if Bill Richardson becomes president.

In his recently published education plan, the New Mexico governor and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate stated that if elected, he would offer two years of loan forgiveness - the cancellation of part or all of an educational loan by the federal government - to pay for students' tuition costs at public universities in exchange for one year of public service ...

Tackling university growth
Metro - 8 Nov 2007
... UPPER EAST SIDE, NY - The tricky subject of town and gown relations was the focus of a panel this week, held in conjunction with the Municipal Art Society’s exhibit “Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York,” which included Columbia’s president Lee Bollinger and NYU’s associate vice chancellor for its new Abu Dhabi campus, Hilary Ballon (who curated a recent show for Columba on Robert Moses).

These and other schools are undergoing growth spurts, and even when they boast of their commitment to economic and cultural gains to the community, neighboring residents often see them as a threat and as antithetical to Jacobs' ideas of preserving a diverse street life ...

OU housing study: New apartments needed to absorb enrollment growth
Athens News - 8 Nov 2007
... ATHENS, OH - While Athens residents debate the need for new student-apartment projects and additional off-campus housing in the city, an Ohio University study states that several new apartment complexes are needed just to keep up with current enrollment projections ...

Plans for Brackenridge tract has students worried
UT apartments should be about more than money, families say.
Statesman - 8 Nov 2007
... AUSTIN, TX - There are 268 students on the wait list for the spring semester, and in August, more than 500 had hoped to move in. Reasons abound, those who live there say.

But a task force has recommended commercial development for parts of the Brackenridge tract along Lady Bird Lake and Lake Austin to make money for UT. Both university apartment complexes on Lake Austin Boulevard — Brackenridge and the Colorado Apartments — could be gone ...

Football condos planned for true blue U-M fans
MetroMode - 8 Nov 2007
... ANN ARBOR, MI - Imagine going to U-M's homecoming, whopping it up at the tailgate party, bringing the party home for the night then returning to your real home the next day.

The Brenan Hospitality Management Group hopes to make that a reality within the next few years with its combination hotel/condo building in Ann Arbor. The 180-unit building will have three to four stories and be located within 1.5 miles of Michigan Stadium. Each unit will range in size between 400 to 650 square feet and priced between $189,000 and $249,000 ...

Syracuse area No. 17 in nation in blogging
Daily Orange - 8 Nov 2007
... SYRACUSE, NY - "The common characteristics of the high-ranking cities include high Internet penetration, high broadband penetration, a young, well-educated population, the presence of high-tech employment opportunities and the presence of colleges and universities," ...

"Any university town is going to have a lot of people who think others want to hear what they want to say," Obbie said. "And I would imagine there are a few professors like myself who blog, which adds to the number." ...

Casting a wide ’Net
Technology helps KU recruiting go global
KU Sports - 8 Nov 2007
... LAWRENCE, KS - They are all international students on athletic scholarships who never may have been exposed to KU if not for today’s modern technology and recruiting methods. Now, it is easier than ever for student-athletes to be recruited, and feel comfortable committing, from anywhere in the world — some without setting foot on campus. ...

Student strikes begin in France
Students across France are voting to strike to protect their right to an education and to demand improvements.
LibCom - 7 Nov 2007
... FRANCE - In the last two weeks 48 general assemblies have been held in French universities, 33 of which had more than 100 students and 7 more than 500. The main focus of the students' anger is the Pécresse law (on 'autonomy') which is seen as the first step towards privatisation of universities.*

Students also have many other demands mainly relating to increased budgets for universities, more bursaries, more student housing, removal of campus security and amnesties for militants, some of whom are being punished for action during the anti-CPE movement ...

21-only fails
Press-Citizen - 7 Nov 2007
... IOWA CITY, IA - In a surprising reversal of fortunes, 21-only opponents turned from glum to gleeful on Tuesday night as election results flip-flopped because "technical difficulties" in the Johnson County auditor's office. Initially thought to have narrowly lost, opponents of a proposed ordinance to keep anyone who wasn't 21 from being in bars past 10 p.m. learned they had actually prevailed by a margin of 57 to 43 percent, or 8,895 votes to 6,606 votes ...

Residents near college demand change
Orion - 7 Nov 2007
... CHICO, CA - Because of recent criticism over the university's master plan, which includes building a residence hall on campus, university officials have been a little defensive lately.

And it's all because they made mistakes by not fully accommodating nearby residents in their decision-making ...

Parents Protest Changes To Brackenridge Tract
KXAN - 7 Nov 2007
... AUSTIN, TX - Parents of students at Mathews Elementary will be displaying 125 signs at the school, near the Brackenridge Tract Tuesday.

It's in an effort to represent each child that would no longer be able to attend Mathews if student housing is eliminated in that area ...

Pledge-a-meal, Writers' Harvest part of hunger awareness
News - 7 Nov 2007
... OXFORD, OH - Pledge-a-meal is an annual project at Miami that allows any student with a meal plan to donate one meal to help feed the hungry. By pledging a meal, $3.25 will be donated and distributed to food banks and pantries in Oxford, Hamilton and Cincinnati. Funds will be deducted on Tuesday, Nov. 13.

To pledge a meal, student may go to www.muohio.edu/myaccount through Nov. 9. Organizers hope to collect 2,007 pledges for 2007, according to Laura Smith, community partnerships coordinator for Miami's office of community engagement and service.

Pledge-a-meal is part of Hunger Awareness events at Miami. Events conclude with Writers' Harvest, sponsored by Miami's creative writing program ...

Trying to give students their say in expansion
Looking Ahead - A Series (Part 3 of 4) |
Daily Pennsylvanian - 7 Nov 2007
... PHILADELPHIA, PA -
UA's calls for green space preservation granted, but graduate student requests less successful
As the postal-lands purchase neared closing and University officials began to construct their plans for the PennConnects eastward expansion projects, student and faculty groups were eager to have their say in the future of the campus ...

Students' challenge appears to fall short in Statesboro
AJC - 7 Nov 2007
... STATESBORO, GA - Local citizen Nancy Waters and three others stirred up a hornet's nest in town by challenging more than 900 students' right to vote in Statesboro. Waters, who chairs the local alcohol control board, believes they haven't lived long enough in town to make informed decisions.

The town-and-gown spat has a long history in the small city, where the town Web site professes, "Where the living remains softly southern." ...

Apartment complexes compete to match raised expectations, standards
Exponent - 6 Nov 2007
... WEST LAFAYETTE, IN - No longer satisfied with small quarters and community bathrooms, college students are looking for newer and more luxurious living arrangements.

"People want more these days," said Yoli Kelly, leasing and marketing manager at Willowbrook Apartments.

Some apartment complexes are beginning to offer more than the basics to their residents. Amenities include fully furnished apartments, cable and Internet services, heated pools, tanning beds and fitness centers ...

SDSU, city still divided on costs of growth plan's road upgrades
Union-Tribune - 6 Nov 2007
... COLLEGE AREA, CA – San Diego State University and the city of San Diego are at a stalemate over how much the university should pay for public works costs associated with its expansion plan ...

Preparing for growth by taking inventory
Part two of an eight-part series
Washington Square News - 6 Nov 2007
... NEW YORK, NY - "There probably is this conception in part because in the '70s we had to sell off the Bronx campus and everything had to be concentrated here [in Greenwich Village]," Haas said. "From that point on, you're in essence reestablishing a university down here, and there's a number of facilities and housing that needs to be generated in this area." ...

Universities a Big Part of Urban Renewal
AP - 6 Nov 2007
... USA - "Universities can't just pick up and move like corporations," said Roland Anglin, executive director for the Initiative for Regional and Community Transformation at New Jersey's Rutgers University. "They really do have a stock investment in buildings and history in those communities." ...

Will Lehigh U. shop make the dough rise?
In wake of Campus Square closings, officials pin hopes on Johnny's Bagels & Deli.
The Morning Call - 6 Nov 2007
... BETHELEHEM, PA - The $25 million student development is home to the expanded campus bookstore and The Cup ice cream shop, Mayor John Callahan said. A restaurant and coffee shop closed there earlier this year, raising questions about how successful the development would become. One commercial spot is still vacant ...

Muncie rated top value in homes found in college towns
Star Press - 6 Nov 2007
... MUNCIE, IN - The annual Coldwell Banker ranking -- the real estate company's College Home Price Comparison Index -- says the $150,000 cost of a 2,200-square-foot, four bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom home in Muncie beats comparable housing costs among 119 college communities.

At the other end of the spectrum, the nation's most expensive college town was Palo Alto, Calif., home to Stanford University, where a similar home would cost $1.6 million ...

Time to speak up about Brackenridge
Daily Texan - 6 Nov 2007
... AUSTIN, TX - Simply put: the University will throw out the graduate students and bring in the corporate money-makers. Would Brackenridge approve of this selling out of his land meant for a UT campus? We can't say for sure.

What we do know is that if the University wants its graduate schools to be more competitive in the national arena, it should make every attempt to lower the graduate student cost of living in the ever-more-expensive city of Austin. The University should not, quite literally, pull the rug out from under students' feet ...

Council clears way for new complex
Hotel, residential building slated for Hetzel, E. College
Centre Daily Times - 6 Nov 2007
... STATE COLLEGE, PA — With a 6-1 vote, the Borough Council agreed Monday night to ease development restrictions in several areas near South Garner Street ...

Local businessman and property owner Charles Herlocher has proposed the 105- foot building. It would include at least five levels for an upscale hotel, two floors of owner-occupied housing, and some commercial space ...

Don't let student voice go unheard
Daily Collegian - 6 Nov 2007
... STATE COLLEGE,PA - Though not as hyped up as a presidential election, the local elections that will take place today will have a profound impact on student's lives, whether they realize it or not ...

Conference's findings on middle class don't apply to Chapel Hill
Daily Tar Heel - 6 Nov 2007
... CHAPEL HILL, NC - In the 2000 U.S. Census, the median family income in Orange County was about $10,000 more than the U.S. median. In 2006 that disparity grew to $13,000 - or about 22 percent.

During those same years, the percent of residents living in poverty increased in the U.S. but decreased in Orange County ...

Common Threads finds niche downtown
The New Hampshire - 6 Nov 2007
... DURHAM, NH - Common Threads, located right off of Main St., has been in Durham since February. There, you can buy, sell, or trade popular styles like Abercrombie and Fitch, Polo, Express, American Eagle, and more.

Lonnie Spinelli, a graduate student in teaching at UNH, got the idea to open up her own shop from living in Boston after she graduated from college.

"I did it as a challenge to myself," Spinelli said. "I wanted to see if I could do it." What may have started as a risky business venture really took off. Common Threads first opened in Concord, where it stayed for about a year and then opened in Durham. Spinelli has found that the store is much more popular and gets better business in a college town ...

Voting on change
Diamondback - 5 Nov 2007
... COLLEGE PARK, MD - If you haven't noticed, our college town is changing. With multiple student housing projects in the works, the East Campus development project promising to bring a plethora of new businesses to the area and the Metro's Purple Line plan cutting straight through the campus, College Park is on the verge of a huge transformation, one that will revamp the way we - and everyone else who visits our town - view the municipal home of our university.

And tomorrow, we will elect the people who will help shape many of the decisions on how that change will be incorporated into the town we already know and love; tomorrow is the day of the College Park City Council elections ...

Mansfield Meets The Hogans
Daily Campus - 5 Nov 2007
... MANSFIELD, CT - "I plan to stay actively engaged as we [UConn and Mansfield] work together," Hogan said. "If UConn is going to attract the best faculty and students, we'll need a great college town."

Hogan went on to pledge his commitment to helping Mansfield and UConn grow responsibly together.

"If you look at universities with great college towns, the town benefits from the relationship too," Hogan said. "Good university towns attract entrepreneurs hoping to benefit from the research done in the university laboratories." ...

Chico expected to pass party ordinance
Mercury - 5 Nov 2007
... CHICO, CA — The Chico City Council is expected to approve an ordinance giving police officers greater powers to stop parties when they encounter underage drinking or other crimes.

Officers in the college town would be able to break up gatherings if police find three misdemeanor infractions or one felony. Misdemeanors include minors with alcohol...

Alcoholism stalks college students
Party habits can quietly become lifelong
Phoenix - 5 Nov 2007
... USA - “Interestingly, if one looks at the drinking levels of high school students, those bound for college tend to drink less while in high school, but then quickly begin to out-drink their non-college peers once arriving at college,” he said. “Alcohol use then tapers off again once college students graduate.”

White said African-American students drink the least and are more likely to be abstainers than Caucasian students. Latino and Asian students typically fall somewhere in-between ...

Officials: Be wary of drinking games
Athens News - 5 Nov 2007
... ATHENS, OH - According to a fact listed under the cap of a Snapple Diet Tea, it takes 12 hours of playing ping-pong to lose one pound of weight. But what are the effects on the body when you swap the "ping" for beer?

Drinking games such as beer-pong can have effects both physically and legally. Many of these effects can become long-term or costly such as addiction or lengthy legal battles. There are ways to keep drinking games safe without losing the spirit of competition ...

Town hall updates campus
Independent Collegian - 5 Nov 2007
... TOLEDO, OH - UT needs to be looked at more as a university town, said UT President Lloyd Jacobs at last Thursday's Town Hall Meeting.

"If one looks around the country, many cities that are going in this economy have at their center a university," ...

Harrisonburg gets crafty with Gallery Walk
Bi-annual celebration of local arts highlights artists, galleries, cultural hotspots
The Breeze - 5 Nov 2007
... HARRISONBURG, VA -Twice a year the Harrisonburg Museum and Gallery Walk showcases Shenandoah Valley artists. Musicians, painters, playwrights and other artists who work in a variety of mediums exhibited their work last Friday in local shops. Students, residents and art-loving travelers were treated to an evening of creative output, broad in scope yet intimate enough that admiring fans could discuss their favorite pieces with the work’s creator. ...

Cities crack down on student renters
BG News - 5 Nov 2007
... WILLIAMSBURG, VA - - The city is using several tools to make sure neighborhoods don't become unlivable for owner-occupants, but it is challenged by the economics of a college town ...

City, campus jurisdictions overlap for police depts.
Yale Daily News - 5 Nov 2007
... NEW HAVEN, CT - The original force — which was established in 1894 and consisted of just two officers who were, at the time, still city officials — was launched both because students perceived prejudice from city police officers and as a general effort to quell town-gown tensions ...

Vote showdown in college town
Georgia Southern students defy ballot challenges by Statesboro's old guard
Journal Constitution - 4 Nov 2007
... STATESBORO, GA - They want looser drinking laws and Sunday liquor sales. They want well-known retailers such as Best Buy and Abercrombie & Fitch.

But nervous town residents have mobilized to fight off the young folk in what's gearing up to be the ugliest town-and-gown spat in the state ...

College Towns Escape the Pain
NY Times - 4 Nov 2007
... USA - As the inner cities, along with much of Florida and the interior of California, face the prospect of a foreclosure meltdown, American college towns appear to be islands of stability.

The list of metropolitan areas with the smallest percentage of high-cost home loans is dominated by small cities with big colleges, including Ithaca, N.Y.; Iowa City; Madison, Wis.; Morgantown, W.V.; and State College, Pa. ...

Glassboro's woes influence life at Rowan
Courier-Post - 4 Nov 2007
... GLASSBORO, NJ - This fall, Rowan's student population surpassed 10,000 for the first time, university spokesman Joe Cardona said. About 3,000 students live in campus dormitories, and an additional 2,000 students are estimated to live within a mile of the university, Cardona said.

To aid the struggling downtown, Rowan University is working with the borough to revitalize the area by building a new road, called Rowan Boulevard, that would connect the campus with the downtown and create more of a college-town atmosphere ...

Little effect so far for underage crackdown
Arrest threat yet to stem drinking
Banner-Herald - 3 Nov 2007
... ATHENS, GA - More than two years into a crackdown on underage drinking by University of Georgia and Athens-Clarke County officials, it's not clear whether the crackdown is working ...

A castle takes shape in Rougemont
Sculptor's dream home not done yet
News - 3 Nov 2007
... DURHAM, NC - After reading up on local zoning requirements and house design, Mihaly set to work. With the help of a few friends, climbing gear from REI, the occasional rental of a crane and a healthy amount of naivete, he has constructed a four-story building that rivals anything out of The Brothers Grimm.

"It slowly got more and more ridiculous," he said. "The view was just so nice." ...

Architect's cool house jazzes up Shadyside
Post-Gazette - 3 Nov 2007
... PITTSBURGH, PA - The result is an architectural wake-up call to staid Shadyside, with verdigris copper and bright blue fiber cement siding, a long lawn that doubles as a driveway and a garden on the roof. It's a "green" house in both color and sustainability, from leafy top to earth-sheltered bottom.

"A building that looks like it has hair is totally cool," said Fisher, 48, an adjunct assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University ...

RPI bids against developer, driving up price of Troy land
The Record - 3 Nov 2006
... TROY, NY - City leaders are likewise questioning why RPI has yet to relinquish a separate parcel of contiguous land that they agreed to turn over during the planning process. University administrators even signed a memorandum of understanding to that end.

By bidding against UGOC Tuesday, the original value of the three parcels was inflated by nearly $700,000, said Troy Mayor Harry Tutunjian.

"RPI did not follow through with their commitment," the mayor said, referring to the separate parcel south of Congress Street. "It is a shame because that additional money could have been put into the project." ...

City of Claremont
Daily Bulletin - 2 Nov 2007
... CLAREMONT, CA - Majestic trees, historic architecture, and college campuses have traditionally characterized the city of Claremont. However, Claremont is not a sleepy college town but rather a vibrant community that offers an eclectic mix of shopping and dining, recreational opportunities, and cultural venues ...

'Save the student-flat suburbs'
Yorkshire Post - 2 Nov 2007
... SHEFFIELD, UK - ACTION must be taken to stop families being forced out of Sheffield suburbs by students' landlords who buy houses and split them up into bedsits, according to the city's Liberal Democrats.

The party, which is the second biggest on Sheffield Council, will next week ask the entire authority to call on the Government to tighten the rules on so-called houses in multiple occupation (HMOs).

At present planning permission is not required for landlords wishing to turn a former family home into student accommodation, as long as it is not converted to cater for more than six residents ...

Morelia, Mexico a study in beauty and butterflies
LA Times - 2 Nov 2007
... MORELIA, MX - I now know what it feels like to be inside a snow globe.

But instead of fake, swirling white snowflakes, substitute butterflies -- hundreds, thousands, millions of orange-and-black monarchs -- flying around like autumn leaves in a gale. Then, you can envision the scene at the Santuario de la Mariposa Monarca (Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary) near Morelia ...

Because Morelia is a university town, tourists can benefit from businesses that cater to students' needs -- maybe not shoeshines, but Internet cafes, laundromats, varied night life, inexpensive food and transportation ...

Building of East Lansing units soon might begin
Avondale Square to target singles, families, profs
State Journal - 2 Nov 2007
... EAST LANSING - MI - Builders have applied for their first permit to replace a rental-dominated block of this college town with new for-sale houses.

The first house in the 30-unit, $11 million Avondale Square project should be completed early next year ...

Eating under the Harvest Moon
Orono restaurant review
Maine Campus - 2 Nov 2007
... ORONO, ME - Variety is a beautiful thing. Living in a college town, one would think you would find more of it. Sadly, this is not always the case. The newly established Harvest Moon Deli is thankfully one small piece of the remedy to that ...

Sir Ian McKellen lends voice to Brooklyn promotional video
NY Daily News - 2 Nov 2007
... BROOKLYN, NY - "New Yorkers will enjoy a revitalized area that is an engine for economic growth, a place to pursue new careers, a neighborhood where young couples can watch their children thrive, a college town for students to follow their dreams - a true urban center for the city's great borough of Brooklyn," McKellen extols in a pronounced British accent ...

Kids in the hall
Dorms home to families and children, not just students
Post - Nov 1 2007
... ATHENS, OH - When you walk into Resident Coordinator Jen Flowers’ office in Martzolff House, be careful not to step on building blocks or a sippy cup scattered around the floor. And watch out for a toddler with bright blond hair and brown eyes scurrying around, because he might try to trade you a toy for whatever you’re holding in your hand. Flowers is just one of 13 resident life staff members who live in a college dorm with their partners and/or children.

Fraternities, sororities resist West Campus density rules
Pointing to soaring tax bills, nine organizations seek to opt out of University Neighborhood Overlay plan.
American-Statesman - 1 Nov 2007
... AUSTIN, TX - The University Neighborhood Overlay rules — more commonly known as UNO — allow for denser and taller developments in the West Campus neighborhoods. Adopted in 2004, the rules led to significant run-up in property values in the West Campus area from 2004 to 2006.

"The results of UNO is that the taxes are being levied ... based on the existence of UNO whether we use it or not," architect and Sigma Chi board member Tim Aynesworth said. "What has happened is that the land valuations (for the Sigma Chi fraternity house) over a period of two years increased more than 311 percent." ...

Village expansion opens up a world of new shopabilities
Daily Bulletin - 1 Nov 2007
... CLAREMONT, CA - From the renovation of the Packing House to the Tolkin Group development, new shopping options now are available to residents of Claremont and surrounding communities. Photo Gallery: Village Expansion: Claremont's vision

The Village Expansion, west of Indian Hill between First and Second streets, creates a place for residents to live, work and have a sense of community, said Tony Ramos, assistant city manager for Claremont.

Web Link: VILLAGE EXPANSION

When the city began looking at options to reuse the space, Ramos said the City Council knew it didn't want to attract any mall-type businesses.

"It creates an alternate regional shopping opportunity," Ramos said. "We hope they enjoy the Claremont experience." ...

Election will start new era for Borough Council
At least three newcomers will take seats on panel
Centre Daily Times - 1 Nov 2007
... STATE COLLEGE, PA - His approach to taxes may be the most different among the candidates. Worried that permanent residents are, in effect, subsidizing public services for student residents, Hook would like the borough to shift the tax-and-fee burden away from earned income and more toward property, he said.

His approach would attach more aggressive fees or taxation to rental housing, he said, that would likely be reflected in rents paid by students ...

Council seeks to limit size of future dorms
News - 1 Nov 2007
... NEW YORK, NY - City council members are calling for a cap on dormitory sizes, which, if passed, could limit NYU's expansion.

James Gennaro, a member of the New York City Council, held a press conference last Thursday announcing his intention to introduce a bill to prevent universities from building dormitory buildings that are larger than normal building limits ...

Figueroa Corridor continues to fill in
A 145-unit housing complex three-quarters of a mile from campus will break ground in 2009.
Daily Trojan - 1 Nov 2007
... LOS ANGELES, CA - A study done by the Urban Land Institute, an organization that provides expertise in the real estate field, found housing around USC is not meeting student demand and recommended that USC consider building higher density developments to meet that need.

While USC has not built any high-density buildings recently, Red Oak Investments officials said they have proposed building a higher density complex near USC because of the growth potential here and the strong student demand to live close to the university ...

ASU hoping to replace frat houses with dorm-like development
KVOA - 1 Nov 2007
... TEMPE, AZ - In addition to housing, the project might include a hotel, convention center, retail, restaurants and regular student housing ...

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