11-17 May 2008
Susan
Chastain worked her way to jazz
Her repertoire includes tunes from the Great American Songbook
Blade - 15 May 2008
... ANN ARBOR, MI - Being a jazz singer and owning a jazz club in a hip
college town would be a dream come true for a lot of people.
Not Susan Chastain.
The jazz vocalist and owner of the Firefly Club in Ann Arbor, who will
perform at Murphy's Place tomorrow, never imagined a career in jazz. In
fact, it was probably the last thing she ever thought she'd be doing for
a career ...
The
Lite Fare: The sun never sets on College Park
Diamondback - 15 May 2008
... COLLEGE PARK, MD - Past years have shown us downtown College Park is
simply not the most business-friendly environment. The recent folding of
Potomac Video and, before that, the tragic demise of Wawa, testify to that
fact. Many other local commercial concerns are likely to be run off of Route
1 over the summer. Already, there are plans in the works to replace them.
This time, owners are taking a more conservative approach - investing in
businesses that are bound to achieve returns in a college town. Students
can expect anywhere between 10 to 15 new bars downtown when they return.
Among the ideas for these new establishments is "Cornerstone 2,"
a dive that will boast of itself as a tribute to the distinct and vibrant
atmosphere of the original Cornerstone. There are also plans for adjacent
English, Irish and Scottish pubs. But perhaps the most innovative concept
is the proposed construction of a 20-foot-tall keg where patrons pay for
time slots underneath the spigot ...
Ways
explored for making Iowa City safer for bicyclists
The Gazette - 15 May 2008
... IOWA CITY, IA — To make the city more bike friendly, Iowa City
should implement a comprehensive bike plan, increase the number of main
routes with wide shoulders or bike lanes and educate people about bicycling,
a national cycling organization says.
Iowa City, once designated a bicycle friendly community by the League of
American Bicyclists, was denied the moniker last year after the group tightened
its standards. As part of Bike to Work Week, about 25 people attended a
Wednesday noon forum at the Iowa City Public Library to talk about reclaiming
the title.
College towns are represented liberally on last year's list of bike friendly
communities, but the league gave Iowa City an honorable mention. The group
lauded the city's percentage of bike commuters, installation of way-finding
signage and other efforts but said more could be done to expand bike use
...
'The
party needs to be over'
Chapel Fest raises concerns for city officials
Post - 15 May 2008
... NEWARK, DE - Disorderly conduct. Disorderly premises. Failure to disperse.
Resisting arrest.
These were just some of the charges brought against the 50 or so people
arrested by the Newark Police Department last Saturday, May 10, during an
annual block party called Chapel Fest.
The unsanctioned, off-campus event is held yearly at homes along North
Chapel Street in Newark, near the downtown district. The party, which attracts
students from the University of Delaware and out-of-town visitors, has raised
concerns for city officials in the past, and this year was no exception
...
UNCW
begins clearing land for housing
660-bed dormitory and associated parking deck
Star News - 15 May 2008
... WILMINGTON, NC - Crews began clearing 13 acres of longleaf forest on
the UNCW campus this morning for a controversial new dormitory project.
There were no protestors visible around the site just after 9 a.m., and
the only overt sign of the controversy that has surrounded the project was
the presence of University of North Carolina Wilmington police on every
corner ...
Parkland
Starts $50M Student Housing Project
GlobeSt - 15 May 2008
... DENTON, TX - A Boca Rotan, FL developer broke ground on the Forum at
Denton Station, a 348-unit student housing complex that will provide high-end
housing for University of North Texas and Texas Woman's University students.
The project should be completed in time for the fall 2009 school year and
has an all-in development cost of approximately $50 million ...
$10
million for Storrs Town Center parking garage
StamfordPlus - 14 May 2008
... STORRS, CT - Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that $10 million
to fund a share of a parking garage that will serve the Storrs Town Center
at the edge of the University of Connecticut campus is expected to gain
approval when the state Bond Commission meets May 30.
“This is our opportunity to shape a college town,” Governor
Rell said. “UConn has become truly a world class institution and we
are so proud of how far our flagship university has come in so short a time.
Still, I think we would all agree that one key ingredient is missing at
UConn – a town center that would provide Mansfield with a ‘college
town’ look and feel ...
4:01
p.m.: State tourism launches new Web site
Herald Bulletin - 14 May 2008
... INDIANA — The Indiana Office of Tourism Development has launched
a new Web site to promote three in-state activities.
They activities are outdoor adventure, motorcycle rides and college town
visits ...
Ithaca
College Natural Lands Committee Receives Environmental
Ithaca College - 14 May 2008
... ITHACA, NY— The Ithaca College Natural Lands Committee (ICNL)
recently received the fifth annual Richard B. Fischer Environmental Conservation
Recognition Award from the Town of Ithaca. Named after the late educator,
naturalist and longtime Town of Ithaca resident, the Richard B. Fischer
award recognizes the ICNL Committee’s work in using undeveloped properties
as learning tools and for contributing to the natural environment of the
Town of Ithaca ...
UNIVERSITY TOWNS FEELING THE RENTAL PINCH
Star Observer - 14 May 2008
... AUSTRALIA - Sydney is not the only city suffering at the hands of the
property shortage. Figures released by the Real Estate Institute of NSW
show other university towns like Newcastle and Wollongong are also feeling
the pinch ...
“Scrabbling round looking for nonexistent property is not a good
way for a young person to be starting out on their university life,”
REINSW president Steve Martin said.
“However, it’s not only students who are facing the realities
of a rental market that is tighter than it’s ever been. I’m
told of a recent open day at a fairly highly priced townhouse where there
were 60 would-be tenants lined up to see the place ...
Amazing
Places to Live the Rest of Your Life
RisMedia - 13 May 2008
... USA - in NEXTVILLE, Corcoran identifies the top eight trends that are
changing where and how Boomers are retiring. She also helps you to figure
out what’s most important in your next place - whether it’s
pursuing your passions, living green, finding community, living young in
a city or college town, or even staying right in your hometown. She considers
how Boomers, healthier and wealthier than their parents at retirement, are
generally not interested in traditional retirement locations and offers
a look into the places that will make all types of personalities happy for
the next phase of their lives ....
Akron
sees investment in 50-block UA district
University Park Alliance pleased with momentum of revitalization
projects
Beacon Journal - 13 May 2008
... AKRON, OH - Seven years after the creation of the University Park Alliance,
the collaboration to revitalize a 50-block area around the University of
Akron is continuing to see results and accelerating its pace, its director
says.
The alliance is a collaboration of community leaders from the University
of Akron, Summa Health System, the city of Akron and businesses trying to
revitalize the area.
Investments have totaled at least $300 million in the last 18 months and
the group is expecting a total of $500 million to $1 billion within three
more years ...
Duluth
council repeals 300-foot rental rule; looks to a replacement
News Tribune -13 May 2008
... DULUTH, MN - People in favor of scrapping a controversial rule banning
new rentals within 300 feet of existing ones won Monday night, but will
have to wait until July 20 to celebrate ...
Councilors said it has done more harm than good. They said the rule flooded
the market with another 452 licensed rentals, and instead of addressing
a problem primarily focused around the University of Minnesota Duluth and
the College of St. Scholastica, it had adverse impacts on the entire city
...
A
Glimpse of Pre-Quake Chengdu
NPR - 12 May 2008
... CHENGDU, CHINA - Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, is about
60 miles southeast of the epicenter of Monday's deadly earthquake in China.
The 7.9-magnitude quake snapped water lines and swayed buildings in the
city, which has a population of 11 million in an area about half the size
of Rhode Island. At least 45 people there were killed, the state-run Xinhua
News Agency reported ...
Chengdu is a prominent university city. Sichuan Normal University is spread
between its leafy main campus and various satellites. Among them are: Southwest
Jiaotong University (founded in 1896), University of Electronic Science
and Technology of China (founded in 1956), Southwestern University of Finance
and Economics; Southwest University for Nationalities, Sichuan International
Studies University, and Chengdu University of Technology ...
Downtown
Burlington study proposed
Free Press _ 12 May 2008
... BURLINGTON, VT - What should downtown Burlington do to counter commercial
pressures from the suburbs? The Downtown Partnership, a group made up of
Church Street Marketplace businesses, the Burlington Business Association
and the city's Community and Economic Development Office, is grappling with
that question.
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It will ask the City Council tonight for support to update downtown studies
from the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The council will vote tonight on a resolution that would ask the partnership
"to formally identify trends, issues, gaps and recommendations for
our downtown by convening a public process with downtown stakeholders."
...
Projects
similar to city’s under way
Citizens Voice - 12 May 2008
... WILKES- BARRE, PA - The private developer investing $19.4 million for
a major renovation project near King’s College on North Main Street
is no stranger to projects benefiting college campuses.
David Yeager of the Radnor Property Group in Wayne, Delaware County, is
embarking on the project to demolish Rodano’s Pizza and the blighted
Corcoran Printing building and former Mary MacIntosh laundry and dry cleaning
business on North Main Street to construct a mixed-use facility for student
housing, a day care center and retail space.
While this is his first project in Wilkes-Barre, Yeager’s company
is undertaking a similar project in Lancaster to transform the 45-acre former
Armstrong tile manufacturing complex into the “Northwest Gateway”
for Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster Economic Development Corp.
and Lancaster General Hospital. When complete, the more than $30 million
project will accommodate a campus expansion for the college and mixed-use
commercial and residential developments ...
DeKalb
offers plenty to those who stay for summer
Northern Star - 12 May 2008
... DE KALB, IL - If you are anything like most students, once you complete
finals, you’ll pack up your belongings, leave DeKalb and return home.
But if you find yourself in the small fraction of students who stay in
DeKalb over the summer, I have two words for you: Don’t panic ...
University’s
party guide promotes safety
Star - 12 May 2008
... WARRENSBURG, MO - Ordinarily, college students seem to be experts on
partying.
But the University of Central Missouri has put out a guide to help during
those times when off-campus bashes can get out of hand.
The “House Party Guide,” put together by students, faculty
and Warrensburg police, offers tips on how students can avoid throwing a
party that could get them in trouble.
Warrensburg isn’t the only college town in the area with an off-campus
partying problem. Police in those towns say that most off-campus house parties
involve alcohol and that monitoring underage drinking at those parties is
a challenge ...
AM,
Mon 12th May - University renting - the way ahead
Don't be scared off by images of the Young Ones, Emma Tyrrell
finds landords who do their homework can still gain healthy yields from
student lets.
LandlordExpert - 12 May 2008
... UK - Thoughts of the average student house probably conjure up images
of beer stains, unemptied bins, and last summer's barbecue buried in the
jungle of the back garden. Not the ideal tenants, you might think. But for
landlords who overcome such prejudices, the student rental market may be
attractive.
With student numbers forecast to climb from 2.36 million to 3 million by
2014, and 40 per cent living in accommodation rented from private landlords,
demand in most areas is strong ...
Some
commuters prefer pedaling to work
Star - 11 May 2008
... ROCKFORD, IL - McIntyre bikes 3½ miles each day to work in 15
to 20 minutes, versus 10 minutes to drive, park and walk to his office.
Rockford is behind big university cities (Madison, Milwaukee and Chicago),
he says, but it’s ahead of comparable cities, such as Peoria or Bloomington.
“For me, it’s somewhat simple because I live in such proximity
to work,” he said.
“You’ve got to incorporate it into your overall lifestyle. Do
it once or twice a week and gradually you work your way into it.”
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