Easement Tension Does Not Ease: A Florida Power & Light Easement is an Eyesore for Palm Lakes Residents, a Prime Parking and Storage Area for Businesses and a Big Dilemma for the City
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By Laura Figueroa, The Miami Herald  Sep. 17--Whether she's ready to rise or not, Maria E. Brackett has become all too familiar with her morning wake-up call -- the "beep, beep, beep" of trucks backing up into a warehouse adjacent to her home.
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By Wes Burdine  Correspondent           When heavy rains wash over Fairview Road in Providence Township an entire neighborhood becomes landlocked, and access for emergency vehicles becomes impossible.           Providence supervisor chairman C.W.
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By Vera Haffey, The Montana Standard, Butte  Sep. 6--PHILIPSBURG -- Talk of a dense subdivision at the Georgetown Lake  Lodge is causing concerns for some lake residents who think Granite County  should rein in its development practices.
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By Dianna Cahn, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 9--Even with more than $600 million spent to date on The Scripps Research Institute, the city of Palm Beach Gardens went back and forth with the county this week over who would foot a $210,000 bill for additional land costs.
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By Carl Mario Nudi, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Mar. 1--BRADENTON -- The judge in an eminent domain case has all the information he needs to decide whether the city of Palmetto can take control of the Olympia Theater from its owners.
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By Alyson Crean, Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon  Feb. 28--It may have seemed a good idea at the time, but initiating a land-mapping for allotting building permits continues to hit snags.
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By Ryan Basen, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 17--Members of Marvin's Parks, Greenway and Recreation Advisory Board are upset with the slow progress of its key project -- establishing public parks and trails.
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By The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Sep. 6--In Panama City Beach, it seems buildings are either coming or going. Except some aren't going fast enough.  Aggressive development has led to two types of eyesores.
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By Jotham Sederstrom, Daily News, New York  Feb. 8--Thirteen property owners threatened by the controversial Atlantic  Yards project fired their first legal salvo yesterday, challenging the use of  eminent domain to make way for the 22-acre development.
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By Buddy Nevins and Susannah Bryan, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 9--DAVIE -- A sprawling 152-acre shopping and office complex that could change the face of south Broward County is years from being built, even after the Town Council approved the project in the predawn hours Thursday.
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By Sallie James and Paola Iuspa-Abbott, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 26--Coral Springs officials are fuming over a Parkland proposal to annex almost 2,000 acres west of Boca Raton because the plan dumps traffic from future development onto already clogged Coral Springs roads.
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By Erica Curless, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jun. 26--Fernan Lake Village residents are upset that a waterfront homeowner wants to expand his dock. They fear it will harm the endangered lake and encourage more people to request docks.
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By Stephanie Horvath, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 12--The Wellington Village Council has a full plate tonight, loaded with controversial issues ranging from rental homes to golf courses to horse country.
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WHEEZE: Mayors and economic development officials say a growing number of businesses are not inclined to expand or open new plants in areas cited by the Environmental Protection Agency as "non-attainment zones," with too much smog-causing ozone or microscopic soot.
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By Suzanne Sadlier Gerber-troh  Editor, Times-Dispatch:  When endorsing Dominion Power's proposal along I-66, you ignore evidence of corporate greed. Worse, you advocate a short-term fix with severe long-term consequences.  When valuable open land is lost, it's never regained.
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By Michael Lafleur, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Sep. 17--LOWELL -- What began as an attempt to tighten local zoning rules on so-called in-law apartments and help a Belvidere man appease his neighbors, grew into a measure that has drawn the wrath of Pawtucketville neighborhood activists.
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By Rebecca Dellagloria, The Miami Herald  Sep. 24--In its first meeting in nearly a year, the South Bay Community Council recommended the county reject a proposal to amend its comprehensive development master plan to allow the construction of town homes on 20 acres south of Florida City.