City Does Not Need New Lake
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IT'S PROBABLY TOO EARLY to call it a drought, but anyone with a vegetable garden, flower patch or lawn knows that we are in a significant dry period. As of Monday, Springfield was about 4 inches behind the amount of precipitation it would normally expect.
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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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Derry City Council will not be bidding for a drawing of the city by world famous artist LS Lowry, to be auctioned later this month.
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By DON BABWIN CHICAGO - A public Christmas festival is no place for the Christmas story, the city says.
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By Jason Massad, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Jun. 11--It's no secret that Mesa isn't on the cutting edge of luring new urban-style developments.
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Â· Miranda de Ebro second only to New York says UN  Â· Study of waste water is mistaken, say residents
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By Bob Freund, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Sep. 11--Rochester's far north side might not need a 1 million-gallon tank of water yet, but it will.
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RockvilleÂs new mixed-use downtown aims to avoid the ÂAnyplace U.S.A.Â look.
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By ; LAUREN DONOVAN  Max used to drain water properly, but with roads and highways in town, the water can't get away.
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Recently I had family members over for dinner at our West Jordan home. I pointed out the recycling garbage can for their soda cans. But residents of Cottonwood Heights and incorporated Salt Lake City don't concern themselves with the environment or recycling.
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By Darryl Enriquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb. 13--WAUKESHA -- More than 60 people with concerns about improving water quality heard city officials and consultants Monday say that conservation alone will not resolve this city's water woes.
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By Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Feb. 11--MAIZE -- Mary Belton lives in a neighborhood built around a lake that was once a sandpit.
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By Rebecca Dellagloria, The Miami Herald  Feb. 11--More than a year after Homestead lost a county permit to dig for fill dirt at a city-owned lake, officials have come to an agreement with Miami-Dade to reinstate the permit.
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By Lew Freedman, Chicago Tribune  Jun. 17--EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. -- It's a terrible thing when you have a one-track mind, as so many fishermen do. Here I was in northwest Arkansas and all I could think about was hybrid stripers on Beaver Lake.
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Boston isn't the cheapest place to do business. Living and housing costs are steep. And you can't play golf year round.
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By Laura Figueroa, The Miami Herald  Feb. 18--Members of the Miami Lakes Town Council were back to a familiar discussion point at Tuesday night's council meeting: the fight to eliminate the county mitigation fee.
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By Melanie Marquez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 14--BRADENTON -- Concerns from a local environmental group didn't keep the Bradenton City Council from adopting amendments Wednesday that define how many units can be built along parts of the city's shorelines.