St. Cloud buses keep carousers out of driver’s seat
More colleges are offering free or low-cost buses so students have a safe way home after a night of drinking.
Star Tribune - 15 Mar 2008
... ST CLOUD, MN - Alcohol-related deaths at colleges across Minnesota and Wisconsin, including St. Cloud State, have led the schools and cities to offer transportation options intended to get students home safely after nights on the town.

At St. Cloud State, student fees fund the bus service, so it feels free when students swipe their IDs as they board the bus. Nonstudents pay 85 cents ...

Student-run station WSBF-FM at Clemson University celebrates 50 years on the air
independent-Mail - 15 Mar 2008
... CLEMSON, SC - Think working at a college radio station is little more than finding obscure music and slacking off behind a microphone?

Tell that to Gary Parsons, chairman of the board for XM Satellite Radio and an alumnus of Clemson University.

In his time as a Tiger, Mr. Parsons served as general manager of student-run FM radio station, WSBF 88.1-FM and parlayed that into a pretty successful turn in the radio industry ...

Buying Here: Oakland
Post-Gazewtte - 15 Mar 2008
... PITTSBURGH, PA - Home to three universities -- Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon and Carlow -- the city neighborhood of Oakland abounds with inexpensive and sometimes rundown student housing. So the free-standing, single-family home at 3132 Ellers St. (MLS No. 716821), just a stone's throw from the Trees Hall athletic facility, is a bit of an anomaly.

One of four homes built in the 1960s for member of the builder's family, the two-bedroom, 11/2-bath brick house has been completely remodeled by its current owner to reflect more contemporary tastes. It is being offered for $169,500 ...

Students and realtors slam limits
Fear occupancy restrictions are discriminatory, invasive
Globe - 14 Mar 2008
... BOSTON, MA - Realtors and students condemned the city's new occupancy restrictions against college students as unenforceable, invasive, and potentially discriminatory, but several legal specialists said yesterday that courts have consistently upheld similar measures in college towns elsewhere.
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The new zoning regulation, approved unanimously Wednesday by the Boston Zoning Commission and expected to be signed soon by the mayor, limits to four the number of undergraduate college students who can live together ...

Unis worried about student housing
ABC News - 14 Mar 2008
... PERTH, AU - Universities say Perth's tight rental housing market could limit their ability to attract overseas students.

Thousands of students struggle to find accommodation each year because of a shortage of vacancies and high rental prices.

The universities are looking at a range of strategies to tackle the problem, including expanding their campus accommodation ...

New growth towns face challenges that come with more people
Daily Herald - 14 Mar 2008
... DEKALB, IL - DeKalb has long been synonymous with Northern Illinois University. The school is the largest employer in the area.

The continued population growth and a pro-growth city council has the community thinking about that identity. Is the goal to be and stay a college town? Or should DeKalb be a community that just happens to have a college in it? ...

Gwinnett College span plan sparks city gabfest
Journal-Constitution - 14 Mar 2008
... LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - Lawrenceville city planners are trying to figure out how to turn their relatively sleepy county seat into a bustling college town.

The maps spread across a board room table Wednesday at Lawrenceville City Hall showed the path city leaders think Georgia Gwinnett College will take as it expands its campus. The City Council and downtown development authority figure the school is coming south, across Ga. 316, toward the city's historic downtown center ...

San Marcos needs new 'town, gown' committee
North Country Times - 14 Mar 2008
... SAN MARCOS, CA - The locals didn't pay much attention to Cal State San Marcos when it was a small commuter campus. But when 460 students moved into campus apartments five years ago, the neighborhood took notice.

New students from outside the area spread the word about the attractive young campus to others beyond North County, triggering the arrival of others who couldn't be accommodated on campus. The conflicting interests of a college town emerged: young people testing their wings by living on their own, landlords exploiting a new market and homeowners valuing their peace and quiet.

Unscrupulous landlords have long been guilty of stuffing as many students as possible into a single residence while allowing the structure to fall into disrepair. As a result, neighborhoods deteriorate. Longtime residents move out or complain loudly to city officials to do something about it ...

State OKs UNCW's plan to clear trees for housing
Star News - 14 Mar 2008
... WILMINGTON, NC - State officials have given the go-ahead for University of North Carolina Wilmington to turn 13 acres of woods on campus into new student housing and a parking deck ...

Adler House adding to historic pedigree
Times - 14 Mar 2008
... DAVENPORT, IA - University officials have been studying future uses of the Adler House for about a year. During discussions, it was decided to apply to the local historic register. E.P. Adler was an early president of the Lee Enterprises newspaper company.

“We think it is such an historic home, and with its architecture that it should be listed,” said Linda Wastyn, director of grant and information resources for St. Ambrose. “It is to recognize the importance of the Adlers to Davenport.”

The house, within a stone’s throw of Vander Veer Botanical Park and down the street from the university’s Rogalski Center, has been used for student housing since the university bought it ...

Students' flats and shops to replace eyesore
Evening News 14 Mar 2008
... EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - THE demolition of one of Edinburgh's eyesore buildings is set to take place later this year after planning officials gave their backing to a major new shop, office, and student housing complex.
Under the multi-million pound scheme, the council's former social work headquarters at Shrubhill House, on Leith Walk, which is currently standing empty, would be bulldozed and replaced with digs for 260 students.

More than 60 flats would be created in the £11 million development, which is the latest venture in the Capital to be spearheaded by the Unite Group – the UK's biggest student landlord ...

Liquored Up
Athens’ spirits sale increase outranks most Ohio college towns
Post - 14 Mar 2008
... ATHENS, OH - The flow of hard liquor in Athens city has risen at a higher rate from 2006 to 2007 than almost every Ohio public college town, as retail sales increased by about 7 percent from last year, records show.

Retail bottle sales of spirituous liquor — hard liquor containing more than 21 percent alcohol by volume sold at contracted stores — were up 6.8 percent in Athens city from 2006 to 2007 ...

Humans on earth
John C. Feeney, Ph.D. to speak on ‘The Population Explosion’
Trail-Gazette - 14 Mar 2008
... USAFeeney began investigating environmental issues after moving to a small Iowa town four years ago, before moving to Boulder.

“It’s was a beautiful Victorian, college town but one thing that happened immediately was a development that was going on at the edge of town that, clearly, was going to change the character of the town. It would have added — to a town of 3,000 — about 1,000 more people. I got involved with a group that was trying to fight the development. I got interested in the issue of urban development and growth, and along the way I noticed that it kept occurring to me that we wouldn’t have to continue to fight development if it wasn’t for constant population growth creating a demand for more development ...

Cities can help turn the world green
Harvard University Gazette - 13 Mar 2008
... BOSTON, MA - And more dashes of green are being added to crimson. Last month (Feb. 27), Harvard President Drew Faust, who is also Lincoln Professor of History, appointed a task force to identify a goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It will report its findings to her by June.

“Harvard has an important responsibility to confront these challenges,” said Faust of regional changes that impact global warming. “Local policies may be effective, where broader policies may not be viable.”

Centers of higher education bear a special responsibility in dealing with environmental issues, she said. First, there is the capacity for scholarship. (Faust praised the Center for the Environment as an “interdisciplinary hub for environmental education.”) ...

Golden Cockroach hits bad landlords
Queen’s teams up with housing officials to fix Kingston’s student housing
Charlatan - 13 Mar 2008
... KINGSTON, ON - The worst landlord in Kingston, Ont., has to watch out for the Golden Cockroach.

A tradition started by the Queen’s University Alma Mater Society, the Golden Cockroach is awarded annually to the landlord students feel is the worst in the area.

This year however, everyone is in the clear, as the award is not being handed out.

That is not because it has been discontinued, but simply because no one has been deemed deserving enough ...

Senate kills student housing bill
Bill to let 2-year colleges operate dorms fails again
Journal-Star - 13 Mar 2008
... SPRINGFIELD, IL - Another attempt to allow Illinois community colleges the right to operate and build their own student housing was shot down by a Senate committee Wednesday ...

Students face caps in city housing
Occupancy limit targets off-campus crowding, rowdiness
Globe - 13 Mar 2008
... BOSTON, MA - The Boston Zoning Commission set a limit of four yesterday on the number of college students who can live together off campus, a far-reaching decision that could spur a citywide crackdown on crowded student housing.

Some students and property owners condemned the sweeping measure, arguing that it further burdens already cash-strapped students and may force many into more expensive college dormitories.

But proponents - an unusual coalition of neighborhood groups, college officials, and city leaders - said the new occupancy limit will reduce the number of rowdy late-night parties on otherwise quiet residential streets ...

Real estate reps, students spar city rule
Northeastern News - 13 Mar 2008
... BOSTON, MA - A new proposal intended to shake undergraduate college students out of crammed off-campus apartments won unanimous approval yesterday by the nine members of the Boston Zoning Commision (BZC).

The ordinance [which allows no more than four unrelated perons to share a dwelling unity] was spearheaded by City Councilor Michael Ross, who represents Mission Hill, a neighborhood densely populated by Northeastern, Wentworth Institute of Technology and Massachusetts College of Art and Design students, and others. He said the ordinance was designed to lower rents and create more affordable housing for families ...

High-rise for students unveiled
Developer looks to cash in on dorm shortage at TCNJ
nj.com - 13 Mar 2008
... EWING, NJ - A developer looking to cash in on a student housing shortage in the area has proposed building a 600-bed, privately owned college dormitory off Eggerts Crossing Road.

The five-story residence, slated for a 10-acre tract at the end of Park Avenue, would be marketed exclusively to college students.

"You have to be enrolled in college with a valid student ID to live here," said developer John Simone. "The student housing shortage is a huge issue, not just here, but all over. We're coming in to fill a huge need."

The dorm proposal comes at a time when both The College of New Jersey and Rider University are experiencing housing crunches ...

Plans for C-Town: Urban renewal on its way
Cornell Daily Sun - 12 Mar 2008
... ITHACA, NY - Cornell and the City of Ithaca have jointly hired Goody Clancy, an urban planning firm, to develop an urban plan and design guidelines for College­town. Their goal is to create a “clearly defined set of parameters which embody the community’s vision.”

Last month, four consultants spent two days meeting with various stakeholders in the Collegetown design process, including students, merchants, property owners, permanent residents, and Cornell administrators. This weekend, the consultants hosted an educational workshop and a design session to identify the ongoing problems in the area and to brainstorm ideas for improving them ...

Housing is another area of focus. The economic advisor on the team, Sarah Woodworth, highlighted the extent to which rental prices in Collegetown are inflated and offered a number of suggestions for decreasing them. Her ideas would alleviate the barriers to construction, such increasing the height of apartment buildings by two stories and decreasing the amount of required parking ...

Head's vision fit for a city
Echo - 12 Mar 2008
... DURHAM, UK - "Durham is a marvellous place to live and work and the university is keen to play a full part in that.

"We have 12,000 students on campus and 3,000 staff. Durham City is a fairly small place and we are a big part of that place.

"I believe that if something is not right, don't just sit a around and complain about it, get up and do something.

"By working in partnership with residents and the other bodies and organisations in Durham City we can make it an even better place to live and work." ...

NOW THE ARTS GET THEIR TURN
New Brunswick complex repays culture for part in city revival
Star-Ledger - 12 Mar 2008
... NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Twenty years ago, a restored State Theatre and other arts groups helped spark an economic rebirth in New Brunswick, a college town and medical mecca suffering from urban decay.

Now it is the arts' turn to reap the benefits of the recovery.

Tonight, Mayor Jim Cahill will unveil plans for an expanded New Brunswick Cultural Center -- a $275 million project that will connect the historic State Theatre to a new building featuring two state-of-the-art theaters, rehearsal studios and classrooms, 10 floors of office space and a 200-unit condominium tower.

The new complex, at Livingston Avenue near George Street, will also include a second entrance with an outdoor plaza stretching out to Bayard Street, toward Rutgers University and the train station ...

B-N's 'smart' ranking doesn't always equal big business draw
Pantagraph - 12 Mar 2008
... BLOOMINGTON, IL - More degrees doesn’t mean more business. While the universities and colleges in the community have helped attract and educate smart people in the Twin Cities, they don’t necessarily result in attracting new industry, said one local business official.

Bloomington-Normal has been ranked as one of the smartest cities in the nation. Forbes.com listed the 25 smartest cities and the Twin Cities is 20 ...

No tram in 2009 for NYU Island faculty
Washington Square News - 12 Mar 2008
... NEW YORK, NY - NYU faculty living on Roosevelt Island won't be able to take the tram for most of 2009 while it undergoes $25 million worth of repairs ...

Last June, the Office of Faculty Housing paid $43 million for 58 apartments on Roosevelt Island's south end, and has been slowly selling the units to full-time faculty living in NYU rentals as part of a new home ownership initiative. On March 1, the Office opened sales to all faculty members. Currently, 13 out of the 58 apartments have been sold ...

Housing co-op allows tenants to make a profit
Monthly payments on Figueroa Arms apartments go toward ownership.
Daily Trojan - 12 Mar 2008
... LOS ANGELES, CA - As students make final decisions about housing choices for next year and rent prices continue to climb, another alternative - Figueroa Arms - the oldest co-op in Los Angeles, gives students the chance to be their own landlords.

Figueroa Arms, built in 1925, allows students to buy an apartment for an average of $200,000, either up front or in regular installments. While living there, students pay monthly dues of approximately $318 per month for the apartment, which includes gas, taxes, security and cable services.

When they move out, students can sell the apartment and earn interest ...

UD seeks to shore up relationship with town
Traffic woes, residents' lack of input on plans among problems discussed
News Journal - 12 Mar 2008
... NEWARK, DE - Those who attended Tuesday's meeting in Purnell Hall voiced opinions about design of campus buildings and landscaping; the need to control pedestrian and vehicle traffic; and the need for better communication from the school regarding its plans.

Residents said the school's immediate neighbors are not always given the opportunity to comment on building plans before they are finalized.

"As the university has grown in power, individual residents seem to have been cast aside and not considered much," said Sheila Anderson, a Newark resident for 35 years. "It's just a rude, Big Brother-in-your-face kind of thing and very offensive to townies." ...

3 Yale Projects Revealed, OK’d
Independent - 12 Mar 2008
... NEW HAVEN, CT - After a first attempt flopped three years ago, Yale’s revised plans for a greener, smaller research lab on Whitney Avenue (pictured) sailed through zoning approval and neighborhood screening sessions ...

Taking a more proactive approach this time around, Morand said Yale held two well-attended neighborhood meetings, where there was applause — yes, applause! — from neighbors for the plans ...

Council to vote on shrinking rental rule
News Tribune - 12 Mar 2008
... DULUTH, MN - An effort to remedy problems associated with rentals around Duluth colleges had to be substantially reworked this week when a proposed moratorium on additional rentals unintentionally put a halt to all new building permits.

City Council President Roger Reinert decided Monday to shelve plans for the moratorium because of the unintended problems, which arise because of a related ordinance passed in November. That ordinance, written in response to a rush for licenses before last year’s 300-foot rental restrictions took effect, puts a halt on all new licenses and permits as soon as a moratorium is proposed ...

GE Real Estate's $45M Backing 498-Unit Deal
GlobeSt - 12 Mar 2008
... AUSTIN, TX - GE Real Estate has provided $44.65 million to Austin-based Preiss Co. and HSBC Real Estate Equity Partners of New York City to acquire the 498-unit, 1,548-bed Campus Estates. The student housing complex is close to the University of Texas and Austin Community College.

Lance Wright, the Dallas-based southwest regional director for Stamford, CT-based GE Real Estate, tells GlobeSt.com that the financing includes a $5.7-million cap-ex reserve to cover deferred maintenance and upgrades to the class B complex. Preiss acquired the 85%-leased complex at 1300 Crossing Place from Austin-based Falcon Southwest ...

Guest Opinion: 5-H's to create college town Billings must be
Gazette - 11 Mar 2008
... BILLINGS, MT - Recently, Billings decided to do what Rocky Mountain College and other organizations have done over the past few years, namely, develop a brand. A brand is more than a logo. It's a style, a message and a way of conveying what you are and what you stand for, whether in business or education ...

It's a shame that Billings is not recognized as a college town like Bozeman and Missoula. We need to change that. With Rocky Mountain College, Montana's oldest institution of higher learning located here, alongside Montana State University Billings and the College of Technology, we prove we are university-centered. With the Yellowstone Art Museum, the Alberta Bair Theater, Billings Studio Theatre, Venture Theatre and the Billings Symphony and Rimrock Opera, we provide a wide range of education and culture rivaling any in the West ...

Student Housing Industry Goes Under the Microscope
Niche Market Moving to Core Consideration
GlobeSt - 11 Mar 2008
IRVING, TX - A growing interest in the student housing sector has prompted Real Estate Media to launch its first RealShare Student Housing conference. The event will take place March 24-25 at the Four Seasons Resort and Club.

Bill Bayless, president and CEO with Austin-based American Campus Communities Inc., is the keynote speaker. Like other RealShare conferences, there will be breakout sessions and networking opportunities. Sessions will focus on leasing and management strategies, architecture and design and joint venture partnerships between educational institutions and developers ...

Greensburg landlord contests student law
Tribune-Review - 11 Mar 2008
... GREENSBURG, PA - The city law sets the number of college students who can live in a house, establishes parking requirements and calls for student homes to be no closer than 500 feet of one another ...

It further requires landlords to register student homes with city officials, obtain permits and have houses inspected ...

Empty store fronts have potential but no tenants
Advance-Titan - 10 Mar 2008
... OSHKOSH, WI - “I think that anyone who has gone to school in a college town realizes that there’s huge foot traffic there, but the national (chains) see students as more of a transient population,” he said. “It’s been harder for them to see the benefits of being close to campus.”

UW-Oshkosh senior Brad Williams said the building is in a good location and that several types of businesses could be successful there.

“There should be more adult hangouts in the campus bar area,” he said. “It would be kind of unique to have that kind of bar, like more of a downtown bar. You don’t see many older people at the college bars, so it’s kind of a weird change in demographics.” ...

UW-Green Bay Grandparents' University offers 'degrees'
for kids, grandparents
UWGB.edu - 10 Mar 2008
... GREEN BAY, WI - Children ages seven through 14 along with a grandparent or grandparents can have a learning adventure at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Grandparents' University Thursday and Friday, July 24 and 25 on the University campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Just like college students, participants choose a major, have the choice of living in University housing, and participate in a graduation ceremony at the end of the experience. This will be the third year for Grandparents' University at UW-Green Bay ...

Premium prices for property in university towns
Property News - 10 Mar 2008
... UK - According to research by Halifax property prices in university towns rose up to four times more compared with house prices across the rest of the country. The report which was published in August 2007 compared university towns throughout the UK against towns without universities and showed on average that prices had risen by up to 20%.

Leading urban developer City Loft Developments has a range of investor options available in Manchester and Sheffield, two cities famed for their universities and student population ...

Mix well, then sell: Developers find demand for blend of space
Detroit Business - 10 Mar 2008
... MICHIGAN - A $171 million project, will include 138,000 square feet of retail space, 153,000 square feet of medical office space and 185 rental residential units. It will be developed by East Lansing-based Strathmore Development Co.

Chicago-based Joseph Freed and Associates has the 4 Eleven lofts under construction in Ann Arbor, bringing a 10-story building with student housing and retail underneath ...

City Center developer proposes project changes
State News - 10 Mar 2008
... EAST LANSING, MI - East Lansing and Strathmore Development Co. have proposed reducing the size of the City Center II parking garage by about 100 spaces, adding underground parking, offering 16 fewer apartment spaces and adding a hotel in place of condominiums. The development has been a point of tension for some property owners in the area.

The proposed alterations will be on display at 7 p.m. tonight at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road. Those in attendance will have a chance to provide feedback.

The $117 million development includes a mix of residential and retail space that would remake the area ...

Goodbye, Oak Street Cinema
It seems that the independents are gone or will soon be bought up.
Minnesota Daily - 10 Mar 2008
"... MINNEAPOLIS, MN - The Oak Street Cinema - a single screen movie theater - is expected to play its last show after the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival this May.

The movie theater is to be sold to a group of developers and investors who own property around the theater near the corner of Oak Street and Washington Avenue in Stadium Village. Student housing and retail space will most likely take the Oak Street Cinema's place - the 92-year-old building, which originally housed the Campus Theater, will be demolished ...

A tale of two downtowns
West Chester’s improvement district sets the stage for Carlisle’s DID
Sentinel - 9 Mar 2008
... WEST CHESTER, PA - West Chester is a college town with lots of history behind it. With a population of about 18,000, it’s the county seat of Chester County and offers a thriving downtown with a wide variety of restaurants, retail shops and art galleries ...

Bridging the ‘town and gown gap’
The Center aims to unite communities and college in interaction
Register-Mail - 9 Mar 2008
... GALESBURG — “Really, I think the goal is to bridge some of the town-and-gown gap,” he said. “I’ve lived in Galesburg for 10 years and on a personal level, I’m not as connected to the Galesburg community as I should be.

“This place is my home — I plan to stay here at least another 10 years. I challenged myself to be more involved.”

Knox College’s chair of its environmental studies program said he was encouraged by last week’s opening.

“Friday night we had about 80 people here,” Schwartzman said. “Now, about 30 of those were people who helped found The Center ...

Space limited for seniors in Las Cruces
Sun-News - 9 Mar 2008
... LAS CRUCES, NM — California native Peggy Goines had never set foot in New Mexico before visiting Las Cruces two years ago.

"After three days, I decided it was the place for me," she said ...

Las Cruces has garnered a lot of attention the past six years. In 2002, Money magazine named the city as one of "The Best Places to Retire," and in 2005 the publication named the city as one of the "Best College Towns to Retire." In 2006, AARP The Magazine included the city in its list of the five best U.S. cities to retire ...

Waco's urban pioneers want vibrant downtown Slide Show
Tribune-Herald - 9 Mar 2008
... WACO, TX - It’s not quite a land rush yet, but the urban pioneers are staking their claims in downtown Waco.

It’s been happening one settler at a time. A Christian rock star here, an insurance executive there, around the corner on Austin Avenue a family of five living upstairs from their special event center.

Some renovate decaying houses. Others — grad students, young professionals and empty nesters — live in sleek loft apartments carved out of old warehouses ...

University offers sessions on making greener buildings
The program is a response to a spate of construction in the area and a measure requiring more vigilance.
Inquirer - 9 Mar 2008
... WEST CHESTER, PA - On March 20, the graduate business center at West Chester University will host training sessions about making buildings environmentally friendly.

The session is meant to respond to developers' plans for several commercial buildings in West Chester that would be higher than most on the downtown skyline.

On Dec. 19, the West Chester borough Council approved an ordinance that requires "any proposed building, structure or part thereof" between 45 and 75 feet to be greener than it might have been in the past ...

Allen University | Historic Mance House is moved
Century-old home to be president’s residence
The State - 9 Mar 2008
... COLUMBIA, SC - The historic Robert Weston Mance House once again will become home to presidents of Columbia’s Allen University.

Workers on Saturday moved the 7,000-square-foot house two blocks to Heidt Street. The move, from Pine Street, was needed to make way for Allen’s $18 million dormitory project.

Used as office and storage space for more than a decade, the Mance House now will be renovated and restored to an official residence again ...

Study: UM boosting economy by billions
A study shows the University of Miami brings in $4.5 billion to the region -- more than a quarter of which stays in Coral Gables, where its main campus is.
Herald - 9 Mar 2008
... CORAL GABLES, FL - The University of Miami is not just a learning institution, research center, intellectual resource, cultural beacon and breeding ground for the business and civic leaders of tomorrow.

According to a new study, it is also an economic engine that pumps $4.5 billion into the local economy. That's up from an estimated $3.9 billion in December 2004 ...

Colleges majoring in urban renewal
Columbian - 8 Mar 2008
... USA - City officials and private developers get most of the credit for the revival of Esther Short Park and the surrounding downtown Vancouver core.

But what about the role of Washington State University Vancouver, that bastion of higher education that sits about nine miles north of downtown?

There appears to be no connection at first glance.

David Perry, director of the Great Cities Institute and professor of urban planning and policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, argues otherwise. He contends universities are undergoing a cultural shift as institutions stop acting like enclaves, reconnect with communities and in the process acknowledge and promote the ability to drive urban development.

“It’s a movement that sees a university as a wholly vested urban institution ...

One-day audit of rental properties in student neighborhood planned
Queen's University
PR-USA - 9 Mar 2008
... KINGSTON, ON - This Friday, teams of city officials and specially trained students will conduct a one-day housing assessment in a designated student neighborhood to assess the safety of rental housing and educate tenants about their rights.

Teams consisting of one fire inspector, one property standards officer and two AMS sponsored and city-trained Student Property Assessment Team (SPAT) members will knock on doors on University Avenue between Princess and Clergy Streets starting around noon. Tenants can pre-book specific times or simply welcome the team at the door.

“We see this as one more example of how Queen’s, its students and the city can be partners in creating conditions that foster better community relations and provide better living conditions for students,” says Joan Jones, Queen’s Town Gown Coordinator ...

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