Ithaca On Forbes' Smartest Cities List video
Forbes - 9 Feb 2008
... USA - Forbes Magazine has named Ithaca the third smartest city in the nation ...

Forbes list of Top 10 Smartest Cities:
1. Boulder, Colorado
2. Bethesda, Maryland
3. Ithaca, New York
4. Ann Arbor, Michigan
5. Corvallis, Oregon
6. Ames, Iowa
7. Lawrence, Kansas
8. Cambridge, Massachusetts
9. San Francisco, California
10. Iowa City, Iowa

Time to break the town-and-gown barrier
RICHARD FLORIDA
Globe & Mail - 9 Feb 2008
... CANADA / USA - For lots of regions, especially declining ones, universities have come to be seen as economic saviours, at least since people started talking about Stanford University's role in the rise of California's Silicon Valley. One leading Valley entrepreneur, asked for "the secret" of the area's success, replied, tongue-in-cheek: "Take one great research university. Add venture capital. Shake vigorously." ...

'You can't have a university without students'
Lacking enough student residences, illegal rooming houses have sprung up. Now Oshawa wants to crack down with a new bylaw
Globe & Mail - 9 Feb 2008
... OSHAWA, ON - Town-and-gown tensions are a headache for most university communities, but in Oshawa the usual skirmishes over noise and messy yards have escalated into a full-pitched battle. City Council is poised to pass a bylaw next week that would force as many as 500 students out of makeshift digs by capping the number of bedrooms in homes near the joint university and college campus. In addition, landlords would also have to have their property licensed by the city ...

Officials: Housing market is strong
Students help area buck national real estate trends
Press-Citizen - 9 Feb 2008
... IOWA CITY, IA - Housing, including rental housing, has been a hot topic nationally and locally. A slowing economy and the sub-prime mortgage mess have left many homes on the market longer and many units empty.

In the Iowa City area, Realtors point to the undergraduate and graduate student housing markets as almost immune to national housing trends ...

An Enclave of Dartmouth Opens Up
Second-home owners in Hanover are drawn by some of the perks Dartmouth students enjoy.
Ny Times - 8 Feb 2008
... HANOVER, NH - Drawn by many of the same perks as the students — first-rate facilities, a commitment to the arts and spirited night life, all folded into a pitch-perfect rural New England landscape of inns, general stores and clock-tower churches — these second-home buyers are also discovering more beneath the surface of the region’s provincial tableaux.

Indoors, bistros throb with live Latin jazz, stylish women browse in designer T-shirt shops, and markets teem with enough cuts of sablefish, flounder and char to rival any big-city grocery ...

Rock Da Pasta Rocks Your Plate
Oracle - 8 Feb 2008
... NEW PALTZ, NY - New Paltz has a variety of restaurants on Main Street that offer anything from Greek food to sushi, but its latest addition is Rock Da Pasta.

Rock Da Pasta is a restaurant that fuses rock ’n’ roll with food, which are the two great loves of Cody Ritson, who co-owns the restaurant with his partner and fellow musician, Judy Steele ...

None turned away from polls for absence of ID
Super Tuesday
Banner-Herald - 8 Feb 2008
... ATHENS, GA - "That's a problem you'll see more in a college town," she said.

One young woman changed her residency to Athens when she renewed her driver's license Jan. 9 and mistakenly thought she was eligible to vote in Clarke County, Schrader said. She drove to her home county of Gwinnett to vote, she said.

"That was inspiring to me to hear of a voter that committed," she said ...

University makes pact to reduce its impact
The Villager - 8 Feb 2008
... GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY - It could be the end of years of bitterness between New York University and its Village neighbors.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and New York University President John Sexton on Jan. 30 signed what they characterized as “historic town-gown principles” that set guidelines for the future expansion of N.Y.U. for the next 25 years and take into account neighborhood concerns about the scale of development ...

Choice Pantry board appreciates recognition
Oxford Press - 8 Feb 2008
... OXFORD, OH - Since July 2007, when we opened our doors, we have served 407 individual families who together made more than 1,500 visits to the pantry. Volunteers logged 1,900 hours in serving those families. The volunteers have come from across the community; town and gown have worked side-by-side to help our neighbors in need ...

SUNY Oswego Plans New Dorms video
WTVH - 8 Feb 2008
... OSWEGO, NY - Plans are underway at SUNY Oswego for the first new residential housing facilities there in 35 years. These are not your grandparents dorms and probably not your parents, either. The townhouse project will be built on a beautiful wooded lot near the campus lagoon.

The individual apartments will have all the amenities, in either two or three stories. They'll have either four or six bedrooms, and they'll likely be co-ed ...

Closing Time: Two Of The Oldest Dorms At UK To Shut Down
WKYT - 8 Feb 2008
... LEXINGTON, KY - Two of the University of Kentucky's oldest dormitories will close their doors next year while the school decides whether to upgrade the facilities to accommodate the more eclectic tastes of today's students ...

RealPage Acquires WebRoomz Student Living Software
Multi-Housing News - 8 Feb. 2008
... CARROLTON, TX - --RealPage Inc., a Carrolton-Texas-based provider of on-demand software and services to the multifamily industry, has acquired WebRoomz, an on-demand leasing system for students and military personnel.

The WebRoomz leasing system matches students with compatible roommates and has other capabilities tailored to student housing. By doing so, the Web site reportedly improves the efficiency of the “turn” each year as students and their parents approach student housing communities across the country over a one-week period just before school begins ...

The Smartest Cities In America
Forbes.com - 7 Feb 2008
... USA - Forbes.com has ranked America's metros and discovered exactly which cities are the union's brightest bulbs. Since our last ranking a year ago, there have been a few upsets in the top 10--although Nos. 1 and 2 have held their positions, some newbies have entered the race and knocked their predecessors out of the competition ...

The common denominator among almost all of them is likely the key to placing rank--they're college towns ...

Gov: Skip freshman year
Enquirer - 7 Feb 2008
... OHIO, USA - Instead of going to high school, some Ohio seniors would be allowed to head to a college campus for classes - for free - under a plan proposed Wednesday by Gov. Ted Strickland.

Strickland unveiled the "Seniors to Sophomores" plan during his State of the State speech Wednesday in Columbus. It would allow students who meet admissions standards to complete their final year of high school and their first year of college at the same time, with the state covering tuition.

He hopes to enroll some students this fall ...

Return home of the ‘boomerang kids’ stretches parents to limit
Times - 7 Feb 2008
... UK - A survey of 575 calls to the charity’s helpline found that nearly 10 per cent concerned this issue.

Nearly 70 per cent of callers worried about regular use of category C drugs. Problems were particularly acute where children had left home, possibly to study away from home or set up house with a partner or friend, only to return. Once they had had a taste of freedom they were more likely to treat home “like a hotel” ...

Redevelopment agencies sign agreement for Eddy Street Commons in South Bend
WSBT - 7 Feb 2008
... SOUTHBEND, IN - Eddy Street Commons is to be created in the area around Eddy Street and Angela Boulevard/Edison Road, just south of the University of Notre Dame.

It is envisioned to be a more than $200 million investment, with two hotels, private housing, restaurants and retail space ...

Development fee would make housing affordable
Alligator - 7 Feb 2008
... GAINESVILLE, FL - Cambridge, Mass., another college town similar in size to Gainesville, started adopting linkage fees back in 1988 and has collected $750,000 since then.

Critics may say that imposing a fee on developers would undo all the work the city has done to provide incentives to attract developers to the city ...

Berkeley Could Lose Funding Over Anti-Marine Stance
KRXI - 7 Feb 2008
... BERKELEY, CA - Republicans in Congress are playing hardball with Berkeley after the liberal city council issued a declaration urging the U.S. Marines to move its recruitment office out of the East Bay college town last week. Now conservative lawmakers are fighting back with legislation that could eliminate millions of dollars in funding for UC Berkeley and a variety of city programs ...

Chase plugs Zipcars at Master’s Tea
Yale Daily News - 7 Feb 2008
... NEW HAVEN, CT - Zipcar, founded in 1999, is a car-sharing company that provides its members with on-demand access to cars by the hour in 22 major North American cities. Chase said Zipcar is especially effective in big cities and college towns.

An average American spends 18 percent of his or her income on cars and related expenses, Chase said. Joining a network of shared cars could reduce this cost significantly and eliminate the hassle of parking — there are 30,000 fewer cars on the road because of Zipcar, she said ...

Union's damage estimates may reach $40M
Sun - 7 Feb 2008
... JACKSON, TN - Union University President David S. Dockery estimated damages to the campus from Tuesday night's tornado could be $40 million.

The storm marks the third time the university has been hit by high winds or a tornado during Dockery's tenure, which began in the fall of 1996 ...

House bill may affect off-campus housing
Delegate Aumann seeks increased code enforcement near college towns
Towerlight - 7 Feb 2008
... TOWSON, MD - First introduced on Jan. 21, the bill aims to determine what communities are "affected by the student population of a public senior higher education institution." If a district fits the standards set forth by the state, funding would be provided to increase code enforcement.

The Towson University Student Government Association has expressed opposition to the bill, stating that it unfairly aims code enforcement toward college students ...

Town-gown marriage in Worcester possible model for A-B
Tab - 6 Feb 2008
... ALLSTON-BRIGHTON, MA - As Allston-Brighton edges toward a future coupled with Harvard University, many will be looking west — 40 miles to the west — to Worcester and Clark University.

“The partnership between Clark and Worcester is fantastic,” said Harry Mattison, a member of the Harvard-Allston Task Force. Last Thursday, a bus delivered Mattison and more than 20 others from Allston-Brighton to Clark University, returning them with visions of a happy — if complex — marriage between university and town ...

City OKs Butler St. project
On same day developer's other multi-$million condo tower looks at foreclosure
Capitol Times - 6 Feb 2008
... MADISON, WI - Madison developer Cliff Fisher won one on the same day that news broke that Phase II of his multimillion dollar downtown Metropolitan Place was facing foreclosure.

Tuesday, over the objections of some neighborhood residents and the alder representing the area, the City Council approved rezoning five lots so that Fisher's proposed four-story, 38-unit apartment building can be built ...

The neighborhood has long been home to rental student housing, which both Konkel and Compton admitted is moving away from the area, setting up an opportunity for change that must be met ...

 

California university town faces retaliation for anti-Marine policy
ChinaView - 6 Feb 2008
... BERKELEY, CA - Berkeley, California's university town, faces retaliation from Washington after its City Council voted last week to announce the U.S. Marines and their recruiting station is not welcome in the city, officials said Wednesday.

A move is going forward in the U.S. Congress, as six senators and one representative, all Republicans, introduced bills calling for the withdrawal of 2 million dollars of federal funds from Berkeley educational institutions.

That includes funds from UC Berkeley and a local foundation that provides lunches for Berkeley public schools, according to a press release from the Washington office of South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, who leads the retaliation effort against Berkeley ...

Party Animals
What if the LAPD caused a riot at USC, and nobody cared?
CityBeat - 6 Feb 2008
... LOS ANGELSE, CA - You’ve never heard of Joel Avery. And you never saw one word printed about what went down at his party in the L.A. Times. Hundreds of students converged at the end of a long week on January 25 for what Avery called an “epic” event. More than 1,000 RSVP’ed on Facebook. “If I had any idea what was going to happen, I wouldn’t have even thrown the party,” said Avery, who helped organize the seven-house party on 30th Street, a two-block stretch of student housing ...

Education Realty Trust Terminates Lease With Place Properties, Inc.
Company to Benefit From Managing Thirteen Additional [Student Housing] Properties
Prime NewsWire - 6 Feb 2008
... MEMPHIS, TN - Education Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EDR) today announced that it has negotiated an early termination of the lease with Place Properties, Inc. for the portfolio of 13 properties owned by EDR. Place has leased the properties from the Company since January 2006 ...

Paul Bower, Chairman, President and CEO commented, "We believe the early termination of the lease will enable the Company to more strategically manage the Place properties and will ultimately allow our shareholders to more fully participate in the upside of owning these assets [i.e. profit from student rent].

Union students freed after being trapped in rubble
Sun - 6 Feb 2008
... JACKSON, TN - Firefighters and other rescue personnel dug through debris at the Watters Complex at Union University on Tuesday night to free students trapped when a building collapsed.

The Watters Complex men's dormitories was one of two building complexes where 13 students had to be rescued on the campus. Students also had to be rescued from the Hurt Complex of women's dormitories ...

Tornado tears through university, 51 sent to hospital
Devastated Union University won't reopen till Feb. 18
Commercial Appeal - 6 Feb 2008
... JACKSON, TN - Union University students and administrators returned to campus this morning and encountered an even more dramatic look at the damage storms brought to their school Tuesday night.

Cars were pushed together in the student parking lot as if heavy equipment shoved them around, roofs were torn off student dorms and the sides stripped away ...

Obama takes Minn. caucuses; It's Romney on GOP side
WOI-TV - 6 Feb 2008
... MINNEAPOLIS, MN - College towns have propelled Barack Obama to a big win in Minnesota's Super Tuesday caucuses.

He used his appeal among younger voters to swamp Hillary Clinton.

Delegates are awarded proportionately, so Clinton could still claim some of the states 72 national convention delegates ...

The good, bad and ugly truth about college students' favorite meal
Royal Purple - 6 Feb 2008
... WHITEWATER, WI - Americans consume approximately 100 acres of pizza each day, or 350 slices per second, according to Pizza Today Magazine and the National Association of Pizza Operators.

Most college students would confess that a greater portion of those statistics comes thanks to them.

Whitewater, an infamous and accommodating college town, is home to seven different pizza restaurants. ...

Student Completes His Climb Of 100 Towers Stairs In Dubai For Charity
Second Feat By Jalal Who Trekked Across United Arab Emirates Last Year
Dubai City Guide - 5 Feb 2008
... DUBAI CITY, DUBAI - The 21-year-old business management student began his tower chase on January 20, starting with the 54-storeyed, 1,163ft- tall Emirates Towers, 12th tallest building in the world. He went on to climb the stairs of all the towers in the neighborhood, including the 1,053ft Burj Al Arab, the tallest hotel in the world. He then went on to climb the buildings in the Dubai Marina, and finally returned to take on the Dubai World Trade Center.

A group of students from the RPTC also joined Jalal in his “100 Towers” campaign. They climbed a few steps of the Burj Al Arab with Jalal and presented him with a bouquet of flowers as a token of appreciation from the Centre ...

Jalal continued his adventure day and night from one tower to another, sleeping in his car, having vowed not to return home until he accomplished the task he had set for himself ...

Downtown development estimated at $1 billion
Baylor Lariat - 5 Feb 2008
... WACO, TX - The City of Waco plans to launch a large development project in the downtown district this fall. The Waco Chamber of Commerce is heading up initiatives to reach a goal that entails spending $1 billion of private investor money on development in downtown Waco and along the Brazos River Corridor. The additions to the downtown district will include shopping centers and off-campus housing ...

More than 125 city residents back housing relief
3 councilors, however, cite fears about future flexibility
Daily Progress - 5 Feb 2008
... CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - Charlottesville’s affordable housing shortage, often discussed in the cold, sterile language of funding and figures, took on a human face Monday night in City Hall.

More than 125 people packed the City Council chambers to share their stories and demonstrate how the paucity of affordable housing affects city residents on a daily basis: A woman living in a city homeless shelter described the difficulty finding an apartment; another detailed the struggle minimum-wage workers face to secure down-payment assistance; and a social worker highlighted the growing numbers of homeless children in area schools ...

College plans new downtown dormitories
News - 5 Feb 2008
... BEVERLY, MA — The new dormitory complex planned by Montserrat College of Art will include four buildings connected by glass-and-steel enclosures, as well as art studios on the first floors with sculptures and paintings by students and faculty.

The $8 million complex, dubbed The Village at Montserrat, will be built directly across Essex Street from the college's main building on Beverly Common. Construction is scheduled to begin in June ...

An Updated Monastic Quadrangle Is Residence Hall of the Future
Chronicle - 5 Feb 2008
... USA — Four young architects who cleverly updated the monastic quadrangle beat out teams from well-known architecture firms to win the second round of a competition to design the ideal college residence hall for the 21st century ...

Licensing our landlords
Proposed bylaw would safeguard students, ease town-gown tension, councillor says
Queens Journal - 5 Feb 2008
... KINGSTON, ON - Sydenham ward councillor Bill Glover hopes a new working group tasked with addressing town-gown relations will propose a bylaw requiring students’ landlords to obtain licences ...

The group, established by a motion Glover brought forward in November, is supposed to explore the Aberdeen Street party and student housing issues. It’s expected to report to council in March ...

Our housing market problem
Brown Daily Herald - 5 Feb 2008
... PROVIDENCE, RI - No one is ever concerned that Brown's small army of celebrities' children will get better lottery numbers, or that those who are more active in dorm life will get preferential treatment, as at Northwestern University. Athlete, mathlete or video game aficionado, all enter the game with an equal opportunity at grabbing the best housing.

Unless you're short on cash, that is.

Most students are paying the $5,958 standard fee per year for housing, but those in suites or apartment-style housing are shelling out $7,066 - an $1,108 difference ...

Downtown development proposed
Could provide housing for city college students
Tribune - 5 Feb 2008
... MILWAUKEE, WI - Students looking to live in downtown Milwaukee but close to Marquette's campus could get a new housing option if a deal is approved by the county.

Plans are underway for a $75 million mixed-use development at the corner of North Sixth and West State streets that would include student housing. A seven-story apartment tower would be geared toward students at Milwaukee Area Technical College, Marquette University, Milwaukee School of Engineering and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, said Steven Stewart, president and CEO of New Vision Development Co., which is planning the project ...

COUNCIL MEETS MINISTER TO PRESS FOR PLANNING LAW CHANGE
PublicNet - 5 Feb 2008
... NOTTINGHAM, UK - Councillor Trimble explained, “We are asking, along with several other university towns and cities across the country, for a change in the planning legislation to allow more control of what happens to family homes. At present, a family house can be converted to an HMO without any need for planning permission. We feel that this needs to be changed to avoid Nottingham losing its neighbourhoods.”

Maya Fletcher said that under the legislation as it stands, there was little that could be done to prevent a family home from being converted. For cities like Nottingham that meant the loss of good quality family housing that it could ill afford to lose. “The changes to planning legislation we are asking for will help to prevent further erosion of neighbourhoods already swamped by HMOs, and to prevent other neighbourhoods from going the same way,” ...

Designing Franklin Street is a bad idea
Daily Tar Heel - 5 Feb 2008
... CHAPEL HILL, NC - Perhaps for all the talk of "development" on Franklin Street, the businesses that survive are merely those that respond to the demands of the residents of downtown Chapel Hill: horny, binge-drinking college students.

Cheap, heart-burn inducing restaurants and smoky hookup bars filled with the fake-ID crowds fulfill the few desires of 18- to 21-year-olds, while T-shirt shops satiate the demands of their proud parents.

Little else explains the inability of mainstream businesses to find success on Franklin Street ...

Aid sought to enforce housing law
Sun - 5 Feb 2008
... BALTIMORE, MD - A hearing on a measure to direct state resources to local code enforcement in college towns such as Towson is scheduled for Thursday.

The proposal would authorize the state Department of Housing and Community Development to provide grants and technical assistance to local jurisdictions to enforce housing laws in areas where there is a significant population of college students ...

Jazzing it up
Members of McGuffey Lane perform in Athens
Messenger - 4 Feb 2008
... ATHENS, OH - While the streets of downtown Athens were filled with the sounds of jazz and blues this weekend, one bar was filled with people who came to hear music that was not at all jazz or blues ...

Davidson Eyes University-related Hotels as Growth Vehicle
PR Newswire - 4 Feb 2008
... USA - Davidson Hotel Company (DHC), one of the nation's largest hotel management companies, today announced that it plans to significantly step up its efforts in the university hotel management segment, with a goal of doubling its existing collection of five university- related hotels within the next two to three years.

"Our expertise with university markets and the lack of noticeable industry focus on this unique niche makes it a logical and attractive expansion vehicle for us ...

Davis trailer park residents are looking to land a deal
Bee - 4 Feb 2008
... DAVIS, CA - Brian Johnson is just as proud of his three-bedroom, two-bath abode in Davis as any homeowner could be.

But the 72-year-old has to contend with worries that don't concern most homeowners in this affluent college town.

The land beneath his residence could be sold away, or the rent he pays for the plot could be increased so that he could no longer afford it on his fixed budget ...

University Senators Face Off Over Increasing Rent
Spectator - 4 Feb 2008
... NEW YORK, NY - Discussion on the rent increases of University housing riled up administrators and faculty at Friday’s monthly University Senate Plenary meeting.

Rent for faculty and graduate students has gone up 5 percent each year for the past two years, with the rising rates expected to increase until at least 2010. Senators have expressed concern because the rate is outpacing inflation, and faculty salaries have only been rising 2 to 3 percent on average. Rental income partially provides funds for the University’s capital investments ...

ANNUAL ‘HOUSING RE-LAUNCH’ BEGINS
IS IT ALL A POINTLESS EXERCISE?
LX News - 4 Feb 2008
... LIVERPOOL, UK - The Housing Re-launch, previously known as ‘housing week’, sees a huge number of properties released onto the LSH office and internet notice boards. This year the week beginning 4th February is the time where a large majority of students will begin to claim their accommodation for the next academic year using Liverpool Student Homes’ services. The organisation’s website declares, “If you are seeking student accommodation in the private sector you are strongly advised to use [our] service”.

The concept of providing some designated period for housing-hunting is agreed to be a helpful one for students, particularly first-years who may have no previous experience of renting and may be confused about when to begin looking for a house. However one prominent student landlord has accused the organization of creating “panic” by releasing all properties on the same day, as students rush to claim accommodation immediately rather than taking the time to look at numerous properties ...

Wilkes-Barre, wake up and see the light
Beacon - 4 Feb 2008
... WILKES-BARRE, PA - For those who have been to State College, I look at that town as the ideal "college town." The main street can provide a student with almost any necessity, whether in the afternoon or at night. But the nicest thing about the main street, and those surrounding it, is that the streets are bright on the darkest of nights.

Those lights are inviting to the 20-year-olds, elderly, and middle-aged people who wish they were 20-year-olds again. Obviously State College is a much larger community than Wilkes-Barre, but I am not suggesting that they put a smoothie palace on every corner. What I am suggesting is to illuminate downtown and create a warm and inviting area at night ...

Road Worthy Hopes Food Is Worth Drive
News-Register - 4 Feb 208
... WEST LIBERTY, WV — Situated just off W.Va. 88 in the college town of West Liberty is a family-owned and operated business that strives to offer quality food and a relaxed atmosphere.

Since late last year, Road Worthy Restaurant & Tavern has been a part of the West Liberty community, serving people from the Ohio Valley, Washington, Pa., and other locations. The log cabin structure houses a restaurant that seats 110 and a bar.

General Manager Eric Metz said the quality of the food is worth the drive, hence the name “Road Worthy.” Metz co-owns the business with his parents, Everett and Bernie Metz. Eric Metz said he tries to visit each table to make sure the meal is pleasing to the patrons ...

The vision advances: $115M project to reshape downtown E.L. may start in spring
State Journal - 3 Feb 2008
... EAST LANSING, MI - The City Center II plan still must be approved by East Lansing's downtown development and brownfield authorities, planning commission and City Council. It's likely to be at least May before the City Council takes up the matter, officials said.

If approved, the project further helps the city develop the area around Valley Court Park. The project could include nearly 200 living units between a mix of apartments and for-sale condominiums.

"It helps to reinforce the concept of a whole arts and cultural district we're trying to build around the park," ...

Easing Science Complex anxiety with $24m pact
Globe - 3 Feb 2008
... BOSTON, MA - After last-minute negotiations around a disputed community benefits package, the Boston Redevelopment Authority and Harvard University are expected to sign a cooperation agreement this week that will allow construction to start on a new $1 billion Science Complex in North Allston ...

The changes included increased funding for parks, streets, sidewalks, and landscaping in areas around the four-building 589,000-square-foot center, and a pledge of $500,000 for a community needs survey and a "transformational project" in the neighborhood ...

Cafe, cinema and gallery combine in Maine college town
News - 3 Feb 2008
... BRUNSWICK, ME - - For eight years Michael Gilroy traveled ancient trade routes through the Middle East and Asia, leading cultural expeditions and thinking about how to share what he saw, tasted and heard.

``I wanted to bring it all home to a community, but in a way that wasn't as elitist as a gallery or even an art house would be,'' Gilroy said. The resulting Frontier Cafe, Cinema and Gallery in Brunswick, Maine, is a winning combination - a culinary and cultural meeting spot ...

Athens musicians looking to bridge road to success
Banner-Herald - 3 Feb 2008
... ATHENS, GA - Athens has a rich musical pedigree, and the arts have provided a major economic impact in the community. But can it sustain itself for years down the road?

"I see (the music business) continuing and getting even smarter," Vego said. "Kids know a lot more now than they did even 15 years ago. Today it's all business. We made music for fun, but these people are really bright, and our veterans are still out there learning and getting smarter. We're a small college town, but we've still got the chops." ...

Keene and KSC
Sentinel - 3 Feb 2008
... KEENE, NH - On just about anyone’s balance sheet, Keene State College is a huge asset to the city of Keene. In educational terms, in economic terms, in cultural terms, in entertainment terms, in the way the college provides an open window on the rest of the world. Keene State may not define Keene, but without it this community would be diminished and much less dynamic.

Then there is the other side to the equation. Under current law, educational institutions do not pay taxes. Their contributions are thought to be made in other ways. And in recent times Keene State has been expanding its footprint in ways that actually reduce Keene’s tax revenues. During the past four or five years alone, the college has taken property off the market that once accounted for more than $125,000 in annual tax payments ...

Town/gown stalemate over SMAST involves power players
SouthCoastToday - 3 Feb 2008
... DARTMOUTH, MA - Allow me to beg your indulgence on this Super Sunday morning. I am suffering from pregame jitters. So I may be a mite more disjointed than usual while trying to begin sorting out the stalemate between Mayor Scott W. Lang and UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Jean F. MacCormack over the Naval Reserve Building. It's a little like delving into Bill Belichick's playbook ...

Improving a Deteriorating Fresno Neighborhood video
Dozens of neighbors who live next to Fresno State spent their weekend dreaming of ways to improve the impoverished area.
KFSN - 3 Feb 2008
... FRESNO, CA - They're hoping today will begin changes for "El Dorado Park" in northeast Fresno which runs from Barstow to the north and Bulldog Lane to the south.

The neighborhood used to be known as "Sin City" made up of small apartment complexes for student housing. But as students left over the years the area now called "El Dorado Park" became home to a mainly low-income, immigrant community ...

Lubbock Christian takes fresh look at student housing
Unused shipping containers may become new student digs
Avalanche-Journal - 3 Feb 2008
... LUBBOCK, TX - a study now going on at Lubbock Christian University, which is looking into using dozens of stacked containers as student housing around its aged Rhodes-Perrin Field House.

The steel containers, which are water- and fire-resistant, could provide a cheaper housing solution for the university, which needs more bedrooms ...

Landlords oppose dorm plan
Dispatch - 2 Feb 2008
... COLUMBUS, OH -
Requiring Ohio State University sophomores to live on campus would be a disaster for the university neighborhood, a major landlord said.

"It would be like a bomb went off in the middle of the area," said Richard Talbott, whose In-Town Homes & Apartments company owns more than 600 rental units there. "You'd lose 33 percent of the customer base, and we'd all suffer."

Land grabbers kill Aitchison College Housing Society official
Post - 2 Feb 2008
... LAHORE, PAKISTAN - Land grabbers allegedly shot dead an Administrator of the Aitchison College Staff Cooperative Housing Society in the Model Town police limits Saturday morning ...

Quoting the statement of Nazir's wife, the police officer said the accused had asked her husband to give decision of the disputed land in their favour. However, her husband had refused and asked them to adopt a legal way in this regard ...

University keeps a historic village in South Kingstown young
Journal - 2 Feb 2008
... KINGSTON, RI - When Anna Prager and her husband moved to Rhode Island in the mid-1960s, they chose to live in Kingston, where they rented a house before buying one. Prager said the village’s historic buildings and small-town charm were the main attractions.

“It’s just a nice place to live,” she said. “The Kingston area always had a great appeal. The historic structures are marvelous, and I guess the presence of the faculty here makes it a very wonderful community.” ...

Urban renewal defends its rural slant
Chieftain - 2 Feb 2008
... PUEBLO, CO - The Urban Renewal Authority of Pueblo is considering declaring more than 600 acres of undeveloped prairie near Colorado State University-Pueblo as blighted.

There's nothing out there but bugs, cactus and lofty plans to bring mixed-used development and a collegiate atmosphere to a university that has spent decades alone on a hill ...

Improved but not problem-free
AREA NEAR UK GETS ANOTHER GOING-OVER
Herald-Leader - 2 Feb 2008
... LEXINGTON, KY - Lexington officials walked through a neighborhood near the University of Kentucky on Friday and found cars parked along yellow curbs, muddy tire tracks in front yards, cracked sidewalks, broken windows and at least one hole in a porch post.

As temperatures dropped and snow flurries fell, police and code enforcement officers issued notices for trash and structural problems and tickets for illegal parking.

City panel allocates $200K to update 1971 plan
Journal 1 Feb 2008
... ITHACA, NY - The City of Ithaca's current comprehensive plan, written in 1971, includes references to the number of fallout shelters in the city, “the diversity of its industrial base” and railroad spurs to Morse Chain and East Hill Depot.

“The train has not only left the station, the station has left the station,” said alderwoman Mary Tomlan, D-3rd and chair of Common Council's planning committee. “I think we need a new plan.” ...

Ukulele-playing university student getting noticed
Star - 1 Feb 2008
... WASHINGTON, DC - When Alex Abnos wants to rock out, he grabs his ukulele.

The Prairie Village native has been creating waves in Washington, D.C., with the soft plucking of his Hawaiian instrument meshed with his alternative rock vocals ...

UCF Students 'Go Green' To Win Green: Scholarships Offered In Energy-Saving Competition
UCF News - 1 Feb 2008
... ORLANDO, FL - Students last year slashed their energy use by 8 percent -- enough to power 115 homes for a month or the equivalent of $12,000 in electric bills.

UCF’s Center for Energy and Sustainability and Housing and Residence Life, the competition’s organizers, are hoping for even larger consumption cuts this year ...

Study: Colleges shouldn't fret over hands-on parents
USA Today - 1 Feb 2008
... USA - More bad news for college officials who say too many parents are micromanaging their children's lives: Most college-bound kids seem to welcome the involvement.

About three-quarters of this year's college freshmen reported that their parents were involved the "right amount" in a variety of activities related to choosing and enrolling in college, a survey released today says. The rest, meanwhile, were more likely to say their parents were involved too little than too much ...

Walk through a gateway neighborhood
Express - 1 Feb 2008
... LOCK HAVEN, PA — “Ways” could become the means to renovate a chunk of the city within the relatively short time span of five years.

Walkways and gateways are major ingredients in the proposed Elm Street Project, which could help renovate the 60 blocks that link Lock Haven University, the Water Street Historic District, the Painter Stadium project and the rest of the downtown ...

OSU to invest $196 million in dorm changes
On-campus housing will improve significantly within the next four years, according to a presentation for Ohio State's Board of Trustees Thursday.
The Lantern - 1 Feb 2008
... COLUMBUS, OH - OSU will invest $196 million in the next four years to improve existing dorms, eliminate quad-style housing and add up to 1,500 new beds. They also discussed a proposed plan to require sophomores to live on campus.

"Right now, we don't have enough room, especially if we want to talk about students staying a second year," Alutto said.

Hollingsworth said the improvements to student housing are necessary, as most of the facilities were built in the 1950s and 1960s and are starting to show age ...

Beyond the Burg: College creates quarters for recent graduates
Institutions create housing to help students transition to career life
Flat Hat - 1 Feb 2008
... LONG ISLAND, NY - Dowling College, located on Long Island, NY, recently proposed the construction of over 1,000 new housing units, some of which would be reserved for college graduates. The project, which will be completed by the next academic year, would allow graduates to continue living on campus until the adjustment from college life to work life could be accomplished ...

Lifelong learning lectures ready to launch spring sessions
County Courier - 1 Feb 2008
... FRANKLIN COUNTY, VT - If you are looking to stimulate your mind, a college town can offer great opportunities that you might think aren't there in a rural and largely college-less setting like Franklin County.

But thanks to the efforts of the local volunteers and backing from the OSHER Lifelong Learning Institute of the University of Vermont, an offering of diverse and fascinating topics has been available at very little cost to learners in recent years and a new semester is about to begin ...

OSU speeding up plan to boost campus living
Business First - 1 Feb 2008
... COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio State University's new president and provost want more students to live on campus, and they're proposing a requirement that sophomores as well as freshmen live in student housing.

The plan would require adding about 4,000 beds to the university's housing stock serving about 9,800 students. Eventually, the campus living push could lead to another 6,000 beds if more upperclassmen and graduate students stay on campus, said Richard Hollingsworth, vice president for student affairs ...

Off-campus apartment complex to capitalize on growth
Contractors plan housing, parking for future student populations
Technician - 1 Feb 2008
... HILLSBOROUGH, NC - Private developers have plans to bring a 10-story apartment complex and parking deck west of the N.C. State campus to aid the growing student population.

Tim Luckadoo, associate vice chancellor for student affairs, met 2 weeks ago with Capstone Development, a student housing firm based in Alabama, to discuss its plans ...

College housing focus of neighborhood meeting
Journal - 2 JFeb 2008
... FLINT, MI - Kristen Winter and Steve Schwartz spent Tuesday evening presenting their new Web site to a group of homeowners.

The two were targeting landlords with their site, www.ratemystudentrental.com, they said. The site allows landlords to better communicate with renters through a networking and message system.

The pair followed a video called "Changing Gears: From Factory Town to College Town." The video points out the highlights of downtown Flint and emphasizes the growing number of college students living in the area ...

Professor adjusts to slower pace, spotlights research
Murray State News - 2 Feb 2008
... MURRAY, KY - "New York is a big place," he said. "It's a little too big, you know? I wanted to come to a smaller community. Murray had everything to offer. It's a nice, small college town. The people are very friendly, the neighborhoods are nice. This is a very family-oriented place, which is important to me."

Now, Arkov teaches molecular genetics at Murray State while conducting research into the molecular mechanisms of early embryonic development, specifically germline cells and stem cells ...

Murray council develops new drinking ordinance restricting open-air bars
Murray State News - 2 Feb 2008
... MURRAY, KY - Blatant outdoor drinking, fun and revelry will no longer be allowed on the streets of Murray ...

The ordinance requires restaurants to build a four-foot-high wall and provide additional landscaping to screen pedestrians from drinkers ...

Burning Down the House: The cuckoo's nest
Stanford Daily - 2 Feb 2008
... PALO ALTO, CA - I’ve heard that Palo Alto wasn’t always like it is now. Before the Silicon Valley boom, this was something of a real college town. In fact, its predecessor, the town of Mayfield, had earned itself a reputation for rowdiness with its 13 saloons. The Free People’s Free Music Company used to play weekly live performances at Lytton Plaza, at the top of University Avenue. There was once an organization called Citizens Against Legislated Meanness, which advocated for Palo Alto’s homeless ...

Students frustrated with Acadian management group
City officials comment on how to approach tenant-management disputes
California Aggie - 2 Feb 2008
... DAVIS, CA - Davis is a college town, so apartments often offer few creature comforts and a less than ideal living space. But tenants frequently have difficulty even entreating their management to provide basic repairs and maintenance.

Acadian Properties, Inc. has provided management services with a "personal touch" to Davis area property owners since 1978, according to its website. However, many former and current tenants have had little or no positive personal interactions with its property management ...

Housing issues need attention
UE Crescent - 1 Feb 2008
... EVANSVILLE, IN - A student brought the issue of mold and mice to the attention of Student Congress at its Jan. 24 meeting. It seems both are matters that many students, especially those living in Village housing, face every day ...

Student agents enter the real(ty) world
Daily Free Press - 1 Feb 2008
... BOSTON, MA - As a part-time dining hall worker, a Boston University student can make about $700 a month. At Starbucks, $640 a month. But if students follow several of their peers and earn real estate licenses, that number rises to $10,000 a month with the same hours ...

Former president urges solution to student housing crisis
News Durham Region - 1 Feb 2008
... OSHAWA, ON - It's 8:52 a.m. on a beautiful, sunny morning on campus and I've just finished being interviewed by three students. Is there any better way to greet the day?

Apparently, some Oshawa City councillors aren't so sure about this, which prompted this letter ...

The move to introduce a new licensing scheme for student housing could radically change the standard of accommodation for Cardiff students
Cardiff students could soon be enjoying a higher standard of living with the introduction of a new licence to enforce better quality housing conditions.
GAIR RHYDD - 1 Feb 2008
... CARDIFF, WALES - Intended for houses that hold five or more students over three or more floors, the licence ensures that all fire precautions, such as fire alarms and doors, must be in place and correctly installed.

There must also be sufficient facilities for storage, cooking and food preparation in the kitchen of the property, the licence decrees ...

City to review zoning amendment that would affect student rentals
Oxford Press - 1 Feb 2008
... OXFORD, OH - Oxford City Council plans to review a charter amendment to an ordinance affecting the size requirements for the bedrooms of residential homes and apartments.

The amendment primarily affects student rentals in the Uptown area, and would increase the size requirement from what was previously 70 square feet ...

Goshen College Adds New Student Apartments
InsideINdianaBusiness - 1 Feb 2008
... GOSHEN, IN - Goshen College has completed the second phase of a student apartment building, with 93 single rooms in 25 apartments available. The new apartments were added to an existing four-story apartment building to accomodate the increased numbers of students living on campus. The project completes a six-year plan to improve campus housing. ...

Student housing options widen at Villa
Business First - 1 Feb 2008
... CHEEKTOWAGA, NY - Villa Maria College has a long history as a small liberal arts college, offering two-year programs to commuters from throughout the Western New York region.

When the college began offering four-year degree programs in 2005, it exposed Villa to a wider audience, allowing it to expand its recruitment efforts - and requiring a hard look at housing options for students. Those efforts led to last summer's decision to partner with Capstone Development Corp., a national firm specializing in student housing management, on the Collegiate Crossings Student Housing Complex in Cheektowaga ...

Spain still attractive for savvy buyers
AboutProperty - 1 Feb 2008
... SPAIN - "People are also looking at things like university towns and are buying properties that they can rent out to university students ...

Buy-to-let opportunities for the canny
The Business - 1 Feb 2008
... UK - On the other hand, university towns such as Norwich perform well in seemingly all sectors. Home to a substantial financial services sector and hospital as well as the world-renowned university, it has a city centre that serves a significant population.

A few years ago, at least some transients - or parents of students - bought rather than rented, confident that good capital growth justified the risk. Today, short-term ownership simply makes no financial sense at all. Considering the various fees and other costs associated with buying and owning, renting is likely to be cheaper and, in terms of leaving when you want to, more convenient. The tenant pool in Norwich is likely to remain substantial ...

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