Park Plan Is Chosen for Governors Island
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More than 10 years after the Coast Guard left Governors Island in New York Harbor, a team of architects has been selected to design a grandly whimsical green 40-acre park on its southern half.
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By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 14--A proposed long-term strategy for managing and developing water resources in El Dorado County may not be perfect, but a spokesman for a water advocacy group says it's time the plan, six years in the making, was adopted.
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By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 20--BILOXI -- The Biloxi City Council unanimously approved funding  plans for a Biloxi Lighthouse park on Monday, but left other important  hurricane rebuilding issues unresolved.   Mayor A.J.
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By RACHEL RICE; OF THE NEWS STAFF  PRESQUE ISLE - Recreation officials have the green light to look at options for a new building after city councilors voted Monday night to establish a Recreation Facility Committee.
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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.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  May 26--Combining Destin and Okaloosa Island beach restoration into a single project would save money for both the city and county, a county offi cial says.
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By Randy Kraft, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Dec. 19--Members of the Emmaus High School skateboarding club, and East Penn's top administrator, wish one of the five municipalities in the school district would create a public skateboard park.
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New York officials on Wednesday unveiled a plan to transform half of Governors Island, the largely abandoned former military base located just 800 yards south of Manhattan, into a "park at the center of the world."
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By P.J. Lassek, Tulsa World, Okla.  Sep. 15--Public gathering spaces would be the first areas developed on islands proposed for the Arkansas River, the River Parks Authority was told Thursday.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Sep. 23--The community was polled, a task force was assembled and a vision was drawn up for the redevelopment of Destin's harbor --but that plan was not approved.
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By Dori Berman  The Board of Public Works could decide today the fate of a large residential project proposed for Kent Island, but it remains to be seen whether Queen Anne's County officials will show up to voice their opinions.
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By Kimball Payne, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Dec. 12--HAMPTON -- It will be at least another month before the local panel guiding the reuse plans for Fort Monroe votes on the three designs drawn up for the waterfront post.
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Plans for two major offshore wind farms in the Thames Estuary are given the government go-ahead.
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A large swath of coastal land has been secured by a U.S. conservation group, paving the way for the biggest expansion of the U.S. Virgin Islands National Park since it was created more than 50 years ago.
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he co-owner of the New York Islanders hockey team is proposing a 60-story tower in the center of Nassau County - more than triple the height of the tallest existing building on Long Island.
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By Suzanne Bohan  SAN MATEO COUNTY -- The arrival of restoration experts Monday at Ano Nuevo State Reserve was the product of a walk through the park by two men with a knack for thinking big.
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By The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 10--Gig Harbor-area residents will have 19 additional acres southwest of the city for recreation, open space and habitat protection.