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The Virginian-Pilot(Norfolk, VA.), February 9
By Aaron Applegate The Virginian-Pilot VIRGINIA BEACH The new Hampton Roads Transit chief will ask the City Council today for money to help finish the ongoing study of light rail in the city . The |
The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 9
TRENTON - Even many opponents of a bill to abolish the state Council on Affordable Housing agree the current system needs reform. But the best way to fix New Jersey's controversial |
Richmond Times Dispatch (Virginia), February 8
The proposed Patterson Maybeury Community is a relatively small development in western Henrico County, but its location has led to significant public opposition. The proposed development is in the |
Chicago Sun Times, February 8
South Loop residents Dornnapha Sukkree and Pattanan Boonkong left a half-hour earlier for church Sunday morning, knowing that two of the express buses that serve their neighborhood no longer exist. |
The Virginian-Pilot(Norfolk, VA.), February 9
By Dave Forster The Virginian-Pilot PORTSMOUTH City Council members demanded faster action Monday on an ambitious economic development plan that they had asked staff to begin drafting in November. |
The Washington Times, February 9
Little noticed outside a small policy community, an issue has quietly arisen in recent years that, while seemingly technical, has the potential to derail the nation's attempts to address the issues |
Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico), February 8
YOUR CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON TRANSPORTATION NEEDS: Don't say you weren't asked what's wrong with the transportation system around here. From when and how bad traffic congestion is in the Albuquerque |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 8
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield is no longer among America's 10 most endangered Civil War battlefields, but don't break out in a grand march just yet. Preservationists say the historic Civil |
The Houston Chronicle, February 7
inside: Track the number of rigs operating and other key energy figures. page D3 Moves by many U.S. refiners to halt production at some plants won't necessarily create a bleak landscape of decaying |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 8
Decatur residents upset over outsiders drawn into their neighborhood by a mental health center's day program are stepping up their zoning battle. Residents of Decatur Heights will try this week to |
CNN.com, February 8
Christopher Guest makes wry, drily amusing films. His improvisational movies, such as "Best in Show," "For Your Consideration" and "A Mighty Wind," have their fans, but -- as box office receipts |
The Houston Chronicle, February 7
The recent subdividing of a three-acre lot for a new home in Friendswood's Coward Creek Crossing neighborhood has reignited talk of banning the practice. |
The Houston Chronicle, February 7
With six more departments settling into Pasadena's former police station, the renovated space is getting new life as the city's Municipal Services Building. A ribbon cutting at 2 p.m. Tuesday will |
The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 7
For Mount Laurel, the battles over affordable housing in New Jersey have come with a price. The township where affordable-housing regulations originated has spent $250,000 on planning and legal fees |
The San Francisco Chronicle (California), February 5
In the mid-1990s, when the federal government began closing military bases around the country, military installations all over the Bay Area ceased operations. But every time I see a redevelopment |
USA TODAY, February 5
The words dieu tra jumped out at Quyen Vuong as she perused the 2010 Vietnamese-language Census form online. "It's a very scary connotation in the sense that there is a crime and the government |
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wisconsin), February 4
The Dane County Board is once again set to adopt the first program of its kind in Wisconsin that could help corral rural development into more populated areas. Dane County Towns Association |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 5
WASHINGTON ---Should the government be spending millions of taxpayer dollars on Super Bowl ads for the census in these times of daunting deficits and busted budgets? Some in Congress say no. But the |
The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 5
Developers have long complained about the Byzantine permitting process in Philadelphia that costs both time and money, and chases businesses away from the city. A new study commissioned by Mayor |
Richmond Times Dispatch (Virginia), February 4
The Nature Conservancy has placed 13,350 acres of land in Dragon Run Swamp on the Middle Peninsula in a conservation easement, the largest in Virginia history. |
Scripps Howard News Service, February 04
Remember counting off in gym class? Now imagine 300 million or so people in a gym covering 4 million square miles, and you're just beginning to grasp the immensity of the task facing U.S. census |
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), February 4
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The San Francisco Chronicle (California), February 4
Muni's Central Subway and its Van Ness Avenue rapid bus project, plus AC Transit's bus rapid transit project, were recommended to receive tens of millions of dollars in federal funding this week. |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin), February 3
By THOMAS CONTENT Trash would be converted into electricity at Project Apollo, a renewable energy project proposed for Milwaukee's north side, developers said Tuesday. Alliance Federated Energy |
Sarasota Herald Tribune (Florida), February 3
SARASOTA COUNTY What the county's post-recession economy will look like is up for grabs, but no one wants to simply wait for the upside of another Florida boom-and-bust cycle to repair the damage of |
The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin), February 3
When asked how often the city has amended its zoning code to accommodate one project, city zoning administrator Matt Tucker has an immediate answer: "It happens all the time. All the time. There are |
The Philadelphia Daily News, February 4
LAST SEPTEMBER, Philadelphia Housing Authority plumbers ripped open Channel Saunders' kitchen wall at the Hill Creek Apartments in Crescentville and removed leaky pipes. The pipes were covered in a |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 4
As the ground settles from Georgia's loss of a major grant from President Barack Obama's $8 billion high-speed rail stimulus last Thursday, a little aftershock arrived this week. The Federal Transit |
Buffalo News (New York), February 3
The Niagara County Legislature was lukewarm at best Tuesday toward an$18 million bond issue to fund the Center Court housing project in Niagara Falls. The request for the tax-exempt bonds passed two |
Buffalo News (New York), February 3
During these difficult financial times, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority deserves credit for taking a moment to consider ways to simplify life for bus and train commuters. The NFTA may |
News & Record (Greensboro, NC), February 03
Nearly 700,000 passengers boarded trains in North Carolina last year, the state Department of Transportation reports. That number needs to grow, and it will - when rail travel becomes faster and |
Bangor Daily News (Maine), February 3
Select Board members unanimously chose Tuesday to move forward with two tax increment financing proposals to help the town generate more money for infrastructure projects. The TIFs, one in downtown |
Concord Monitor (New Hampshire), February 3
Lorrie Dale stood yesterday in front of a blown-up map of what Concord's bus system might look like without a route past Industrial Park and questioned what it meant for the homeless. Without that |
USA TODAY, February 3
States are slashing funds for environmental programs, threatening their ability to meet federal standards for clean air and water. All but two states, Montana and North Dakota, have made significant |
Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada), February 2
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL The Department of Housing and Urban Development is sending eight additional employees to Las Vegas to help the city deal with the home foreclosure crisis, Senate Majority |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin), February 2
By KATELYN FERRAL At a time when wind power projects are being built by utilities or out-of-state corporations, a grass-roots energy project is moving ahead. E Wind LLC has received approval from |
The International Herald Tribune, February 2
FULL TEXT Three weeks after Haiti's earthquake, the search for survivors has been called off, the TV crews are trickling home, and the celebrity telethon is over - usual signs that the floodwaters of |
USA TODAY, February 3
China just unveiled the world's fastest train, a bullet that hums along at 217 miles per hour. Meanwhile, the bridge I swam under as a child in Upstate New York, a Hoover-era structure that spanned |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 3
Atlanta is a region with a history of strong leadership that takes bold, forward-thinking steps to improve the lives of its residents and businesses. One such step was celebrated nationwide on June |
Richmond Times Dispatch (Virginia), February 2
Lawmakers are considering legislation that could give residents of southeast Virginia a significant boost in their fight against the proposed construction of a Navy outlying landing field. A bill |
Dayton Daily News (Ohio), February 2
DAYTON - Opinions vary from enthusiasm to outright disdain for city-to-city train service in Ohio, readers responding to an online query told the Dayton Daily News. |
Charleston Gazette (West Virginia), February 2
A Manchin administration-backed bill to allow the state Parkways Authority to operate more toll roads around the state was introduced in the Senate Monday. The bill (SB427) first goes to the |
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), February 2
Transportation remains the No. 1 concern of Twin Cities residents, but at just half the intensity it reached a few years ago. That was one of the main findings Monday when the Metropolitan Council |
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), February 2
Look around and you'll see a nascent trend in Twin Cities economic development -- amphitheaters. The sloping half-bowls are popping up in a lot of places: New ones opened in September in St. Anthony |
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), February 2
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The Christian Science Monitor, February 1
In President Obama's fiscal 2011 budget proposal, the nation's cities are winners. Most will not see any significant cuts in programs that help their poor residents. In fact, many of those programs, |
The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 2
TRENTON - A plan to eliminate the state Council on Affordable Housing and put towns in charge of their own housing obligations is necessary to streamline an unwieldy bureaucracy, supporters said |
Scripps Howard News Service, February 01
"What are you?" The question hit Tiffanie Grier like a hammer, and more than 15 years later, the impact lingers. She was just 9 years old, a third-grader at a school awards program, when she was |
San Antonio Express-News, February 1
Kerr County entities have won their appeal of a regional planning group's projection of future water availability in the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer, a calculation destined for use in state water |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 2
Unless a miracle occurs by June 30, MARTA will be forced to make severe, even crippling cuts in services that tens of thousands of Georgians rely on heavily in their daily lives. And that miracle |
Buffalo News (New York), February 1
Soon Western New York will join the rest of the nation in being counted. The 2010 Census is a critically important federal task and local opportunity, as well as being a civic and legal duty. The |
The Ledger (Lakeland, FL), February 1
TAMPA | The $1.25 billion in federal stimulus money that will help pay for a high-speed rail line from Tampa to Orlando has stirred visions of Disney visitors adding a trip to Pinellas beaches and |
The Boston Herald, January 31
Mayor Thomas M. Menino is opening a new front in his war against tobacco: the city's cigarette-riden housing projects, which he vows to make smoke-free in the next four years. ``What we are trying |
Naples Daily News (Florida), January 31
One woman is fighting for what she calls an injustice perpetrated against Bonita Springs residents for the benefit of a few. Dawn Koncikowski has spoken out against private beaches along Hickory |
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, January 31
Lubin & Smalley Florists sat along Fifth Avenue 40 years ago, when customers dressed up to shop Downtown. It moved to Market Square by the time then-Mayor Tom Murphy 12 years ago wanted to raze |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 31
Will the real Vinings please stand up? Homeowners in the quaint south Cobb County community are tired of developers far and wide misappropriating the name of their neighborhood and diluting the |
The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 29
What's the best use of the old rail line that once carried passengers between Lansdale and Bethlehem? A revived SEPTA commuter line, to Quakertown in upper Bucks County, and beyond to the Lehigh |
The San Francisco Chronicle (California), January 29
San Francisco Muni riders face the prospect of some of the deepest service cuts in the agency's history, resulting in longer wait times and more crowding. The staff-crafted proposal to trim costs |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 29
An Orlando developer has a contract to buy the old General Motors plant in Doraville and plans to build a "clean and green" community of houses, shops, restaurants and offices on the site, the |
Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico), January 28
There's something of a squeeze on funding for the Santa Fe County Fire Department, according to Chief Stan Holden. Holden attended a meeting of the Edgewood Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday |
CNNMoney.com, January 29
The U.S. economy grew at the fastest pace in more than six years during the fourth quarter of 2009, according to a government report Friday. The nation's gross domestic product, the broadest measure |
CNN.com, January 29
The federal government has set aside nearly $2 billion in stimulus funds to clean up Washington State's decommissioned Hanford nuclear site, once the center of the country's Cold War plutonium |
The San Francisco Chronicle (California), January 29
The Navy might have pulled out of Alameda a dozen years ago, but fighting at the former Naval Air Station has never been fiercer. City leaders, environmentalists and an Orange County builder are in |
The San Francisco Chronicle (California), January 29
Epic delays. Crashes. Rising fares. Major budget problems. For many, there's not a lot to love about Muni right now. But one new Web site has a solution. Or something that might make you feel better |
The Houston Chronicle, January 28
PROJECT FACTS About the Patriots by the Lake development: Proposed location: 13900 block of West Lake Houston Parkway Planned components: Single and multifamily homes, veterans services, hotel, |
Buffalo News (New York), January 28
The city may take over the abandoned Dussault Foundry site -- if it obtains a state grant to pay for removing asbestos from the plant before it is demolished. |
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, January 28
Richardson residents and elected officials are hoping a new code enforcement initiative targeting businesses will affect the landscape of their city as much as programs that focused on apartments |
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, January 28
The Lewisville City Council has approved the concept design for the $4 million Old Town Plaza that is expected to become the centerpiece for downtown redevelopment. The design, approved without |
The Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA.), January 28
The City Council voted Tuesday to end Moreno Valley's red-light-camera program in the wake of complaints over costly fines for drivers and low revenue for the city. |
Buffalo News (New York), January 27
Curbside parking spaces are among the most valuable pieces of real estate on the planet, and yet they are horribly mismanaged in most cities, according to national expert on urban planning. |
The Boston Herald, January 27
Developers, lawyers and consultants are planning to spend as much as $1 million to snuff out a citizens' effort to repeal the state's affordable housing law. ``I am appealing to your own economic |
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), January 27
All Barbara Kaerwer wants to do is donate her house and land in Eden Prairie to the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District. She learned this month that it won't be easy. |
Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska), January 27
Lincoln and other southeast Nebraska communities are getting closer to collaborating on economic development. Angelos Angelou, a consultant who has advised Lincoln on economic development since |
Scripps Howard News Service, January 27
In the gritty urban sprawl of Soweto, the most famous of South Africa's black townships, a new experiment is emerging: a European-style boulevard, complete with benches, trees, streetlights and |
Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City), January 28
PHOENIX ? Critics of a proposed Phoenix temple said Wednesday they are surprised the LDS Church withdrew its plans to exceed residential-zoning heights but it's just one piece of their concerns, |
The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 28
HARRISBURG - With billions of federal dollars and substantial political clout at stake, Gov. Rendell yesterday announced the formation of a statewide advisory panel charged with ensuring every |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 28
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said Wednesday the city must do a better job of getting money from the federal government. Reed made the declaration in a speech to the Buckhead Coalition and repeated it |
San Antonio Express-News, January 28
Between gas leaks and unresponsive service, La Posada Del Rey Apartment tenant Patricia Segrest said she's speaking up for renters' rights. She hopes by doing such things, she will encourage other |
The Christian Science Monitor, January 27
For 75 years, public housing has served the needs of America's poorest families. With the nation's homeless population expected to grow by 1.5 million over the next two years, the need for |
Dayton Daily News (Ohio), January 27
DAYTON - Members of Mayor Gary Leitzell's new team of accountants, lawyers, educators and business leaders charged with promoting economic development in Dayton say they are ready to get busy. |
Buffalo News (New York), January 27
The Aurora Town Board is considering a six-month ban on wind-powered turbines because its code lacks any provision to govern wind-energy conversion systems. The board set a public hearing for Feb. 8 |
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock), January 27
Pulaski County is hosting an open house Monday for residents to meet with members of a planning firm hired to develop a land use plan and regulations for the portion of Pulaski County within the |
The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), January 27
A new coat of paint, a splash of whimsy and an angry neighbor have thrust a Hilliard resident into a frustrating morass of zoning appeals and suburban politics. Kelley Daniel simply wanted to paint |
St. Petersburg Times (Florida), January 27
It was time for public comment at Tuesday's Pasco County Commission meeting, and a man in a suit came forward with complaints about his gated community. On his list: Porn star-themed party. Sex and |
Farmington Daily Times (New Mexico), January 27
FARMINGTON A zone change postponed Tuesday by City Council could represent a step toward redevelopment of the downtown area if passed, councilors said. At their meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, councilors |
News & Record (Greensboro, NC), January 27
GREENSBORO - Every year, volunteers comb shelters, wooded areas and abandoned buildings as part of the annual "point-in-time" count of the homeless. The survey, which takes place today , will |
The San Francisco Chronicle (California), January 27
A $171 million federal loan to help build a cutting-edge replacement for San Francisco's Transbay Terminal will keep construction plans on track, officials said, even as they wait to hear if they |
Buffalo News (New York), January 26
The NFTA soon may eliminate transfer fees and its traditional zone surcharges as part of a new strategy to increase the number of passengers by making Metro buses and trains easy and simple to ride. |
Associated Press Financial Wire, January 26
WORKING FROM HOME: Who gets to take conference calls in their pajamas? Data from the Census Bureau says Americans working from home are likeliest to be white, college-educated female professionals. |
Buffalo News (New York), January 26
At a vacant and abandoned house on Winter Street, in the middle of a working-class West Side neighborhood, a crew is doing more than restoring an old home. By adding their own twist -- solar and |
Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado), January 26
Superior's town board reversed a ban on medical marijuana dispensaries and replaced it with a six-month moratorium. The trustees voted Monday to approve the moratorium, citing the potential for a |
Richmond Times Dispatch (Virginia), January 26
'Good character' permit laws could be repealed Proposal follows lawsuit from spiritual counselor accusing Chesterfield of discrimination Chesterfield County is looking to repeal its "good |
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), January 26
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The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), January 26
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The Washington Examiner, January 25
By Kytja Weir Examiner Staff Writer Riders of public transportation are getting squeezed as the financial crisis grips the Washington area. Metro, Montgomery County's Ride On and the Potomac and |
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, January 25
Dallas Area Rapid Transit is considering ways to bring new cities aboard without requiring them to pay a full cent of sales tax, which has been a core membership requirement since the agency's |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 26
Federal officials say Atlanta is moving too slowly spending $12.3 million it got last March to buy vacant homes in neighborhoods ravaged by foreclosures. Facing a September deadline to spend or |
The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 26
In a comprehensive report, the Nutter administration has sharply criticized the city's permitting process as "confusing, unpredictable, time-consuming, and costly," and dubbed it a "major barrier" |
The San Francisco Chronicle (California), January 26
Closing the $25 million hole in the current BART budget without layoffs could require a general fare increase, a surcharge on trips through the Transbay tube, charging market rates for parking or |
Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado), January 25
If you go What: The Boulder County commissioners are scheduled to hold a public meeting on Zia Parker's application to teach permaculture classes on her property. When: 3 p.m. Thursday Where: |
