Flint becoming a true college town?
More convinced of possibility
Journal - 24 Nov 2007
... FLINT, MI - For years, the idea was just talk. This year, it became an election buzz phrase.
With student housing at the University of Michigan-Flint poised to open next fall, there are signs that some seem to be reaching out to the city's roughly 20,000 college students in more pronounced ways ...

Preservationists fear encroachment from sprawling campuses
APSU wants to tear down Foust home for student housing
Leaf-Chronicle - 24 Nov 2007
... TENNESSEE - Jan Nuetzmann loves her 1932 home in the Ragland Court subdivision of Murfreesboro, where she and her husband moved 18 years ago. They planned to retire there, tucked away in one of the oldest residential areas in the city.
But recent moves by nearby Middle Tennessee State University changed Nuetzmann's mind. Her subdivision is part of the MTSU master development plan, and the school is already building a parking lot where several homes once stood ...

Residents want neighborhood on registry
Boomerang - 24 Nov 2007
... LARAMIE, WY - Laramie’s character comes from the neighborhoods that are composed of houses that were built 50-100 years ago. Many of these are situated in the older parts of town, including the downtown area, the University of Wyoming and the Laramie Plains Civic Center.
The preservation of these neighborhoods that document Laramie’s history are at the heart of a community effort called the University Neighborhood National Register Historic District Nomination project ...

Five Points | Keeping it funky
Merchants hope to keep village’s vibe
The State - 23 Nov 2007
... COLUMBIA, SC - But with a surge of interest among developers in the urban village near USC — some considering mid-rise buildings with luxury condos and spiffy new storefronts — the question becomes:
How do you keep Five Points funky? ...

A-C may widen reins on grading
'Kiddie condo' trend
Bsnner-Heralld - 23 Nov 2007
... ATHENS, GA - The law, passed two years ago, applies only to subdivisions in areas zoned single-family. Some commissioners want to extend the law to cover the student-oriented subdivisions that are coming up in multifamily areas across Athens.
Such "kiddie condos," bought by parents for their children's four-year stay in Athens, are the latest trend in student housing. They are exempt from the mass-grading ordinance because they're often built on land zoned for apartments, where the law doesn't apply ...

Columbia's $6 Billion Expansion Likely to Win Approval From NYC
Bloombergs - 23 Nov 2007
... NEW YORK, NY - Columbia University's $6 billion expansion plan in Harlem may win approval from a New York City panel next week, five years after the school began an effort to double in size ...

Shortage of blacks at Oxford
Democrat - 23 Nov 2007
... Consider that this year marks the 100th anniversary of the election of Alaine Locke, the first African-American Rhodes Scholar, and although significant time has passed and progress made none of his intellectual descendants were among the 2007 class. Unfortunately, this disturbing absence of black students marks the 2008 class as well ...

President of FLCC seeks to double enrollment
Democrat & Chronicle - 23 Nov 2007
HOPEWELL, NY — Finger Lakes Community College President Barbara Risser has big plans for the two-year school in Ontario County. She's hoping to double enrollment to about 10,000 full- and part-time students within 10 years ...

And this is where you'll live
If your first-year res days are over, you better get educated about off-campus housing
MacLeans - 22 Nov 2007
... KINGSTON, ON - Each year, the Queen’s team also awards two prizes: the Golden Cockroach for the worst rental property in the Ghetto, and the Key to The Ghetto for the best. During the winter months, students are invited to send in their nominations. Last year, SPAT volunteers found students living in rooms with mould, exposed radiators, cockroaches and mice. Many places also suffered from broken windows, missing screens, missing handrails, slanted floors, unsafe staircases and other instances of disrepair ...

Town-gown triumph
In poorest part of Worcester, Clark helps put children on path to college
Globe - 22 Nov 2007
... WORCHESTER, MA -In the past four years, nearly every graduate has gone on to college, radically defying the odds for inner-city students. In turn, the neighborhood is rebounding, stabilized by working families drawn by the promise of a college education for their children.

University Park [Campus School], which Clark helped found a decade ago and oversees in a partnership with the city, has earned national recognition for its striking success in overcoming the achievement gap between urban and suburban schools, among the most persistent and pervasive problems in American education ...

Hungry students rely on campus food bank
Leader-Post - 22 Nov 2007
... REGINA, SK - Burdened with tens of thousands of dollars in debt, living expenses and often children, some students on the University of Regina campus have a growing need for access to affordable food.

The Community Cupboards program took off from a realization of the needs of students, but a lack of support often left the cupboards bare ...

Writers on the Range
Animal house: Human beings are urban wildlife, too
Independent - 22 Nov 2007
... MISSOULA, MT - A recent lockdown at my daughters’ elementary school in Boulder, Colo., brought horrific images to mind. But it was no big deal: merely a bear seen near the playground. Ironically, an outdoors program was under way, complete with a kayak pool, climbing wall and mountain-bike course. The lockdown is typical of how wildlife interactions can so often become overreactions.

Like many of my fellow citizens in the “Republic of Boulder,” I was lured here by the combination of natural beauty, liberal thinking and college-town atmosphere. We take pride in the acres of open space that prevent urban sprawl and provide recreation for our 100,000 residents. However, the greenbelt also provides habitat for mountain lions, bears, deer, foxes and prairie dogs ...

Apple Cup | Purple or Crimson?
Times - 22 Nov 2007
... SEATLE, WA - Cougars students and alumni, thousands of whom chose WSU over the UW because they wanted a college experience in a college town away from home, are quick to talk about how their school is a true campus community without commuters. Both schools can do a drumroll of famous alumni ...

Part of the charm of college rivalry games is that they are compelling even if the teams have bad records, which is the case this year with both entering with 4-7 marks ...

Meeting ‘the one’ without barhopping around the 'Burg
Rocktown Weekly - 22 Nov 2007
... HARRISONBURG, VA - Scandlen, 37, doesn't have to worry about the trials of dating in Harrisonburg since he was married when he moved here from Phoenix in 2001. But he can see how it would be tough in a college town. "This is a hard area to meet people if you're not into the bar scene or if you're older than college age," he said.

But there are other options. Scandlen is the marketing director for the Association of Young Professionals, a networking group in Harrisonburg. "I've met good friends through AYP," he said. "I'm networking professionally and socially too." ...

City council votes to form task force on off-campus student housing
KY KERNEL - 21 Nov 2007
... LEXINGTON, KY - About 90 landlords, students and residents came to the planning committee meeting at the Lexington-Fayette Government Center to discuss the proposed housing regulations, which are based on ones used at Pennsylvania State University.

At Penn State, only three non-related students can live in an off-campus house and student houses must be located at least 180 feet apart from each other. Stevens, along with UK Assistant Vice President for Community Engagement Lisa Higgins-Hord and Vice President for Facilities Management Bob Wiseman, visited the Penn State campus earlier this year to see how effective the rules were there ...

No need to be alone this Thanksgiving
Register - 21 Nov 2007
... BEREA, KY - “It started several years back,” Warren said about the event. “Berea is a college town and there are a lot of us who are from other places. And so a lot of us couldn’t go home or couldn’t get to family, and rather than spending the day with ourselves or our own little families — I have two little kids — it’s a lot more fun to be with a lot of people.”

Foes denounce student-renter plan
LANDLORDS WOULD NEED PERMITS FOR TENANTS WHO ATTEND COLLEGE
Herald-Leader - 21 Nov 2007
... LEXINGTON, KY - Opponents of a proposal to require landlords to obtain a permit when renting a house to college students packed the Urban County Council chambers yesterday.

The permit would hold landlords more accountable for the behavior of their student renters. If students persistently violated city laws by parking illegally, littering or partying too loudly, the permit would be revoked ...

Groundbreaking scheduled for student housing
News - 21 Nov 2007
... SACRAMENTO, CA - The four-story complex will boost on-campus residence housing from about 1,100 to 1,700 students and offer a variety of suites, triples, doubles and single-occupancy rooms, each with its own bathroom, living room and a food preparation area, as well as common areas such as a central courtyard ...

Costco wants to put store on college land
Golden West College in Huntington Beach considers leasing 14 acres now used for parking and three sports fields, but faces objections.
LA Times - 21 Nov 2007
... HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA - A proposal to build a Costco at Golden West College in Huntington Beach is coming under fire from students and nearby residents who fear increased traffic and question whether a college should be allowed to turn part of its campus into a big-box store ...

‘Roulette Economy’ of 2007 Nearly Over, Realtors Told
National Association of Realtors convention
Herald - 20 Nov 2007
... USA - When recovery comes, said Tuccillo, most clients will be Gen X and Gen Y. These younger buyers don’t want relationship selling; instead they want the best bottom line deal you can find and the one-stop shopping to make the deal faster so they can get on with their lives.

Other big buyers in the next decade will be retiring boomers, who will want homes in 24-hour cities and college towns. “Real estate practitioners have traditionally worked with first-time buyers. Think of these people as last-time buyers,” ...

Pierce, Hunt Partner to Expand Campus-Based Projects
CPN - 20 Nov 2007
... USA - ... he anticipates PEP acquiring about $500 million worth of student housing nationwide over the next three years. The Pierce Co. is already ranked among the top 10 buyers of student housing nationally.

Pierce noted that according to Real Capital Analytics' database, $7.3 billion of student housing has been sold in the past 3 1/2 years--more than half of that to the three top student housing REITs. He therefore expects "a substantial shift" over the next two years toward activity by private student housing operating companies ...

MINISTER: RESOLVING SECOND HOME PROBLEM IS TOO MUCH LIKE HARD WORK
Cornwall24 - 20 Nov 2007
... CORNWALL, UK - Instead of trying to balance the housing market in West Cornwall which last year saw five times as many houses sold to second home owners as to first time buyers, Department of Communities and Local Government officials are apparently, instead, concentrating on problems of ‘studentification’ in urban areas. Ms Cooper told Mr George that if they failed to make progress with housing in university towns, there would be little hope of working towards solutions to the second homes crisis.

Mr George commented: “Though the door is theoretically still open, Government excuses for inaction are transparently threadbare. The impact which second and holiday homes have on housing affordability in many parts of the country is a problem which the Government seems unwilling to face up to ...

Harvard Won the Game...
But Yale is winning the housing war
Harvard Crimson - 20 Nov 2007
... CAMBRIDGE, MA - Fifteen Minutes magazine ran a scrutiny in 2004 that asked the question: “Should we all have gone to Yale?” My 17-year-old self read this piece and scoffed at the possibility that anyone would choose New Haven over Cambridge. I had been to nerd camp at Yale and decided that I hated fake Gothic architecture, the flower lady who peddled outside Starbucks, and a campus centered on overpriced shops and Au Bon Pain.

Three-and–a-half years later, at the Game for my last time as an undergraduate, my more cynical 20-year-old self reconsidered this pro-Harvard prejudgment. After all, there’s nothing so unique about our Square, where I regularly cut through the seating of Cambridge’s ABP so that I can avoid Spare Change Guy and the colonial-style bricks that destroy my heels. With the storefronts of my two former favorite coffee shops still vacant because of Harvard Real Estate’s prohibitively high rent, I am hard-pressed to remember what I liked about the area ...

For sale: 110-year-old yellow mansion for $1.35M
Business Review - 20 Nov 2007
... SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - "A condo market slow down," prompted him to scrap a restoration plan that would have converted the 7,500-square-foot mansion and carriage house into condos, Lotruglio said this week.

The building was cut into apartments years ago and had been rented to Skidmore College students for years ...

But the Saratoga Springs apartment rental market has become a harder sell over the past two years since Skidmore constructed new townhouses in an effort to encourage more upperclassmen to live on campus ...

College of Education talks productive, town and university say
GoBlueRidge - 20 Nov 2007
... BOONE, NC - Out of nine possible sites, Appalachian State University has selected a location on Howard Street for the new College of Education.

The university has opposition, however. Not only is the location zoned as a residential neighborhood, but town officials are concerned about traffic and walkability ...

UWM unveils plan to control crime
Rise in incidents brings $500,000 response
Journal-Sentinel - 20 Nov 2007
... MILWAUKEE, WI - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will start late-night walking patrols in the neighborhoods surrounding the school, hire more officers and seek a security review from an independent task force as part of a $500,000 campus safety initiative unveiled Tuesday.

UWM Chancellor Carlos Santiago and UWM Police Chief Pamela Hodermann announced several steps that will be taken in response to increased crime near campus ...

Suspects targeted WMU students video
WoodTV - 20 Nov 2007
... KALAMAZOO, MI - The breaking-and-entering that terrorized six Western Michigan University students and led to an eight-hour standoff with police wasn't an isolated incident. This, according to Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety detectives.

Police say robbery was the motive and college students were the target ...

Lincoln College students line up donations destined for food pantries
Courier - 20 Nov 2007
... LINCOLN, IL - Volunteers started their line at the intersection of Keokuk and Ottawa streets. Seven hundred sixty-five feet later they stretched the line to the campus student services building.

"I think this is wonderful," said LC director of housing Bridgett Thomas. "We have collected food before at Lincoln College, but we have never lined it like this." ...

Private time in student housing
Maine Today - 20 Nov 2007
... PORTLAND, ME - No one who has spent much time in a college dorm is likely to think of it as anything more than utilitarian housing.

But in Portland and dozens of communities around the country, privately operated student housing is increasingly seen as an attractive development option and good investment ...

University, city officials stress student fire safety
Daily Cardinal - 20 Nov 2007
... MADISON, WI - In the wake of Sunday morning’s tragic blaze at 123 N. Bedford St., city and university officials continue investigating the cause of the fire and stress the importance of keeping up on fire safety codes ...

Pre-emptive land-use talk an impressive move
Banner-Herald - 20 Nov 2007
... ATHENS, GA - In convening last week's meeting, Butts has also helped to set what is, thankfully, becoming a communitywide standard for handling land-use issues. Obviously, Butts' neighborhood meeting doesn't establish good community relations as a de jure aspect of land-use decisions, but it does help to make consideration of community standards a new de facto standard for guiding the future development of Athens-Clarke County.

That such a decision was made in the face of the obvious difficulty of shutting down a long-standing local business speaks volumes about Butts' commitment to the quality of life in Athens-Clarke County.

Extending the Arm of Campus Law
Inside Higher Ed. - 20 Nov 2007
... USA - Plenty of colleges worry about student conduct away from campus, but few have the resources and authority to track it as effectively as they can on their own grounds. Several institutions, in an effort to reduce crime and serious violations of university policy, are considering proposed changes that would allow them to expand their jurisdictions ...

Harlem takes on university in battle of town versus gown
Residents object to plans to turn black neighbourhood into 'Manhattanville'
Guardian - 20 Nov 2007
... NEW YORK, NY - It looked like a battle of the slogans. On either side of the campus square stood imposing library buildings bearing the names of Homer, Herodotus, Sophocles, Plato and the boast "By royal charter in the reign of George II".

Gathered in the middle was a group of 200 protesters carrying their own competing signs: "Stop Columbia!", "Harlem not for sale!", "Say no to eminent domain!" ...

Greensboro Zoning Commission denies two infill projects
Yes Weekly - 20 Nov 2007
... GREENSBORO, NC - More than a dozen people split roughly between residents and students turned out to stand against the rezoning request, which would allow developer Randy Dixon to build apartments to house 108 students on Dolley Madison Road and, neighbors fear, cut into the tree canopy that lends the area a rural feel. A college representative said Guilford was prepared to cooperate with Dixon, recognizing that the property surrounding the unoccupied historic Hodgin house will have to be redeveloped one way or another, but several students indicated they did not welcome the proposed new housing ...

S.D. Council Postpones Action on Mini-Dorm Ordinance
KPBS - 20 Nov 2007
... SAN DIEGO, CA - San Diego City Council has voted for a measure to restrict mini dorms in single family residential neighborhoods city wide. However the council postponed taking action on a “Rooming House Ordinance” proposed by the city attorney, which would forbid mini dorms, except in multi family and commercial zones ...

The College area is ground zero for mini dorms -- family houses that have been converted into multiple occupancy units, often to house students . At a four hour meeting last night, Reverend Adam Rock told the council what he thinks of mini dorms ...

Single-Family Homes with More Than 6 Adults Pay $1000 for Permit
XETV - 20 Nov 2007
... SAN DIEGO, CA - Owners of single-family homes with more than six adult residents would have to pay $1,000 annually for a permit under a proposal that was given initial approval by the San Diego City Council.

The "residential high occupancy permit" proposal was among two considered by the council last night ...

Off-Campus Housing Restrictions To Be Discussed
WKYT - 20 Nov 2007
... LEXINGTON, KY - The regulations being discussed would allow only three non-related students to live in an off-campus house at a time.

If passed, it would also not allow one student residential unit to exist within 180 feet of another student home ...

UT students rally for development of Dorr corridor
Blade - 20 Nov 2007
... TOLEDO, OH - the university hopes to hire an urban-planning firm by Jan. 1, and begin discussions with Dorr corridor stakeholders about how to develop the area. He said involved in those discussions will be residents, UT students, university officials, UT Foundation members, the City of Toledo, Lucas County, local churches, community development corporations, and economic development agencies like the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority and the Regional Growth Partnership ...

Organic grows
State News - 20 Nov 2007
... EAST LANSING, MI - College towns, for example, are prime locations for stores and restaurants to sell all natural foods, Wilson said.

“In a town like East Lansing, there are many people who can afford the products,” he said. “You’ve got a lot of young people who are educated and upper-class.”

Bruce Haskell, associate director of University Housing, said some local and organic produce is served at cafeterias ...

Envisioning a 'collegetown'
Design students create proposals to link UK with downtown and Transy
KY Kernel - 19 Nov 2007
... LEXINGTON, KY -
UK College of Design students shared visions this weekend in an exhibit downtown of a Lexington complete with a new skyscraper and bike paths.

The students' displays, part of "Expanding Boundaries - Envisioning Collegetown," made their debut in Logan's of Lexington clothing store in Victorian Square for Friday's gallery hop ...

Housing crisis: more than meets the eye
Daily - 19 Nov 2007
... SEATTLE, WA - Affordable and safe off-campus housing for students has always been a contentious issue. The push-and-pull, back-and-forth of local and state politics, vocal landlord lobbies and a revolving door of tenants have all contributed to the complexities of the Seattle housing market.

The latest step in addressing the housing dilemma, which affects many residents in neighborhoods surrounding the UW campus, was a proposal by Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata, who proposed $75,000 for the 2008 City of Seattle budget to allow the Department of Planning and Development to research the possibility of developing a city-wide rental housing inspection program that would bring substandard housing to the city code compliance.

RESIDENTS CONCERNED OVER STUDENT FLATS
Express & Echo - 19 Nov 2007
... EXETER, UK - Developers are seeking outline planning permission for more purpose- built student flats in the St David's area of Exeter.

If given the go-ahead, the scheme could see 14 flats in Bonhay Road, housing 98 students. It is likely this group of flats would be the second phase of a development which has already started and which will provide accommodation for 243 students on the site of the former Royal Mail depot. This development was turned down twice by city planners before being approved on appeal ...

Record Service site on campus to boast luxury townhouses
News-Gazette - 19 Nov 2007
... CHAMPAIGN, IL – "We're planning on completion in February, with apartment leasing geared to August," said Miriam Booth, general manager for Bankier Apartments. "The townhomes are over 1,500 square feet each, which is spacious for campus housing."

Each townhouse will have four bedrooms and three bathrooms and lease for $2,750 a month ...

1 dead, 3 injured in house fire near UW
Wisconsin State Journal - 19 Nov 2007
... MADISON, WI - At least one smoke detector was removed from its ceiling mount and others were not working at the site of a fatal house fire early Sunday near the UW-Madison campus ...

Role playing
Diamondback - 19 Nov 2007
... COLLEGE PARK, MD - Something profoundly refreshing has happened: The College Park City Council has actually done something about its concerns regarding fire safety. As reported Friday by The Diamondback's Kevin Robillard, the council unanimously voted Tuesday to send a letter to Prince George's County Fire Chief Lawrence Sedgwick in protest of planned cuts that would slim the budget of each county volunteer fire department by $7,500.

Unfortunately, the fact that the council's letter-writing act can be considered refreshing is not a good thing. The fact that this letter stands out as being one of the most active stances the council has taken recently on fire-safety issues is scary ...

When Wild Turkeys Take Over audio
NPR - 19 Nov 2007
... DAVIS, CA - The cemetery in the quiet college town of Davis, California has been invaded by wild turkeys. The birds are harassing mourners, chasing bicyclists and eating flowers. Cemetery managers are experimenting with techniques to get rid of them. Tamara Keith of member station KQED reports ...

Home is where the University is

Daily Princetonian - 19 Nov 2007
... PRINCETON, NJ - Many students say they appreciate it when faculty dwell close to the University, valuing the social and academic intimacy that's possible when they run into their professors at Starbucks or walking down Nassau Street.

For professors, however, the choice of where to make their home can be fraught with complexities, including the high cost of living in the Princeton area, family connections to other locations and fear that they won't keep their jobs long enough to make it worth uprooting to a college town ...

The law of the landlords video
Courier - 18 Nov 2007
... CEDAR FALLS, IA - The test ordinance creates a point system for rental properties. The ordinance lists 29 different transgressions, ranging from overflowing trash bins to unshoveled snow to loud parties to houses illegally converted to duplexes. Offenses carry a point total ranging from three to 15 points.

If a certain property accumulates 15 points in a year, the landlord could lose the right to rent that property for six months. Repeat offenses would lead to a longer rental permit suspension ...

Real Estate Forecasts
American Chronicle - 18 Nov 2007
... USA - Other places that most researchers believe to be good places to buy real estate include; college towns or state capitals, retirement communities, or other underdeveloped places that have projected economic growth within the next five to ten years. Logic behind retirement communities is that nearly 25% of America’s baby boomers will be retiring in the next 15 years ...

South Coast Plaza Buildings Retrofitted To Be ‘Green’
Valeo Inks $100 Million Deal for College Housing
Business Journal - 18 Nov 2007
... WESTERN USA - Valeo Cos., a Lake Forest-based builder of university housing and mixed-use projects, just signed a $100 million joint venture deal with Chicago’s Henderson Global Investors (North America) Inc.

The money is set to be used to develop faculty, staff and student housing at university and college campuses in the Western U.S.

The partnership will provide equity for university developments under a financial structure that allows the housing projects to be off-balance sheet and off-credit for the university ...

Fatal fire leaves eerie gap on Upton Park
Democrat & Chronicle - 18 Nov 2007
... ROCHESTER, NY - The block today is half-and-half owner-occupied and rentals, city records show. The city, meanwhile, has rebuilt University Avenue and, working with the neighborhood, commissioned artwork for an outdoor gallery that continues to grow. Neighbors and city planners met last week to discuss a Phase II of the neighborhood's ArtWalk.

The house at 33 Upton Park became a rental when it was sold to local landlord Joe Julian in 2002. He paid $45,000, then sold it 15 months later to current owner Cataldo Arbore for $140,000. The RIT students moved in this summer ...

Parading bands in Bowling Green put lively step in holiday
Blade - 18 Nov 2007
... BOWLING GREEN, OH - There is no right way to watch a parade.

Six-year-old Kyle Klett can't sit down. It's just too maddening, waiting for the parade to start.

He points to the Bowling Green State University marching band, still making its way up the street ...

Planner charges residents with planning for Starkille's future
Dispatch - 18 Nov 2007
... STARKVILLE, MS - The time is now for landowners and homeowners in Oktibbeha County - those living outside the city limits of Starkville - to begin thinking about what concerns weigh on them in regards to how home, business or transportation development should be handled across the county.

“What's your biggest concern; that's what we need from you,” Rudy Johnson, a planner with the Golden Triangle Planning and Development District, told a roomful of about 15 county residents Thursday night in a first informal meeting to discuss the process of drafting a countywide comprehensive plan ...

Keeping peace with the neighbors
Globe - 18 Nov 2007
... BOSTON, MA - Call him the Grim Reaper of Good Times.

Or perhaps Mr. Wet Blanket.

Steve Montgomery may be a soft-spoken guy in a maroon-and-gold windbreaker, but if you're a Boston College student throwing a raging house party, he's about the last person you want showing up at your door ...

Southeast Como residents oppose removing homes for Grand Rounds ‘missing link
Daily Planet - 18 Nov 2007
... MINNEAPOLIS, MN - One resident at the meeting, who said he has lived on 26th Street for 31 years, seemed to agree that the G5 route could improve the neighborhood. “Your neighborhood has taken a hit in the past,” he said, referring to litter and noise. “Your neighborhood is determined by landlords and student housing.”

Board president Wendy Menken acknowledged there are residents who are frustrated, but she noted there were 300 people who have attended route meetings “who say we’re not too far gone.” ...

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