Village sells street names to raise cash
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A cash-strapped Hungarian village is  offering the chance of immortality to anyone willing to pay to  have a street named after them, and it's hoping world famous  celebrities apply.
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BEDFORD, Ohio - A local business owner is hoping for at least a whiff of success from her unusual fundraising tool: special fragrances inspired by this Cleveland suburb.
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Communities and schools are forging ahead with projects to create and improve green spaces throughout the North-East.   The Big Lottery Fund has handed out grants worth a total of pounds 181,010 to grassroots organisations to transform local spaces for the benefit of people and wildlife.
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By Maria Armental; Journal Staff Writer  The plan to sell up to 50 acres of open space in Charlestown is seen as a way to help balance the state budget.
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A bake/yard sale benefiting the Peter Skobic Educational Fund at Blackman Community Center Saturday attracted many people who were delighted to meet and help Skobic.
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By Jack Komperda  jkomperda@@dailyherald.com  The intersection of North Avenue and Morton Road isn't exactly considered a real estate hotbed in DuPage County.
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A growing number of communities are adopting a venture capital-style approach to aiding and investing in local businesses.
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The number of homes on the market is big, and likely to get much bigger.
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By Wilson, Rocky  The city of Spokane is readying for possible sale more than 24 acres of land on the North Side that its water and solid-waste departments currently occupy and that has attracted considerable interest from prospective buyers.
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Auction company is apparently drawn to the classifieds model pioneered by community resource site.
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By compiled by Columbian staff  North Clark County and Woodland   Amboy: Kari Payne Lohman was bubbling with excitement about the $5,000 raised during an Aug. 27 auction, raffle, pony ride, game show and lunch fundraiser she organized.
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Pub and restaurant group Mitchells & Butlers sells more than 100 of its smaller "community" pubs for Â£101m.
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Years of neglect left the once-thriving business district of this rural community looking just like its name sounds.
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By Dawn Gagnon, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Feb. 10--BANGOR -- Cecelia and Robert Brown had long planned to sell their triangle-shaped property off the Gilman Road to a developer as a way to finance their golden years.
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Symbols of former mainlanders' past, the villages are being plowed under to accommodate urban growth.
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The word "collection" has cachet. That's what the marketing gurus who renamed the expanded Natick Mall are betting on.
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PORTLAND, Ore.  - The small town of Otis, Oregon  is up for sale again as its octogenarian owner tries to find a  buyer willing to part with $3 million for a restaurant, gas  station, market, Pronto Pup corn dog shack, two homes and a  barn.