Habitat Affiliate Buys Old Trailer Parks / Charlottesville Group is First in U.S. To Try Redevelopment Plan
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By CARLOS SANTOS  The local Habitat for Humanity is buying rundown trailer parks threatened by development in order to house the poor in good homes. The Charlottesville affiliate is the first Habitat in the country to try the strategy.
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By Cody Lowe, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Dec. 14--BEDFORD -- A resort featuring accommodations, food, outdoor experiences and theater are in the plans for Explore Park, its Bedford County neighbors were told Wednesday night.
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By Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 15--HICKORY -- City Council members may have come up with a compromise to protect homes from business encroachment without stifling development.
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By Blair Goldstein, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 11--Twice a month for almost two years, Wayne Morton has met with his neighbors to organize against a dump.
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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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You can afford to build it: can they afford to come? Vegas-based real-estate kingpin Robert Bigelow's second prototype inflatable space habitat is now in orbit and doing well, according to its parent company.â¦
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Some of the thousands of trailers purchased by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2005 after hurricanes tore through the Gulf Coast may finally be put to use to help victims of last week's tornadoes, officials said Tuesday.
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By Henry J. Waters III, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Sep. 22--Folks are in a snit about a rezoning request by not-for-profit Covenant Community Development Corp. for an area near the corner of Sexton Road and North Garth Avenue.
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Reckson Associates Realty Corp. , a New York area office landlord, on Friday again asked a group formed by billionaire Carl Icahn and real estate magnate Harry Macklowe for additional information concerning their proposed plan to buy Reckson.
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By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 13--First look at major project in southwest Charlotte The Atlanta owner of the Charlotte Coliseum site plans to make recreation the centerpiece of a 190-acre development of homes, stores, restaurants and offices.
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By Karen Sloan, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Dec. 11--The site where the crumbling Wintergreen Park Apartments once stood could be transformed into a neighborhood of new homes.
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By Deirdre Fernandes, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  May 31--VIRGINIA BEACH -- Developers Steve and Art Sandler have asked a state commission to overturn a Virginia Beach decision that halted their plans to build 1,063 homes on a large stretch of waterfront property.
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By MARIE ROHDE  Glendale  The city is using its power of eminent domain to help accomplish a $300 million makeover of Bayshore shopping center, but a lawsuit filed by one property owner is questioning whether the takeover fits the law's strict criteria.
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By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 15--south charlotte When a sign announcing a new development appears in front of a wooded tract, curiosity is sure to follow.   The one across from Calvary Church on N.C. 51 near Rea Road in south Charlotte is a perfect example.
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By Helen Bebbington Contributing Writer  OAKWOOD -- Wary Oakwood residents -- about 50 people showed up for a Sept. 6 community meeting -- questioned the first step taken by the new owners of property formerly owned by NCR Corp.
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By Marcus Braziel, The Sun, Port Charlotte, Fla.  Sep. 18--Roughly 18 acres of land near the Charlotte County  Administration Center could be added to the county's U.S. 41 overlay district.
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By NOK-NOI HAUGER; OF THE NEWS STAFF  BREWER - Lowe's Home Centers Inc., a build-it-yourself home- improvement company that received planning board approval in October to build a store on Wilson Street, is seeking a permit from the U.S.